Archive for the 'Players' Category

Hernan Irabarren is still having a great time in the minors, mentoring the kids while taking care of his family.

Is useful pitch-tracking data available below the major league level?

Is it the baseball career or what comes after that matters most when a player doesn’t pan out?

Ernie Nevel, and the possibly apocryphal story of how he lost a finger.

What is revealed in the pages of an artifact from baseball’s past?

Writing jokes, like making kielbasa, is funky business. Come take a look, won’t you?

Purnal Goldy’s career showed great promise, before life and one bad game called him home.

Every team wants stars, but what’s the best strategy for constructing the rest of the team?

Some players got to go out on a high note.

When it comes to the Mets’ famous minor leaguer, it’s not just will he get major league time, but should he.