Gamethread: White Sox at Rays
This series is no catwalk—er, cake walk
Welcome to Tropicana Field, the most depressing ballpark in the major leagues. (This coming from a White Sox fan.) Today, the Sox take on the Tampa Bay Rays...
This series is no catwalk—er, cake walk
Welcome to Tropicana Field, the most depressing ballpark in the major leagues. (This coming from a White Sox fan.) Today, the Sox take on the Tampa Bay Rays...
Go Reds. Go.
It’s high time that Anthony DeSclafani strung together six or seven straight innings of making his opponents look ham-handed. Perhaps facing the Washington Nationals is actually just what he needs, then.
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 August 3, 2018:
The Indians are stuck in quick sand. They will win two lose two, win three, lose two out of three. They have one six game win streak and three 5 game win streaks. Tito has had some questionable decisions so far this year.
NBCSports.com | Carson Wentz sits out 11-on-11s again, but Eagles insist there's no setback |
From SABR member Warren Rogan at Sports' Forgotten Heroes on August 2, 2018, with SABR member Peter Gordon:
From John LaRue at The Hardball Times on August 2, 2018:
On the surface, baseball’s marketplace for talent seem to be shrinking in recent years. Much ado was made of last year’s round of free agency, with many prized players signing very late.
Date:
2018-08-25
SABR's Jack Graney Chapter will hold its next meeting on Saturday, August 25, 2018, in Youngstown, Ohio. Our thanks go out to Dave Bodemer and Vince Guerrieri for organizing this event.
From Sheryl Ring at FanGraphs on August 2, 2018:
Anyone who has ever studied statistics generally, and sabermetrics or other analytics specifically, will have at least a passing familiarity with the idea of sample sizes.
From SABR member David Laurila at FanGraphs on August 2, 2018:
Gabe Kapler’s first season as a big-league manager is going well. Following a tumultuous 1-4 start that had more than a few Philadelphia fans in a tizzy...
From SABR member Jay Jaffe at FanGraphs on August 2, 2018:
This isn’t a round-numbered anniversary — next year will be 40 years — but every August 2, my thoughts invariably turn to Thurman Munson, particularly as a baseball-minded New York resident.
Dang. Dang, dang, dang.
The season began in inauspicious fashion for Cincinnati Reds prospects in the first place, as Jose Siri banged into the CF wall almost immediately as spring training began...
The Rays hope to keep their Wild Card hopes alive
The Tampa Bay Rays are coming off a sweep of the Los Angeles Angels and find themselves within sight of the second Wild Card as we’re down to 52 games left of the regular season.