Posts By Daniel R. Epstein
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3.9KArchivesChris Davis Has Been Bad, but Also Unlucky
Every human being has shared the same nightmare, though it may take different forms. Getting laughed at by your crush. Giving an...
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7.4KArchivesTim Beckham, Dylan Moore, the Seattle Mariners, and three-error innings
Inspiration comes from unexpected places. Mine comes from errors. I first wrote about baseball in March, 2017 at Banished to the Pen, maintaining...
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1.7K2ArchivesRoster of the Month: All-Extension Team
NDid your favorite team sign a player to an extension recently? Probably so! This offseason, 24 players signed extensions with 16 teams...
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11.8KArchivesApparently Ryan Doumit was Terrible
It’s a myth that no one realized smoking was unhealthy. People knew tobacco was dangerous a long time ago. It’s really common...
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2.6K2ArchivesConfucianism Baseball: A WAR League Adventure
Confucius, the famed fifth century B.C. Chinese philosopher and baseball strategist, once said, “True wisdom is knowing what you don’t know.” This...
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3.2KArchivesThe “Just Right” Number of Pitches
I’d like to take you behind the curtain at Off the Bench Baseball. Max Frankel, who is one of the two Grand...
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3.1K1Hot StoveRoster of the Month: 2019 Minor League Contracts
Something is wrong with baseball. In case you haven’t noticed, teams have successfully repressed player values. The signs are everywhere. The average...
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4.7KOakland A'sKhris Davis Sells Himself Short
Khris Davis doesn’t care about the money. We’re conditioned to interpret this as a positive attribute, as if getting paid full market...
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4.0K1Hot StoveRoster of the Month: Mariners Trades and Signings Team
Every time a child says “I don’t believe in fairies,” there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead (and...
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3.2KArchivesCraig Kimbrel, Jorge Bonfiacio, and the Most Unlikely Single
It’s February now. On the baseball calendar, that means it’s just about prediction season. Everywhere you look on the baseball Internet, writers...
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3.3KHall of FameRoster of the Month: 2019 Hall of Fame Teammates
The votes have all been tallied, and the Hall of Fame will induct a monster class of six players in 2019. Four...
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4.1KArchivesA New Kind of Two-Way Player
One of the best hitters in the minor leagues is a free agent. This player blasted the triple-A Pacific Coast League with...