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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a087c9-5974-721e-ad2a-97a85e188bf7", "title": "Was Elmer Valo a four-decade player?", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/was-elmer-valo-a-four-decade-player/", "published_at": "2026-04-15T19:35:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087c9-5975-7006-8a1f-d74fdfa3fcef", "title": "Where were they then: the homes of the 1967 Cincinnati Reds", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2026/04/06/where-were-they-then-the-homes-of-the-1967-cincinnati-reds/", "published_at": "2026-04-06T17:58:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087c9-5975-7006-8a1f-d74fe0a003ae", "title": "A history of pitchers not batting ninth, and the managers who did it most often", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2022/04/01/a-history-of-pitchers-not-batting-ninth-and-the-managers-who-did-it-most-often/", "published_at": "2022-04-01T20:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087c9-5975-7006-8a1f-d74fe0ee14f3", "title": "Tracking down the first reference in print to a basketball “triple double”", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2020/09/21/tracking-down-the-first-reference-in-print-to-a-basketball-triple-double/", "published_at": "2020-09-21T21:30:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087c9-5975-7006-8a1f-d74fe1cdd1dd", "title": "Looking for bullshit in Earl Weaver’s “Weaver On Strategy”", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2016/05/30/looking-for-bullshit-in-earl-weavers-weaver-on-strategy/", "published_at": "2016-05-30T23:43:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087c9-5975-7006-8a1f-d74fe1e8b10b", "title": "UPDATE: A few things about complete games", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/update-a-few-things-about-complete-games/", "published_at": "2016-04-01T20:11:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087c9-5975-7006-8a1f-d74fe2bc6b07", "title": "UPDATE: Things I meant to write just after Mark Fidrych died", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2016/03/26/update-things-i-meant-to-write-just-after-mark-fidrych-died/", "published_at": "2016-03-26T16:31:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087c9-5975-7006-8a1f-d74fe39a2d4d", "title": "You never know what’s going to change your life, or when it’s going to happen", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2016/03/23/you-never-know-whats-going-to-change-your-life-or-when-its-going-to-happen/", "published_at": "2016-03-23T22:49:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087c9-5975-7006-8a1f-d74fe437de65", "title": "UPDATE: Pitchers who threw the most extra-inning games", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2016/03/19/update-pitchers-who-threw-the-most-extra-inning-games/", "published_at": "2016-03-19T22:11:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087c9-5975-7006-8a1f-d74fe50d8913", "title": "Hank Borowy, Blake Stein, Paul Wilson and the worst pitching performances in major league baseball history", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/hank-borowy-blake-stein-paul-wilson-and-the-worst-pitching-performances-in-major-league-baseball-history/", "published_at": "2016-02-15T20:58:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdef-427c-701f-922f-b831e8f76d21", "title": "The day Catfish Hunter was used as a pinch-hitter when he was already in the game", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2016/01/03/the-day-catfish-hunter-was-used-as-a-pinch-hitter-when-he-was-already-in-the-game/", "published_at": "2016-01-04T01:38:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdef-427c-701f-922f-b831e9d02d61", "title": "Looking at pitchers’ performances before and after a no-hitter", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/looking-at-pitchers-performances-before-and-after-a-no-hitter/", "published_at": "2015-09-07T15:20:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdef-427c-701f-922f-b831ea55e3b0", "title": "From Jekyll to Hyde (or vice versa): major league pitchers who go from sublime to ridiculous in consecutive starts", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/from-jekyll-to-hyde-or-vice-versa-major-league-pitchers-who-go-from-sublime-to-ridiculous-in-consecutive-starts/", "published_at": "2015-08-28T05:28:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdef-427c-701f-922f-b831eb44495d", "title": "Dave Parker’s remarkable 26 assists in 1977…and Roberto Clemente’s 27 in 1961", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/08/08/dave-parkers-remarkable-26-assists-in-1977/", "published_at": "2015-08-09T04:55:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdef-427c-701f-922f-b831eb515621", "title": "The major league baseball games that were played while Apollo 11 landed on the moon", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/07/18/the-major-league-baseball-games-that-were-played-while-apollo-11-landed-on-the-moon/", "published_at": "2015-07-18T22:04:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdef-427c-701f-922f-b831eb5e31cc", "title": "From “aw, rats” to redemption: Miss Bloomington sings the National Anthem at two ballparks in 1976", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/from-aw-rats-to-redemption-miss-bloomington-sings-the-national-anthem-at-two-ballparks-in-1976/", "published_at": "2015-06-17T15:20:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdef-427c-701f-922f-b831eb8f90f3", "title": "Did Max Patkin perform for a crowd of four people…and other things that happened in baseball the day Apollo 11 landed on the moon", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/05/23/did-max-patkin-perform-for-a-crowd-of-four-people-and-other-things-that-happened-in-baseball-the-day-apollo-11-landed-on-the-moon/", "published_at": "2015-05-23T23:54:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdef-427c-701f-922f-b831eb917f67", "title": "Congratulations, Wally Holborow, you got your record back from Carlos Frias", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/congratulations-wally-holborow-you-got-your-record-back-from-carlos-frias/", "published_at": "2015-05-02T04:48:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdef-427c-701f-922f-b831eba85782", "title": "Brandon McCarthy now holds an all-time major league record…but not for his