By Dan "Chas" McCloskey If I can tear you away from that March Madness thing for just a few minutes--or more--I thought a little baseball discussion piece would be fun. This one is inspired by an article written by Craig Calcaterra on Hardball Talk, but my idea takes on a slightly different twist. That is, I want to discuss who is the greatest living former player for … [Read more...] about Greatest Living Former {insert team’s name here}
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Buckner’s Bolero
By Dan "Chas" McCloskey Not to try and create any competition for the Chinchillas as the musical darlings of this site, but a couple of obscure musicians--one of whom has toured as a sideman with R.E.M.--recently released their second set of tunes celebrating our national pastime. Less than three years ago, Steve Wynn and Scott McCaughey teamed up for Frozen Ropes and … [Read more...] about Buckner’s Bolero
Most Productive Offensive Players in Baseball History
By Dan "Chas" McCloskey Last week on the Pine, Wally showed an interest in an advanced statistical analysis of the most productive offensive players in baseball history. Of course, I took the idea and maybe got a little carried away with it. But, I'll try to be brief. I decided to base this analysis on the metric that I'm most familiar with, Wins Above Replacement … [Read more...] about Most Productive Offensive Players in Baseball History
The All-Left Field Team
By Dan "Chas" McCloskey This post originally appeared on my personal blog, Left Field...hence, the concept of an All-Left Field Team. It's occurred to me for quite some time that my blog is called Left Field and I've yet to do a post about the greatest left fielders of all-time. It's something I've been meaning to do, but it just hasn't been able to get off the back … [Read more...] about The All-Left Field Team
WAR: What is it Good for?
By Chas I'm a stats nerd. I admit it. Despite this, I've tried to control my desire to bring SABRmetric analysis into our discussions on The Pine. Smitty and I were throwing Win Shares around when advocating for candidates in our Mt. Otsego series a while back, but I don't think anyone else here really embraced the statistic. I did feel as though my introduction of … [Read more...] about WAR: What is it Good for?