Tag Archives: Angels

“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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YOU get one hit … and YOU get one hit … and YOU get one hit

Posted on 28 April, 2012 by Diane

Friends of the VORG often pass along interesting factoids for me to pursue.  Such is the case with the strange event encountered by my friend Dan Wachtell (Met fan, Scrabble player and all-around good guy). Wednesday afternoon, Dan e-mailed me: … Continue reading →

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Now Here is a Linescore You Don’t See Every Day!

Posted on 28 July, 2011 by

Not all no-hitters are the same. According to Retrosheet records, there have been 193 instances of a team being no-hit in major league history (they have linescore records for 1918 through 2010).  Not surprisingly, in 180 of those games, the … Continue reading →

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