Category Archives: Sports

INTEGRATING BASEBALL TEAMS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS..

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Philip

INTEGRATING BASEBALL TEAMS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. In Steven Goldman’s article, there is a photo and a story about each player who was the first black player for one of the 16 original franchises. After the color line was broken by … Continue reading →

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MINOSO, SLAUGHTER, AND INTEGRATING BASEBALL.

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Philip

MINOSO,SLAUGHTER, AND INTEGRATING BASEBALL. Although Minoso was a little better player than Slaughter, the major difference between them was in their roles in the integration of baseball. Slaughter, as this wikipedia entry says, was known “as one of the leaders … Continue reading →

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BILL JAMES ON SLAUGHTER AND MINOSO.

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Philip

BILL JAMES ON SLAUGHTER AND MINOSO. It occurred to me that my associating Minnie Minoso and Enos Slaughter may have come from Bill James. I checked in the BILL JAMES HISTORICAL BASEBALL ABSTRACT, published in 1986, and sure enough, in … Continue reading →

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MINNIE MINOSO IS NOT IN THE HALL OF FAME; ENOS SLAUGHTER IS.

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Philip

MINNIE MINOSO IS NOT IN THE HALL OF FAME; ENOS SLAUGHTER IS. Minnie Minoso failed again this week to be chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame. It’s always problematic to argue that a player should be admitted to the Hall … Continue reading →

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WHAT DIFFERENCE DO STEROIDS MAKE IN ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE?

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Philip

WHAT DIFFERENCE DO STEROIDS MAKE IN ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE? How much difference did steroids make in the performance of baseball players in what may become known as the Steroid Era? The issue is debatable and is debated (you can google “steroids … Continue reading →

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NATE SILVER: POLITICAL POLLS THAT ARE NOT RANDOM.

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Philip

NATE SILVER: POLITICAL POLLS THAT ARE NOT RANDOM. I posted here about Nick’s statistics class in which one half of the class was supposed to flip a coin 30 times and document the results. The other half was to write … Continue reading →

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BASEBALL STATISTICS “SHOULD COME WITH A MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION OF THEIR PRECISION….”

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Philip

BASEBALL STATISTICS “SHOULD COME WITH A MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION OF THEIR PRECISION….” Sheldon Hirsch in this essay on baseball statistics asks questions that journalists do not usually ask about statistics. Hirsch asks how we can tell “which statistics to emphasize and … Continue reading →

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THE FOLLOWERS OF BILL JAMES.

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Philip

THE FOLLOWERS OF BILL JAMES. I boasted here about the fact that Mary Jane and I were among the early subscribers to whom Bill James dedicated his 1983 BASEBALL ABSTRACT. Joe Posnanski had an article on the NBC Sportsworld website … Continue reading →

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HEARING THE BOOS.

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Philip

HEARING THE BOOS. Bob Greene had a tribute in the Wall Street Journal (November 18) to Jim Brosnan, who died in June. Brosnan was a pretty good pitcher who broke tradition in 1958 by writing and publishing a book, THE … Continue reading →

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THE FIRST TIME I SAW TELEVISION.

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Philip

THE FIRST TIME I SAW TELEVISION. The first time I saw television was in early October 1948 when I was 6. Our neighbors several houses down from us had acquired a television set. They invited all of the men on … Continue reading →

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