Baseball Shorts: Ear Syphillis In today’s episode of Baseball Shorts, we pay attention to an aliment from which only umpires are suffering: Ear Syphillis Ear Syphillis is a condition in which umpires are overly sensitive for remarks from players, managers, and fans. Even this bad that it affects his performance behind home plate. A good…
Details2020 Conference Wrap: Big Ten Our look back at the too-short season for Big Ten teams includes Nick and Burke’s picks for the teams and players who stood out most in the four-week campaign. Source: https://d1baseball.com/analysis/2020-conference-wrap-big-ten/
DetailsEric Longenhagen Chat: 4/10/2020 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/eric-longenhagen-chat-4-10-2020/
DetailsMissed Time and the Hall of Fame, Part 1 When Harold Baines was elected to the Hall of Fame via the 2019 Today’s Game Era Committee ballot, the argument that he would have reached 3,000 hits had he not lost substantial parts of the 1981, ’94 and ’95 seasons to player strikes must have weighed…
DetailsMLB Has Discussed Realignment For 2020 Season In another example of the radical measures that Major League Baseball is contemplating as it seeks to play as many games as possible in a truncated 2020 season, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports that one proposal would see the traditional American League and National League scrapped for the…
DetailsFans craft sequel to Minors movies list Many agreed with our 10 picks for Minor League movies that weren’t “Bull Durham.” Since there were far too many options, here are some that didn’t make our cut that made yours. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20200410&content_id=313238146&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsToolshed: Yanks’ Volpe waits to earn pinstripes Yankees No. 9 prospect Anthony Volpe had his first season cut short by mono. His second is on hold due to the coronavirus. It may not be an ideal start to a career, but it’s all he knows. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20200410&content_id=313243062&fext=.jsp&vkey=toolshed&sid=milb
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OOTP Brewers Update: Pitching Decisions With another week in the books, our digital Brewers aren’t any easier to figure out. In fact, it’s been much the opposite. Today, we’ll take a deep dive into the pitching staff, which has already seen a good deal of turnover 12 games into the season, and see if we…
DetailsRevisiting Dave Stewart’s D-backs Trades Dave Stewart’s transition from agent to Diamondbacks general manager was both brief and frenetic. Not afraid to make moves that bucked industry trends, Stewart’s regime aggressively moved young talent for veterans, seemingly placed a lower value on draft picks than other clubs and made what proved to be a pair…
DetailsIntroducing FanGraphs Prep! In the new reality of sheltering in place, most schools are now closed. Parents might be looking for new problems and lessons that are interesting to students; it’s a lot easier to keep your mind on a problem when it’s about something that’s already interesting. Teaching addition is a lot easier when…
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