The Thu...Oops, Friday Thinker
Around 12:30 yesterday, I realized that I hadn't written a Thinker for this week, and I wasn't home to fix the problem. Oops. Since I'm coming in late this week, this week's quiz is about Brewers...
Around 12:30 yesterday, I realized that I hadn't written a Thinker for this week, and I wasn't home to fix the problem. Oops. Since I'm coming in late this week, this week's quiz is about Brewers...
I know I'm hammering pretty hard on Mark Kotsay this week. I promise after this I'll try to give it a rest for a while. In yesterday's Mug I mentioned that Kotsay has been worth -3 WAR (according...
Easily the hardest quiz I've ever written.
The Weather Channel says it's 7 degrees outside in Appleton, so clearly it's time to think about streaking. I've made a list of the Brewer record holders for most consecutive games with a run, hit,...
Trevor Hoffman officially retired this week. Since the start of the 1993 season he's converted 601 saves. Over that same time period, no Brewer has collected more than 79. Since 1993, though,...
If you spend your time in the right places, you might have heard that the B-Ref Play Index now allows you to search for players by BABIP. That gave me an idea. An awful idea. A wonderful, awful...
It's time for our annual refresh of the Community Prospect Rankings, and it's much needed: Eight of the seventeen players from last year's list are either no longer eligible or no longer with the...
Today, we wrap up the contest with one final challenge: Carlos Gomez. If you have any questions, visit last Monday's post for a full rundown of the rules. As always, you have until midnight. I'll...
I was thinking about Takashi Saito yesterday. Hailing from Miyagi, he's the fifth Brewer ever to come from Japan. Using the B-Ref Play Index, I was able to make a list of 15 Brewers born in...
Today's player is Ron Roenicke. If you have any questions, visit last Monday's post for a full rundown of the rules. As always, you have until midnight. Good luck!