Fifty years ago today, Rick Wise performed arguably the most impressive single-game performance in baseball history, throwing a no-hitter while hitting two home runs. The feat has never been duplicated, and is in no danger of being matched unless Shohei Ohtani goes off in a National League park. Read more…
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On Opening Day, the signs of how much we’ve lost were everywhere
After getting the coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, I was pretty out of it on Thursday, which meant that Opening Day was a different experience than usual. I woke up in the morning, had breakfast and walked the dog, then went right back to sleep, setting an alarm to be able to watch the first inning […]
Joe Morgan, championed from the analytics That He Loathed, Moves away at 77
Many diehard baseball guys despise sabermetrics for anxiety about their {} . They will never admit this, but it is what is in the center of this. That spreads to each market, where how we had to do it’s always better than how we do it today (and sometimes that is accurate ). That {} […]