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2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 3.0; A NEW #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. View our last Mock Draft here. Pittsburgh Pirates: Jordan Lawler, RHP/SS, Jesuit Prep HS (TX)The closer we get to the draft, the better Lawler looks. 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 2.0; IS KUMAR ROCKER #1? This is the second MLB Mock Draft as we lead up the the draft. VIEW THE LATEST MOCK DRAFT 3.0 HERE, JUST PUBLISHED! Pittsburgh Pirates: Kumar Rocker, RHP, VanderbiltImmediately after 2020’s draft, Kumar Rocker’s name was atop everyone’s list for the 2021 draft. The hulking build is impressive, yes, and he knows how to use it MLB 2021 DRAFT: TOP JUNIOR COLLEGE PITCHING PROSPECTSSEE MORE ON THROUGHTHEFENCEBASEBALL.COM 'WAY TOO EARLY' 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT Pitcher heavy and unknown. That’s the best way to describe on next year’s MLB draft. The cancellation of this year’s high school and collegiate seasons put 2021 in unknown territory. The best most of us can do is rate on 2018 and 2019 performances and build from there.

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NAIA BASEBALL RANKINGS; FIRST SET IN 2021 NAIA Baseball Rankings; First set in 2021. TTFB is back with the NAIA Rankings, one centered on a strength index of how a team has competed thus far to a point in a season. In a nutshell, a higher ranking team has fared well against current strong opponents while lower ranked (and some high ranked) teams lose points for “bad” losses. BEST BASEBALL SONGS: THE DEFINITIVE LIST Live. •. #22. “Subway” by Jim Nizzo. ‘Subway’ by Jim Nizzo came out in 1988. The song is about New York baseball and the Subway Series between the Yankees and the Mets. ‘Subway’ is a lowkey song about baseball but is very underrated, thus earning a spot on our list. YouTube. Jim Subway. DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

MLB'S FIRST FREE AGENT: CATFISH HUNTER Free agency in Major League Baseball is a common occurrence in modern baseball. It is a love-hate system in MLB that causes teams to lose star players to more powerful clubs interested in paying them more money. On the other hand, free agency WRIGLEY FIELD BLEACHERS: A FOND FAREWELL Wrigley Field bleacher tickets cost just $4 in those days, and you could expect to spend several times that amount on refreshments. Beer vendors still made the rounds in the bleachers in those days, and the target rate was a beer an inning. When the sun was shining and libations were flowing, Wrigley Field felt like heaven on earth. HOME - THROUGH THE FENCE BASEBALLBRAD CONGELIOEDDIE POSSERELSIE GARCIAABOUT TTFBPROSPECTINGMICHAEL DAULT 2021 MLB Mock Draft 3.0; A New #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. Read

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2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 3.0; A NEW #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. View our last Mock Draft here. Pittsburgh Pirates: Jordan Lawler, RHP/SS, Jesuit Prep HS (TX)The closer we get to the draft, the better Lawler looks. 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 2.0; IS KUMAR ROCKER #1? This is the second MLB Mock Draft as we lead up the the draft. VIEW THE LATEST MOCK DRAFT 3.0 HERE, JUST PUBLISHED! Pittsburgh Pirates: Kumar Rocker, RHP, VanderbiltImmediately after 2020’s draft, Kumar Rocker’s name was atop everyone’s list for the 2021 draft. The hulking build is impressive, yes, and he knows how to use it MLB 2021 DRAFT: TOP JUNIOR COLLEGE PITCHING PROSPECTSSEE MORE ON THROUGHTHEFENCEBASEBALL.COM 'WAY TOO EARLY' 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT Pitcher heavy and unknown. That’s the best way to describe on next year’s MLB draft. The cancellation of this year’s high school and collegiate seasons put 2021 in unknown territory. The best most of us can do is rate on 2018 and 2019 performances and build from there.

While I’m

NAIA BASEBALL RANKINGS; FIRST SET IN 2021 NAIA Baseball Rankings; First set in 2021. TTFB is back with the NAIA Rankings, one centered on a strength index of how a team has competed thus far to a point in a season. In a nutshell, a higher ranking team has fared well against current strong opponents while lower ranked (and some high ranked) teams lose points for “bad” losses. BEST BASEBALL SONGS: THE DEFINITIVE LIST Live. •. #22. “Subway” by Jim Nizzo. ‘Subway’ by Jim Nizzo came out in 1988. The song is about New York baseball and the Subway Series between the Yankees and the Mets. ‘Subway’ is a lowkey song about baseball but is very underrated, thus earning a spot on our list. YouTube. Jim Subway. DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

MLB'S FIRST FREE AGENT: CATFISH HUNTER Free agency in Major League Baseball is a common occurrence in modern baseball. It is a love-hate system in MLB that causes teams to lose star players to more powerful clubs interested in paying them more money. On the other hand, free agency WRIGLEY FIELD BLEACHERS: A FOND FAREWELL Wrigley Field bleacher tickets cost just $4 in those days, and you could expect to spend several times that amount on refreshments. Beer vendors still made the rounds in the bleachers in those days, and the target rate was a beer an inning. When the sun was shining and libations were flowing, Wrigley Field felt like heaven on earth. 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 1.0; WITH VIDEO AND ANALYSIS Welcome to the first 2021 MLB mock draft! Another year, another draft. Much like the other sporting leagues, young prospects had an omitted 2020 campaign. Last year’s draft was a convoluted mess that might’ve set some teams back in the rebuilding process. With the league’s shortened draft rounds and HOW AND WHERE TO STREAM LIVE BASEBALL GAMES Finding live baseball streams that are both high-quality and safe for your computer can be difficult to come by. Thankfully, I have mastered the art of watching my Pittsburgh Pirates lose even though I do not subscribe to cable. First, let us talk about the “above water” way of watching baseball games. How to Stream DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

