Cooperstown & WAR

Presently, there are 306 members in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Of those 306, 240 are players, 23 are managers, 10 are umpires, and 33 are executives or pioneers of the game. This weekend, the 2015 class will be added: Craig Biggio, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, and John Smoltz. The quality of this class got me thinking; where does it rank all-time? So, I spent some time compiling the career WAR numbers for each Hall of Fame class (72 total). Below is the all-time ranking of each Hall of Fame class based on these numbers.

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Halfway Home: Our Midseason Awards

All-Star week is in the books. The hometown kid, Todd Frazier, won a surprisingly compelling Home Run Derby on Monday. And the American League continued its dominance (15 of the last 19) with a 6-3 win on Tuesday night, securing the White Sox (haha) home field advantage in the World Series. Before we dive into the second half of the season, let's take a look back at the first. Here are our first half awards. As always, let us know what we got right and wrong.

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A Foot In The Box: What to Expect

Hello baseball friends! Thanks so much for visiting our website and looking around a bit.

Paul and I gave a more in-depth explanation of "A Foot In The Box" on our first podcast episode (web, iTunes), so check that out if you're interested. To sum up what we said there, "A Foot In The Box" is a way for us to talk about the great game of baseball with each other and invite you in on that conversation. We hope our content is engaging, informative, nostalgic, and unique.

The main content we produce will be driven by the podcast. "A Foot In the Box" will be a weekly podcast ranging from 25-40 minutes. We'll have regular segments we do every week, but also try to mix it up with guests, random thoughts, and of course, friendly brother bickering.

This website hosts that podcast and this blog. You can expect 3-5 posts per month on the blog, with most of the content coming from something Paul and I discussed on the podcast.

Feel free to interact with us on Twitter: Paul, Peter, AFITB. Baseball is better when you do it together (too cheesy?).

 

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