Who the heck was the official scorer in Friday's game? How was that "triple" scored a triple? Even the announcers questioned it. (Granted, the comment was "if...
In this interview http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/thetoydepartment/2009/04/bill_james_talks_os_hof_and_mo_1.html Bill James comes across yet again as a...
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/service-time-manipulation I had the same thoughts. I also am curious why many fans and media members who hate Manny...
After meeting this past Saturday, the Halsey Hall Book Club has chosen Allen Barra's Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee, as its June selection. The book, a recent...
Hi all, I got curious about the subject line last Monday when the Mariners entered the 9th with 4 runs scored and 0 LOB. They ended with 6 runs and 1 LOB. ...
I suppose with Grady Sizemore in center, Franklin Gutierrez had to play mostly left or right field when he was in Cleveland. Now in Seattle, he's playing...
Congratulations to Tom Swift and Dan Levitt for awards and honors they've received for their biographies about Chief Bender and Ed Barrow. Chief Bender's...
The Halsey Hall Chapter book club will be meeting Saturday, April 11 to discuss Bill James's The Politics of Glory: How Baseball's Hall of Fame Really Works....
Great news, fellow chapter members. We have a guest speaker for the Spring Meeting. He is former Twin Julio Becquer and I contacted him this morning and he...
April 11 is the date for the next Halsey Hall Chapter Book Club meeting. That means you've got four weeks to read (or re-read) Bill James's The Politics of...
I just finished reading the Politics of Glory, our next book club selection. Without yet getting into the content, I was surprised at how many errors there...
Does anyone think that Edwin Moses makes good points here or is he just blowing smoke? Are these obvious criticisms or do they need to be aired (or both)? I...
Reusse was interviewing a local mystery writer/novelist this morning on KSTP, and she told him he probably has a novel in him. His reply was that he had...
For a display at Target Field, the Twins have asked me to come up with a list of highlights from their history that haven't been published that much. Below is...
After viewing a Beatles documentary on Channel 17 last night I was taken by surprise as our own Howard Luloff was featured among many doing Bob Dylan...
Another fine article by Caple that combines good points on the Hall of Fame with his usual wit. His point on the movement in HOF voting is a good one. Check...
Considering that the man only moved into an assisted care facility THREE WEEKS AGO, sounds like a good life to me. Former teammate of Ruth dies Comment Email...
http://baseballanalysts.com/archives/2009/01/baseballs_hall.php Interesting article that zeroes in on the problems even having a Hall of Fame discussion. I...
A recent post from Stew Thornley regarding February's HH Book Club subject, a bio of Pete Rose, mentioned a couple of his most lasting impressions from the...
From a larger article. http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/01/13/the-hall-of-fame-roundup/ Jim Rice (412 votes, 76.4%). Plenty — PLENTY — has already...
Now that we have completed another typical Hall of Fame election season (an overwhelmingly qualified candidate who was not named by 28 writers, a candidate...
Thanks to Rob Neyer's Wangdoodles. Jim Rice http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=1150 Excellent article, and the blog responses made a good point...
In case you thought they type of contract dishonesty ended with Charlie Comiskey sitting Eddie Cicotte to avoid his 30 win bonus. (from a Rob Neyer article) ...
An interestng article http://wezen-ball.blogspot.com/2009/01/past-future-hall-of-famers.html on HOF predictions nearly 20 years ago. Along with the difficulty...
With the Hall of Fame vote coming in a couple of days, I took a look at who has and hasn’t been elected by decade of play. All players named in this study...
The best point in the article is that fans and media should be more upset with the teams that pocket their revenue than they are with Steinbrenner for doing...
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