A Brief Dissection of the 2012 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot

January 9, 2012 by Andrew Martin · 1 Comment

First off, congratulations are in order for the Baseball Hall of Fames’ newest member, Barry Larkin. His selection today caps off an excellent 19 year major league career that was spent exclusively with the Cincinnati Reds. With 86.4% of the votes, Larkin was the only player on this year’s ballot to garner the necessary 75% […]

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Dickey, Wakefield, and the Not-So-Lost-But-Sorta-Lost Art of the Knuckleball

August 19, 2010 by Aaron Somers · 2 Comments

With roughly six weeks remaining in the 2010 season there are a number of bloggers, writers, and analysts that have started looking ahead to the offseason. While the writing itself hasnâ€™t actually begun yet, Iâ€™ll admit Iâ€™ve started thinking ahead to the format I hope to encapsulate my year-end thoughts within. Of course, the seasonâ€™s […]

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