The differences between “analytics” and “statistics,” “ontology” and “epistemology,” and how they forms the walls trapping guys like Bartolo Colon in the Hall of Fame’s purgatory.… Read More Cooperstown Complaints: Episode 4 – Arguments On the Existence of God and Their Equivalents Concerning Bartolo Colon as a Hall of Famer
The post-season is here. The only question left is which of these teams can run all the way to the World Series?… Read More Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2025 MLB Play-Off Preview
It’s the “Home Stretch” in the horse race that is baseball’s pennant chase. Where is your horse running?… Read More Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2025 “Home Stretch” Edition
The WordPress Daily Writing Prompt monster strikes again. Here’s where you can choose an adventure with stops at James Garner, Jack Webb, and Bob Barker which starts with Gene “The Singing Cowboy” Autry.… Read More Story Time, Episode 15: Gene Autry Is Responsible For This Blog
Stalkers are everywhere. If Dirty Harry can have one, why not a Philadelphia Phillie from the 1940s?… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 164: “Play Misty for Me”
Even though the Angels are known to overpay, an increasing number of free agents would rather not get their mail in Orange County.… Read More Apparently, Nobody Wants To Play For The Los Angeles Angels
Boyd Bergquist breaks down all 30 MLB teams: Are they “contenders” or “pretenders,” and should you “buy” or “sell” on their immediate future? Where does your team stack up?… Read More Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2025 “All-Star Break” Edition
What else can I say but “Trust The Science?” The Cubs winning another World Series could be as catastrophic as Iran with a nuke. … Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: The Chicago Cubs Are Now A Leading Cause Of Diabetes
How a 1985 movie based off a 1902 George Barr McCutcheon novel explains why the Pittsburgh Pirates traded MVP Andrew McCutcheon.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 163: “Brewster’s Millions”
Now that we’re a quarter of the way into the season, it’s time to look at the baseball predictions made by our 70s TV Sports Anchor!… Read More Boyd Bergquist’s 2025 Memorial Day Baseball Breakdown
How a football-playing Texan used a baseball moment to become a Windy City sports legend. … Read More RIP, Steve McMichael
Where does your team rate in our 70s TV Sports Anchor’s “Not Power Rankings?”… Read More Boyd Bergquist’s 2025 Opening Week Baseball Breakdown
On his 69th birthday, the exclusion of Dale Murphy from the Baseball Hall of Fame raises the question: What is the value of an MVP Award?… Read More Cooperstown Complaints: Episode 3 – The “Most Valuable” Argument For Dale Murphy
Rickey Henderson was the greatest offensive player in baseball history. Fight me.… Read More RIP, Rickey Henderson
Follow the the link to a tale of my favorite TV show ever, the Garner brothers, and their connection to the 1979 “We Are Family” Pittsburgh Pirates.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 156: “The Rockford Files – Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You”
A final tip of the cap from one gambler to another…with actual* gambling!… Read More The J-Dub Gambling Challenge 2024: The “RIP Pete Rose” Edition
The post-season is here. The only question left is which of these teams can run all the way to the World Series?… Read More Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2024 MLB Play-Off Preview
Dubsism…the only place you can get smart about the connection based on a dumb “-ism” between 19th century literary sisters and 20th century baseball brothers… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 155: “To Walk Invisible”
It’s the “Home Stretch” in the horse race that is baseball’s pennant chase. Where does your horse stack up?… Read More Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2024 Labor Day Edition
The five-year eligibility clock just started on the recently retired Cincinnati Red, and the debate may take every minute of it!… Read More Cooperstown Complaints: Episode 2 – The First Words on Joey Votto
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