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January 30th, 2009

My 1969 Senators Book – Coming Soon

This spring, Pocol Press (www.pocolpress.com) will publish my book on the 1969 Senators. The title is “A Whole New Ballgame: The 1969 Washington Senators”. Below is information if you would like to pre-order.

January 24th, 2009

My SABR Presentation — 1969 Senators and Orioles Hitter – Pitcher Match-Ups

I love retrosheet’s (retrosheet.org) feature that shows how a hitter performed against every pitcher they faced in their career and vice-versa. I wanted to see how some well-known players from our two nearby major league baseball teams performed against other players, each other, and each other’s teams in 1969, my favorite baseball season, mainly because of the Senators’ unlikely and wonderful 86-win season.

January 11th, 2009

These NFL Play-Offs are for the Birds

I much prefer watching, following and discussing baseball to football (I am a Redskins fan suffering under our current Synderian reign of incompetence), but I’ve recognized an unmistakable trend in this season’s NFL Play-offs. Have you?

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