Posts By Daniel R. Epstein
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8.8KArchivesB-Ref Top Ten: Late Draft Picks
One of the best ways to waste time online is by digging around on Baseball-Reference. This series explores the top ten Baseball-Reference...
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6.5KArchivesB-Ref Top Ten: Nicknames
One of the best ways to waste time online is by digging around on Baseball-Reference. This series explores the top ten Baseball-Reference...
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5.4KArchivesB-Ref Top Ten: Swing-and-a-Miss
One of the best ways to waste time online is by digging around on Baseball-Reference. This series explores the top ten Baseball-Reference...
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6.1K3American League
B-Ref Top Ten: Batting Champs
One of the best ways to waste time online is by digging around on Baseball-Reference. This series explores the top ten Baseball-Reference...
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4.6K2American LeagueMLB in May – The Arizona Plan – Would Be a Disaster
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, before America’s suburban sprawl, the “job creators” in certain industries had a problem. Coal...
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5.2K1ArchivesB-Ref Top Ten: Damn Yankees
One of the best ways to waste time online is by digging around on Baseball-Reference. This series explores the top ten Baseball-Reference...
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6.6KArchivesB-Ref Top Ten: Life After 40
One of the best ways to waste time online is by digging around on Baseball-Reference. This series explores the top ten B-Ref...
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12.8KArchivesThe NL’s Would-Be Starting Designated Hitters
I was incensed when the Brewers switched leagues in 1998. At the age of 14, I wrote a letter to the editor...
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20.2K1ArchivesNine MLB Expansion and Realignment Scenarios
Normally, I’d say MLB’s proposal to expand the playoffs was the most ridiculous Rob Manfred-ism in a while, but it’s been a...
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8.7KArchives
Baseball Position Names, Ranked
We never spoke of important things. We spoke of the old neighborhood in Manhattan. He reminisced about “Subway Sam” Nahem, who would’ve...
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3.7K1ResearchThe Carleton WAR Challenge
I’ve never been one to back away from a challenge… unless you count physical challenges, mental challenges, emotional challenges. Okay, I back...
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19.4K2Prospect WatchQuestions About the 42 Minor League Team Cut List (Part Two)
Yesterday, we started looking deeper at some of the big questions surrounding MLB’s proposal to disaffiliate 42 minor league teams. We tackled...