In his age-33 season, Sam Jethroe won NL Rookie of the Year and took the league by storm with speed, gap power, and a 150 OPS+
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee made it clear that while a laureate can physically give away the medal or other physical items, that does not make someone else a Nobel Peace Prize winner. The official title and recognition remain tied to the person the committee originally selected.
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The crowd was announced as 4932 on a Tuesday afternoon, and few remained at the end, but those who were there knew that Stennett was on the brink of history.
๐ฏ I saw every pitch of that historic shutout!
It's a great staff for Pacific Rim talent, not just one individual.
Here is a good breakdown about how much big league teams have evolved in terms of the Pacific Rim scouting and information gathering approach.
Surprisingly, some big league teams still do not staff or scout in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China, ignoring so much talent.
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There have been 12 players to hit 3+ HR in a Postseason game.
There have been 16 pitchers to have a Postseason game with 6+ IP, 2 hits or fewer, 10+ K, and 0 runs allowed.
Only one did both on the same night.
Ohtani...unique, dominant excellence.
Shohei arrived in the big league in spring training 2018, and
a lot of people were adamant about his inability to pitch AND hit in the big leagues.
In fact, some teams didn't even scout him in Japanโpuzzling strategy. They know who they are.
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Wambsganss' granddaughter later worked for the @cleguardians.com (nee Indians) organization!
105 Years Ago Today: Cleveland Indians second baseman Bill Wambsganss turns the first and only unassisted triple play in #WorldSeries history! Here's Bill posing with the three Brooklyn #Dodgers players that he got out! (October 10, 1920) #MLB #Baseball #Guardians #Postseason
77 Years Ago Today: Cleveland Indians "rookie" Satchel Paige becomes the first African American player to pitch in a #WorldSeries game! (October 10, 1948) #MLB #Guardians #Baseball #History #Postseason
Only 9 times this year did an MLB pitcher throw 10+ splitters in a game and average <600 RPM on those splitters.
All 9 times it was Rลki Sasaki. ๐ฎ
If Shohei Ohtani leads off tomorrow, as he has almost all season and every game the last two monthsโฆ
He would be the first starting pitcher to lead off in a postseason game
Only SP to hit anywhere other than 8 or 9 in postseason, as of now:
1918 WS G4 Babe Ruth, 6th
Sept. 26, 1925: Bobby Shantz, a star lefthanded pitcher whose honors included the 1952 American League most valuable player award, is born in Pottstown, Pa. The last living person to have played for the Philadelphia Athletics or played in the 1940s, he turns 100 today.
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The season is almost over and the Rockies have the worst position player fWAR in all of baseball, the worst starting pitcher fWAR in all of baseball, and the worst relief pitcher fWAR in all of baseball
Here's a thing: Blake Treinen has been losing P in each of LA's last 5 losses.
Dating back to 1912, this is a first. 13 times, one pitcher has worn four of his team's losses in a row. (Most recently: 1994 Tim Belcher, Tigers). But never five!
(h/t @jasonbernard.bsky.social for looking it up)
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