Game Notes – 04/04/2025
Joe Carter is probably best remembered for a certain three-run home run to end the 1993 World Series and likely […]
Game Notes
How often has that happened? When did this last occur? Was this or that unique, who else did it? If you read through the box scores on any given day during the regular or postseason, you might have these kinds of questions. “Game Notes” does too – and provides the answers.
Game Notes – 04/03/2025
There are 1,197 players who’ve accumulated at least 4,000 plate appearances through their first 10 big league seasons. Imagine this […]
Game Notes – 04/02/2025
To watch Paul Skenes apply the foundational brushstrokes to his self-portrait is to be constantly reminded of the exceptional and […]
Game Notes – 04/01/2025
Since 1994 when baseball structured each league to provide three divisional buckets for its teams, there have been two occasions […]
Game Notes – 03/31/2025
On August 15, 2015, Boston’s Jackie Bradley, Jr. came to the plate six times. His first essay in the batter’s […]
Game Notes – 03/30/2025
In 2002, reigning NL MVP Barry Bonds opened the season looking like he had taken a couple of days – […]
Game Notes – 03/29/2025
In 1987, homers ruled. Mark McGwire launched 49 to obliterate the existing rookie record. Over in the NL, Andre Dawson […]
Game Notes – 03/28/2025
When it comes to Dodgers kapowing a ballgame with a walk-off home run over the last half century, Andre Ethier […]
Game Notes – 03/27/2025
From 1973 through 1981, Richie Hebner participated in eight Opening Days. “Participated,” while accurate, fails to match the power of […]
Game Notes – 03/19/2025
When Barry Bonds drew 232 walks in 2004 to annihilate the previous single-season record and set a standard which feels […]
Game Notes – 03/18/2025
Since 1901, no Dodgers starting pitcher has accumulated more Opening Day wins than Don Drysdale and his five. The Hall […]
Game Notes – NL MVP Award Finalists
In 1927, Lou Gehrig produced an 11.4 oWAR (this is bWAR, with the defensive element removed). This explosive display is […]
Game Notes – AL MVP Award Finalists
Following this opening, there’s a little more than a thousand words devoted to connecting the three AL MVP finalists from […]
Game Notes – AL Cy Young Award Finalists
For his efforts during the 1999 season, Pedro Martínez was the unanimous winner of the AL Cy Young Award. “Efforts” […]
Game Notes – NL Cy Young Award Finalists
Thanks to a pair of Triple Crown winners, the 2024 Cy Young Award races appear to hold little drama for […]
Game Notes – NL Rookie of the Year Finalists
Rookies can be like Spring Training: opportunities for optimism and rosy considerations of what could be, magnets for raising ceilings […]
Game Notes – AL Rookie of the Year Finalists
This century, 89 rookies have splashed onto the scene with at least 50 extra-base hits. From the start, Orioles newcomers […]
Game Notes, NLWC – Mets v. Brewers
Of all the postseason home runs that have punctured a tense October (or November) air, 232 of them have resounded […]
Game Notes – 2024 Postseason Leftovers
The start of the 2024 postseason got rolling on the same day October did, when eight clubs began marking their […]
Game Notes, 10/30/2024 – World Series G5
In the ninth inning of Game 6 of the 1953 World Series, Brooklyn – facing elimination – was down two […]
Game Notes, 10/29/2024 – World Series G4
The bases are filled, a batter steps to the plate and settles in to await the delivery. The ball hurtles […]
Game Notes, 10/28/2024 – World Series G3
Quick (and be honest with your response): who hit the most World Series home runs as a first baseman? Riffle […]
Game Notes, 10/26/2024 – World Series G2
The very last games of a season being played to determine a champ, a series of games played within a […]
Game Notes, 10/25/2024 – World Series G1
Down by a run, down to their three final outs, the Dodgers start to rally back and conclude the surge […]
Game Notes, 10/20/2024 – LCS Day 8
A number of candidates could have vied for top 2024 honors when it came to “wow” – those elevated, extra-magnetic, […]
Game Notes, 10/19/2024 – LCS Day 7
During the 2024 regular season, Juan Soto claimed partnership as one-half of one of three distinct hitting duos in the […]
Game Notes, 10/18/2024 – LCS Day 6
The very first time the Mets faced the wrenching possibility of postseason elimination – Game 5 of the 1973 NLCS […]
Game Notes, 10/17/2024 – LCS Day 5
The grandeur of postseason baseball is that with the condensed number of games and expanded importance of each contest, the […]
Game Notes, 10/16/2024 – LCS Day 4
Imagine a postseason résumé that contains the following numbers for a single year: 10 games played, 15 hits with seven […]
Game Notes, 10/15/2024 – LCS Day 3
Six times this postseason, Gleyber Torres has walked to the plate in the first inning to get things started for […]
Game Notes, 10/14/2024 – LCS Day 2
In the very first game of the very first World Series, Pittsburgh’s starter, Deacon Phillippe, did something that, to this […]
Game Notes, 10/13/2024 – LCS Day 1
If the 2010 postseason wasn’t quite a pitching version of “anything you can do, I can do better,” that’s mainly […]
Game Notes, 10/12/2024 – LDS Day 8
By the time Sandy Alomar established a new Indians postseason record with his 10 RBI in the 1997 World Series, […]
Game Notes, 10/11/2024 – LDS Day 7
League Division Series play has produced 39 winner-take-all contests – those ultimate, tension-filled testing grounds that have a way of […]
Game Notes, 10/10/2024 – LDS Day 6
Two innings after Willie Mays saved the day with The Catch, there was still no guarantee that Mays’ brilliance – […]
Game Notes, 10/9/2024 – LDS Day 5
Seven years ago, Francisco Lindor walked to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning, the glare and tension […]
Game Notes, 10/8/2024 – LDS Day 4
Through his first 11 postseason contests, Fernando Tatis, Jr. is slashing .425/.531/.975. This is a pretty great start to playoff […]
Game Notes, 10/7/2024 – LDS Day 3
Entering the contest in the top of the ninth on October 8, 2022, Guardians right-hander Emmanuel Clase had a straightforward […]
Game Notes, 10/6/2024 – LDS Day 2
On October 10, 1981, pinch-hitter George Vukovich stepped into the box to face Montreal’s Jeff Reardon. It was the start […]
Game Notes, 10/5/2024 – LDS Day 1
Joe Niekro’s postseason ledger has a lot of zeroes: 20.0 innings, 0 runs allowed (0.00 ERA) and most remarkable, considering […]