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Best Single-Game Hitting Performances in Padres History

by Geoff Young on Mar 17, 2011 (9) Comments

I’ve had this on my to-do list for a while. Now’s as good a time as any… Using Baseball-Reference’s Play Index tool, I found the top 300 single-game performances by Padres hitters as measured by RE24 and WPA. One of these measures runs, the other wins… so they’re not on the same scale. It makes [...]

Gardenhire’s Cat

by Geoff Young on Mar 16, 2011 (3) Comments

As you may have surmised from the title of this blog, I’m a big fan of quirky baseball terminology. With that in mind, I’ve got an idea for a phrase we should start using. Physics has Schrodinger’s cat. Baseball should have Gardenhire’s cat. This term would be used to describe seemingly irrelevant details provided in [...]

Friday Links (12 Nov 10)

by Geoff Young on Nov 12, 2010 (4) Comments

One of the great things about doing crossword puzzles is that you get to use words that you would never, in any other circumstance, get to use. “Oleo” is my favorite. It shows up at least twice a week and usually is accompanied by a clue that reads, “Fridge item that you don’t call by [...]

Spalding’s World Tour

by Geoff Young on Apr 10, 2006 (1) Comments

Spalding’s World Tour By Mark Lamster Public Affairs: 368 pp., $26 hardcover Albert Spalding in 1888 led two teams of baseball players across five continents in an effort to bring America’s game to the rest of the world (and help Spalding establish his sporting goods empire on distant shores). By ship, train, and even camel, [...]