Jorge Posada: Company Man
Jorge Posada has a book coming out, so he's had a few moments in the media spotlight this last week to plug his memoir, “The Journey Home: My Life In Pinstripes.” Despite being an insane Boston Red Sox fan, I a...
On Clayton Kershaw’s Birthday, Some Evidence of His Greatness
Our friends over at the Cespedes Family BBQ tweeted about Clayton Kershaw's 27th birthday:
Kershaw turns 27 today. via @baseball_ref, best ERA+ through age-26 season among SP's, Expansion Era (min. 1,000 IP): ...
Craig Biggio Reports To Astros Camp As Instructor
Former Astros second baseman Craig Biggio will be in camp starting Monday through March 20th.
Biggio was elected to the Hall of Fame in January, in his third year on the ballot.
A week after Jeff Bagwell ...
Pawtucket’s Baseball Legacy
The connection between a team and its community holds both a sentimental and enduring bond. Individuals identify its home franchise as the fabric of its city. As an adolescent, the wins and losses assume the sa...
This Day in Baseball: Taking Dad Deep
If you have taken batting practice off of your father, you have no doubt fantasized about taking him deep. Homering off of your dad is a moment of personal validation, especially if dear old dad is one of the ...
Baseball Essential’s 2015 Mock Hall Of Fame Election
We are officially in Cooperstown season. The Baseball Hall of Fame has announced the 2015 ballot, but the inductees will not be known until January 6th. This leaves us with about a month to debate the merits of...
Predicting which Active Players will Make the Hall of Fame
No, I promise I won't use this as a forum to talk about Barry Bonds and why the SECOND BEST PLAYER EVER SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME (!!!), but rather to focus on the past weekend that was, and use it to stir ...
Do Chicks Still Dig the Long Ball?
The late 1980’s to the early 2000’s brought some of the greatest pitching us diehard baseball fans will ever see, in somewhat of a juxtaposition, it also brought some of the greatest hitting we’ll will ever see...
Going by WAR: Top 10 players at each position of all-time, based on WAR
I am a nerd. A baseball stats nerd. And as a baseball stats nerd, FanGraphs is my favorite place to get my daily dose of analytics and sabermetrics. Perhaps my favorite, all-inclusive statistic is WAR, Wins Abo...