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. In the fifties, Bill Veeck doubled attendance at Cleveland, even though the team occupied the cellar. .
Veeck had to sell the Indians in 1950 as part of a divorce settlement. He then bought the St. Louis Browns which he owned for three years, and in 1959 he bought the White Sox which he held on to until 1981.
Veeck had to sell the Indians in 1950 as part of a divorce settlement. He then bought the St. Louis Browns which he owned for three years, and in 1959 he bought the White Sox which he held on to until 1981.
Yeh, just checked and it was in 1946 when he doubled the Indians' attendance.
Seems like Bryce Harper is never going to put it all together ... I know he had the one big year, but something always seems to slow him down, usually an injury, and this year he hasn't done much since he came back from suspension. I'm still waiting for him to knock in a hundred runs.
There has been much speculation as to what is behind the record breaking home run pace in MLB this season.
Is it a return to PEDs use? Juiced ball? Both seem unlikely because while home runs are up, the rest of the offensive categories are not.
The home run record being threatened is the 5693 hit in 2000. 2017 hitters are on a pace to advance that by several hundred home runs.
But...overall in 2000 batters hit .270/.347/.437. In 2017 they are batting .254/.324/.425. PEDs proved to enhance all forms of hitting, but this year it is only home runs which are on the rise. A juiced ball would also lead to an increase in other extra base hits.
It seems most likely (note..."likely", not proven) that we are seeing the consequence of deliberate decisions by batters to go all out for the home run at the expense of anything else. This explanation squares with the ever increasing rise in strikeouts..batters miss more often when taking more powerful cuts.
Of course during the PEDs era, all sorts of explanations were advanced to account for the rising offensive levels...new stadiums, juiced balls, umpire' refusing to call low strikes...all of which became moot after the Mitchell report and we fully understood what PEDs could do.
So...I'm....we.....are left guessing at this point. It may be years from now we learn something which we currently do not know.
George Springer of the Astros is having a terrific season, but one thing he needs to do is to drop his stolen base game. Last season he swiped nine, but was caught ten times. This year he is 0-3.
Yankees now have 17 run losses, second worst in the majors. Only the Phillies have more. The Yankees are underperforming their Pythagorean Win-Loss percentage by an astonishing 7 Wins! This is unfathomable this early in the year. At this pace the Yankees are gonna underperform their expectations by 14 wins by the end of the year. The difference between a 100 win team and an 86 win team. 86 win team and 72 win team. Wow
At this pace the Yankees are gonna underperform their expectations by 14 wins by the end of the year.
The concept of pace does not apply here. New York's record in one run games represents an anomaly and the actual expectation would be of their luck returning to normal, not an extension of the anomaly.
The concept of pace does not apply here. New York's record in one run games represents an anomaly and the actual expectation would be of their luck returning to normal, not an extension of the anomaly.
Even with the bullpen troubles I am guessing that a lot of bad luck has been involved. The Nats bullpen is much worse and yet even they don't experience as many one-run losses as us
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