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Continuing with your votes for the 100 best Hall of Fame candidates. No. 55: Darrell EvansScore: 41.62One of my favorite Bill James' essays involves Darrell Evans ... it builds around the notion that Evans is the most underrated player in baseball history. But because it's Bill, he doesn't just...
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“Cleveland Municipal Stadium used to be famous for its terrible infield.”
Fulton County stadium was even worse. It had all the bad things of Municipal plus the grounds crew were, I think, guys who paved roads for a living. One player used take infield practice in a helmet. One of the things that catapulted Ozzie to fame was a routine ground ball in Atlanta that bounced off a pebble or something, changed direction and Ozzie, somehow, changed which he was *already diving* to field it and throw the guy out.
I knew the team had turned a corner when they hired professional groundskeepers and FCS went from being one of the worst infield in baseball to one of the best.
Joe,
Love your writing, but as a die-hard Jays fan, I must remind of you of the time Dave Stieb lost a perfect game in the 9th inning with 2 outs
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Phillies got Abreu at the expansion draft. He was plucked off Houston’s roster by Tampa Bay and the Phillies sent them Kevin Stocker for him.