Tag: sports
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The Death of Sign Stealing – Part 1
Another aspect of MLB meddling in the fundamentals of the game, which has led to the …… dehumanization, standardization, homogenization, and over-regulation of baseball has been the introduction of Pitchcom. For those of you not aware of Pitchcom here is a bit of history: PitchCom is a wireless communication system used in baseball that lets…
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Wins and Innings
On October 31, 1973 Tom Seaver of the New York Mets became the first Cy Young winner to not win at least 20 games. Seaver only missed that mark by one win after recording a record of 19-10 for the 1973 season. How times have changed. There has not been a 20 game Cy Young…
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Celebrity Baseball Spotlight Series: Scott Patterson
As part of our recurring celebrity spotlight series we now focus on actor Scott Patterson. Prior to his acting career, Patterson played seven years of minor league ball from 1980-1986. Originally drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1980, he was then traded by the Braves to the New York Yankees for Bob Watson in 1982. …
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Robert Redford
We recently posted about The Natural, one of our favorite films. Sadly, shortly thereafter this posting the star of that film Robert Redford passed away on September 16th at the age of 89. Due to Mr. Redford starring in this most classic of baseball films there sprung up rumors over the years that he had…
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Yellow Uniforms Revisited
Recently we posted about the god awful yellow uniforms that the Boston Red Sox wear as part of MLB’s city connect series. We noted there were references online about how popular these bright yellow jerseys were with the fans. “Ok, we get it. People like the yellow”. “Given the popularity of our yellow uniforms with…
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The Natural
One of our favorite baseball movies is The Natural from 1984 starring Robert Redford as the fictional player Roy Hobbs. Truly an inspirational film and one that even a non-baseball fan would love. We remember this iconic film, since we feel it accurately juxtaposes the love of the game from the BP, many fans, and…
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It’s Mostly About the Money
Money doesn’t buy happiness as the saying goes. On the other hand, we here at BP would rather take our chances with having money (and lots of it) and finding happiness than the other way around. The same goes for MLB team payrolls and success. As of August 27th, here is a look at the…
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2024 Baseball Attendance
It was the prevailing theory that the introduction of the pitch clock and other measures to speed up the game resulted in the attendance jump in 2023. That year, attendance increased by more than 6 million fans or 9.6%. It was our thought in this prior post from the end of the 2023 season that…
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The Easy Starting Pitching Solution
MLB is now considering more rules changes to “reemphasize” the stature to their starting pitchers and to prevent teams from going through a myriad of pitchers throughout a game. In many instances, MLB teams now employ an “opener” which is a strategy where a relief pitcher starts the game to face the toughest hitters in…
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A Uniform Win
We guess that the MLB hierarchy sometimes does hear the fans. There are not many topics that unite most baseball fans, but when it comes to the recent All-Star game uniforms, fans were pretty unified in their hate for these jerseys. MLB though has finally felt the fans pain and decided to revert to allowing…
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Cheer Up White Sox Fans
As most fans now know, the Chicago White Sox set the record for futility in 2024 with the most losses in a single season with 121. This mark “bested” the 1962 New York Mets, who previously held the record with 120 losses. Although this is a low point in White Sox history, they can in…
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Triple Crown Races Goes Down to the Wire!
By: Reed Weiser Stepping away a moment from our traditional examination of the baseball rules and the management of the game, it has been an exciting year in terms of individual achievements. During the course of the baseball season, I periodically scan over the League Leaders in what we used to consider traditional statistics as…
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