MLB owners have mostly ignored posted Asian players this offseason. Why?
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You might wish to keep three things in mind as you read this article. I try to limit my usage of some terms due to a lack of my ability to grasp any useful definition of the term. I m not a huge fan of blaming one specific individual for an action regularly undertaken similarly by a large percentage of the people in the subset they re usually associated with. And, for whatever reasons, I haven t taken to Korean or Japanese pro baseball. Combining those three, in a COVID-impacted off-season, MLB owners have largely and apparently disregarded a reasonable selection of posted international talent, for whatever reason.
‘Twas the night before Cub Christmas
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In ‘21 of the Earthly scourge known as COVID
The Chicago Cubs’ future is up in the air,
Theo’s out, but good ol’ Jed he is still there.
The 2020 Cubs, indeed all MLB,
Had to wait till July for baseball to see.
And watch the Cubs we did, though not in the park
On Marquee they were shown, with some left in the dark.
Four seasons have passed since the World Series win
(“Better than 108,” I thought with a grin.)
Tom Ricketts said that team losses were “biblical”
If there isn’t more cash, though, the Cubs will be pitiful.
The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2021 Hall of Fame ballot. Originally written for the 2013 election at SI.com, it has been updated to reflect recent voting results as well as additional research. For a detailed introduction to this year’s ballot, and other candidates in the series, use the tool above; an introduction to JAWS can be found here. For a tentative schedule and a chance to fill out a Hall of Fame ballot for our crowdsourcing project, see here. All WAR figures refer to the Baseball-Reference version unless otherwise indicated.