BB-Ref. and Retrosheet don't show Merkle playing any games at third in 1916. But the NY Evening Telegram and the NY Times reported that he played there on...
This is correct. And despite being much maligned for his 'boner' he was one of John McGraw's most trusted confidants. Merkle was a good guy afterall! ...
Maury managed to get the Pappas historical salary data: http://www.bizofbaseball.com/data/PappasSalarydata.xls If someone can handle the name-to-ID mapping, I...
If you use this data, it is requested that Doug Pappas is ALWAYS cited as the source. The data has not all been fully validated, nor are there complete runs on...
In the NHL, franchise moves happened quite often, especially in the 70s and 80s. In many cases, the move was treated as a demise for the previous franchise...
... I agree with the first point, but not the second. Respectfully, I believe that calling the Nats and Expos separate franchises would not be reflecting...
Now that I'm rebuilding my databases to get up and running, I have a few questions. 1. Could the POC for the MASTER table contact me offline? 2. Has anyone...
I tend to agree with Sean on this. The Green Book and other official league references include Raines and company in the Nationals all-time leaders, and while...
One character that has slipped through the cracks is: hemonro99 (Roland Hemond) He should not have a playerid. Tom ... The Book--Playing The Percentages In...
... Even so, what I'm proposing is TWO ID: - franchise ID - fan ID So, the FRANCHISES table can continue to have the franchise ID that is the norm. And, you...
Just for the sake of discussion. How would you handle the Giants, Dodgers, Athletics Braves, etc. Would they all have multiple fan id's? sean ... -- -- ...
This strikes me as where technology comes up against our love and knowledge of the game. I don't know about anyone else, but I think I have all the franchise...
Right, and MON 1969 through MON 2004 would be linked as one ID. WHERE fanID = "MON" WHERE franchID = "WAS" and yearid between 1969 and 2004 The difference is...
... I'm not an historian. You'd really have to defer to those that study the issue, as to how they look at it. *** A Nats blogger http://dcbb.blogspot.com/...
I think it would cause confusion more than it would solve. I also think that it would lend credence to the idea that they are not the same franchise - when in...
I also think its a historians responsibility to reflect reality. If the public wants to distort that to their own views - that is their prerogative. If a ...
... How can a public distort reality, when they in fact establish the reality! In any case, what the FanID represents is "the public's perception of the...
Tom: So, what is the reality of the Worcester Ruby Legs franchise history after leaving Worcester? Is there really a consensus 'public perception'? Or, what...
... I'll sometime correct someone at the ballpark if I feel they are receptive enough although I think I have wrecked some first dates when I've corrected a...
... You'll have to educate me. I don't know what the story is there. ... That's always possible. And, it's certainly possible that the Montreal Expos of...
... Historically, there's been a bit of a debate about whether or not Worcester became the Philadelphia Phillies, and thus should be considered the same...
... It seems that there is one contingency of Washington fans that would include Walter Johnson and the 1901-1960 as part of their fanbase history. I don't...
... The NJ Devils do not include any of the pre-NJ stats in their lifetime totals. And if the NFL, for legal reasons or otherwise, declares a team to be a new...
Tom Tango wrote: "What is needed is a "Continuity ID" which would keep the Nats/Expos linked (and the Devils/Rockies/ Scouts), since we have to reflect that...
I think Tom is right. Why not add another layer of information if it adds something and doesn't take anything away? It wouldn't be that hard to populate. On a...
... Maybe I'm just slow, but I still don't understand the objective of the proposed "FanID". Is it to separate the Nats and the Expos into two separate...
When I logged in this morning, I noticed that two of the replies posted to the thread on Franchise IDs were flagged as spam, and thus not posted. I have no...
Sean, I don't think they were spam. Awhile back (in terms of years), I set it up so new users had to have messages approved. I received an e-mail asking for ...
On a related note, since you brought up table structure: I've always felt that "Brooklyn" and "Dodgers" (location and team nickname) should be separate fields...
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