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That 66-Run Japanese Game: Behind The Numbers

Some further fun facts about that two-inning, 66-0 Japanese high school baseball game we wrote about yesterday: More »

5:40 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By rickchand
4,998 views, 14 comments

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Those 30-Run Rallies Will Kill You Every Time


Little did you know that when you watched Maracaibo, Venezuela beat the Netherlands, 21-2 in the Little League World Series on Tuesday, that it wouldn't be the most embarrassing wipeout of week. Meet your 2007 Baltimore Orioles, who lost 30-3 to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. For Texas, it was the first time in modern baseball history that a team has scored 30 runs; a total not achieved in the majors since 1897, when the Chicago Colts pounded the Louisville Colonels 36-7. More »

9:19 AM on Thu Aug 23 2007
By rickchand
7,440 views, 87 comments

Latest by josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris's sack-dance for you: So, since the Rangers did this without A-Rod, does this exist as evidence of the "Ewing Theory"? Professional Red Sox fan Bill Simmons, please respond. more »

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Fever Pitch ... Throughout History

The Sporting News has a good piece about the evolution of pitching, which we read with interest until seeing the dreaded word "gyroball," which tends to provoke in us the same reaction as the word "disco." But until then there are some fun tidbits, such as the fact that until 1881, the distance from the mound to the plate was 45 feet. And for the first few decades, pitchers threw underhand (the Mets continue that tradition). Here are some other highlights: More »

3:15 PM on Fri Mar 2 2007
By rickchand
2,127 views, 75 comments

Latest by n/a: No mention of "Long Gone", which was a year BEFORE "Bull Durham", and had the added bonus of absolutely NO Costner? I wish that was out on DVD. more »