Bill James
“Sabermetrics is to baseball as psychology is to human nature.” Quoted in 1984 when Sabermetrics was just about to change the game.
Author Archives: Johnny Lumsden
Despite Injuries, Don’t Sleep on the Cleveland Indians
The last few years have revealed that the Tribe have clearly been the best pitching team of the AL, but their lack of offensive production has kept them just outside postseason birth. However, this year, other than the soaring Red Sox, Cleveland has clearly had the best offense in the AL. And, of course, the pitching dominance has remained. The Indians will enter the playoffs knowing that their #2 guy, Carlos Carrasco, is out for the remainder of the season, Danny Salazar will be pitching a simulated game sometime before the start of the ALDS which will determine his status, Continue reading Despite Injuries, Don’t Sleep on the Cleveland Indians
Frankie Frisch
“Trying to hit Carl Hubbell’s screwball was like a guy trying to hit fungos out of a well.” One of the true great hitters from the 1920’s and 1930’s describing how much of an impossible pitch Hubbell’s screwball was, as it was so hard to throw that it is now almost extinct.
RIP, Jose Fernandez: A Magnificent Power Pitcher
When it should have been a week of excitement with the fans hanging on the edges of their seats, as their teams fight for the last playoff spots, it was a week of mourning over one of the games’ most promising young power pitchers. Jose Fernandez prior to this season hadn’t made a big impact yet, as he had been injured almost the entirety of the 2014 and 2015 campaigns. But, after leading the NL in K/9 this season, and leading the Marlins’ in a tight wild card race into the middle of September, Jose Fernandez has taken not only Continue reading RIP, Jose Fernandez: A Magnificent Power Pitcher