Friend of the VORG Dan Wachtell alerted me to the fact that the Astros managed to commit five errors Thursday night in a 10-1 loss, but those errors did not lead to even a single unearned run. Dan wondered if that was a record for most errors without yielding an unearned run. With my Retrosheet … Read moreAll those Errors but no Unearned Runs
I’m a veteran of tabletop baseball games like Strat-O-Matic as well as fantasy baseball and Scoresheet. I’ve played PC-based baseball games that were more about managing than about motion capture graphics and “swing timing”, from Micro League Baseball to Baseball Mogul. Then, inspired by a positive review from Baseball Prospectus, I downloaded a demo version … Read moreHow I Fell in Love with “Out of the Park”
History was made Thursday night, as the Red Sox were losing 14-5 to the Yankees. The Sox finished with five runs on four hits, and committed five errors. The resulting 5-4-5 linescore is the FIRST such tally in baseball history (nearly 200,000 games worth). We’ve had 5-4-4s, 5-5-5s, 4-5-5s, but never before had a team … Read moreThe First 5-4-5 Linescore in MLB History