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Question: What Would We Name the Team Today?
The Seattle Salty Dogs has a good ring to it. (via Chelsea Nesvig) Some team names are absurdities, so ill-suited to their cities that they seem like jokes or blunders. Hi there, Pittsburgh Pirates!...
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The Pyramid Rating System’s All-Time Milwaukee Brewers/Braves
Ryan Braun is one of the best hitters in Brewers/Braves history. (via JohnMaxmena2) Paul Moehringer’s Pyramid Rating System & All-Time Teams Aug. 27, 2015: The Pyramid Rating System: JAWS on a...
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A KBO Thumper’s Path Back to the Majors
Korean baseball fans really liked Eric Thames. (via Sung-Min Kim) When Eric Thames appeared on the morning of Nov. 29, 2016 at a press conference to say he’d signed with the Milwaukee Brewers, it...
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2018 Ground Rule Doppelgängers, NL Edition
The Phillies are on a similar path to the one the Astros followed, so it’s no surprise they are doppelgängers. (via Ian D’Andrea) For three years now, I have collected several data points, going back...
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The Rise of the New Fireman, Josh Hader
The definition of a fireman has evolved over the years, and Josh Hader is one of the game’s best at present. (via Minda Haas Kuhlmann) About a year and a half ago in this space, I asked when — or if —...
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Away from the Diamond
Hernan Iribarren has had a bigger impact mentoring players than he has hitting baseballs, which he can still do. (Photo courtesy of Jared Anderson). “I can still hit a 95-mph fastball.” This is the...
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Baseball’s Norms, Today and Yesterday
Craig Counsell and the Brewers tried some different, but not necessarily new, strategies in the postseason. (via Arturo Pardavila III) Be they Peterson or presidential or Sieburn, norms are...
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Brewers TV Statistician Mike Falkner and the Evolution of Baseball Broadcasts
It’s going to take time for TV broadcasts to fully embrace advance statistics for its audience. (via US Navy) Wisconsin native Mike Falkner has a job any sports fan would love to have. He has the...
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Question: What Do We Call the Team This Day? (National League)
Almost any team name would be better than what Atlanta has now. (via David Berkowitz) What if you had one day, and one day only, to name a big league team? And for that one day, and that day only,...
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Finding a Team to Watch Without Baseball
In lieu of baseball in 2020, rewatching a fun team like the 2018 Brewers, with 2018 NL MVP Christian Yelich, could be entertaining. (via Ian D’Andrea) Given the state of our society, baseball isn’t...
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