Then again, both of 2015’s All-Star teams fare much better if we attempt to adjust for therising tide of athletic talent(in baseballas well as other sports) over time. In “Baseball Between the Numbers”, FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief Nate Silver attempted to quantify this phenomenon as ...
All-Star teams were originally selected by the managers and the fans for the 1933 and 1934 games. From 1935 through 1946, managers selected the entire team for each league. From 1947 to 1957, fans chose the team's starters and the manager chose the pitchers and the remaining players. From...
MLB All-Star Teams This folder contains data behind the story The Best MLB All-Star Teams Ever. Estimates of most talented MLB All-Star teams, 1933-2015 allstar_team_talent.csv contains team talent estimates with the following headers: | Header | Definition | |--|--| | yearID | The se...
where he made not one buttwogame-saving throws that live on in All-Star Game lore. Red Sox star Jim Rice led off the seventh with a double, but Parker threw him out with a cross-field rocket as he tried to go for three. That kept the NL within a run to set up Lee Mazzilli's...
If 1968 was the Year of the Pitcher, 1967 was the All-Star Game of the Arms -- the teams combined for 17 hits and 30 strikeouts over 15 innings (!), tied for the longest Midsummer Classic ever. How is that even possible? The following is an incomplete list of pitchers the NL rolle...
Here are my summaries and opinions on the first 10 rounds of the MLB draft for all 15 American League teams, with the NL summaries to follow Thursday. ESPN Insider 2015 MLB draft coverage Essentials Law's Top 100 draft prospects Law: Mock Draft 4.0 MLB draft blog Team needs AL: East |...
Crochet isn’t just the best pitcher likely to change teams this month—the 25-year-old lefthander has been the majors’ most valuable pitcher this season according to fWAR. The converted reliever has been heavily linked to the Dodgers, who could also push Andy Pages from center field to ...
MLB 2024 All-Star teams are announced. These Yankees and Mets were selected.By Jeff Capellini Updated on: July 8, 2024 / 7:52 AM EDT / CBS New York NEW YORK -- The three Yankees heading to the All-Star Game are mostly no surprise, but some will likely ...
Jackie Jensen was an outfielder for the first-ever College World Series champions, the 1947 California Golden Bears. He went on to have an All-Star career, nabbing MVP honors with Boston in 1958. But it was in his 1950 season with the New York Yankees that Jensen captured ...
While the Minnesota Twins might not be one of the most popular teams in MLB, Target Field is a stop every baseball fan can love. From a design standpoint, it’s all relatively simple, but the execution should be a guideline for future MLB stadiums. There isn’t a bad spot to sit, ...