Recently, the New York Mets welcomed to their active roster Michael Conforto. Conforto was the 10th overall pick in the 2014 draft. Much heralded he spent just a brief period of time in the lower minors before his call-up in July, 2015. So what is so special about him? Well it turns out he was …
This blog was written by Laura Grosso, a student in my Baseball and Statistics class at Quinnipiac University. Many baseball players have earned themselves nicknames from famous plays or characteristics. When I was younger I was never able to have a nickname, a name like Laura is not open for much variation. However, in my …