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Looking Back at the 2018 Postseason
Max Muncy’s 18th inning home run was a highlight of the World Series game with the highest WPS (via Ian D’Andrea). The 2018 baseball season has ended, after a postseason that, in retrospect, felt like...
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Do Batters Learn to Narrow Their Splits?
Shane Victorino gave up switch-hitting midway through the 2013 season because of his splits. (via Matthew Straubmuller) Every position player in baseball is, in a sense, two distinct players on...
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Which Career Metric Predicts Hall-of-Famers Best?
Despite being a controversial Hall of Fame selection, Win Shares thinks Harold Baines is worthy. (via Keith Allison) One of my regular acquisitions as a fan and student of baseball is the annual Bill...
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The Streaks: Drysdale and Hershiser in Parallel
Orel Hershiser wanted to share the consecutive scoreless innings streak with Don Drysdale, but it wasn’t meant to be. (via TonyTheTiger) Don Drysdale and Orel Hershiser are bound together, and not...
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The History of 42, Before 42 Made History
Many before and after Jackie Robinson wore No. 42, but no one else wore it better. (via Mr. Littlehand) We’re close to a familiar anniversary on the baseball calendar. April 15, 1947, was the day...
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The Other Coors Effect
Rockies’ hitters enjoy an advantage at Coors Field, but it isn’t as big an advantage as other ballparks. (via Max and Dee Bernt) I have a slight problem. I’m writing today about the Coors Effect and...
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After the Miracle: The Myths and the Men
It’s been 50 years since the Miracle Mets won the World Series. But what are some of the truths and myths behind that team? (via slgckgc) The 1969 Mets tempted me. Two years ago, I wrote a...
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Grand Tour VII, Part One: Of Halos and Domes
Tropicana Field has a wide open feeling. (via Bryce Edwards) For the last seven years, my reliable signpost for the return of baseball hasn’t been pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training,...
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Grand Tour VII, Part Two: Letting It Go
Maybe the home run sculpture at Marlins Park wasn’t so bad after all. (via Jared) When last we left our intrepid protagonists (Paul and me), they were midway through their latest annual baseball tour....
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Best in the Semis: Retrospective MVP Awards for the League Championship Series
Even before Championship Series MVPs were officially chosen, Mr. October’s postseason dominance was hard to dispute. (via Wikimedia Commons) My reading of After the Miracle, the memoir of the 1969 New...
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Looking Back on the 2019 Postseason
Juan Soto, the Nationals’ dynamic left fielder, had some of the biggest hits of the 2019 postseason. (via David B. King) The 2019 postseason is history, in a number of senses. The Washington Nationals...
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Why It’s Time to End the MLB Draft
Adley Ruschman was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 MLB Draft. (via Keith Allison) Finding new players for your major league team used to be so simple, or at least so straightforward. Some talented...
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Meeting the Moment: Retrospective MVP Awards for the World Series, Part 1
(via the Library of Congress) A few months ago, I followed a certain stream of consciousness from a book about the 1969 Mets to asking who the MVPs of the League Championship Series, before they had...
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When It Counted: Retrospective MVP Awards for the World Series, Part 2
If World Series MVPs were awarded back then, Lou Gehrig’s performance in 1932 would have been the easy choice. (via Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc._ Last month, I began this series to select World...
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Six Modest Proposals: A Reply to Rob Manfred
Rob Manfred hasn’t had the best of offseasons. (via Arturo Pardavila III) (Co-author’s Note: Despite my name alone being displayed under the title, and the viewpoint the text will assume, this article...
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