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25 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

MrOpinion’s Statistical Dominion – Homer October

  Joey Brown is the home run king of the Classic Baseball Union. His career 712 home runs will lead the CBU for some time. It is very likely that the next guy to challenge his record is not even playing in the Union right now. While he dominated the regular season, leading his league an [...]

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10 January 2012 ~ 1 Comment

MrOpinion’s Statistical Dominion – Me and Mister, Mister Jones

On April 12th, Pat Jones of the Charlotte Webs netted the 1500th RBI of his career, becoming the 7th player in CBU history to reach this milestone. He smacked a 2-run single off of Jim Holley of the Greene Monsters in the 8th inning, capping off an 8-0 win. This model of consistency has averaged [...]

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08 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

MrOpinion’s Statistical Dominion – At Least You Were Drafted

Sean Coleman got his major league dream fulfilled. It doesn’t happen for many 15th rounders. In 2001, Coleman earned the distinction of being the latest player drafted during the first year draft to make it to the major leagues at some point in his career. The starting pitcher was drafted with the 19th pick in [...]

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05 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

MrOpinion’s Statistical Dominion – Hitting Over the Hill

“Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you’ve got both, you can play baseball.” Pete Rose Playing baseball past the age of 40 is not for the faint of heart. Playing baseball in the playoffs is a privilege [...]

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03 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

MrOpinion’s Statistical Dominion: It Pays the Bills, I Guess…

Welcome to the first installment in a series of posts, highlighting all of the wonderful and weird statistics from your beloved Classic Baseball Union. In 2006, King Bartlett was brought up during roster expansion to play 1B for the Dijon Moutarde. And was almost demoted just as fast. At the ripe ol’ age of 24, [...]

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