By day, D.B. FIRSTMAN is a Data Analyst for the City of New York, crunching large datasets using SPSS and Excel. They have been a member of SABR off and on since the late 1980s. Besides their own baseball blog (Value Over Replacement Grit), their work has appeared at ESPN.com, Bronx Banter, Baseball Prospectus, The Hardball Times, and in The Village Voice. Their research on the origins of the “Three True Outcomes” in baseball (home runs, strikeouts, and bases on balls) was included in the Spring 2018 edition of the SABR Baseball Research Journal, and their poster presentation on the subject won an award at that year’s national convention. They live in Queens, New York.
O.K. I haven’t completely figured it out yet, but how about an all fish team. The outfield would be Mike Trout, Tim Salmon, and (Mike) Carp. I know there was an infielder named Bass, and “Catfish” Hunter would have to be the starter on the mound. Can you finish it for me?
1st base – Sid Bream
2nd base – Bobby Sturgeon
Pitchers – Steve Trout, Marlin Stuart
Why in the world would you take Mike Carp over Kevin Bass? Bass was 10x the player that Carp will ever be.
I hope A.J. Pollock will eventually reach a high enough peak that we can start him in the outfield with Trout and Salmon.