NAIA BASEBALL RANKINGS: VANGUARD LEADS TTFB is back with the NAIA Rankings, one centered on a strength index of how a team has competed thus far to a point in a season. In a nutshell, a higher ranking team has fared well against current strong opponents while lower ranked (and some THE HIT LIST: THE 12 MOST USELESS BASEBALL STATISTICS EVER All the acronyms. Welcome to baseball statistics soup. Ever since 1845, this beloved sport has drowned its fans in frippery — or what we longingly call “baseball statistics.”Most of it has been good strumming up feelings of yesteryear and wistfulness, romanticizing each position with sentimentality and equipping homers in each league with enough ammo for one-upmanship in the local NAIA BASEBALL RANKING WITH REGIONALS PROJECTIONS NAIA Baseball Ranking With Regionals Projections. TTFB presents a new NAIA Baseball Rankings, one centered on a strength index of how a team has competed thus far to a point in a season. In a nutshell, a higher ranking team has fared well against current strong opponents while lower ranked (and some high ranked) teams lose points for “bad THE HIT LIST: THE 10 WORST BASEBALL MASCOTS EVER 9. Junction Jack (Houston Astros). Fans of the “Dis-Astros,” you haven’t been blessed with the most creative folks either. Your baseball mascots have included Chester Charge (third mascot ever, next to the Chicken and Mr. Met), Orbit (a nod to NASA) and the salute to the cheap seats, General Admission, they have all sucked. RICK MONDAY IS NOT IN THE HALL OF FAME, BUT HIS BOBBLEHEAD Rick Monday is not in the Hall of Fame, but his bobblehead should be. The Rick Monday bobblehead in all of its glory. The Rick Monday bobblehead in all of its glory. I wish I had a cool bobblehead. The only one that I have is a Cecil Cooper model, which I got on my one and only trip to Miller Park back in 2006. BIGGEST 2019 MLB DRAFT QUESTIONS: IS ADLEY REAL, SLEEPERS The White Sox can change the course of the draft at #3. Everyone wants to know, where will the White Sox go. This is a big draft for the south side. They are right at the cusp of an organizational change with their best prospects bleeding through in the bigs and producing. 2018 MLB DRAFT: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? With the 2019 MLB Draft (See our mock draft here) about to go down, let’s take a look at the 2018 MLB Draft and how those top 10 picks are shaping up.. 1. Tigers Drafted Casey Mize. Mize currently sits at MLB’s preseason #16 and feasting on Double-A ball. He’s off to an incredible start, most declaring he’s ready for the majors now, with a 7-0 record, .89 ERA in 11 games over 70 HOME - THROUGH THE FENCE BASEBALLBRAD CONGELIOEDDIE POSSERELSIE GARCIAABOUT TTFBPROSPECTINGMICHAEL DAULT 2021 MLB Mock Draft 3.0; A New #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. Read

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2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 3.0; A NEW #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. View our last Mock Draft here. Pittsburgh Pirates: Jordan Lawler, RHP/SS, Jesuit Prep HS (TX)The closer we get to the draft, the better Lawler looks. 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 2.0; IS KUMAR ROCKER #1? This is the second MLB Mock Draft as we lead up the the draft. VIEW THE LATEST MOCK DRAFT 3.0 HERE, JUST PUBLISHED! Pittsburgh Pirates: Kumar Rocker, RHP, VanderbiltImmediately after 2020’s draft, Kumar Rocker’s name was atop everyone’s list for the 2021 draft. The hulking build is impressive, yes, and he knows how to use it NAIA BASEBALL RANKINGS; FIRST SET IN 2021 NAIA Baseball Rankings; First set in 2021. TTFB is back with the NAIA Rankings, one centered on a strength index of how a team has competed thus far to a point in a season. In a nutshell, a higher ranking team has fared well against current strong opponents while lower ranked (and some high ranked) teams lose points for “bad” losses. MLB 2021 DRAFT: TOP JUNIOR COLLEGE PITCHING PROSPECTSSEE MORE ON THROUGHTHEFENCEBASEBALL.COM 'WAY TOO EARLY' 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT Pitcher heavy and unknown. That’s the best way to describe on next year’s MLB draft. The cancellation of this year’s high school and collegiate seasons put 2021 in unknown territory. The best most of us can do is rate on 2018 and 2019 performances and build from there.

While I’m

BEST BASEBALL SONGS: THE DEFINITIVE LIST Live. •. #22. “Subway” by Jim Nizzo. ‘Subway’ by Jim Nizzo came out in 1988. The song is about New York baseball and the Subway Series between the Yankees and the Mets. ‘Subway’ is a lowkey song about baseball but is very underrated, thus earning a spot on our list. YouTube. Jim Subway. DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

MLB'S FIRST FREE AGENT: CATFISH HUNTER Free agency in Major League Baseball is a common occurrence in modern baseball. It is a love-hate system in MLB that causes teams to lose star players to more powerful clubs interested in paying them more money. On the other hand, free agency WRIGLEY FIELD BLEACHERS: A FOND FAREWELL Wrigley Field bleacher tickets cost just $4 in those days, and you could expect to spend several times that amount on refreshments. Beer vendors still made the rounds in the bleachers in those days, and the target rate was a beer an inning. When the sun was shining and libations were flowing, Wrigley Field felt like heaven on earth. HOME - THROUGH THE FENCE BASEBALLBRAD CONGELIOEDDIE POSSERELSIE GARCIAABOUT TTFBPROSPECTINGMICHAEL DAULT 2021 MLB Mock Draft 3.0; A New #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. Read

