Category Archives: Baseball

JOEY VOTTO TAKES A THREE BALL WALK!

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Philip

JOEY VOTTO TAKES A THREE BALL WALK! I have posted several times, including here, about instances when major league umpires have lost track of the count of balls and strikes and have let a batter take a base on balls … Continue reading →

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CHILDREN SHOULD PLAY MORE PICK UP BALL GAMES.

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Philip

CHILDREN SHOULD PLAY MORE PICK UP BALL GAMES. I posted here about how a cross country coach won a lot of state championships by encouraging as many runners as possible to be on the team. The more participants, the greater … Continue reading →

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“EXPLAINING WHY CHILDREN ARE ABANDONING BASEBALL”.

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Philip

“EXPLAINING WHY CHILDREN ARE ABANDONING BASEBALL”. Brian Costa had an article in the Wall Street Journal (May 21) with the headline “Why Children Are Abandoning Baseball”. The decline is not reflected in the “travel teams” for the best players. The … Continue reading →

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BASEBALL GETS MORE DATA.

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Philip

BASEBALL GETS MORE DATA. Major league baseball is introducing Statcast, a new stat provider that uses a series of high-resolution optical cameras along with radar equipment to precisely track the location and movements of the ball and every player on … Continue reading →

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A WAY TO MAKE BASEBALL HIGH SCORING LIKE FOOTBALL.

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Philip

A WAY TO MAKE BASEBALL HIGH SCORING LIKE FOOTBALL. Jo Craven McGinty had an excellent article in “The Numbers” section of the Wall Street Journal (April 11-12) taking on the question: “is baseball really dying in the shadow of its … Continue reading →

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THE RED DOT.

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Philip

THE RED DOT. For many years, I have heard about the red dot on the baseball that a batter is supposed to see when a slider comes out of a pitcher’s hand. There was even a phenom whose success was … Continue reading →

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HOW FANTASY BASEBALL HAS GOTTEN BETTER OVER TIME.

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Philip

HOW FANTASY BASEBALL HAS GOTTEN BETTER OVER TIME. Will Leitch writes here: “… the one thing in my life that I can say, with 100 percent certainty, has gotten nothing but better every single year since it began to exist … Continue reading →

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ROTISSERIE BASEBALL AND USA TODAY.

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Philip

ROTISSERIE BASEBALL AND USA TODAY. Those of us who were early players in fantasy baseball leagues are aware of how much difference the internet made. The wikipedia entry on fantasy baseball points out that: “the advent of powerful computers and … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER ROTISSERIE LEAGUE THAT IS AS OLD AS OURS.

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Philip

ANOTHER ROTISSERIE LEAGUE THAT IS AS OLD AS OURS. I checked out the wikipedia entry on fantasy baseball. The entry identifies another league which has been in continuous operation as long as ours has been: “The oldest continuously operating Rotisserie … Continue reading →

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THE OLDEST ROTISSERIE LEAGUE? (COMMENT).

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Philip

THE OLDEST ROTISSERIE LEAGUE? (COMMENT). I posted in 2010 that our rotisserie baseball league may be the oldest that has been in continuous operation. I added the qualification that “there are likely others that are tied with it in longevity.” … Continue reading →

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