pitching", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/04/19/brandon-mccarthy-now-holds-an-all-time-major-league-record-but-not-for-his-pitching/", "published_at": "2015-04-19T21:22:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdef-427c-701f-922f-b831ec0848ce", "title": "Standings in the Florida State League before the Internet…well, ¿quién sabía?", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/04/02/standings-in-the-florida-state-league-before-the-internet-well-quien-sabia/", "published_at": "2015-04-03T05:32:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be00-2b54-708c-94fb-e22c8735288c", "title": "Nobody drove them in: the unusual seasons of Ron Northey, Bob Nieman and Smoky Burgess", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/nobody-drove-them-in-the-unusual-seasons-of-ron-northey-bob-nieman-and-smoky-burgess/", "published_at": "2015-03-30T20:02:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be00-2b54-708c-94fb-e22c880a1162", "title": "The longest-working men in baseball: Jack Coombs, Joe Harris, Al Jackson and other four-hour pitchers", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/02/22/the-longest-working-men-in-baseball-jack-coombs-joe-harris-al-jackson-and-other-four-hour-pitchers/", "published_at": "2015-02-23T03:46:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be00-2b54-708c-94fb-e22c88ca9504", "title": "A few final (maybe) thoughts on the unlikeliest pitching performances in major league history", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/02/07/a-few-final-maybe-thoughts-on-the-unlikeliest-pitching-performances-in-major-league-history/", "published_at": "2015-02-08T00:45:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be00-2b54-708c-94fb-e22c89aceb58", "title": "Did Gene Mauch pinch-run for Ron Hunt in the first inning of games on the road?", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/02/03/did-gene-mauch-pinch-run-for-ron-hunt-in-the-first-inning-of-games-on-the-road/", "published_at": "2015-02-03T17:02:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be00-2b54-708c-94fb-e22c8a98d28a", "title": "More of the unlikeliest pitching performances in major league history, including guys named Claral, Oadis and Grover", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/more-of-the-unlikeliest-pitching-performances-in-major-league-history-including-guys-named-claral-oadis-and-grover/", "published_at": "2015-02-02T06:46:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be00-2b54-708c-94fb-e22c8b2c2a8c", "title": "Don Fisher, Larry Anderson (with an “o”) and the unlikeliest pitching performances in major league history", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2015/01/17/don-fisher-larry-anderson-with-an-o-and-the-unlikeliest-pitching-performances-in-major-league-history/", "published_at": "2015-01-18T00:53:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be00-2b54-708c-94fb-e22c8be0984e", "title": "Lefty Grove did a lot of great things as a pitcher for the Philadelphia A’s — just not this one", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2014/12/08/lefty-grove-did-a-lot-of-great-things-as-a-pitcher-for-the-philadelphia-as-just-not-this-one/", "published_at": "2014-12-09T00:25:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be00-2b54-708c-94fb-e22c8c0697a6", "title": "The Detroit Tigers’ streak of 12 consecutive complete games in 1968", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2014/11/22/the-detroit-tigers-streak-of-12-consecutive-complete-games-in-1968/", "published_at": "2014-11-22T23:40:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be00-2b54-708c-94fb-e22c8ccfc123", "title": "Playing in the College World Series and major league World Series in the same year could have happened in 1962", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2014/10/20/playing-in-the-college-world-series-and-major-league-world-series-could-have-happened-in-1962/", "published_at": "2014-10-21T05:42:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be00-2b54-708c-94fb-e22c8d98ab59", "title": "The day Casey Stengel’s pinch-runner fell down trying to score because he was wearing the wrong shoes", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/the-day-casey-stengels-pinch-runner-fell-down-trying-to-score-because-he-was-wearing-the-wrong-shoes/", "published_at": "2014-06-14T21:04:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be08-b096-72fd-93ed-d702b1602150", "title": "Jeff Samardzija still can’t win…and leads the majors in ERA", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2014/05/21/jeff-samardzija-still-cant-win-and-leads-the-majors-in-era/", "published_at": "2014-05-22T03:40:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be08-b096-72fd-93ed-d702b21f5b47", "title": "You can’t win if your teammates don’t score: the toughest-luck seasons ever for major league pitchers", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/you-cant-win-if-your-teammates-dont-score-the-toughest-luck-seasons-ever-for-major-league-pitchers/", "published_at": "2014-05-17T23:45:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be08-b096-72fd-93ed-d702b2e1c648", "title": "The historically tough-luck start to the season for Jeff Samardzija, and the surprising major league record held by Ray Washburn", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/the-historically-tough-luck-start-to-the-season-for-jeff-samardzija/", "published_at": "2014-05-13T00:59:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be08-b096-72fd-93ed-d702b312294c", "title": "Off-season jobs of major league baseball players in the winter of 1958-59", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/off-season-jobs-of-major-league-baseball-players-in-the-winter-of-1958-59/", "published_at": "2014-01-12T20:12:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be08-b096-72fd-93ed-d702b368f244", "title": "Super-low strikeout pitchers of the 1970s and ’80s", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/super-low-strikeout-pitchers-of-the-1970s-and-80s/", "published_at": "2013-12-03T17:30:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be08-b096-72fd-93ed-d702b41c33d4", "title": "No, Bill Sharman was never ejected from a major league baseball game as a member of the Dodgers", "url": "https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2013/10/28/no-bill-sharman-was-never-ejected-from-a-major-league-baseball-game-as-a-member-of-the-dodgers/", "published_at": "2013-10-28T16:34:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be08-b096-72fd-93ed-d702b4ce3ba2", "title": "Things I found while 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2026

