I blog about the Detroit Tigers, sabermetrics and baseball in general. Author of Beyond Batting Average, researcher and lecturer at Brandeis University.
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Rest In Peace Bob Boone. He was always around - I was 9 years old when he was a rookie, 28 when he retired and 41 when he managed for the last time. Only two catchers - Pudge Rodriguez and Carlton Fisk caught more games than him.
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Oscar Gamble was best known for his iconic afro, but he was also a good hitter. Played 17 years for 7 teams with a 127 lifetime OPS including 6 years of 150 or higher. Had some of his best seasons as platoon DH with Yankees who made him trim his hair. baseball-reference.com/playe…
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Random Player - John Boccabella. Back-up catcher played 12 years in 60s, 70s. "Beautiful mouth" was popular in Montreal with fans and PA man Claude Morton. Best year was 1970: 95 OPS+ in 156 plate appearances. google.com/search?q=boccabel…
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The name Luis Alvarado popped into my head this AM. I remembered him as being awful, so I looked him up. I remembered correctly. He played for 6 teams over 9 years. His total WAR was -3.1 and he finished with a positive WAR only once(0.2 in 1970). baseball-reference.com/playe…
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Lee Panas retweeted
Something a middle-schooler emailed us about:
“A ‘combination lock’ should *technically* be called a ‘permutation lock,’ because the order of the numbers matters in permutations, but in combinations the order doesn’t matter.”
10/10, no notes.
Minnesota's kicker kicked a 60 yd field goal to put his team up by 3 with 20 seconds to go. Indiana then tied it on a 60 yard field goal at the end of regulation. I don't think I have seen that before.
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Just 34.7% of runs this postseason were scored via HR, the lowest mark in a postseason since 2014 (33.3%)
In the World Series specifically, it was 13.5%, the 2nd-lowest in any WS since start of 1951, behind 2014 (12.3%)
I remember the Seattle Pilots in 69 right near the beginning of my baseball fandom. 57 years later, the Brewers finally win it all. Congratulations! I love the way they built their team and the way they play. I hope the Tigers use them as a blue print.
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The best team in baseball has advanced to the World Series. The Dodgers didn't even put up a fight.
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Today was just an incredible way for Verlander's career to end. Pitching effectively for 5+ innings after being injured all year, the heart warming meeting on the mound with his daughter, the walkoff home run. It couldn't have been much better.
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Jackson Jobe looks like an anime...He has also looked pretty impressive the last 3 starts regardless of the outcome.
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Max Clark isn't even that good yet, but he is already showing how exciting he can be. It's fun watching him leg out extra base hits.
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The Tigers had unfavorable pitching matchups and didn't play particularly well, but they still won the series. And If the playoffs started right this moment, the Tigers would qualify.
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