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Pitching triple crowns don’t wow me

This season in 2024, Chris Sale of the Atlanta Braves and Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers are in great position to win the Pitching…

Sep 16

Pitching triple crowns don’t wow me

Sep 16

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Death of the closer — Mariano Rivera is from another era

While watching Guardians elite closer Emmanuel Clase give up a game-winning three-run home run to Tiger’s Kerry Carpenter I immediately…

Oct 14

Death of the closer — Mariano Rivera is from another era

Oct 14

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The MVPs not in the HOF

Back in season 2 of our Almost Cooperstown podcast, Gordon and I talked about the MVPs who were not elected to the Hall-of-Fame. In terms…

Feb 23

The MVPs not in the HOF

Feb 23

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With the loss of Willie Mays, who’s the greatest living ballplayer today?

The concept of ‘Greatest living ballplayer’ is fundamentally flawed since it’s a matter of opinion. From Joe Posnanski:

Jun 28

With the loss of Willie Mays, who’s the greatest living ballplayer today?

Jun 28

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John Montgomery Ward was baseball’s most interesting man in the world

For baseball fans like me, the off-season is a time for reading, sometimes watching baseball movies and content, and thinking about the…

2d ago

John Montgomery Ward was baseball’s most interesting man in the world

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Being in the top 100 all-time for total bases far from guarantees induction in Cooperstown

I did a post on Total Bases per plate appearance making the claim that it along with a derivative stat I also created, Total Bases Created…

5d ago

Being in the top 100 all-time for total bases far from guarantees induction in Cooperstown

5d ago

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Hall-of-Famer Walter Johnson finally wins with 1924 Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals of the National League East were born as the Montreal Expos in 1969. I have always known this since I attended the…

Nov 11

Nov 11

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Is Aaron Boone the one to blame for the Yankees loss to the Dodgers?

Gerrit Cole should have at least tried to cover first base in the fifth inning of game five of the recently completed 2024 World Series…

Nov 7

Is Aaron Boone the one to blame for the Yankees loss to the Dodgers?

Nov 7

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Voting for MLB postseason awards is messed up

In my most recent post I noted the absurdity that an MLB player’s career stats do not include post-season stats. Admittedly, it was a…

Nov 4

Voting for MLB postseason awards is messed up

Nov 4

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Why aren’t player postseason statistics counted in career totals?

It’s not as if the idea of MLB postseason stats not being included in a player’s career totals hasn’t crossed my mind more than once. Yet…

Oct 31

Why aren’t player postseason statistics counted in career totals?

Oct 31

Mark Kolier

Mark Kolier

Love & write about baseball. Co-host a baseball podcast w/my son www.almostcooperstown.com. FB - Almost Cooperstown YouTube @almostcoop762.

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