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Connections

The VIP Entrance, Part 2

Roger Schlueter | Thursday, October 24, 2024

  See Here for Part 1   On the morning of October 3, 2000, the set of batters who could proclaim they ended their postseason careers with a .300/.400/.500 line (“ahem,” they might cough, “with at least 100 plate appearances”) numbered six:  Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Hank Greenberg, Gene Woodling, […]


Connections

The VIP Entrance, Part 1

Roger Schlueter | Wednesday, October 23, 2024

The 2024 postseason has been a canvas calling to the artists who hold a bat in their hands, an invitation to paint thunderous and striking images of what can occur when a pitch nears the plate.  The World Series alone will feature seven hitters coming off a 1.000-OPS line drawn […]


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