MLB prematurely published a list of May all-stars yesterday. Here it is: Catcher NL: Buster Posey, GiantsAL: Yasmani Grandal...
Archive - May 2021
Sic Semper Eletismus?
The question mark in the title conveys two doubts: whether I’ve got my Latin wrong (highly likely), and whether I’ve...
The World Turned Upside-Down
Consider these names: Jesse Winker Mookie Betts Aledmys Diaz Giancarlo Stanton Jose Altuve Josh Donaldson Now consider these...
May, Memorialized
The Wolverines held onto their lead, though it got a tiny bit slimmer. We are heading into the final weekend of May, Memorial Day...
Scarcity finds its way to the EFL
For my second time in a row, this update comes absurdly late. This time it is not my fault. Baseball Reference didn’t...
Making May Matter
Just a few hours removed from yesterday’s recap, here is today’s. There are only 5 days left this month – who...
The Little Things (late)
Friends: I had this almost done at 9:30 Tuesday morning, when I had to set it aside for a zoom meeting with a student. Then I...
A Lost Day
Only two EFL teams got a real win yesterday – Peshastin and Old Detroit – even though the EFL has had a really good...
Fate is fickle, even in the EF… Dogpile!
There is, in the Allegheny comment, an epiphany here about our “”W” and “L” results. Also...
From the Pears and back again
How it’s all connected, in a meandering kind of way. EFL Standings for 2021 EFL TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB RS RA Peshastin...