Three Different Views of One Play
December 1, 2011 by Dennis Pajot · Leave a Comment
Below I print three descriptions of the same play from the 1913 World’s Series. After over 30 years of interviewing eye-witnesses at accidents and crime scenes, I know that people see the same incident differently, so that three sport writers might see the same play different does not surprise me. For whatever the reasons when […]
All-Decade Single-Season Wins Above Replacement Team: A.L. 1901-1909
July 11, 2010 by Mike Lynch · 1 Comment
On July 1 I unveiled the All-Decade Single-Season Wins Above Replacement National League squad for the first decade of the modern era, so now it’s time to unveil the junior circuit’s team. Below is a list of the best seasons posted by American Leaguers at each position during the period from 1901-1909 based on Wins […]
The Day “Sunny Jim” Made History
February 22, 2010 by Dave Heller · 1 Comment
One of the great things about going to a baseball game is you’ll never know what you will see. Perhaps you might witness a no-hitter or a triple play. Or, as was the case for roughly 8,000 fans in Brooklyn on Sept. 16, 1924, a record which has yet to be broken. Certainly there were […]
