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Graph of the Day: Lefty, Doc and J.R.
Going nostalgic, for me. J.R. Richard, Steve Carlton and Dwight Gooden were three of the most dominant pitchers I remember from my youth. Richard was the pitcher at my first ever ballgame ...
Graph of the Day: NBA WAR
Just hitters, post 1955, for now. This includes pre-NBA guys, too. Danny Ainge made the right choice. Frank Baumholtz goes back to the pre-NBA days. Gene Conley was part of the wi...
Graph of the Day: NFL WAR
A few days ago, philkid3 had a fanpost on the oddly impressive baseball career of Deion Sanders, you should check it out. Other than Deion and Bo, Brian Jordan also played both sports - not at t...
The Sheff Stops Cooking
Today the Tigers released 40-year-old OF/DH, Gary Sheffield. Sheffield, who is only 1 HR shy of 500 career HR's, has had a career with bumps and bruises along the way -- but also with some amazing pro...
Graph of the Day: 17 vs. 17
Two of my favorite left-handed, first-base playing, drinking and smoking wise guys. Turns out only one would become a good broadcaster, and he was the better player, too. Vertical lines mark...
Graph of the Day: McGriff vs. Perez
Tony got in, Crime Dog won't. Maybe all this worrying (by me) about Rice lowering the bar is unfounded. People do keep telling me that doesn't happen, and here's a case in point. ...
Graph of the Day: Wright is Good, HoJo Good
I was looking production by Mets third basemen - Hubie Brooks sucked more than I remembered, but HoJo was better. Source
Graph of the Day: 1979 NL MVP Race
*Data from Baseballprojection.com. In the only tie in MVP history, Keith Hernandez of the Cardinals and Willie Stargell of the Pirates each earned 216 votes. Hernandez received ten first place vote...
Graph of the Day: Piazza vs. Pudge
Two catchers, two very different ways of providing value. Piazza stakes claim to the best hitting catcher ever, but he was generally below average behind the plate. In the early part of his career, P...
Graph of the Day: Sandberg, Grich, Morgan and Kent
baseballprojection.com Joe Morgan had a long career and a very high peak run of about 5 years. Bobby Grich put together a strong run of his own early in his career while Ryne Sandberg started...
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