As collectors of baseball cards, we love finding a great card and adding it to our collection. Take Roger Maris’ 1962 Topps card. Maris captured swinging his mighty bat during a World Series win. The exact moment of the bat is frozen in time and is echoed compositionally with the yellow box declaring what is …
Did you know that Andre Dawson lead the NL in hit by pitch four times? Hit By Pitch 1978 NL 12 (1st) 1979 NL 6 (9th) 1980 NL 6 (1st) 1981 NL 7 (1st) 1982 NL 8 (2nd) 1983 NL 9 (1st) 1986 NL 6 (6th) 1987 NL 7 (5th) 1993 AL 13 (3rd) Career …
The Cubs managed to squeak two players onto the All-Star roster this year. Both Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo batted in the same inning. Castro came up first. The announcers were talking about the Cubs young talent; and how Castro is a cornerstone of the talent. He strikes out. Anthony Rizzo steps up as the …
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The player with the best hits-in-a-game ratio so far this year is Juan Lagares of the Mets, hitting safely in 81% of his games this year. (38 games with a hit, 9 games with zero hits). But his at bats per game is awful, ranking at 132nd with 3.61 AB/G. He’s hit leadoff for the …
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Brock Holt is an exciting new choice to use in MLB’s Beat the Streak. Although his GH (Games with a Hit) is quite low, ranked at #146, that’s only because he hasn’t played any games. In fact, if you take his GH/GzH (Games with a Hit divided by Games with zero Hits), he has the …
Please use this blog post to discuss how you are doing in MLB’s Beat the Streak this year. Ideas for what to talk about: What’s your longest streak this year? Who stopped your streak? Excited about any players you are starting? What is your pick average? Leave your experiences in the comments. Thank you.
Travis Snider tops the list of players to not use for Beat the Streak. Currently he has 43 games without a hit. Since he’s played in 74 games this year, that means he’s gotten a hit in 42% of his games (that percentage is lowest so far in 2014). Not only does his .226 batting …
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Three players share the top spot with 66 games with a hit (GH). Daniel Murphy, Melky Cabrera, and Jose Altuve. Which of these three players should you prefer? You don’t want a player that will get lots of goose eggs in a game (going 0-for-4 or 0-for-3). I call these GzH (Games with zero Hits) …
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One Chinese pitcher, one Taiwanese pitcher, both arrived back-to-back in the same 2010 Upper Deck pack. Both photos feature the Asian pitchers in their windup. Seeing these two cards of Fu-Te Ni and Chien-Ming Wang next to each other makes me want to collect all the 2010 Upper Deck cards featuring Asian pitchers.
Alexei Ramirez of the White Sox is currently the best player to pick for Beat the Streak. He tops the list of games with a hit with 46. Alexei is also 3rd in the AL for batting average with .329 1st in games played 3rd in hits 8th in at bats One of the best …
The pinstripes in this photo of Masahiro Tanaka look likes kinda like a drawing.
If you want to pick two players for Beat the Streak in 2014, it’s Melky Cabrera of Toronto and Nolan Arenado of Colorado. Both players have the most games with at least one hit in 2014. Rk Player Games Tm ———————————— 1 Melky Cabrera 35 TOR 2 Nolan Arenado 35 COL ———————————— 3 Alexei Ramirez …
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It’s fun looking at the list of 2014 MLB players with the most games with zero hits. Tied for first on the list this year are: Nate McLouth of Washington Nationals. Tony Gwynn of Philadelphia Phillies. Gregor Blanco of San Franscisco Giants. All with 25 games. The first Chicago Cub to appear on the list …
In 1932, Cubs fans didn’t watch games from the rooftops of apartment buildings outside Wrigley Field. Nope, instead people climbed trees to sneak a view of the ball park. Makes you wonder if someone stood at the foot of the tree and charged $250 to climb up and sit for the length of the game. …
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Snow has fallen on Wrigley Field’s opening day at least four times. The Chicago Tribune has a gallery of weather photos for the past 100 years of Wrigley Field.
