In 2021, Major League Baseball dumped 42 minor league affiliates. Over at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Will Bardenwerper notes that New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto, with his $765,000,000 contract, “will make in ten at-bats roughly the $700,000 MLB will save […]
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Cheering for baseball teams and presidential candidates
What to do when neither sports nor politics offer us our first choice to cheer for?
Baseball, life, and honest reporting
What makes a good, honest reporter? Someone who neither minimizes nor maximizes a walk but sees, writes, and leaves the prophecy to others.
Ty Cobb hit .367, but Josh Gibson hit .372
Here is the Associated Press: Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday after a three-year research project. Gibson’s […]
Canada’s last minor league baseball team
The people of Vancouver love their Canadians, the Toronto Blue Jay’s Class A baseball club and Major League Baseball’s last minor league team. Here is a taste of Kurt Streeter’s The New York Times piece, “Is This Heaven? No It’s […]