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Category Archives: Opening Day
2012 VORG Season Preview – Scrabble-style
Lots of sites have written chapter and verse on the just-started season. Player projections, won-loss predictions, awards prognostications. Here at the VORG, we give you roster analysis based upon the Scrabble-acceptability of the names on the Opening Day ledger for … Continue reading
Posted in frivolity, Names, Opening Day, rosters, Scrabble
Tagged Franklin Morales, Opening Day, rosters, scrabble
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Historical Opening Day Lineup Turnover Rates
You can tell a bit about the health of a franchise by looking at the rate of change in their Opening Day lineups. If you see the same names over and over, that generally means a stable (good) ballclub with … Continue reading
Posted in lineups, Opening Day
Tagged Andres Galarraga, Carl Yastrzemski, Frank White, Jim Rice, lineups, Opening Day, Ted Williams, Todd Helton
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