Friday, March 21, 2014

We’ve reached the end of Round 2.  Remember that these polls will be open until tomorrow at noon and then we’ll pair them all up and start the Sweet 16 Monday morning.  Now, let’s look at these last two matchups in the Diamond Region. 1) Bruce Sutter vs. 8) So Taguchi How they got here: [...]

Since 2009, one of the traditions of the spring has been the Playing Pepper series.  I ask a number of questions of blogs–some in the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, some not–that cover the other 29 teams in Major League Baseball.  This year, not only is my son involved–he and I came up with the last question together–but [...]

Round 2 Day 1 is now in the books and we’ll see those winners on Monday when the Sweet 16 gets started.  Now we look at the Champions Region and the two matchups from those results. 2) Jim Edmonds vs. 7) Rick Ankiel How they got here: Edmonds put down Aaron Miles 20-1, Ankiel eliminated [...]

Just a couple of hours left to vote in yesterday’s matchups, plus the Arch Region from this morning is off and running.  Now we turn our attention to the second half of the Ballpark Village Region. 1) Bob Gibson vs. 8) Joaquin Andujar How they got here: Gibson took care of Al Hrabosky 24-2, Andujar [...]

The first half of Round 1 is still going on (here’s the Diamond Region, which has links to the other regions at the bottom) but it’s time to get started on the second half. 2) Willie McGee vs. 10) Tom Herr How they got here: McGee shut out Ken Dayley 45-0, Herr knocked off Terry [...]

The Spring Paradox

While it finally became officially spring yesterday, in the baseball world spring is just about over.  This weekend, we’ll see official games between Arizona and Los Angeles (played in Australia, but they still count) and one week from today will be the last game in Jupiter.  Things are starting to come to a head. Which [...]

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