Recently, I defined and identified the “aces” of major league baseball using a statistical methodology with a very high bar a pitcher must reach in order to be considered an “ace.” Doing so, I identified [READ MORE]
The Commissioner of Baseball these days is very concerned about the Pace of Play in the game. Apparently millennials as a group won’t watch baseball because it’s not as fast as MLB The Show, and [READ MORE]
What is it that makes a baseball player worthy of the Hall of Fame? The more I think about it in context of the players on the ballot this year, the more complicated the answer [READ MORE]
Each year, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) presents a ballot to its members listing players eligible to be voted on for entry in to Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame. And each year, [READ MORE]
Over the last year or so, I have dedicated my Twitter account to filling a void in the Braves baseball world. That void was that there was no place to find out if a Braves [READ MORE]
Over the last two years, the baseball Hall of Fame has welcomed six new members. Unfortunately, that has done little to take care of the backlog of candidates who deserve to be enshrined. What’s worse [READ MORE]
2017 Hall of Fame Voting, BBWAA and the IBWAA Hall of Fame voting is one of my more favorite times of the year. There is always controversy normally surrounding a few players. Whether it be [READ MORE]
By my estimation, there are ten players on this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame ballot that, based on the criteria for enshrinement established by the Hall of Fame and precedent, are worthy of the vote. Jeff [READ MORE]
The 2017 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame ballot has been sent out to members of the BBWAA for voting on potential new entrants to the game’s shrine in Cooperstown, NY. While the official results [READ MORE]
Meeting a Living Legend and Hall of Famer: Cal Ripken, Jr I know, we’re Atlanta Braves fans. As such, by default, we are baseball fans just as much. This isn’t a story about the Braves, [READ MORE]
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