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“Monge doesn’t need a rest;That’s why he’s among the best.He is one who earns his payPitching almost every day.” — Dan Coughlin, April 24, 1979   How many baseball players, good — even great — baseball players have never played in a World Series? Moreover, how many players can say that they played for both […]

“I felt I’d be happier trying to make a living from baseball than any other business I know,” Judge Emil Fuchs said.1 “Happy” would not describe the Judge in the baseball business world: he lost nearly everything he had as owner of the Boston Braves, unsuccessfully striving to make them into a contender from 1923 […]

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the Baseball Research Journal No. 33 in 2004. If this was a real scientific journal and I was a real academic, the title of this article would be The Problem of Distinguishing Between Transient and Persistent Phenomena When Dealing with Variables from a Statistically Unstable Platform. But […]

Editor’s note: During our Stay Home With SABR initiative, enjoy these light-hearted Dispatches From the Mudville Bureau by Joanne Hulbert of SABR’s Boston Chapter to stay engaged with baseball until the games return. Check out what’s new and keep up with all the news in the Boston Chapter on Facebook at BostonSABR or on Instagram […]