Rocky Mountain SABR Chapter - Blog

My Experience at the SABR 52 National Convention

For me, there is a unique feeling I find in the transition that takes place upon returning home from any trip. Taking time to reflect…

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Top Trade Candidates the Colorado Rockies Will Shop at the Deadline

After failing to come to an agreement with any of the other 29 clubs in Major League Baseball in 2022, the Colorado Rockies changed tact…

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A Q&A With Jim Bouton, Author of “Ball Four”

Jim Bouton was a star pitcher for the New York Yankees. He won 21 games for the Yankees in 1963 and 18 in 1964. He…

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Farewell, Say Hey Kid!

Growing up in NJ in the early 1970s, my first meaningful memory of Willie Mays was when he was acquired by my favorite team, the…

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Examining the Increasing Correlation of Home Run Rate and Strikeout Rate

Examining the Increasing Correlation of Home Run Rate and Strikeout Rate For the first time in baseball history, Home Run Rate and Strikeout Rate had…

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Black History Month salute to three of Colorado’s Western League stars

From 1950 to 1954, the eight-team Single-A Western League featured three teams along the Front Range: Bears Stadium for the Denver Bears, Memorial Park for…

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Why The Dodgers “Super Team” is Good for Baseball

After the Los Angeles Dodgers landed Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Teoscar Hernandez this past offseason to go with superstars Mookie Betts and…

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Harmon Killebrew: The “Killer” Was All Class

Your heroes often change as you get older because the things that are most important to you tend to change as you go through life.…

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Ballparks, Bobbleheads, and Baseball Talk: One heck of a trip

To paraphrase Willie Nelson, “On the road again, can’t wait to get on the road again.” It’s that time of the summer to take one…

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John McGraw and “Chief Tokahoma”

This is an excerpt from a work-in-progress, The Giant & the Tiger, written by Denver-based writer Kerry Gleason about the improbable lifelong friendship between John…

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May 7th, 1988 – The end of Ed Lynch’s baseball playing career

As a 22nd round pick from the University of South Carolina in the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft, the Texas Rangers selected a 6’ 6”…

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My Best Baseball Fan Moment

I grew up in Rochester, N.Y., which has seen its fair share of big leaguers and Hall of Famers passing through. In Little League, I…

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