by Ron Mock | Apr 4, 2023 | League Updates, Uncategorized
I mentioned the other day that we still did not have Opening Day salary numbers from Cot’s Baseball Contracts. Having grown impatient, Sunday afternoon I engaged in the following correspondence with Baseball Prospectus’ Jeff Euston: Ron Mock Sun, Apr...
by Ron Mock | Mar 31, 2023 | Mr. EFL Answer Man, Uncategorized
Dear Mr. EFL Answer Man: What is the last day to release “old” rookies? — Sleepless Northwest of Seattle Dear Sleepless: We will decide our roster allocation deadline on Saturday. I think it will be either Sunday noonish or Monday noonish. If you...
by Ron Mock | Jan 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
For about a year now I’ve worried about whether our head-to-head format exaggerated the volatility of our standings as compared to reality. (WARNING: This post is about math. It doesn’t make you DO any math. But it has charts and stuff in it, and talks...
by Ron Mock | Oct 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
… another reason to love baseball. I found this yesterday, by Patrick Dubuque — he of the three-u last name — about a play from Friday. The first paragraph is one of the best about baseball I’ve ever read. The last one is ok, too,...
by Ron Mock | Sep 25, 2022 | League Updates, Uncategorized
Yesterday I featured Albert Pujols, an aging veteran enjoying a very-end-of-career bloom. But Pujols’ arc is unusual. Far more players are wearing out, breaking down, being sent down. It’s not just current players: Maury Wills was my first favorite...
by Ron Mock | Sep 19, 2022 | League Updates, Uncategorized
Yesterday they marked the 50th anniversary of the construction of North Valley Friends Church’s church sanctuary. (The actual anniversary isn’t until November, but the weather was delightful yesterday for an outdoor barbecue meal, which it might not be...
