Author of "The New Ballgame" out now from @TriumphBooks. (https://xitter.cf/t.co/JEtr6g3Zh0) Contributor to @baseballpro. Quad-A Sabermetrician. He/Him.
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It's release day for "The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden-Forces Shaping Modern Baseball"
I hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it. Thanks @TriumphBooks for going on this journey with me.
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Shameless self-promotion: This is my favorite column to write every year. It's the one where we talk about things in baseball that exist, but don't have names yet. @baseballpro
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Hoy @bpespanol: Participa en todos los juegos del bullpen, por @pizzacutter4, traducción de @Battfer. ¡Para leer todo nuestro contenido en español, ve a baseballprospectus.com/espan…! baseballprospectus.com/en-es…
Shameless self-promotion: What if we changed one a rule so fundamental to the game, they wrote a song about it? @baseballpro
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Hoy @bpespanol: ¿Quién tiene el control?—segunda parte, por @pizzacutter4, traducción de @chilango2. ¡Para leer todo nuestro contenido en español, ve a baseballprospectus.com/espan…! baseballprospectus.com/en-es…
Shameless self-promotion: Is MLB making changes to the game to make it better or to keep it the same as it used to be. There's a difference and it's important. @baseballpro
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Possibly direct origin for the Cleveland Indians name, from 1896: Native Americans on the Public Square during the city's centennial celebration. I agree: forget Sockalexis as the inspiration. @pizzacutter4
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1/2 The NY Mets of 1886 were called, after the owner, “Wiman’s Indians.” His Staten Island Amusement Company leased the ball grounds for lacrosse games, including those played by the St. Regis Indians; the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show also played on those grounds. (In mid-1887...
1/ (THREAD) A couple of years ago, I wrote a thread about the "Sockalexis Myth", the idea that the name "Cleveland Indians" had been taken to honor Louis Sockalexis. It's time for an update with some more details.
Short version: There's little evidence for the idea.
1/ (THREAD) Now that @CleGuardians are playing real games under their new name, you're going to see the "Sockalexis Myth" going around again, that the team's former name was a "tribute" to Louis Sockalexis.
Let's put this to bed.
72/ I believe that even a bad origin story can be redeemed. Whether they took the name knowing full well what Sockalexis went through or whether it was just a cynical cash grab, the name could have become a way to bring legitimate honor to Sockalexis and Native Americans.