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SABR turns 50: A history rooted in so much more than metrics [The San Diego Union-Tribune] Tom Hufford means it when he says he was married to baseball long before he met his wife. That first love blossomed as a boy in Pulaski, Va., where Hufford spent his days collecting trading cards and playing pick-up games in sandlots and his evenings surfing his bedroom radio dial for MLB games from New York to St. Louis to Houston. By the time he was studying architecture at Virginia Tech, his relationsh...

Jan 29, 2021 Back before it was possible to access any bit of baseball trivia on one’s iPhone, the Baseball Encyclopedia was an essential part of a stats geek’s library. Turn to the player register, and it was possible to see the complete big-league statistics of anyone who ever played. How fitting that the very first name in the register was Henry Louis Aaron. Talk about leading with your best stuff. Hank Aaron, who passed away last week at the age of 86, is no longer the all-time major-le...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 26 The Mercury News and East Bay Times on California's easing of coronavirus restrictions: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to lift regional stay-at-home orders across the state makes absolutely no sense. The governor’s irresponsible action Monday is the latest in a series of blunders that is severely damaging California’s ability to end the COVID-19 crisis. The drop in the...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 26 The Mercury News and East Bay Times on California’s easing of coronavirus restrictions: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to lift regional stay-at-home orders across the state makes absolutely no sense. The governor’s irresponsible action Monday is the latest in a series of blunders […]

December 17, 2020 The year 2020 has not been filled with good news as far as baseball is concerned, but on Wednesday, some arrived. After lengthy study, Major League Baseball announced that it will officially recognize seven professional Negro Leagues that operated between 1920 and 1948 as major leagues. For as overdue as the decision is, it’s first and foremost an official acknowledgement — as if one was needed — that the baseball played in those leagues at a time when MLB’s shameful c...