What MLB player looks most like you? Pick any player from the history of baseball at any age. Drawing a blank? Here’s how you can find your baseball player twin! 1. Your photo Find an photo of yourself wearing your favorite team’s clothing. Preferably this photo will be taken at the ballpark. For this example, …
Kerry Wood is on the 2018 Hall of Fame Ballot for the first time. Kerry had such great potential with his amazing rookie year, notching 20 strikeouts in his fifth start. A future Hall of Famer? Then the injuries struck. He missed his entire sophomore year with Tommie John surgery. During his career Wood was …
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I’ve been so tempted to keep score in a vintage scorecard. It would be so cool to fill score a famous game in the actual scorecard of that time. But many of the old-time scorecards featured a ton of ads surrounding the score boxes. I love drawing pictures and adding text to the margins of …
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The Cleveland Indians have gone 69 years without a championship. The Dodgers last championship was in 1988, 29 years ago. When the Astros won this year, it broke a 55-year draught. All these teams with such long championship draughts. Is this normal? I’d say so. There are 30 teams in Major League Baseball, and only …
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The second most-exciting World Series game happened last night with the Astros defeating the Dodgers 13-12. The game talled a 1.322 WPA. WPA is Wins Probability Added. A stat that scores how dramatic each play is. A game-changing home run will have a high WPA rating. The most-exciting World Series game ever is the 2011 …
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What I learned Before the game starts, if you walk down to the first section with a hot dog in your hands, they will let you sit with no questions. Highlights The glimmer of the Cubs rings was incredible as all the Cubs gathered on the mound and raised their hands. Seeing Cubs World Champion …
[update: These stats were previously through game 3 of the 2017 NLCS. They are now updated to include the final stats from all five games] The 2017 Cubs had an incredibly hard time this postseason. But is this their worst ever? Since 1906 the Cubs have played in 25 postseason series. Their .156 batting average …
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The Rizzo “RESPECT ME” game. The Cubs are trying to advance to the league championship series. The Nationals stand in their way. With the series tied 1-1, Rizzo hits the game-winning hit in the 8th inning. He yells out RESPECT ME! RESPECT ME! I had the honor of attending this game in person, so of …
Chicago has a new minor league team called the Chicago Dogs, as in hot dogs. They will be playing in a $60 million, 6,300-seat independent league stadium located at Rosemont near O’Hare airport. Let’s be frank and hope the team is a wiener. Their logo is already looking doggone relishing. A simple curved hot dog …
