
The Cardinals Need to Extend Jack Flaherty
A lot of questions have come about in regard to Jack Flaherty, but the biggest one of them all is when or if the St. Louis Cardinals should extend him. […]
A lot of questions have come about in regard to Jack Flaherty, but the biggest one of them all is when or if the St. Louis Cardinals should extend him. […]
The New York Yankees signed three-time All-Star infielder Matt Carpenter to a deal, adding a formerly dominant player to a team with the league’s best record. […]
With Joey Votto’s career possibly coming to a close in the next few years, his career and his decisions make for an intriguing ending. […]
New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson has been suspended one game for “inappropriate comments” directed towards Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson Saturday. […]
Much to the fans’ and bettors’ excitement, this year’s MLB season is finally here. Read on to find out how to cash in on 2022 MLB Futures bets. […]
Baseball and Music History Down through time there is a strong bond between baseball and music. Musicians have been writing about the game since the beginning of the game of base ball. Let’s take a […]
Vlad Jr. is Proving that Launch Angle isn’t Everything: There is a new home run leader in the show as of Saturday, and his name is Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Guerrero received a fastball on the […]
What is a Barrel Zone? It starts out with launch angle which we covered here. Batter would like to see their be in the 10-50 degree range because grounders doesn’t often produce more than an […]
Weighted Runs Created Plus (wRC+) wRC+ takes the statistic Runs Created and adjusts that number to account for important external factors — like ballpark or era. It’s adjusted, so a wRC+ of 100 is […]
Spin Rate-What is it? Spin rate is measured in RPM’s or revolutions per minute. It is the rate of spin on a baseball after it leaves the pitcher’s hand. Spin Rate is important to a […]
What is Defensive Efficiency Ratio (DER)? Defensive Efficiency Ratio is the percentage of ball in play that a defense convert into outs/ The formula for Defensive Efficiency Ratio is: 1 – ((H + ROE – […]
What is statcast? Statcast is an automated tool used to measure player movements and athletic abilities through the use of high-speed and highly accurate technology. In 2015, it was installed in all 30 major league […]
The statistic shows how well a pitcher has kept runners off the base paths, one of his main goals. The formula is simple enough — it’s the sum of a pitcher’s walks and hits, divided […]
FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching) is a measurement for the pitcher. It looks at the things he can control. The pitch. Consider this, you are driving on a country road , minding your own business, driving […]
Batted Ball Statistics are fairly straightforward: they express the share of a pitcher’s balls in play that are line drives, ground balls, or fly balls, including home runs that leave the ball field. This should […]
Baseball and Music History Down through time there is a strong bond between baseball and music. Musicians have been writing about the game since the beginning of the game of base ball. Let’s take a […]
Today, we will talk about seven of the best baseball players in MLB history. Let’s get started. […]
1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings have gone down in baseball history as the only team to finish undefeated for the entire season. Also, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first team to have all paid […]
Ballparks. The purpose here is to remind fans of their baseball past.The history of ball parks has been written. This identifies ballparks destroyed, demolished, vacated,abandoned or some will still be used but had a historical […]
Reichle and George Halas Dick Reichle was born in Lincoln, Illinois in November 12, 1896 to George and Anna (Knoeble) Reichle. Dick grew up on his dads farm and saw his father become successful. […]
Fred Beck was born as Frederick Thomas Beck and was raised in Havana, Illinois, Beck got his start in organized baseball with semi-pro teams in Havana. He began his professional career with Bloomington of the […]
Special thanks to Jeff Bonnett from the Havana National Bank for leading me to this great baseball executive. Henry Roy Hamey was born on June 9, 1902 in Havana, Illinois. His mothers name was […]
Ballparks Across America is a series of articles about baseball fields that have been forgotten, abandoned or demolished. Baseball was the backbone of America in the simpler days. Kids were gone all day playing […]
Death Row All Stars. Baseball. You win and see tomorrow, you lose and you are executed. Imagine the pressure on each play and at-bat. That was the general concept of the Death Row All Stars. […]
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