by Ron Mock | Feb 6, 2024 | League Updates, Old Detroit Blog
I did a little study of the Expansion Draft results, and noticed a few things. Thing 1: The two drafting teams were cost conscious. Of the 28 players drafted, here is the distribution of their 2024 salaries, 13 $750,000 4 $1,000,000 8 $2,000,000 1 $2,500,000 1...
by Ron Mock | Apr 23, 2023 | League Updates, Old Detroit Blog
Ok, it only took me 20 years to figure this out: if I do complete league updates I suppress everyone else’s incentive to update things from their own perspective. I have unwittingly * stumbled into this revelation. It only took two blows from the 2×4: a...
by Ron Mock | Dec 24, 2020 | Old Detroit Blog, Uncategorized
I read an interesting yesterday about a Muslim in New York deciding to observe Christmas this year — skipping the religious part. He posted on Twitter several observations about the oddities of Christmas practices, which led him to conclude that a pink plastic...
by Ron Mock | Dec 7, 2020 | Old Detroit Blog
Early this fall the Angels acquired Jose Iglesias. Yesterday they added Raisel Iglesias. In English those names would translate as Joseph and … umm… Raisel Churches. The Churches have been united before. They first found unity in Old Detroit with the...
by Ron Mock | Aug 31, 2020 | Old Detroit Blog
Having abandoned the cares of the 2020 season, I found joy this weekend in plotting to be the first last-place team to win the last month of an EFL season. (I don’t KNOW this has never been done, but it seems improbable, so I am running with it.) Oh what a freedom...
by Ron Mock | Aug 30, 2020 | Old Detroit Blog
Trea Turner hit safely in 8 straight trips to the plate starting with his double in the 8th inning Friday evening. He went 5 for 5 Saturday, and 2 for 2 in his first two plate appearances Sunday. Even counting his strikeout to end the top of the fourth, Trea is now...
