by Ron Mock | May 14, 2024 | The OD O.D.
(Editor’s Note: The celebrating man in the above photo is not Ron. The man behind the man in the photo, and a little to the left with the glasses, is not Ryan, despite how similar he looks, kind of. By contrast to those happy people, Ron’s mood has been...
by Ron Mock | May 2, 2024 | League Updates, Old Detroit Blog, The OD O.D.
How, you might ask, does this post’s title have anything to do with the EFL? Regardez: Standings after Week 6, game 3 (May 1, 2024) TeamWinsLossesWPctGBCanberra Kangaroos21.3011.70.6450.0D.C. Balk18.5114.49.5612.8Flint Hill Tornadoes17.6315.37.5343.7Peshastin...
by Ron Mock | Mar 28, 2024 | League Updates, The OD O.D.
I am writing this from Brookings, Oregon, on our way back from our Spring Break trip to San Francisco. I had hoped to work in a spring training game at the soon-to-be-abandoned Oakland Colosseum, but it didn’t work out, since out of our 8-member party (me,...
by Ron Mock | May 11, 2023 | League Updates, The OD O.D.
DAVE: My Luis García didn’t show up on my stats for yesterday. He played, I allocated him. I’ve just checked. He hasn’t been in any of my stats. Baseball Reference shows an accent mark over the i. He is listed on our roster without the...
by Ron Mock | Apr 27, 2023 | League Updates, The OD O.D.
One of the benefits of our head-to-head system is how it obscures reality. The Tampa Bay Rays look like on of the all-time great teams because a) they are really pretty good and b) their early-season schedule was full of teams who are really pretty bad. The Rays might...
by Ron Mock | Apr 24, 2023 | The OD O.D.
Keeping track of Wolverines who are being kept in the minors presumably for aa good reason: Nolan Jones (Rockies’ captive): .359, .447, .781. Starting Rockies OF today (mid game): Kris Bryan: .280, .367, .457 Jurickson Profar: .208, .295, .351 Brent Doyle: .000,...
