Atlantic League Managers Provide Wonderful Material For Major League Trivia Buffs

July 14, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment

It is probably an understatement of sizeable proportions to say that the eight men who manage Atlantic League teams have quality career baseball profiles.Â After all, they have a combined 109 seasonsâ€”an average of 13.6â€”as major league players. The popular nation-wide group SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) took note recently when it made the […]

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Is There Really Gator Baseball?

June 15, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

Coming out of Nationals Park several weeks ago I spied someone decked out in University of Florida garb and I quickly offered up the “Gator Nation” salute–an obscene affair–then jumped up and asked whether he knew how our Gators were doing in the SEC championship game against South Carolina. Â After a quick browse through the […]

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