Was Elmer Valo a four-decade player?original ↗
15 Apr 2026
Where were they then: the homes of the 1967 Cincinnati Redsoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2026

2022

A history of pitchers not batting ninth, and the managers who did it most oftenoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2022

2020

Tracking down the first reference in print to a basketball “triple double”original ↗
21 Sept 2020

2016

Looking for bullshit in Earl Weaver’s “Weaver On Strategy”original ↗
30 May 2016
UPDATE: A few things about complete gamesoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2016
UPDATE: Things I meant to write just after Mark Fidrych diedoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2016
You never know what’s going to change your life, or when it’s going to happenoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2016
UPDATE: Pitchers who threw the most extra-inning gamesoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2016
Hank Borowy, Blake Stein, Paul Wilson and the worst pitching performances in major league baseball historyoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2016
The day Catfish Hunter was used as a pinch-hitter when he was already in the gameoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2016

2015

Looking at pitchers’ performances before and after a no-hitteroriginal ↗
7 Sept 2015
From Jekyll to Hyde (or vice versa): major league pitchers who go from sublime to ridiculous in consecutive startsoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2015
Dave Parker’s remarkable 26 assists in 1977…and Roberto Clemente’s 27 in 1961original ↗
9 Aug 2015
The major league baseball games that were played while Apollo 11 landed on the moonoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2015
From “aw, rats” to redemption: Miss Bloomington sings the National Anthem at two ballparks in 1976original ↗
17 Jun 2015
Did Max Patkin perform for a crowd of four people…and other things that happened in baseball the day Apollo 11 landed on the moonoriginal ↗
23 May 2015
Congratulations, Wally Holborow, you got your record back from Carlos Friasoriginal ↗
2 May 2015
Brandon McCarthy now holds an all-time major league record…but not for his pitchingoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2015
Standings in the Florida State League before the Internet…well, ¿quién sabía?original ↗
3 Apr 2015
Nobody drove them in: the unusual seasons of Ron Northey, Bob Nieman and Smoky Burgessoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2015
The longest-working men in baseball: Jack Coombs, Joe Harris, Al Jackson and other four-hour pitchersoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2015
A few final (maybe) thoughts on the unlikeliest pitching performances in major league historyoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2015
Did Gene Mauch pinch-run for Ron Hunt in the first inning of games on the road?original ↗
3 Feb 2015
More of the unlikeliest pitching performances in major league history, including guys named Claral, Oadis and Groveroriginal ↗
2 Feb 2015
Don Fisher, Larry Anderson (with an “o”) and the unlikeliest pitching performances in major league historyoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2015

2014

Lefty Grove did a lot of great things as a pitcher for the Philadelphia A’s — just not this oneoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2014
The Detroit Tigers’ streak of 12 consecutive complete games in 1968original ↗
22 Nov 2014
Playing in the College World Series and major league World Series in the same year could have happened in 1962original ↗
21 Oct 2014
The day Casey Stengel’s pinch-runner fell down trying to score because he was wearing the wrong shoesoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2014
Jeff Samardzija still can’t win…and leads the majors in ERAoriginal ↗
22 May 2014
You can’t win if your teammates don’t score: the toughest-luck seasons ever for major league pitchersoriginal ↗
17 May 2014
The historically tough-luck start to the season for Jeff Samardzija, and the surprising major league record held by Ray Washburnoriginal ↗
13 May 2014
Off-season jobs of major league baseball players in the winter of 1958-59original ↗
12 Jan 2014

2013

Super-low strikeout pitchers of the 1970s and ’80soriginal ↗
3 Dec 2013
No, Bill Sharman was never ejected from a major league baseball game as a member of the Dodgersoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2013
Things I found while looking for other things: Some unusual classifieds in The Sporting Newsoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2013
The oldest players to make their debut in the major leagues: Satchel Paige and the restoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2013
The same-game Dodger debuts of Gil Hodges and Chris Haugheyoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2013
Babe Didrikson in baseball spring training 1934original ↗
11 Aug 2013