Tony Pérez is one of the greatest players to have ever played baseball. Whether you
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Reasons to watch baseball – AL East
I’m committing myself to watching every team this season, at least one full game each.
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...and the rest
The one where GAV MET A HALL OF FAMER
Tony Pérez is one of the greatest players to have ever played baseball. Whether you agree or not depends on how you define greatness. As a teenager growing up in Cuba, his choices were a career in baseball or a
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Reasons to watch baseball – AL East
I’m committing myself to watching every team this season, at least one full game each. No longer will I load up MLB.tv after work, wait to see which games at being played at a UK friendly time, then refuse to
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What can Statcast’s Infield OAA tell us about positioning?
In my previous piece, on the intro to infield outs above average (OAA), I quickly compared Marcus Semien and Javier Baez. I showed you that, in 2019, Baez had 19 OAA and Semien has -4 OAA. This analytically tells us
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A decade of baseball in 101 useless stats
On Sunday 4 April 2010, Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett induced weak contact from New York Yankees Derek Jeter in the first MLB play of the decade. Here are 100 more useless snippets of information for you. Unless
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A Whole New World Of Defensive Metrics
For extremely online baseball fans the offseason has been one of the most active in recent years. A huge cheating scandal landed very quickly after the World Series finished. The top free agent players signed early with further deals happening
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baseball-THEMED Fantasy dinner party
You know the idea. You are throwing a dinner party and can invite six fantasy guests. The only stipulation is that they must still be living and with a connection to baseball. Current players are excluded. Here goes … Guest
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DFA – Pooetry in motion
Dross From Amateurs, we feature posts that don’t quite fit anywhere on the internet. At all. I’ve already proven I can’t write poetry, but when has evidence and criticism stopped me before? Here’s a poetic review of the 2019 season.
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10 things you need to know about the St Louis Cardinals
With fewer than 180 days until the London Series 2020 between the St Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, we continue our build-up to this historic clash. Hopefully, you have already read our article on the Cubs, if not you
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Wave goodbye to the Rays in pinstripes
Hot on the heels of Stephen Strasburg committing his future to Washington, the New York Yankees flexed their financial biceps to secure the services of the former Pirates and Astros workhorse, Gerrit Cole. The deal will earn the 29-year-old an
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The love me tender, don’t love me non-tender team
The non-tender deadline provided a few shocks as teams finally ran out of patience waiting for breakouts, or they just decided to cut ties with significant arbitration figures looming. You could build a half-decent team from the non-tendered players.
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