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2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 3.0; A NEW #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. View our last Mock Draft here. Pittsburgh Pirates: Jordan Lawler, RHP/SS, Jesuit Prep HS (TX)The closer we get to the draft, the better Lawler looks. 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 2.0; IS KUMAR ROCKER #1? This is the second MLB Mock Draft as we lead up the the draft. VIEW THE LATEST MOCK DRAFT 3.0 HERE, JUST PUBLISHED! Pittsburgh Pirates: Kumar Rocker, RHP, VanderbiltImmediately after 2020’s draft, Kumar Rocker’s name was atop everyone’s list for the 2021 draft. The hulking build is impressive, yes, and he knows how to use it NAIA BASEBALL RANKINGS; FIRST SET IN 2021 NAIA Baseball Rankings; First set in 2021. TTFB is back with the NAIA Rankings, one centered on a strength index of how a team has competed thus far to a point in a season. In a nutshell, a higher ranking team has fared well against current strong opponents while lower ranked (and some high ranked) teams lose points for “bad” losses. MLB 2021 DRAFT: TOP JUNIOR COLLEGE PITCHING PROSPECTSSEE MORE ON THROUGHTHEFENCEBASEBALL.COM 'WAY TOO EARLY' 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT Pitcher heavy and unknown. That’s the best way to describe on next year’s MLB draft. The cancellation of this year’s high school and collegiate seasons put 2021 in unknown territory. The best most of us can do is rate on 2018 and 2019 performances and build from there.

While I’m

BEST BASEBALL SONGS: THE DEFINITIVE LIST Live. •. #22. “Subway” by Jim Nizzo. ‘Subway’ by Jim Nizzo came out in 1988. The song is about New York baseball and the Subway Series between the Yankees and the Mets. ‘Subway’ is a lowkey song about baseball but is very underrated, thus earning a spot on our list. YouTube. Jim Subway. DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

MLB'S FIRST FREE AGENT: CATFISH HUNTER Free agency in Major League Baseball is a common occurrence in modern baseball. It is a love-hate system in MLB that causes teams to lose star players to more powerful clubs interested in paying them more money. On the other hand, free agency WRIGLEY FIELD BLEACHERS: A FOND FAREWELL Wrigley Field bleacher tickets cost just $4 in those days, and you could expect to spend several times that amount on refreshments. Beer vendors still made the rounds in the bleachers in those days, and the target rate was a beer an inning. When the sun was shining and libations were flowing, Wrigley Field felt like heaven on earth. THE EVOLUTION OF BASEBALL GLOVES AND HOW THEY VARY BY 1 day ago · When people think of baseball, they usually think of the two pieces of equipment that are synonymous with the sport: the bat and the glove. The baseball glove is almost just as famous as the sport is itself. Baseball gloves have been one of the best 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 1.0; WITH VIDEO AND ANALYSIS Welcome to the first 2021 MLB mock draft! Another year, another draft. Much like the other sporting leagues, young prospects had an omitted 2020 campaign. Last year’s draft was a convoluted mess that might’ve set some teams back in the rebuilding process. With the league’s shortened draft rounds and HOW AND WHERE TO STREAM LIVE BASEBALL GAMES Finding live baseball streams that are both high-quality and safe for your computer can be difficult to come by. Thankfully, I have mastered the art of watching my Pittsburgh Pirates lose even though I do not subscribe to cable. First, let us talk about the “above water” way of watching baseball games. How to Stream DAVID BURNS, AUTHOR AT THROUGH THE FENCE BASEBALL 1 day ago · May 4, 2014 The Hit List: 12 all-time worst baseball uniforms; April 6, 2015 Kris Bryant and the deficiency of WAR; May 7, 2013 Don’t panic yet Washington Nationals fans but get ready to 'WAY TOO EARLY' 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT Brady House, SS/RHP, Winder-Harrow HS (GA) University of Tennessee commit who is a two-way player. Tall body, good makeup. Adrian Del Castillo, C, Miami Like newest San Fransisco Giant Patrick Bailey was a year ago, Del Castillo’s name will float throughout the first round this next year. While his game compares to Bailey’s, he might be projected as a better hitter overall. DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

THE HIT LIST: THE 12 MOST USELESS BASEBALL STATISTICS EVER All the acronyms. Welcome to baseball statistics soup. Ever since 1845, this beloved sport has drowned its fans in frippery — or what we longingly call “baseball statistics.”Most of it has been good strumming up feelings of yesteryear and wistfulness, romanticizing each position with sentimentality and equipping homers in each league with enough ammo for one-upmanship in the local BEST BASEBALL ANALYTICS BOOKS: THE COMPLETE LIST FOR 2020 As well, the authors are authorities in the field. Lindbergh is a staff writer for The Ringer and Sawchik is a staff writer for FanGraphs as well as contributes to The Athletic. Buy on Amazon. #2. Astroball: The New Way to Win It All. Sale. Astroball: The New NAIA BASEBALL RANKING WITH REGIONALS PROJECTIONS NAIA Baseball Ranking With Regionals Projections. TTFB presents a new NAIA Baseball Rankings, one centered on a strength index of how a team has competed thus far to a point in a season. In a nutshell, a higher ranking team has fared well against current strong opponents while lower ranked (and some high ranked) teams lose points for “bad THE BEST BASEBALL CAPTIONS FOR INSTAGRAM Respect all fear none. Get in our league. Going going gone. Every strike brings me closer to the next homerun. It ain’t over til it’s over. Play every game like its game 7. When life gives you bad hops make great plays. Baseball captions for instagram. It’s about playing, catching, and throwing strikes. HOME - THROUGH THE FENCE BASEBALLBRAD CONGELIOEDDIE POSSERELSIE GARCIAABOUT TTFBPROSPECTINGMICHAEL DAULT 2021 MLB Mock Draft 3.0; A New #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. Read

