I generally like to stick to history and analysis here, but I’m going to venture off path a little bit today with some amateur psychological analysis as well as some baseball thoughts. And as a reminder, Out of Left Field is an occasional post about topics that may not need 1,000 words of analysis but … Continue reading Out of Left Field: Rizzo, Vlad Jr., and Chris Rock
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Out of Left Field: Volpe, Trevino and Run Prevention
Time for another edition of "Out of Left Field" where we mention a few topics that may not need 800 words of analysis but are worth a quick look. In no particular order: We’re 19 games into the 2023 season, which we can all agree is a sneeze in baseball time. Yet it’s enough that … Continue reading Out of Left Field: Volpe, Trevino and Run Prevention
Out of Left Field: Hicks, fans’ response and PHI preview
Hard not to like the start of the 2023 season if you’re a Yankee fan. Despite running pitchers out to the mound who were not named Rodon, Severino, Cortes or Montas, the staff pitched two shutouts over a three- game set, with Gerrit Cole and Jhony Brito looking particularly dominating. Of course, the Giants lineup … Continue reading Out of Left Field: Hicks, fans’ response and PHI preview
Out of Left Field
“Out of Left Field” is an occasional post about matters that don’t need 1,200 words of analysis, but should be mentioned anyway. In no particular order… We all have or idiosyncrasies. One of mine is when individuals in the baseball media make statements that can be very easily and very quickly be proven false. It’s … Continue reading Out of Left Field
Out of Left Field, August 2nd Edition
Out of left field is an occasional post about matters that don’t need over 1,000 words of analysis, but should be touched on anyway. In no particular order… As someone who’s done the research for thousands of baseball articles, I can assure you that pitchers’ ERA is far (and I mean FAR) more reliant on … Continue reading Out of Left Field, August 2nd Edition
Out of Left Field, July 24th Edition
Out of left field is an occasional My Baseball Page post about matters that don’t necessarily require 1,200 words of analysis, but should be touched on briefly anyway. In no particular order… Michael King Like everyone else, I’m disappointed about Michael King’s status. It’s frustrating to see a late bloomer who was finally starting to … Continue reading Out of Left Field, July 24th Edition
Out of Left Field, July 18th Edition
“Out of Left Field” is an occasional post that covers topics that may not need 1,200 words of analysis, but would be cool to touch on briefly. In no particular order… If you’ve read my stuff before then you know I despise batting average as a statistic – it just doesn’t tell you a whole … Continue reading Out of Left Field, July 18th Edition
Out of Left Field, July 14th Edition
“Out of Left Field” is an occasional post that covers matters that don’t require 1,200 words of analysis but still should be addressed, even if in a brief manner. So let’s get to it – in no particular order: Is 2022 IKF an improvement over 2021 Gleyber? Yankee fans don’t universally agree on just about … Continue reading Out of Left Field, July 14th Edition
Out of Left Field, June 21st Edition
With no huge, newsworthy topics of discussion today, let’s do a little out of left field. Reminder, out of left field is an occasional post about things that don’t require 1,200 words of analysis but are interesting things to discuss anyway. In no particular order: Let’s play a little Yankees trivia: Who is the Yankees' … Continue reading Out of Left Field, June 21st Edition
Out of Left Field: Minnesota Series
Out of left field is an occasional post about matters that don’t require 1,200 words of analysis, but should be addressed anyway. In no particular order: Juiced balls again? Now that MLB has admitted that the baseballs used in games are varied and change more often than we realized, I couldn’t help but notice some … Continue reading Out of Left Field: Minnesota Series
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