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Month: June 2019

The Switch Is On

Posted on June 22, 2019June 22, 2019 by Joe Posnanski

The switch to the new JoeBlogs is going pretty well. About 60% of you have come over, which is great. My big concern in making this switch to Substack was that I was asking all of you to do the pain-in-the-neck thing of signing up with a new service and canceling your Patreon account. But…

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To Break in a Glove

Posted on June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 by Joe Posnanski

In the next couple of weeks, this site will automatically redirect (or some similar action) to my new blog over at Substack. As I’ve written about at some length on Patreon, I think this will be way better for many different reasons. It will (I hope) be a better reading experience, a better posting experience,…

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Baseball 75: Larry Walker

Posted on June 8, 2019June 8, 2019 by Joe Posnanski

This is probably a good time to very briefly explain how I ranked these players. Together with Tom Tango (though he might not want credit), I developed a WAR ranking system that is adjusted by era and the quality of competition. I don’t want to get into the weeds here because the system is not…

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Forfeits For You

Posted on June 5, 2019June 5, 2019 by Joe Posnanski

This week marks the 45th anniversary of 10 Cent Beer Night in Cleveland, one of the banner moments of my childhood. I was only 7, but it left an enormous imprint on my life. And as my anniversary gift to you, here is a rundown of the five baseball forfeits of the last 50 years…

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In Defense of OPS

Posted on June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 by Joe Posnanski

On Twitter, pals and co-authors Tom Tango and Mitchel Lichtman had a fun little argument about two interesting baseball statistics, OPS (On Base Plus Slugging Percentage) and wOBA (Weighted On Base Average). Tango made the solid argument that OPS is a mathematical crime — you are adding together fractions that do not have the same…

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The Tony Peña Story

Posted on June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 by Joe Posnanski

Tony Peña turns 62 today. And this, from 2003, is one of my all-time favorite stories. * * * On the road to Villa Vasquez, Tony Peña cried, not for the first time that day and not for the last. “No,” he said. “Not that story. I will not tell that story.” His Mercedes raced…

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Baseball Things, June 3

Posted on June 3, 2019June 3, 2019 by Joe Posnanski

Baseball Thing 1: Baseball’s Newest Star San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic is one of the most famous baseball cities in the world. The population is a little less than 200,000 — roughly the same as Huntsville or Akron — and yet, over the years, more than 100 major league players were born…

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Soto, So Young, So Good

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Joe Posnanski

Juan Soto played his 162nd game on Wednesday … that’s one full season’s worth. His numbers through 162: .292/.402/.519, 36 doubles, 2 triples, 31 home runs, 107 RBIs, 107 runs. That’s pretty special, particularly for someone who won’t turn 21 until after THIS season. How does it compare? Well, you can look at this guy….

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