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This is a terrific piece on the state of MLB race relations in 1960. Among many things, it includes the difference between what we now refer to as African-Americans and Black Latinos. http://www.si.com/vault/1960/03/21/583790/the-private-world-of-the-negro-ballplayer
1. Los Angeles. Dodgers; $291,056,310 2. New York Yankees: $223,589,947 3. Boston Red Sox: $185,568,958 4. San Francisco Giants: $180,726,826 5. Washington Nationals: $169,277,370 6. Detroit Tigers: $164,010,992 7. Texas Rangers: $156,283,670 8. Los Angeles Angels: $149,686,871 9. Philadelphia Phillies: $145,656,077 10. Toronto Blue Jays: $135,728,804 11. Chicago Cubs: $133,051,389 12. St. Louis Cardinals: $132,638,936 [...]
Can you imagine the Wilpons doing this? As a fan I love the honesty and directness of this. Here's a snippet: "As you probably know, David recruited Matt Arnold from the Tampa Bay Rays as his Assistant GM. At this month's Winter Meetings, he and Matt started to implement their strategy, which David has articulated [...]
The following table will show the names being discussed on radio shows and articles for MVP in the National League and one very special player in the American League, for reference. To begin with, there has been much talk about Cespedes being the MVP. But, upon looking at the numbers, even I admit that Harper [...]
"Those are the moments that make the entire act of being a fan perfectly rational. People who aren’t even into sports get interested when a city galvanizes around a team, because the allure of being part of something communal is so alluring. That commonality, feeling connected to others; that’s why being a sports fan is [...]
Just imagine if Logan Verrett had the success he's had with the Mets when he was with the Orioles. A nice little piece on the unusual hit rate for Rule 5 guys this year. http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/ask-ba-watching-best-rule-5-class-years/
A terrific article by Jared Cross that should be required reading for the Mets' manager. "Managers, it appears, stack their lineups with more lefties when facing right-handed pitching but pay little attention to the projected platoon split of the pitcher. The right-handed pitchers projected to have reverse splits faced roughly as many left-handed batters as [...]
After ESPN chose not to renew his contract, Bill Simmons is moving on to HBO. Interestingly, he still can write columns elsewhere, so another deal may be forthcoming. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/sports/bill-simmons-to-join-hbo.html?ref=sports
Among other things he talks about the trade process, the state of Troy Tulowitzki and the Rockies' struggles to develop pitchers. http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_28469915/rockies-q-gm-jeff-bridich-teams-issues-moving
Interesting stuff surrounding the last two employees of Jeff Luhnow.
Two of the greatest observers of the human mind share a birthday today, May 12. Of course, I’m talking about Yogi Berra and George Carlin. Carlin is no longer with us and Berra is 90 today. But after all of us reading this have been long gone, they’ll still be quoting these famous philosophers. Here [...]