Category Archives: Retrosheet

Your Last Name is My First Name!

Posted on 20 April, 2013 by Diane

Friend of the VORG Keith DeCandido alerted me to the following Wednesday afternoon: Keith R.A. DeCandido @KRADeC Ben Francisco batting before Francisco Cervelli, and I’m wondering how often that’s happened. (Paging @dianagram….) Well, after poring over the nearly 160,000 Retrosheet … Continue reading →

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A Day for Shutout Routs

Posted on 8 April, 2013 by Diane

Sunday was a great day for 13-0 shutouts.  There were two of them.  The Red Sox routed R.A. Dickey and the Jays in Toronto, and the Indians roughed up David Price and the Rays in Tampa.  This elicited a Twitter … Continue reading →

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Ron Blomberg and “Sabbathmetrics”

Posted on 7 December, 2012 by Diane

Saturday night marks the beginning of Chanukah, the eight-day Jewish celebration commemorating the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, where according to legend Jews had risen up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean … Continue reading →

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A’s Will Pack their (small) House for Game 3

Posted on 9 October, 2012 by Diane

The Oakland A’s play in a stadium that CAN hold 50,000 fans, but over the past few years, management has decided to “cover” approximately 19,000 seats in the outfield so the facility doesn’t look so empty when an average 20,000 … Continue reading →

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Our Opponents Don’t Look Familiar

Posted on 28 September, 2012 by Diane

This past Monday, prior to the start of the Yankees series with the Twins, William Juliano, proprietor of the excellent “The Captain’s Blog”, tweeted the following: The Captain’s Blog ‏@williamnyy23 It’s been 139 games since Yanks played Twins. Can’t confirm … Continue reading →

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Al Rosen and “Sabbathmetrics”

Posted on 25 September, 2012 by Diane

Tuesday night marks the beginning of Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.  It is a day of atonement, and one is to refrain from work, while attending synagogue and fasting.  At the VORG, it means its time for … Continue reading →

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Shawn Green and “Sabbathmetrics”

Posted on 12 September, 2012 by Diane

Sunday night marks the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the “Jewish New Year”.   So, as we’ve done with Yom Kippur and Passover, its time for another edition of “Sabbathmetrics”. Today, we’ll look at whether 1991 first-round draft pick, two-time All-Star … Continue reading →

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