Joe - I agree with this. There are far too many dependencies on each play and if we make the assumption that umpires make too many mistakes now that we need ...
Hornsby members, I have finally had enough of sportswriters suggesting instant replay for baseball for "everything except balls and strikes". This simply won't...
Cyril: Has anyone got the answer to your question yet? In a message dated 11/15/2009 10:42:38 P.M. Central Standard Time, cyrilmorong@... writes: The...
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.sphinx19nov19,0,1958072.story ... From: Jan Larson <jan.a.larson@...> Subject: [hornsby] November meeting...
Geez, sounds like I made the quiz just as impossible as the last one! Michael ... From: Jan Larson <jan.a.larson@...> Subject: [hornsby] November meeting...
Clint Hurdle continues to assure me that he will make every effort to make our January meeting. He does, however, point out that he won't know what the...
Bill - very sorry to hear about the bum "wheel". Hope that you recover quickly and are back on track next month.  It looks like you're in great shape if...
   It looks like we should have 10 people at the meeting tomorrow night. Unfortunately, I won't be among them. As some of you know, I have experienced...
Mike Dillon said Hank Greenberg. He did have one season, 1937, but only one (305 RB and 397 TB). Gehringer had two. Greenberg did have 3 other seasons with...
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How about Hank Greenberg Mike D ... From: cyrilmorong@... To: hornsby@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 8:01 AM Subject: [hornsby]...
The miserable record of the closers in the post-season calls into question the whole concept of the copycat use of one by managers even if they don't have a...
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Cy - I'll take a wild guess and say Vern Stephens... Â Monte Cy - I'll take a wild guess and say Vern Stephens... Monte...
Mike Dillon gave Ichirio as the answer to my question of the other player who had 3 seasons with both 300+ TBs & 300+ times reaching base. Ichiro had 1 season...
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Ichiro? ... From: cyrilmorong@... To: hornsby@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 10:17 PM Subject: [hornsby] "300" hitters The list...
The list below shows the all-time leaders in seasons with 300+ TBs and 300+ RB (times reaching base, H + BB + HBP). I removed one player from the list, who is...
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It appears that really only two closers did any good at all, Fuentes and Rivera..Franklin's ERA was solid, and it's tough blowing a save with an unearned...
    Of the eight teams that entered postseason play this year, seven suffered at least one devastaing loss in a crucial game because their ace closer did...
   We should have 10 or 11 people at our meeting next Thursday at Third Base. Michael Bass will have a trivia quiz and Tom Wancho will have a ballot for...
Monte Cely asked: "Cy - is 15 of 71 out-of-line with the number of southpaw pitchers that are/have been in the majors? That's 21%, which would equate to 2.5...
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Cy - is 15 of 71 out-of-line with the number of southpaw pitchers that are/have been in the majors?  That's 21%, which would equate to 2.5...
NO! ... From: cyrilmorong@... To: hornsby@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, Nov 11, 2009 1:59 pm Subject: [hornsby] Left handed pitchers in the Hall of Fame...
By my count their are 71 pitchers in the Hall but only 15 are lefties. Should lefties be held to a different, lower standard since they have to face more right...
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I subscribe to the SABR group on LinkedIn and there was a post today from a woman who said she had the first edition of the subject book available for sale....