Category Archives: pitchers

Intentionally Walking the Pitcher?

Posted on 12 May, 2013 by Diane

Last Monday night, HighHeatStats tweeted the following: High Heat Stats ‏@HighHeatStats  Boxscore Trivia (difficulty 4 out of 5): what happened most recently in this 1995 game? http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU199507250.shtml … In attempting to answer the question, I misread the boxscore and this conversation … Continue reading →

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2013 Pi Young Award – April Update

Posted on 1 May, 2013 by Diane

April has come and gone, so let us see which hurlers are leading their respective leagues in the race for the annual “Pi Young Award“. First up . . . the American League/no innings requirement.  Cleveland’s Justin Masterson is only … Continue reading →

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The Shortest (Named) Batteries of All-Time

Posted on 10 April, 2013 by Diane

Tuesday night saw another instance of a Dillon GEE – Cliff LEE pitching matchup, the brevity of their last names having been written about before.  In the midst of (re)publicizing that post to the Twitterverse, one of my followers noted: … Continue reading →

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I didn’t say “Bring in Paperboy!”

Posted on 8 January, 2013 by Diane

T-Mobile and MLB just announced a partnership that will, amongst many things, place wireless celphones in the dugout for coach/manager communication with each team’s respective bullpen. Should the voice part of this new system fail, one can only imagine the … Continue reading →

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Repost: The 2012 “Pi Young Award” Winners

Posted on 14 November, 2012 by Diane

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 →

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The 2012 “Pi Young Award” Winners

Posted on 4 October, 2012 by Diane

We’ve reached the end of another exciting season, and with it, its now time to announce the winners of the 2012 “Pi Young Awards”.  (Here’s a refresher on the whys and wherefores of the award). First up . . . … Continue reading →

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2012 Pi Young Award – August Update

Posted on 1 September, 2012 by Diane

The September 1st callups are here . . . fresh-faced fellows getting rewarded for a good season in the minors and getting a chance to show their club what they might be able to provide in 2013.  But before we … Continue reading →

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