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2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 3.0; A NEW #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. View our last Mock Draft here. Pittsburgh Pirates: Jordan Lawler, RHP/SS, Jesuit Prep HS (TX)The closer we get to the draft, the better Lawler looks. 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 2.0; IS KUMAR ROCKER #1? This is the second MLB Mock Draft as we lead up the the draft. VIEW THE LATEST MOCK DRAFT 3.0 HERE, JUST PUBLISHED! Pittsburgh Pirates: Kumar Rocker, RHP, VanderbiltImmediately after 2020’s draft, Kumar Rocker’s name was atop everyone’s list for the 2021 draft. The hulking build is impressive, yes, and he knows how to use it MLB'S FIRST FREE AGENT: CATFISH HUNTER Free agency in Major League Baseball is a common occurrence in modern baseball. It is a love-hate system in MLB that causes teams to lose star players to more powerful clubs interested in paying them more money. On the other hand, free agency DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

AL'S LACK OF STAR-POWER EXPLAINS VERLANDER'S MVP Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander was announced on Monday as the American League’s Most Valuable Player Award winner. The right-hander had one of the best seasons we have seen in years from a pitcher. He finished 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA, and he led the league in wins, ERA, strikeouts, WHIP and batting average against. THE HIT LIST: THE 10 WORST BASEBALL MASCOTS EVER 9. Junction Jack (Houston Astros). Fans of the “Dis-Astros,” you haven’t been blessed with the most creative folks either. Your baseball mascots have included Chester Charge (third mascot ever, next to the Chicken and Mr. Met), Orbit (a nod to NASA) and the salute to the cheap seats, General Admission, they have all sucked. WRIGLEY FIELD BLEACHERS: A FOND FAREWELL Wrigley Field bleacher tickets cost just $4 in those days, and you could expect to spend several times that amount on refreshments. Beer vendors still made the rounds in the bleachers in those days, and the target rate was a beer an inning. When the sun was shining and libations were flowing, Wrigley Field felt like heaven on earth. “BONDED” AT THE SEAMS: WHY TOMMY BOND SHOULD BE IN THE Tommy Bond would continue to pitch 10 seasons in the majors, finishing with a career record of 234-169. His career 2.14 ERA in 10th in major-league history. Bond was a six-time, 20-game winner and a four-time, 30-game winner. Historians can argue that Tommy Bond was Major League Baseball’s first great pitcher. BIGGEST 2019 MLB DRAFT QUESTIONS: IS ADLEY REAL, SLEEPERS The White Sox can change the course of the draft at #3. Everyone wants to know, where will the White Sox go. This is a big draft for the south side. They are right at the cusp of an organizational change with their best prospects bleeding through in the bigs and producing. HOME - THROUGH THE FENCE BASEBALLBRAD CONGELIOEDDIE POSSERELSIE GARCIAABOUT TTFBPROSPECTINGMICHAEL DAULT 2021 MLB Mock Draft 3.0; A New #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. Read

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2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 3.0; A NEW #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. View our last Mock Draft here. Pittsburgh Pirates: Jordan Lawler, RHP/SS, Jesuit Prep HS (TX)The closer we get to the draft, the better Lawler looks. 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 2.0; IS KUMAR ROCKER #1? This is the second MLB Mock Draft as we lead up the the draft. VIEW THE LATEST MOCK DRAFT 3.0 HERE, JUST PUBLISHED! Pittsburgh Pirates: Kumar Rocker, RHP, VanderbiltImmediately after 2020’s draft, Kumar Rocker’s name was atop everyone’s list for the 2021 draft. The hulking build is impressive, yes, and he knows how to use it MLB'S FIRST FREE AGENT: CATFISH HUNTER Free agency in Major League Baseball is a common occurrence in modern baseball. It is a love-hate system in MLB that causes teams to lose star players to more powerful clubs interested in paying them more money. On the other hand, free agency DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

AL'S LACK OF STAR-POWER EXPLAINS VERLANDER'S MVP Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander was announced on Monday as the American League’s Most Valuable Player Award winner. The right-hander had one of the best seasons we have seen in years from a pitcher. He finished 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA, and he led the league in wins, ERA, strikeouts, WHIP and batting average against. THE HIT LIST: THE 10 WORST BASEBALL MASCOTS EVER 9. Junction Jack (Houston Astros). Fans of the “Dis-Astros,” you haven’t been blessed with the most creative folks either. Your baseball mascots have included Chester Charge (third mascot ever, next to the Chicken and Mr. Met), Orbit (a nod to NASA) and the salute to the cheap seats, General Admission, they have all sucked. WRIGLEY FIELD BLEACHERS: A FOND FAREWELL Wrigley Field bleacher tickets cost just $4 in those days, and you could expect to spend several times that amount on refreshments. Beer vendors still made the rounds in the bleachers in those days, and the target rate was a beer an inning. When the sun was shining and libations were flowing, Wrigley Field felt like heaven on earth. “BONDED” AT THE SEAMS: WHY TOMMY BOND SHOULD BE IN THE Tommy Bond would continue to pitch 10 seasons in the majors, finishing with a career record of 234-169. His career 2.14 ERA in 10th in major-league history. Bond was a six-time, 20-game winner and a four-time, 30-game winner. Historians can argue that Tommy Bond was Major League Baseball’s first great pitcher. BIGGEST 2019 MLB DRAFT QUESTIONS: IS ADLEY REAL, SLEEPERS The White Sox can change the course of the draft at #3. Everyone wants to know, where will the White Sox go. This is a big draft for the south side. They are right at the cusp of an organizational change with their best prospects bleeding through in the bigs and producing. DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

'WAY TOO EARLY' 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT Pitcher heavy and unknown. That’s the best way to describe on next year’s MLB draft. The cancellation of this year’s high school and collegiate seasons put 2021 in unknown territory. The best most of us can do is rate on 2018 and 2019 performances and build from there.

