Offseason In Review: Seattle Mariners After 89 wins in 2018 didn’t sniff the postseason, the Mariners willfully took a step back in 2019 . A fifth-place finish and 94 losses later, the Mariners have another development year on the horizon when/if the 2020 season gets underway. Even so, General Manager Jerry Dipoto isn’t one to…
DetailsThe Mark Grace Decade Award For many years, my go-to baseball trivia question was this: who led the 1990s in hits? I won’t bury the lede any further: The answer is Mark Grace. Grace never hit 20 home runs in a season despite being a middle-of-the-order bat in the nineties, and he spent most of his…
DetailsFive sheets to the wind with 1981 Donruss Not long again, fellow SABR Baseball Cards blogger Mark Del Franco posed three questions about the 1981 Donruss set he was paging in his binder. Okay, I have questions about #1981Donruss:1Why is Ozzie card #1?2 Why lead off with Padres – and with it – limit run…
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7-Eleven Lions halt Rakuten’s winning streak With the CPBL season on its way for a bit more than a week now, the Rakuten Monkeys appear the team to beat this year. Far into today’s game, it looked like the Monkeys would wrap up their eighth straight win but the 7-Eleven Uni Lions spoiled their party…
DetailsHow MLB can put stop to Red Sox, Astros-like video scandals Think of the major league players in a clubhouse like the cool kids in high school. The world revolves around them. Their approval, friendship and respect are collateral in that universe. I have seen owners gravitate toward star clusters in clubhouses, GMs dumb down…
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Effectively Wild Episode 1533: It’s Baseball O’Clock Somewhere Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about beverage consumption, foreign baseball leagues’ potential for popularity in the U.S., and the life and death of legendary flamethrower Steve Dalkowski, who passed away this week. Then they talk to Rob Liu of CPBLStats.com (25:48) and Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.net…
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Watch Taiwanese Baseball here Today we provide the links to two CPBL games. Rakuten Monkeys vs 7-Eleven Lions http://live.qq.com/10016675?fbclid=IwAR1c7cXJpc3Ux06C7jJokmH6PaQev7feenqNa3OPpystHNdETfdcj_svtfk Guardians vs Elephants http://live.qq.com/10051803?fbclid=IwAR3PUiQ5B9ze69Ox7XdcikU52evX7HaS4PqZR9FH1lDi45mOqWJHfcY7OpU Enjoy. Source: https://dutchbaseballhangout.wordpress.com/2020/04/25/watch-taiwanese-baseball-here/
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Today in Baseball: Philly Phanatic introduced Today, 42 years ago, the Philadelphia Phillies got rid of their two mascots Philadelphia Phil and Philadelphia Phillis and introduced their new mascot which entertains the fans until today. In a game vs the Cubs at Veterans Stadium, the large, furry, green bipedal flightless bird made its first appearance…
DetailsQuick Hits: State Plan, Cape Cod, Dalkowski A three-state plan is reportedly on the table for Major League Baseball in 2020, but it may go beyond that. Ken Rosenthal says (via Fox Sports) that MLB could go to five, 10 or even 12 states in an effort to make a season happen. MLB has no…
DetailsRemember When The Twins Traded Wilson Ramos For Matt Capps? Nearly ten years ago, the Twins traded top catching prospect Wilson Ramos to the Nationals for closer Matt Capps. Was the move justified? MLBTR’s Steve Adams makes his video debut in today’s discussion with Jeff Todd. Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/04/remember-when-the-twins-traded-wilson-ramos-for-matt-capps.html
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