Triple Milestone Targets 2013
September 8, 2013 by Bill Gilbert · 1 Comment
With four weeks to go, only two players are on target for triple milestones of a .300 batting average, 30 home runs and 100 RBIs but six others are close. Only one pitcher is on target for the milestones of 20 wins, 200 strikeouts and an ERA less than 3.00. No other pitchers are close. […]
While New Leagues Are Slow to Develop, Independent Roster in Majors Grows Rapidly
August 23, 2013 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
Independent Baseball is continuing to turn out major league players in impressive numbers—two more just this week—but operators are not finding it nearly as easy to start new leagues or even to nail down new franchises. A new league has not started and lasted since the Can-Am League launched in 2005, and even that was […]
Mid Season Triple Milestones
July 5, 2013 by Bill Gilbert · 1 Comment
With most teams reaching the season mid-point by playing their 81st game of the season last weekend, its time to take a look at players that are on target for the triple milestones of a .300 batting average, 30 home runs and 100 RBIs and pitchers on target for 20 wins, 200 strikeouts and an […]
Clearing The Bases
March 21, 2013 by George Kurtz · Leave a Comment
Welcome to the first day of spring and if you live in the Northeast well then you know it’s about 30 degrees and snowing, not exactly good news for MLB, when the season will begin in about 10 days. Today we will complete our rankings with the outfielders. I’m not going to rank designated hitters […]
Clearing The Bases
July 27, 2011 by George Kurtz · Leave a Comment
Unless you’re not all that big a baseball fan, you know the non-waiver trade deadline is this Sunday at 4PM. It’s a major league team’s last chance to fix a problem on their roster before players must pass through waivers in order to be traded. Trades seem to be harder to work out in this […]
“Nobody’s Perfect”
June 23, 2011 by Sam Miller · Leave a Comment
Just one step away. One break. We all know the feeling. What separates us is what we do when the moment comes and what we have learned to prepare us. That’s what this week’s read, “Nobody’s Perfect,” is about. The “almost-perfect game” is merely part of the story. Read Armando Galarraga and Jim Joyce’s story […]
Due To Darkness
March 25, 2011 by Brendan Macgranachan · Leave a Comment
The 1922 World Series featured a rematch of the previous year’s championship series between the New York Giants and New York Yankees. The series also included one of the most controversial calls in World Series history, up to that point, in game two of the series. The entire series was being held at the Polo […]
He Uses ‘The Only Sane Part of My Body’ to Throw Batting Practice
July 30, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
It often seems that when we dig deeper a story gets more interesting. That certainly has been the case this summer in the process of trying to find the best possible information for this Notebook.  So today we are going to veer largely away from the usual stories of pennant races and exceptional performances to […]
Cox preaches patience on Bad-News Braves
April 26, 2010 by Dan Schlossberg · 1 Comment
After making more errors than runs during a three-game disaster at CitiField this past weekend, the Atlanta Braves are poisoning the well of good will left by the pending retirement of manager Bobby Cox. Meeting with reporters before Sunday’s game in Flushing, Cox probably felt like applying the local name to most of the men […]
