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Barry Larkin Elected To Cooperstown
The BBWAA has made their decision about the next wave of Hall of Fame inductees, and once again just a single player has earned a spot in Cooperstown. Barry Larkin, shortstop and 19-year Cincinnati Red, will be inducted this summer as the newest member of the baseball Hall of Fame after receiving...
Wednesday Rockpile: At Least Larry Walker Makes My 2012 Hall of Fame Ballot
Since nary a peep has been heard out of the Rockies since the announcement of the Casey Blake deal, I figured that it would be germane to discuss the big baseball topic at the moment -- the 2012 Hall of Fame ballot. The Hall is a very divisive topic among baseball fans, largely stemming from its...
The One-Way Street of Steroid Confessions
Is it possible to consider an argument valid while believing many of its most vocal proponents are full of it? Because I feel that way when it comes to one side of the Steroid Era debate. There are people who believe the rampant use of PEDs in the late 1990s/early 2000s tainted records and the game...
Barry's year? Peering into the Hall of Fame Crystal Ball
Barry Larkin is the top returning candidate on this year's Hall of Fame ballot. The writers have elected at least one player in every year since 1996. So this must mean that Larkin's getting elected, right? Well, I hope so. Larkin appeared on 62.1% of the ballots last year, up from 51.5% in his...
Retro Reds: Filling the void in Reds-centric video games
Though I haven't researched this extensively, a cursory scan of Google and my brain tells me there's never been a sitting Reds player to lend his name to a video game franchise or grace the cover of the annual edition of The Show, MLB 2K-whatever or their antecedents. Ken Griffey Jr. headlined a...
Criticize baseball's Hall, but at least theirs matters
There are four things you can count on at the start of a new calendar year: a never-ending stream of ridiculously-named bowl games -- like the "San Diego County Credit Union Poinsetta Bowl," a regular season hockey game that's actually worth watching, the absolute worst movies Hollywood can...
Through the Sand Lots of Time, Davey Johnson's Locker
I thought it might be appropriate to take a quick backward glance before diving headlong into the playoffs. Riverfront76 seemed to think it was a good idea - and, I'll be honest, I pretty much do whatever that guy (?) says. Baseball fans are self-indulgent nostalgia junkies, it's true. There's no...
A Case for Barry
via upload.wikimedia.org With the regular season over, we're starting to see an uptick in discussion of Barry Larkin's case for the Hall of Fame (like this one by the Reds), as this is his first year of eligibility. I've written about this a bit before, but now that we have access to Rally's WAR...
Graph of the Day: Barry Larkin's Similar Players
This is part one of a Barry Larkin double-dip Graph of the Day. I almost left off the legend, because it's not really necessary. WAR data from Sean's historical WAR database. It's awesome. Each players' seasons sorted from best to worst, left to right.
Graph of the Day: Larkin versus Alomar
WAR data from Sean's historical WAR database. Each players' seasons are sorted from best to worst, left to right.
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