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Monthly Archives: November 2012
The VORG’s All-Haiku HOF Ballot Rundown
The 2013 Hall of Fame ballot was announced yesterday, and of course the VORG has opinions on all the candidates . . . in Haiku: Jack Morris wonders If the writers will end up Voting to the score Jeff Bagwell … Continue reading
A Very VORGy Thanksgiving – 2012 Edition
Once again, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the following people/entities for making my baseball blogging world a better place (in no particular order): Baseball Prospectus: My first baseball stop each morning. From prospect talk with Jason Parks … Continue reading
The VORG’s “All-Thanksgiving” Team
With Thanksgiving coming up, the VORG wishes you a very happy holiday, with hopes that you can spend time with friends and family. In the meantime, here’s our “All-Thanksgiving” Team: C: Yam Yaryan, Harry Sage, Robbie Wine 1B: Ham Patterson, … Continue reading
The VORG’s 2012 “Most Voweluable Player” Awards
The last of the 2012 season awards will be handed out Thursday afternoon, as the AL and NL MVPs are announced. Here at the VORG, MVP stands for “Most Voweluable Player”, that being the player in each league with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Emilio Bonifacio. Joaquin Arias, Enerio Del Rosario, Joe Mauer, Kila Ka'aihue, Koji Uehara, MVP, vowels
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Repost: The 2012 “Pi Young Award” Winners
Note: Since today is the official announcement of the AL and NL Cy Young Awards, the VORG is re-posting its “Pi Young Awards” for 2012. ———————————————————————————————————- We’ve reached the end of another exciting season, and with it, its now time … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, frivolity, pitchers, Play Index mining
Tagged Cliff Lee, Jeremy Hellickson, pi, Pi Young Award, Sam LeCure, Scott Downs
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Rabbis in Baseball?
If you study the Torah, you probably don’t also study how to hit or throw a curveball. There have only been a couple of Rabbis to make the Majors, and none were “actual” Rabbis. There was Moses Solomon aka “The Rabbi of … Continue reading
Posted in frivolity, religion
Tagged Blue Jays, Brian Horwitz, Moses Solomon, rabbi, Rally Rabbi, Zev Icyk
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2012 VORG Rookie of the Year awards
Major League Baseball begins its awards for the 2012 regular season with Monday’s announcement of the respective Rookie of the Year in each league. Here at the VORG, there is no doubt as to the winners. Over in the National … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, frivolity, Names
Tagged Brian Omogrosso, Didi Gregorius, Rookie of the Year
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