The "Last 300-Game Winner"

Revisiting the 1992 Expansion Draft

Have Two Baseball Games Ever Played Out Identically?

The Yankees on the Front Page
2009, Yankees over Phillies (click the image for a larger size) This was the sight that greeted New York Times subscribers yesterday morning after Hideki Matsui powered the Yankees past the Phillies for the World Series crown. It was the twenty-seventh time that the Yankees were World Champions and it was the twenty-seventh time that the New York Times memorialized the victory on their front pag

A Lesson from Game 6
Yesterday afternoon, in anticipation of the Phillies/Yankees Game 6, SportsCenter came up with a list of the ten best Game Six moments in World Series history. Joe Carter's series-winning, walk-off homer off of Mitch Williams in 1993 was their number one moment, but there were plenty of other memorable ones. One of the most famous, of course, was the Bill Buckner error in the tenth inning of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series (and to my friends who are Red Sox fans, I apologize for bringing it up). We all remember that moment - and that World Series - as one of the most exciting and memorable of the last twenty-five, or even fifty, years. It seems impossible to think of it in any oth

Other Good Reading
Happy November everyone! As we prepare for Game 6 tonight - it's still hard to believe that it's November 4 and we haven't even played Game 6 of the World Series yet - I just wanted to take a few minutes to point out a couple of things that I found pretty cool. 1924 and You Are There! - This is about one of the coolest blog ideas that I've ever seen and I really hope that Jeff can keep up the output (which, I have to say, is pretty outstanding already). In short, Jeff is replaying the 1924 baseball season through Strat-O-Matic and writing about the games (and the world of 1924) through the eyes of two yo

Decades of Blown Calls and "Bad" Umpires
There's plenty of talk today, as there has been all month, about the poor umpiring in these playoffs. In last night's Game 2, we saw Ryan Howard pull off a 3-4 double play after the first base umpire Brian Gorman incorrectly said that Howard caught the ball on the fly. Replays seemed to show that the ball took an oh-so-small short-hop into the mitt, but Gorman wasn't in the best position to see it. It was a tough call and one that you can't really fault the umpire for, but it was wrong all the same. And it was exacerbated the next inning, with the Phillies up to bat. Chase Utley grounded the ball to second and, after Cano and Jeter did an excellent job turning a tough relay to get

Video Fun Friday: South Park Makes the Playoffs
The first two games of the World Series have been great. Strong pitching performances have kept the games close late, and most of the scoring has managed to be exciting. The umpires were a little questionable last night but, in the end, the Yankees earned their victory. With the Series back in Philly and tied at one game apiece, the next few games should prove to be a lot fun. I can't wait. In the meantime, on this off-day, I thought I'd keep you entertained with this clip from the South Park Little League episode. If you haven't seen it, it's great: the South Park kids make it all the way to the Little