This is the third in a series of articles dealing with baseball’s greatest players, position by position, culminating in an overall list of the greatest players. This volume covers Second Basemen. Who are the greatest in MLB History? Continue reading to find out.
Beginning in 2011, Major League Baseball’s regular season will begin on Friday, April 1st instead of the normal first Sunday/first Monday in April. This means the regular season will end on September 28th, with the playoffs starting September 30th/October 1st with the World Series set to start on October 19th (meaning, barring any weather-related delays, [...]
This is the second in a series of articles dealing with baseball’s greatest players, position by position, culminating in an overall list of the greatest players. This volume covers First Basemen.. Who are the greatest in MLB History? Continue reading to find out.
This is Part II of a two-part series of articles dealing with baseball stats, what they mean and how they should be used to compare/evaluate players. If you missed Part I, read it here. The stats I will use will be those listed on any player’s main player page on Baseball-Reference (not the stats you [...]
This is the first in a series of articles dealing with baseball’s greatest players, position by position, culminating in an overall list of the greatest players. The first Volume covers Catchers. Who are the greatest in MLB History?
According to reports, the only Yankee to make it to Bob Sheppard’s funeral yesterday was Brian Cashman. There was a fatal accident that caused a major traffic jam, however, no player has come out so far and said they were stuck in traffic. Even Derek Jeter, who is the only Yankee to have Bob Sheppard’s [...]
In this series, Rich Stowe breaks down the MLB’s greatest players ever by their position. Every Sunday, a new position will be unveiled, so check back each week. Part 1: Catchers Part 2: First Basemen Part 3: Second Basemen Part 4: Shortstops Part 5: Third Basemen Part 6: Left Fielders Part 7: Center Fielders Part [...]
On several sports sites, I continually see so-called sports fans (and some paid analysts!) using stats to justify player comparisons or evaluations without actually knowing what the stats actually mean and how important each stat is in the big picture. This is a big problem when talking about baseball players. So, in this article and [...]