While I’m

THE HIT LIST: THE 12 MOST USELESS BASEBALL STATISTICS EVER All the acronyms. Welcome to baseball statistics soup. Ever since 1845, this beloved sport has drowned its fans in frippery — or what we longingly call “baseball statistics.”Most of it has been good strumming up feelings of yesteryear and wistfulness, romanticizing each position with sentimentality and equipping homers in each league with enough ammo for one-upmanship in the local NAIA BASEBALL RANKINGS: VANGUARD LEADS TTFB is back with the NAIA Rankings, one centered on a strength index of how a team has competed thus far to a point in a season. In a nutshell, a higher ranking team has fared well against current strong opponents while lower ranked (and some BEST BASEBALL SONGS: THE DEFINITIVE LIST Live. •. #22. “Subway” by Jim Nizzo. ‘Subway’ by Jim Nizzo came out in 1988. The song is about New York baseball and the Subway Series between the Yankees and the Mets. ‘Subway’ is a lowkey song about baseball but is very underrated, thus earning a spot on our list. YouTube. Jim Subway. THE BEST BASEBALL CAPTIONS FOR INSTAGRAM Respect all fear none. Get in our league. Going going gone. Every strike brings me closer to the next homerun. It ain’t over til it’s over. Play every game like its game 7. When life gives you bad hops make great plays. Baseball captions for instagram. It’s about playing, catching, and throwing strikes. BASEBALL INTEGRITY: IS THAT A THING? Integrity (n.) — The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. Let me start off by stating that the intention of this article is not to irritate fans of baseball (or baseball integrity). The intention is to post a legitimate WHY BASEBALL MANAGERS ARE OVERRATED Almost nothing can get a fan base more pumped up than firing and/or hiring a “big name” manager or coach. The media will jump on board, often times running with catchy quotes and lines about how this time will be different and how the new coach will implement many changes and introduce a PHILLIES FIRE LONGTIME ANNOUNCER CHRIS WHEELER Gary Matthews and Chris Wheeler get the ax in Philly. The Philadelphia Phillies have made what is perhaps their biggest move of the offseason by deciding not to bring longtime broadcaster Chris Wheeler back to the booth next season. 2018 MLB DRAFT: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? With the 2019 MLB Draft (See our mock draft here) about to go down, let’s take a look at the 2018 MLB Draft and how those top 10 picks are shaping up.. 1. Tigers Drafted Casey Mize. Mize currently sits at MLB’s preseason #16 and feasting on Double-A ball. He’s off to an incredible start, most declaring he’s ready for the majors now, with a 7-0 record, .89 ERA in 11 games over 70 HOME - THROUGH THE FENCE BASEBALLBRAD CONGELIOEDDIE POSSERELSIE GARCIAABOUT TTFBPROSPECTINGMICHAEL DAULTTHROUGH THE FENCE AIRPORTTHROUGH THE FENCE OPERATIONSAIRPORT THROUGH THE FENCE AGREEMENTSFAA THROUGH THE FENCE AGREEMENTFAA THROUGH THE FENCE RULESDOG BARKING THROUGH THE FENCE 2021 MLB Mock Draft 3.0; A New #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. Read

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2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 3.0; A NEW #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. View our last Mock Draft here. Pittsburgh Pirates: Jordan Lawler, RHP/SS, Jesuit Prep HS (TX)The closer we get to the draft, the better Lawler looks. 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 2.0; IS KUMAR ROCKER #1? This is the second MLB Mock Draft as we lead up the the draft. VIEW THE LATEST MOCK DRAFT 3.0 HERE, JUST PUBLISHED! Pittsburgh Pirates: Kumar Rocker, RHP, VanderbiltImmediately after 2020’s draft, Kumar Rocker’s name was atop everyone’s list for the 2021 draft. The hulking build is impressive, yes, and he knows how to use it MLB'S FIRST FREE AGENT: CATFISH HUNTER Free agency in Major League Baseball is a common occurrence in modern baseball. It is a love-hate system in MLB that causes teams to lose star players to more powerful clubs interested in paying them more money. On the other hand, free agency DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

AL'S LACK OF STAR-POWER EXPLAINS VERLANDER'S MVP Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander was announced on Monday as the American League’s Most Valuable Player Award winner. The right-hander had one of the best seasons we have seen in years from a pitcher. He finished 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA, and he led the league in wins, ERA, strikeouts, WHIP and batting average against. THE HIT LIST: THE 10 WORST BASEBALL MASCOTS EVER10 WORST COLLEGE MASCOTSTOP 10 WORST MASCOTSWORST COLLEGE MASCOTS EVERBAD MASCOTSWORST

