Cincinnati Reds at Arizona Diamondbacks
9:40 PM ET
Tim Adleman vs. Zach Greinke
The Reds close out the unofficial first half of 2017 with a three-game set at Chase Field. If you missed Eric Roseberry’s series preview, check it out here.
Welcome to "This Week in SABR!" Click here to view this week's newsletter on the web. Here's what we've been up to as of July 7, 2017:
With baseball nearing the end of its second season of play since the United States declared war on Germany and entered World War I, the game’s continued operation was being called into question by high-ranking military officials...
For a tidy sum of $7.23 million.
Well, if any of you have been paying attention, our long, regional nightmare is now over. The Cincinnati Reds have officially come to an agreement with the 2nd overall pick in the 2017 draft, Hunter Greene.
It was Tuesday night, June 15, 1948, and 24,124 Boston Braves fans packed the Wigwam hoping to see their team take over first place. They were not disappointed: Johnny Sain pitched a six-hitter and the Braves beat the Chicago Cubs, 6-3.
On ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, a national cable audience watched the Baltimore Orioles set a few records as they pounded the Texas Rangers, 15-6. A crowd of 40,516 packed Oriole Park at Camden Yards to celebrate a promotion called Texas Barbecue Night...
The Rays and Red Sox play the second game of their four game set
Last night, the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Boston Red Sox thanks to the longball and another solid performance from Jacob Faria.
From SABR member Alfonso Tusa at The Hardball Times on July 3, 2017:
The pounding of my heart like stabs from a mobster. That old issue of Street and Smith magazine from the early 90’s. On the cover, an article on the “Impossible Dream” team of 1967.
From Alex Remington at The Hardball Times on July 6, 2017:
An old baseball player is a young man. Even the lengthiest careers leave a man with half his life still ahead of him. Bartolo Colon just celebrated his 44th birthday in May...
The Milwaukee Brewers have joined the list of potential trade suitors for Oakland A’s pitcher Sonny Gray, according to Jon Morosi of Fox Sports.
Last year Eric Hosmer seemed like he was going to finally become a premier first baseman. In the first half of the season he put up numbers that reminded us of the promise from his rookie season, and he finally made an All-Star team.
