Lower the Mound or Raise the Players

July 14, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · 2 Comments

The score was 1 – 0 heading into the seventh inning in last night’s All Star Game before the NL broke through for three runs. Â The low score became an issue this morning after the TV ratings were released. Â They were lower than any since 1972. Â What does it say? Â It is reminiscent of the […]

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Fun Facts about the 19 (no, 20) Perfect Games in MLB History

May 29, 2010 by Arne Christensen · Leave a Comment

A while back I completed a project of chronicling most of major league baseballâ€™s perfect games. What fun is that if you canâ€™t make out a list of trivia about the games? So yes, the following list (updated to include Bradenâ€™s feat, and Halladayâ€™s) is trivialâ€”but then, much of life is trivia, and sometimes trivia […]

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