SPORTS MASCOT

9. Junction Jack (Houston Astros). Fans of the “Dis-Astros,” you haven’t been blessed with the most creative folks either. Your baseball mascots have included Chester Charge (third mascot ever, next to the Chicken and Mr. Met), Orbit (a nod to NASA) and the salute to the cheap seats, General Admission, they have all sucked. WRIGLEY FIELD BLEACHERS: A FOND FAREWELL Wrigley Field bleacher tickets cost just $4 in those days, and you could expect to spend several times that amount on refreshments. Beer vendors still made the rounds in the bleachers in those days, and the target rate was a beer an inning. When the sun was shining and libations were flowing, Wrigley Field felt like heaven on earth. “BONDED” AT THE SEAMS: WHY TOMMY BOND SHOULD BE IN THE Tommy Bond would continue to pitch 10 seasons in the majors, finishing with a career record of 234-169. His career 2.14 ERA in 10th in major-league history. Bond was a six-time, 20-game winner and a four-time, 30-game winner. Historians can argue that Tommy Bond was Major League Baseball’s first great pitcher. BIGGEST 2019 MLB DRAFT QUESTIONS: IS ADLEY REAL, SLEEPERS The White Sox can change the course of the draft at #3. Everyone wants to know, where will the White Sox go. This is a big draft for the south side. They are right at the cusp of an organizational change with their best prospects bleeding through in the bigs and producing. HOME - THROUGH THE FENCE BASEBALLBRAD CONGELIOEDDIE POSSERELSIE GARCIAABOUT TTFBPROSPECTINGMICHAEL DAULTTHROUGH THE FENCE AIRPORTTHROUGH THE FENCE OPERATIONSAIRPORT THROUGH THE FENCE AGREEMENTSFAA THROUGH THE FENCE AGREEMENTFAA THROUGH THE FENCE RULESDOG BARKING THROUGH THE FENCE 2021 MLB Mock Draft 3.0; A New #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. Read

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2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 3.0; A NEW #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. View our last Mock Draft here. Pittsburgh Pirates: Jordan Lawler, RHP/SS, Jesuit Prep HS (TX)The closer we get to the draft, the better Lawler looks. 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 2.0; IS KUMAR ROCKER #1? This is the second MLB Mock Draft as we lead up the the draft. VIEW THE LATEST MOCK DRAFT 3.0 HERE, JUST PUBLISHED! Pittsburgh Pirates: Kumar Rocker, RHP, VanderbiltImmediately after 2020’s draft, Kumar Rocker’s name was atop everyone’s list for the 2021 draft. The hulking build is impressive, yes, and he knows how to use it MLB'S FIRST FREE AGENT: CATFISH HUNTER Free agency in Major League Baseball is a common occurrence in modern baseball. It is a love-hate system in MLB that causes teams to lose star players to more powerful clubs interested in paying them more money. On the other hand, free agency DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

AL'S LACK OF STAR-POWER EXPLAINS VERLANDER'S MVP Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander was announced on Monday as the American League’s Most Valuable Player Award winner. The right-hander had one of the best seasons we have seen in years from a pitcher. He finished 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA, and he led the league in wins, ERA, strikeouts, WHIP and batting average against. THE HIT LIST: THE 10 WORST BASEBALL MASCOTS EVER10 WORST COLLEGE MASCOTSTOP 10 WORST MASCOTSWORST COLLEGE MASCOTS EVERBAD MASCOTSWORST

SPORTS MASCOT

9. Junction Jack (Houston Astros). Fans of the “Dis-Astros,” you haven’t been blessed with the most creative folks either. Your baseball mascots have included Chester Charge (third mascot ever, next to the Chicken and Mr. Met), Orbit (a nod to NASA) and the salute to the cheap seats, General Admission, they have all sucked. WRIGLEY FIELD BLEACHERS: A FOND FAREWELL Wrigley Field bleacher tickets cost just $4 in those days, and you could expect to spend several times that amount on refreshments. Beer vendors still made the rounds in the bleachers in those days, and the target rate was a beer an inning. When the sun was shining and libations were flowing, Wrigley Field felt like heaven on earth. “BONDED” AT THE SEAMS: WHY TOMMY BOND SHOULD BE IN THE Tommy Bond would continue to pitch 10 seasons in the majors, finishing with a career record of 234-169. His career 2.14 ERA in 10th in major-league history. Bond was a six-time, 20-game winner and a four-time, 30-game winner. Historians can argue that Tommy Bond was Major League Baseball’s first great pitcher. BIGGEST 2019 MLB DRAFT QUESTIONS: IS ADLEY REAL, SLEEPERS The White Sox can change the course of the draft at #3. Everyone wants to know, where will the White Sox go. This is a big draft for the south side. They are right at the cusp of an organizational change with their best prospects bleeding through in the bigs and producing. DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

'WAY TOO EARLY' 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT Pitcher heavy and unknown. That’s the best way to describe on next year’s MLB draft. The cancellation of this year’s high school and collegiate seasons put 2021 in unknown territory. The best most of us can do is rate on 2018 and 2019 performances and build from there.

