Hello, I am wondering if anyone would be able to assist me with a information request. I am working on a book about George Wilson, an African-American...
Hi Joe - Welcome to SABR. I've sent this request for info onto a few of our members who are well-versed on black baseball in this area. I gave them your...
For those interested in one man's view of MLB's culpability in the steroids debacle and other items, the this article is quite interesting. THE SOVEREIGN...
Our bi-monthly breakfast get-together will be this Saturday, November 22, at 9 a.m. at the usual spot, Bakers Square in Richfield (66th Street just east of...
Bob alerted me to an item in today's Star Tribune about Jim Rantz receiving the Chief Bener Award for distinguished service in player development. Here is the...
*http://tinyurl.com/5pe4k7* <http://tinyurl.com/5pe4k7> This is indeed the inaugural year for Minor League Baseball's Chief Bender Award for recognition of...
Mitch Hestad of the Twins wants to know if there is a good site for listing the total number of Gold Gloves won by teams. Baseball- reference.com has a...
Tink Larson, the longtime Waseca coach, sent me some lists he is compiling of Minnesota high schools of major leaguers. I'm going to paste them in below. If...
Ste, thanks. Not much to add. Don Arlich (born in Michigan) graduated from North St. Paul H.S. in 1961. Chief Bender graduated from Carlisle, a prep school...
One I didn't see was Wally Gilgert gratuated from Duluth Denham. I never found a confirming date but he would of been 18 in December of 1918 In a message...
. . . or visiting the gravesites of Hall of Famers, no need to schedule a trip to see Joe Gordon's grave. According to Retrosheet, he was cremated. Here is a...
... Don't know. There are 15 Hall of Famers I list in the No Interment category. One of those is Ted Williams and one is Clemente. The other 13 were...
In the list that Stew posted, I did not see Red Hardy's name.  He went to a Minneapolis school.  Thanks Dave Trombley In the list that Stew posted, I did...
... went to a Minneapolis school. ... Yeah, he went to South. Was that list just of major leaguers? I'm not sure if Hardy pitched in the majors. Good catch,...
Dan Levitt teamed up with his Paths to Glory co-author, Mark Armour, and Matthew Levitt (your brother, I take it?) in the cover story of the just-published...
Article and some of the blogs are worth reading. The article I think effectively refutes the "he was a product of his time" defense for Rice's low walk total....
This link http://www.hardballtimes.com/thtstats/other/schell.php?view=schell_rank&start= shows the top 100 rankings from Baseball's All-Time Best Sluggers by...
I assume the Minnesota High School list was just of major leaguers. Red Hardy pitched two games for the 1951 Giants.  Dave Trombley I assume the Minnesota...
A good article with some good suggestions from Joe Posnanski about improving the HOF. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/12/18/bp.halloffame/ ...
Dear Baseball Experts, The current issue of Baseball Research Journal contains a debate about the existence of clutch hitting. To analyze this, one first ...
Alden - I've often wondered the same thing (What's the flip side of "clutch"?), but, as usual, you articulate it more clearly than I ever have. Doesn't a Mr....
Along the lines of "what is clutch hitting", I can't help but think of the Twins' overall lack of clutch hitting in the tie-breaking game this year and the in...
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