Among longtime rabid fans, there’s a kind of vague denial, wrapped around the idea that “there’s no way they’d let 1994-95 happen again.” With all due respect to those people, 1994-95 wasn’t that bad for the owners or players. It was bad for addicts. I don’t think I got rid of the shakes until about 1997. Baseball attendance recovered almost immediately, well before the Mark McGwire/Sammy Sosa show.
The middle of May is a good time to take a look at the park factors around the league.
Granted, its waaayyy too early to draw firm conclusions about these; most teams still haven’t finished home-and-homes with their opponents to date, and the overall sample size is still small enough that chance has a lot to do with the results. Fact is, though, it’s a fun thing to look at.
There’s a big weekend in the NL Central, where the top four teams will square off in a two battles of surprises vs. favorites. The Reds travel to St. Louis, while the Astros and Pirates continue a four-game series at Enron Memorial Field (the Astros won the opener, 3-1, behind Roy Oswalt).
There’s a big weekend in the NL Central, where the top four teams will square off in a two battles of surprises vs. favorites. The Reds travel to St. Louis, while the Astros and Pirates continue a four-game series at Enron Memorial Field (the Astros won the opener, 3-1, behind Roy Oswalt). I’m probably giving…
The middle of May is a good time to take a look at the park factors around the league. Granted, its waaayyy too early to draw firm conclusions about these; most teams still haven’t finished home-and-homes with their opponents to date, and the overall sample size is still small enough that chance has a lot…
There’s a state people kind of ease into when things around them are collapsing. It could be that their company is in the midst of a death spiral, or perhaps their group of college friends is gradually drifting apart. Or, in a strictly hypothetical example, an activity that’s a core part of their enjoyment of…