While I’m

THE HIT LIST: THE 12 MOST USELESS BASEBALL STATISTICS EVER All the acronyms. Welcome to baseball statistics soup. Ever since 1845, this beloved sport has drowned its fans in frippery — or what we longingly call “baseball statistics.”Most of it has been good strumming up feelings of yesteryear and wistfulness, romanticizing each position with sentimentality and equipping homers in each league with enough ammo for one-upmanship in the local NAIA BASEBALL RANKINGS: VANGUARD LEADS TTFB is back with the NAIA Rankings, one centered on a strength index of how a team has competed thus far to a point in a season. In a nutshell, a higher ranking team has fared well against current strong opponents while lower ranked (and some BEST BASEBALL SONGS: THE DEFINITIVE LIST Live. •. #22. “Subway” by Jim Nizzo. ‘Subway’ by Jim Nizzo came out in 1988. The song is about New York baseball and the Subway Series between the Yankees and the Mets. ‘Subway’ is a lowkey song about baseball but is very underrated, thus earning a spot on our list. YouTube. Jim Subway. THE BEST BASEBALL CAPTIONS FOR INSTAGRAM Respect all fear none. Get in our league. Going going gone. Every strike brings me closer to the next homerun. It ain’t over til it’s over. Play every game like its game 7. When life gives you bad hops make great plays. Baseball captions for instagram. It’s about playing, catching, and throwing strikes. BASEBALL INTEGRITY: IS THAT A THING? Integrity (n.) — The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. Let me start off by stating that the intention of this article is not to irritate fans of baseball (or baseball integrity). The intention is to post a legitimate WHY BASEBALL MANAGERS ARE OVERRATED Almost nothing can get a fan base more pumped up than firing and/or hiring a “big name” manager or coach. The media will jump on board, often times running with catchy quotes and lines about how this time will be different and how the new coach will implement many changes and introduce a PHILLIES FIRE LONGTIME ANNOUNCER CHRIS WHEELER Gary Matthews and Chris Wheeler get the ax in Philly. The Philadelphia Phillies have made what is perhaps their biggest move of the offseason by deciding not to bring longtime broadcaster Chris Wheeler back to the booth next season. 2018 MLB DRAFT: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? With the 2019 MLB Draft (See our mock draft here) about to go down, let’s take a look at the 2018 MLB Draft and how those top 10 picks are shaping up.. 1. Tigers Drafted Casey Mize. Mize currently sits at MLB’s preseason #16 and feasting on Double-A ball. He’s off to an incredible start, most declaring he’s ready for the majors now, with a 7-0 record, .89 ERA in 11 games over 70 HOME - THROUGH THE FENCE BASEBALLBRAD CONGELIOEDDIE POSSERELSIE GARCIAABOUT TTFBPROSPECTINGMICHAEL DAULTTHROUGH THE FENCE AIRPORTTHROUGH THE FENCE OPERATIONSAIRPORT THROUGH THE FENCE AGREEMENTSFAA THROUGH THE FENCE AGREEMENTFAA THROUGH THE FENCE RULESDOG BARKING THROUGH THE FENCE 2021 MLB Mock Draft 3.0; A New #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. Read

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2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 3.0; A NEW #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. View our last Mock Draft here. Pittsburgh Pirates: Jordan Lawler, RHP/SS, Jesuit Prep HS (TX)The closer we get to the draft, the better Lawler looks. 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 2.0; IS KUMAR ROCKER #1? This is the second MLB Mock Draft as we lead up the the draft. VIEW THE LATEST MOCK DRAFT 3.0 HERE, JUST PUBLISHED! Pittsburgh Pirates: Kumar Rocker, RHP, VanderbiltImmediately after 2020’s draft, Kumar Rocker’s name was atop everyone’s list for the 2021 draft. The hulking build is impressive, yes, and he knows how to use it MLB'S FIRST FREE AGENT: CATFISH HUNTER Free agency in Major League Baseball is a common occurrence in modern baseball. It is a love-hate system in MLB that causes teams to lose star players to more powerful clubs interested in paying them more money. On the other hand, free agency DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

AL'S LACK OF STAR-POWER EXPLAINS VERLANDER'S MVP Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander was announced on Monday as the American League’s Most Valuable Player Award winner. The right-hander had one of the best seasons we have seen in years from a pitcher. He finished 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA, and he led the league in wins, ERA, strikeouts, WHIP and batting average against. THE HIT LIST: THE 10 WORST BASEBALL MASCOTS EVER10 WORST COLLEGE MASCOTSTOP 10 WORST MASCOTSWORST COLLEGE MASCOTS EVERBAD MASCOTSWORST

SPORTS MASCOT

9. Junction Jack (Houston Astros). Fans of the “Dis-Astros,” you haven’t been blessed with the most creative folks either. Your baseball mascots have included Chester Charge (third mascot ever, next to the Chicken and Mr. Met), Orbit (a nod to NASA) and the salute to the cheap seats, General Admission, they have all sucked. WRIGLEY FIELD BLEACHERS: A FOND FAREWELL Wrigley Field bleacher tickets cost just $4 in those days, and you could expect to spend several times that amount on refreshments. Beer vendors still made the rounds in the bleachers in those days, and the target rate was a beer an inning. When the sun was shining and libations were flowing, Wrigley Field felt like heaven on earth. “BONDED” AT THE SEAMS: WHY TOMMY BOND SHOULD BE IN THE Tommy Bond would continue to pitch 10 seasons in the majors, finishing with a career record of 234-169. His career 2.14 ERA in 10th in major-league history. Bond was a six-time, 20-game winner and a four-time, 30-game winner. Historians can argue that Tommy Bond was Major League Baseball’s first great pitcher. BIGGEST 2019 MLB DRAFT QUESTIONS: IS ADLEY REAL, SLEEPERS The White Sox can change the course of the draft at #3. Everyone wants to know, where will the White Sox go. This is a big draft for the south side. They are right at the cusp of an organizational change with their best prospects bleeding through in the bigs and producing. HOME - THROUGH THE FENCE BASEBALLBRAD CONGELIOEDDIE POSSERELSIE GARCIAABOUT TTFBPROSPECTINGMICHAEL DAULTTHROUGH THE FENCE AIRPORTTHROUGH THE FENCE OPERATIONSAIRPORT THROUGH THE FENCE AGREEMENTSFAA THROUGH THE FENCE AGREEMENTFAA THROUGH THE FENCE RULESDOG BARKING THROUGH THE FENCE 2021 MLB Mock Draft 3.0; A New #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. Read

