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Breaking the World Series Curses on the Red Sox and Cubs

By sandlotstatswp on Friday, October 16, 2015

In 1901, the Boston Americans was established as an original franchise of the newly formed American League. The Boston Americans became the Boston Red Sox in 1908. In 1900, the Chicago Orphans became a new franchise in the National League. In 1907, the Orphans became the Chicago Cubs. Fenway Park, the home of the Red …

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The Controversial Slide

By sandlotstatswp on Monday, October 12, 2015

If you follow baseball what happened at second base involving Chase Utley and Ruben Tejeda is well-known to you. The picture of Tejeda flipping in mid-air and breaking his leg is on TV and in all newspapers. This is my take on what I saw. First, in my many years of watching baseball I have …

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Winning Is What the Yankees Are All About

By sandlotstatswp on Tuesday, October 6, 2015

After being swept by the Orioles and almost losing home-field-advantage for their wild-card playoff game against the Astros, the Yankees limped into the 2015 MLB playoffs. The 2015 Yankees are not a championship team. This became evident by watching their games against Toronto and other very good teams. In fact, I think the Yankees have …

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Yogi Berra: 90 Years to Celebrate

By sandlotstatswp on Thursday, October 1, 2015

As a life-long Yankee fan whenever I think of the greatest Yankee players of all-time the names Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio and Mantle immediately come to mind. In my opinion the next name that should be mentioned is Lawrence Peter (Yogi) Berra. Yogi’s early life: Yogi was born on May 12, 1925 to immigrant parents. He …

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New York – the Red-Hot Center for Baseball

By sandlotstatswp on Monday, September 21, 2015

This year’s second three-game Subway Series has all New York talking. This is the first Subway Series staged in September with both teams in pennant races. The Yankees are the underdog for the first time in a long time and need the wins much more than the Mets. I checked for available seats for Sunday’s …

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Two Special Dates in the Baseball Season

By sandlotstatswp on Saturday, September 5, 2015

In Michael Lewis’ book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, he chronicles how Billy Beane, the long-time GM of Oakland, a small budget team, had to resort to unusual tactics to make Oakland competitive. One of these strategies was to just stay within reach of making the playoffs for the first half of the …

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Baseball Playoffs Uncategorized

The Current Major League Playoff System Dilemma

By sandlotstatswp on Sunday, August 30, 2015

In 2012, Major League Baseball added a second wild card team to each league. This means there would now be five teams in each league that make the playoffs. Under this format the team with the second-highest win total in each league among non-division winners would be the second wild card team. The two wild …

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Can The Yankees Return To The Playoffs in 2015?

By sandlotstatswp on Friday, August 21, 2015

Since 2000 when the Yankees beat the Mets in the World Series, the Yankees have only missed the playoffs in 2008, 2013 and 2014. However, their only WS win occurred in 2009.  Heading into the 2015 season, the Yankees had many question marks. 1.      Could A-Rod and Teixeira at the ages of 39 and 36 …

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Is The Playoff Drought Over For The New York Mets?

By sandlotstatswp on Saturday, August 15, 2015

The last time the Mets were in the World Series was in 2000 when they were defeated by the Yankees in the Subway Series. Since 2000 the Mets fans have suffered. In fact, their only playoff appearance since 2000 was in 2006. In the 2006 playoffs they beat the Dodgers but then lost to the …

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The Four Decade Club

By sandlotstatswp on Sunday, August 9, 2015

My previous two blog postings were about the 996 Major League players who appeared in just one Major League game in their careers. I called this special group of players The Cup of Coffee Club(The CCC). It only seems fitting to go to the other extreme, that is, to present the players who were active in …

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