Quick Hit: On last night’s Red Sox-Rays game
By now, I think most agree that by the letter of the rulebook, the call involving last night’s ground-rule double is the correct one. However, by the spirit of the rulebook and the game, it was the...
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“30 Teams, 30 Posts” (2016): Papi’s last ride is a bit more complicated
In 30 Teams, 30 Posts, I write a post (of varying amounts of seriousness) about every MLB team in some way in the lead-up to the beginning of the 2016 season. Earlier installments can be found here....
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(Blogathon ’16) Marc Normandin: Bret Saberhagen’s case for the Hall of Nearly...
This guest-post is part of the 2016 Baseball Continuum Blogathon For Charity, benefiting the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation. The Roswell Park Alliance Foundation is the charitable arm of Roswell Park...
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(Blogathon ’16) Jeff Katz: Anniversaries and World Series
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Best of 2015- Bizarre Baseball Culture: Fallout 4’s surprisingly-high level...
Originally published November 24, 2015. In Bizarre Baseball Culture, I take a look at some of the more unusual places where baseball has reared it’s head in pop culture and fiction. (Note: The...
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Bizarre Baseball Culture: Fallout 4’s surprisingly-high level of Baseball
In Bizarre Baseball Culture, I take a look at some of the more unusual places where baseball has reared it’s head in pop culture and fiction. (Note: The following contains spoilers for Fallout 4. Click...
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The Best Unlicensed/Unofficial Baseball Posters on the Internet
First, there were the T-Shirts. And one day, I will return to those. But today, we are going to look at fan-designed unofficial and unlicensed posters. What type of posters? Well, go below the jump to...
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MVP of Yesterday (June 29, 2015): Clay Buchholz
Allowing just five hits and a single earned run in eight innings to the powerhouse Blue Jays offense, Clay Buchholz is the MVP of Yesterday. Standings, as always, after the jump: Standings: Corey...
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MVP of Yesterday (June 16, 2015): Brock Holt
Brock Holt hit for the cycle yesterday, keying a losing-streak-breaking win for the Red Sox. Standings, as always, after the jump: Standings: Corey Kluber: 3 Josh Collmenter: 2 Bryce Harper: 2 Miguel...
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Fenway can survive the Apocalypse: Baseball in the Fallout 4 Trailer
There is a video game series called Fallout. It is a good video game series. It basically takes the idea that all of the 1950s “World of Tomorrow” optimism had happened, but then it got nuked....
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On the Red Sox-Yankees 19-inning marathon
It’s all my fault. Sometime late in the 6th inning, I wrote this: This may be the fastest moving Sox – Yanks game I’ve ever seen — Dan J. Glickman (@DanJGlickman) April 11, 2015 God, I was so stupid....
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“30 Teams, 30 Posts”: Happy Evacuation Day, Boston Red Sox (and a look at...
In 30 Teams, 30 Posts, I write a post about every MLB team in some way in the lead-up to the beginning of the 2015 season. Previous installments can be found here. Today, I celebrate Evacuation Day by...
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Best of 2014- How Babe Ruth’s trade was reported (Updated!)
Originally published on July 9, 2014. This is an updated version of an article from last fall, now including things from The Sporting News of the era. Thanks to the Society of American Baseball...
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How Babe Ruth’s trade was reported (Updated!)
This is an updated version of an article from last fall, now including things from The Sporting News of the era. Thanks to the Society of American Baseball Research (of which I am now a member!) for...
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Baseball Card Haiku Project #15: 1992 Score Ellis Burks
In which I write Haiku-style poetry about a potpourri of baseball cards I found in a value pack. Because, well, it’s my blog. 1992 Score Ellis Burks Ellis Burks played for the Red Sox in Nineteen Nine-...
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Headlines from around the Continuum: October 31, 2013
Baseball-related headlines from the Newseum: (Note that I try to copy the style of the paper as well, hence why some are in ALL CAPS while others aren’t. Also, I ignored extremely basic headlines like...
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How Babe Ruth’s trade was reported
It may be premature, but it could be said that the last vestige of the “Curse of the Bambino” is about to fall, as the Boston Red Sox have a chance to win the World Series in Fenway for the first time...
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Game 1 of the World Series summed up in one GIF
It was that kind of night for the St. Louis Cardinals. Look for more tomorrow, including the “Mr. Octobers” of tonight. Spoiler alert: Both of them were members of the Boston Red Sox.
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The 2013 World Series Preview/Prediction Spectacular
It’s time to preview the 2013 World Series! …After the jump, of course: Hitting: When looking at team statistics as a whole, this seems to favor Boston. Their lineup had a better WAR, scored more runs...
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Headlines from around the Continuum: October 20, 2013
Baseball-related headlines from the Newseum: Story: Red Sox win Game 6, advance to World Series Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT): A GRAND VICTORY Honolulu Star-Advertiser: VICTORINO GRAND SLAM SENDS...
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