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2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 3.0; A NEW #1? This is the third MLB Mock Draft as we lead up to July 11th. Big, big surprises. Big, big changes. View our last Mock Draft here. Pittsburgh Pirates: Jordan Lawler, RHP/SS, Jesuit Prep HS (TX)The closer we get to the draft, the better Lawler looks. 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT 2.0; IS KUMAR ROCKER #1? This is the second MLB Mock Draft as we lead up the the draft. VIEW THE LATEST MOCK DRAFT 3.0 HERE, JUST PUBLISHED! Pittsburgh Pirates: Kumar Rocker, RHP, VanderbiltImmediately after 2020’s draft, Kumar Rocker’s name was atop everyone’s list for the 2021 draft. The hulking build is impressive, yes, and he knows how to use it MLB'S FIRST FREE AGENT: CATFISH HUNTER Free agency in Major League Baseball is a common occurrence in modern baseball. It is a love-hate system in MLB that causes teams to lose star players to more powerful clubs interested in paying them more money. On the other hand, free agency DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

AL'S LACK OF STAR-POWER EXPLAINS VERLANDER'S MVP Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander was announced on Monday as the American League’s Most Valuable Player Award winner. The right-hander had one of the best seasons we have seen in years from a pitcher. He finished 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA, and he led the league in wins, ERA, strikeouts, WHIP and batting average against. THE HIT LIST: THE 10 WORST BASEBALL MASCOTS EVER10 WORST COLLEGE MASCOTSTOP 10 WORST MASCOTSWORST COLLEGE MASCOTS EVERBAD MASCOTSWORST

SPORTS MASCOT

9. Junction Jack (Houston Astros). Fans of the “Dis-Astros,” you haven’t been blessed with the most creative folks either. Your baseball mascots have included Chester Charge (third mascot ever, next to the Chicken and Mr. Met), Orbit (a nod to NASA) and the salute to the cheap seats, General Admission, they have all sucked. WRIGLEY FIELD BLEACHERS: A FOND FAREWELL Wrigley Field bleacher tickets cost just $4 in those days, and you could expect to spend several times that amount on refreshments. Beer vendors still made the rounds in the bleachers in those days, and the target rate was a beer an inning. When the sun was shining and libations were flowing, Wrigley Field felt like heaven on earth. “BONDED” AT THE SEAMS: WHY TOMMY BOND SHOULD BE IN THE Tommy Bond would continue to pitch 10 seasons in the majors, finishing with a career record of 234-169. His career 2.14 ERA in 10th in major-league history. Bond was a six-time, 20-game winner and a four-time, 30-game winner. Historians can argue that Tommy Bond was Major League Baseball’s first great pitcher. BIGGEST 2019 MLB DRAFT QUESTIONS: IS ADLEY REAL, SLEEPERS The White Sox can change the course of the draft at #3. Everyone wants to know, where will the White Sox go. This is a big draft for the south side. They are right at the cusp of an organizational change with their best prospects bleeding through in the bigs and producing. DATA ANALYTICS: CREATING A PITCHING SPRAY CHART WITH This article was originally published on Brad’s analytics website: The Analytics Professor First, I know this example is a little backwards because I am graphing every pitch faced by a batter over the course of a segmented season. However, the general coding remains the same: you would simply replace the batter’s name with the

pitcher’s

'WAY TOO EARLY' 2021 MLB MOCK DRAFT Pitcher heavy and unknown. That’s the best way to describe on next year’s MLB draft. The cancellation of this year’s high school and collegiate seasons put 2021 in unknown territory. The best most of us can do is rate on 2018 and 2019 performances and build from there.

While I’m

THE HIT LIST: THE 12 MOST USELESS BASEBALL STATISTICS EVER All the acronyms. Welcome to baseball statistics soup. Ever since 1845, this beloved sport has drowned its fans in frippery — or what we longingly call “baseball statistics.”Most of it has been good strumming up feelings of yesteryear and wistfulness, romanticizing each position with sentimentality and equipping homers in each league with enough ammo for one-upmanship in the local NAIA BASEBALL RANKINGS: VANGUARD LEADS TTFB is back with the NAIA Rankings, one centered on a strength index of how a team has competed thus far to a point in a season. In a nutshell, a higher ranking team has fared well against current strong opponents while lower ranked (and some BEST BASEBALL SONGS: THE DEFINITIVE LIST Live. •. #22. “Subway” by Jim Nizzo. ‘Subway’ by Jim Nizzo came out in 1988. The song is about New York baseball and the Subway Series between the Yankees and the Mets. ‘Subway’ is a lowkey song about baseball but is very underrated, thus earning a spot on our list. YouTube. Jim Subway. THE BEST BASEBALL CAPTIONS FOR INSTAGRAM Respect all fear none. Get in our league. Going going gone. Every strike brings me closer to the next homerun. It ain’t over til it’s over. Play every game like its game 7. When life gives you bad hops make great plays. Baseball captions for instagram. It’s about playing, catching, and throwing strikes. BASEBALL INTEGRITY: IS THAT A THING? Integrity (n.) — The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. Let me start off by stating that the intention of this article is not to irritate fans of baseball (or baseball integrity). The intention is to post a legitimate WHY BASEBALL MANAGERS ARE OVERRATED Almost nothing can get a fan base more pumped up than firing and/or hiring a “big name” manager or coach. The media will jump on board, often times running with catchy quotes and lines about how this time will be different and how the new coach will implement many changes and introduce a PHILLIES FIRE LONGTIME ANNOUNCER CHRIS WHEELER Gary Matthews and Chris Wheeler get the ax in Philly. The Philadelphia Phillies have made what is perhaps their biggest move of the offseason by deciding not to bring longtime broadcaster Chris Wheeler back to the booth next season. 2018 MLB DRAFT: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? With the 2019 MLB Draft (See our mock draft here) about to go down, let’s take a look at the 2018 MLB Draft and how those top 10 picks are shaping up.. 1. Tigers Drafted Casey Mize. Mize currently sits at MLB’s preseason #16 and feasting on Double-A ball. He’s off to an incredible start, most declaring he’s ready for the majors now, with a 7-0 record, .89 ERA in 11 games over 70

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