I’m often asked which lineup has had the most letters in it, and I’m going to partially answer that question now. Using the gamelogs from Retrosheet, I have complete batting orders/lineups for roughly 168,000 games from 1911-2013. I’ve stripped out dashes, spaces, periods, hyphens and other extraneous marks, and present to you the most (and … Read more
Andy, owner of the terrific High Heat Stats and friend of the VORG, asked the following question this afternoon:
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Oswaldo Arcia makes me wonder how many MLB players have a surname the same as another, minus the first letter (i.e. Garcia)…?
So with the Lahman Baseball Database fired up, here are the names of players that have a last name “partner” if you drop the first letter of the last name. (The “Match” column shows only the first match, alphabetically)
A couple of weeks ago on Sunday Night Baseball, John Kruk mentioned how the “first half” of the season doesn’t really match up with the “All-Star Break” anymore. Now, loyal readers of the VORG will remember that we covered this in detail last year. The phrase “Most ____ by the All-Star Break” is relatively meaningless … Read more
By now you know the starting lineups and their affiliations for both teams in the All-Star Game. The VORG is proud to present them here, in anagram form: NATIONAL LEAGUE Andrew McCutchen, Pirates – Screw dirt-cheap, mean cunt. Yasiel Puig, Dodgers – Ugly or diseased pig. Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies – Utilize two tricky rooks. Paul … Read more
Paul Swydan of The Hardball Times and Fangraphs tweeted the following: Paul Swydan 1.87 would be a great ERA for a reliever. Too bad that’s Craig Breslow’s WHIP. Why is he on the Red Sox still? Give me one reason. I then responded: dianagram HMMM …. seasons in which a pitcher’s ERA … Read more