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Cake’s Presidential Quickies
Today's president is Franklin Pierce. Pierce was the 14th president of the United States, sandwiched between Millard Fillmore and James Buchanan. The 1850s is generally acknowledged to be the worst...
Today's Chief Executive is James K. Polk. Polk was born in Tennessee and built a successful law practice there. He was elected to the US House in 1825 and rose...
Doug Byzewski’s “A Biography in a Thousand Players”
Buster Posey was the number 17 catcher and the 206th best player. My change in the system and the one final year put Posey over the top. He went over...
Baseball Reference has only 4 years of his career and it is in his mid-30s. However, Bill James has him as the second-best catcher in Negro League history ahead of...
Yet another group of 10: 161Buster PoseyC 16Kid NicholsP 36162Lou BoudreauSS 16Keith Hernandez1B 21163Robinson Cano2B 15Ed DelahantyLF 16164Jesse BurkettLF 16Graig Nettles3B 11165Mark McGwire1B 19Roy HalladayP 37166Fred McGriff1B 20Chase Utley2B 15167Andre...
The Rockies were hosting the Kansas City Royals last night. As a Minnesota Twins fan, I somehow always liked the Kansas City Royals even though we have always been division...
I had recently joined Bill James Online, and we were voting for a version of the Hall of Fame. I was a recent member so was timid about speaking out....
Before Vance was the 59th best pitcher (far too low) and the 268th best pitcher. I still had him in my hall of fame. This is what I wrote about...
Ben Taylor is a better player than his stats show. He was a good hitter for average .337 lifetime average for the stats that were found. Taylor also had good...
Another group of 10 for you: 151Dazzy VanceP 37Sandy KoufaxP 33152Ichiro SuzukiRF 16Hal NewhouserP 34153Bobby AbreuRF 17Vladimir GuerreroRF 18154Harry HeilmannRF 18Tommy JohnP 35155Jim BunningP 38Reggie SmithRF 19156Tony Perez1B 18Rollie FingersRP...
Willard Brown was Mr. RBI as in the 11 years we have records he led his league in RBIs 8 times. In two of the other seasons, he played 3...
The last 10 for a century and a half: 141Bill FreehanC 15Eddie PlankP 30142Whitey FordP 34Tony Perez1B 16143Rafael Palmeiro1B 16Jesse BurkettLF 15144Hal NewhouserP 35Yadier MolinaC 15145Roy HalladayP 36Bobby AbreuRF 16146Zack...
The latest from Gary Fletcher
Talking Past Each Other? Good!
Gary, July 8, 2021 I probably engage in more communications online than I do in person. Talking past each other is a common phenomenon even in (or more likely even more than) face to face situations. It consists of me...
Lew Archer and (the) Hooks
Halfway home, just above Emerald Bay, I overtook the worst driver in the world. Ross MacDonald / Gone Girl I’ve always considered Ross MacDonald, known for his series of Lew Archer detective novels, a great writer with a unique,...
What I did During My Pandemic Vacation
My wife and I are an adventurous couple. Unfortunately, there's been this covid-19 thingy that has curtailed our wild lifestyle. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Anyway, for the last year and a bit, there’s been no Bingo, no Casinos and...
Thoughts on Khashoggi
What's the life of one man or one journalist worth, anyway? 1. Even if, cynically, you don't want the occasional murders to get in the way of a big sale, why would Trump even raise the possibility publically? 2. Mike...
Fathers Day
I loved my father. Fathers and sons playing catch – what is it about throwing that baseball back and forth in the yard, anyway? We did so many other things together, after all. So many things shared and remembered by...
1 thought on “Season 9”