Category Archives: rosters

Ladies and Gentlemen . . . “U3″

Posted on 25 January, 2013 by Diane

It started, as it so often innocently does, with a tweet.  In this case, it came a few days ago from a Braves fan and follower of the VORG: Steve Simonsen ‏@simonsen77 “@TomahawkTalk: If Braves get J Upton, will be … Continue reading →

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“Veteran” Teams

Posted on 10 November, 2012 by Diane

Veteran’s Day is here, and the VORG is celebrating by highlighting the oldest teams (relative to league-average age) since 1901.  Listed below are the ten teams with the biggest difference between their average age “TmAge” and the league average that … Continue reading →

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The VORG 2012 World Series Preview

Posted on 23 October, 2012 by Diane

Here’s some things you probably didn’t know about each member of the World Series teams (based on presumed rosters as of Tuesday afternoon). First up, the Tigers: Pitchers  Al Alburquerque : Has not allowed a homerun in his 56.2 inning … Continue reading →

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The All-Sitcom Emmy-nominated Role Team

Posted on 22 July, 2012 by Diane

In our last post, we mentioned the ESPN Baseball Today podcast from last Friday, in relation to the question of whether there had ever been any lineup that included all 26 letters. That podcast also had an e-mailer offering up … Continue reading →

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Hey Now … You’re an All-Star … Then You’re Out of Baseball

Posted on 10 July, 2012 by Diane

Last time out we found the batters with the most games played without an All-Star Game appearance.  Let’s flip that on its head by now presenting the batters with the fewest career games played with at least one appearance in … Continue reading →

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Toiling (and sometimes excelling) in Anonymity

Posted on 9 July, 2012 by Diane

So we’ve come to another All-Star game, and given the ever-expanding rosters, we now have a situation in which one of every eight MLB regulars in an “All-Star”.  But even with roster expansion and the silly rule that every team … Continue reading →

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2012 VORG Season Preview – Scrabble-style

Posted on 8 April, 2012 by Diane

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 →

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