When Cleon Jones squeezed his glove around the ball that Baltimore Orioles second baseman Davey Johnson hit to left field in the top of the ninth in Game Five of the 1969 World Series to give the Mets their first championship in their eight-year history, it was something he never dreamed of doing. For Jones, making it as a major league ballplayer from his hometown of Africatown, a historic...
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In this weekly feature for MMO, I’m going to look back at the previous week’s games and share some interesting data and information that I’ve collected through various websites such as Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Savant. It’ll be a mixture of facts, stats, and analytics. Let’s get into the seven days between July 31 and August 6. Sunday, July 31, 2022 Mets vs. Marlins The Mets...
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While many fans remember Turk Wendell as a relief pitcher with some amusing quirks and routines that he’d perform on and off the mound, he was also one of the more durable and reliable relievers for many seasons. Over a six-year stretch from 1996 through the 2001 season, Wendell appeared in 428 regular season games, which were the seventh-most appearances among relievers for an average of...
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In this weekly feature for MMO, I’m going to look back at the previous week’s games and share some interesting data and information that I’ve collected through various websites such as Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Savant. It’ll be a mixture of facts, stats, and analytics. Let’s get into the seven days between July 24 and July 30. Sunday, July 24, 2022 Padres vs. Mets Pete Alonso...
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In this weekly feature for MMO, I’m going to look back at the previous week’s games and share some interesting data and information that I’ve collected through various websites such as Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Savant. It’ll be a mixture of facts, stats, and analytics. Let’s get into the seven days between July 17 and July 23 (with only three regular season games played due to...
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