Harvard Finally Goes Big Dancing Again CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Bill Decker has been waiting for this moment. The Harvard Crimson head coach has been at the helm of the Boston-based program for seven years and has seemingly made a steady climb from the dregs of the Ivy League to Sunday’s mountaintop. A scintillating 8-6, 11-inning…
DetailsFanGraphs Audio Presents: The Untitled McDongenhagen Project, Ep. 15 UMP: The Untitled McDongenhagen Project, Episode 15 This is the 15th episode of a sorta weekly program co-hosted by Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel about player evaluation in all its forms. The show, which is available through the normal FanGraphs Audio feed, has a working name…
DetailsJose Iglesias Hires MVP Sports Group Reds infielder Jose Iglesias has hired MVP Sports Group to represent him moving forward, per Mark Feinsand of MLB.com (Twitter link). He’d been represented by Magnus Sports since 2017 and was with the Boras Corporation prior to that. Iglesias, 29, settled for a minor league contract this winter that…
DetailsJerry Morales: Fashion Pioneer? Jerry Morales was—at least anecdotally—a slick-fielding outfielder known for his unorthodox habit of catching routine fly balls below his waist and out in front of him. He led PCL outfielders in fielding percentage in 1970 and 1971 and was a top defensive NL outfielder in 1975 and 1976 by standard metrics…
DetailsDan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 5/20/2019 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/dan-szymborski-fangraphs-chat-5-20-2019/
DetailsCal notes: Downs finds niche with Quakes Named after future Hall of Famer Derek Jeter, shortstop prospect Jeter Downs has made a seamless transition with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in his first season in the Dodgers organization. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190520&content_id=307277548&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsFor the San Francisco Giants, the Void Beckons When we look back on this era of baseball in future times, exhorting children to get off our lawns, nobody shed tears of pity for the San Francisco Giants. After all, the Giants of this generation made the World Series four times and won three of them,…
DetailsSandy Alcantara pitches first career shutout | Miami Marlins Nice game by Alcantara. Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/sandy_alcantara_pitches_first_career_shutout_miami_marlins
DetailsTwins’ Smeltzer knocking on door to Majors Devin Smeltzer beat cancer as a child. The Minnesota Twins left-hander is using his growing platform as in baseball to provide hope to kids dealing with serious illnesses. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190520&content_id=307217296&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsJames Kaprielian starts climbing after Yankees’ failed Sonny Gray trade Perhaps the Sonny Gray trade wasn’t a total wash after all. At least for one side. James Kaprielian, at the time considered the best prospect the Yankees gave up in exchange for Gray, pitched in his first game action since 2016 on Sunday. Though the…
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