Neil Paine of fivethirtyeight.com opines that the 2018 unit is the best Red Sox team to ever play in the World Series. This is a pretty bold statement given the Red Sox have appeared 12 times in the World Series winning the title 8 times. And since 2000, The Rex Sox completed series sweeps in 2004 and 2007 and won in 2013. Be curious what Red Sox fans think.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/this-might-be-the-best-red-sox-world-series-team-yet/
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Saturday, October 20, 2018
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Brewers complete 2018 MLB season book-end series sweep.
The Brewers closed out the 2018 season with a 3-0 series sweep of the Detroit Tigers. Ironically, the Brewers completed the first series sweep of the 2018 MLB season as well which we covered in an earlier post. Scott Paulus of the Milaukee Business Journal created an excellent slideshow of the sweep.
The Brewers played 48 series of 2, 3, 4 or 5 games in 2018. They completed 7 series sweeps for the year. That's a rate of 15% versus an MLB team average of 26% of 717 series played in 2018.
The Brewers played 48 series of 2, 3, 4 or 5 games in 2018. They completed 7 series sweeps for the year. That's a rate of 15% versus an MLB team average of 26% of 717 series played in 2018.
Thursday, September 27, 2018
2018 MLB Season Starts with a Series Sweep Bang
The Milwaukee Brewers complete a 3-0 Series Sweep over the San Diego Padres. The third win was highlighted by a 5 hit game by rising star, Christian Yelich. Here's a game recap.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Orioles Complete First 2017 Series Sweep
The Baltimore Orioles have the distinction of completing the MLB's first series sweep in the 2017 season, albeit only a two game win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
After two home runs clinched the victory in game 2 of the series, Dan Duquette, O's GM, was quoted as saying: "Earl Weaver liked pitching, defense and three-run homers, right? A great formula.
After two home runs clinched the victory in game 2 of the series, Dan Duquette, O's GM, was quoted as saying: "Earl Weaver liked pitching, defense and three-run homers, right? A great formula.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Brooms and Baseball
Recently ran across Jonathan Fraser Light's Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball on Amazon. Found some interesting info on the role of the broom in baseball history. The National League was the first to deploy a whisk broom to clear dust and debris from homeplate beginning in the 1890's. Later,the AL introduced brooms although the long handled version. In 1904 Ban Johnson banned the long broom and went to the small version following an incident where a player tripped on a long handle broom running toward homeplate.
The most notorious incident involving a broom might have been in 2002 when Seattle Mariners catcher, Dan Wilson, had to borrow umpire John Shulock whisk broom to dust off home plate after Manager Lou Pinella piled dirt on home plate following a disputed call and tirade by "Sweet Lou".
From a fan perspective, the broom has become the symbol of a series sweep, the winning of all the games in a set of 2, 3 or 4 games. Typically, if a fan's favorite team wins the first two games of a three game series, a writer might lead their story with "get out the brooms, we're hoping for a sweep."
Reporting after the completion of a series sweeps might include a headline like: "Sweep Success", "Sweep Dreams" or "the "Sweep Smell of Success." Mercifully, I won't go.
Fans get involved with brooms by ribbing a rival team by going to an away game and taunting with cries of :"The City that Never Sweeps".
Team mascots may use a broom as a prop as an impending sweep nears.
An illustrious broom waver was The Boss, George Steinbrenner, who waved a broom following the New York Yankees second consecutive World Series Sweep in 1999.
The latest chapter of the brooms in baseball saga is that as a result of growing concerns about violence at games several MLB teams including the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers have banned brooms from their stadiums.
The most notorious incident involving a broom might have been in 2002 when Seattle Mariners catcher, Dan Wilson, had to borrow umpire John Shulock whisk broom to dust off home plate after Manager Lou Pinella piled dirt on home plate following a disputed call and tirade by "Sweet Lou".
From a fan perspective, the broom has become the symbol of a series sweep, the winning of all the games in a set of 2, 3 or 4 games. Typically, if a fan's favorite team wins the first two games of a three game series, a writer might lead their story with "get out the brooms, we're hoping for a sweep."
Reporting after the completion of a series sweeps might include a headline like: "Sweep Success", "Sweep Dreams" or "the "Sweep Smell of Success." Mercifully, I won't go.
Fans get involved with brooms by ribbing a rival team by going to an away game and taunting with cries of :"The City that Never Sweeps".
Team mascots may use a broom as a prop as an impending sweep nears.
An illustrious broom waver was The Boss, George Steinbrenner, who waved a broom following the New York Yankees second consecutive World Series Sweep in 1999.
The latest chapter of the brooms in baseball saga is that as a result of growing concerns about violence at games several MLB teams including the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers have banned brooms from their stadiums.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Historic Flag Events?
Our sister company, the Sweep Flag Company, is launching their line of flags to be used by sports fans to celebrate their teams baseball series sweeps and to establish their bragging rights.. Surely a lot of fun, but not a cerebral activity.
But it did get me thinking about the planting of flags as a way of establishing one's position. here's a review of some memorable Flag Plantings.
October 12, 1492 -- Christopher Columbus, a Italian by birth and under a commission of the Queen of Spain, planted a flag on a beach in what was called Hispaniola. Controversy still exists today to the exact whereabouts. Photo courtesy of science photo library.
February. 23, 1945 -- Five US Marines planted the Stars and Stripes on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima after a brutal invasion. The US held the island until 1968 when it was returned. Photo courtesy of Joe Rosenthal. Controversy also surrounds this image since some say it was staged and that there was no photographer at the original raising.
March 29, 1953 -- Sir Edmund Hillary, British citizen, and his Tibetan guide, Tenzing Norgay planted a flag on the summit of Mount Everest to indicate their being the first to climb the mountain. This image is world famous and has been featured on stamps of a few countries.
Febuary 5, 1971-- Astronaut B. Shepard, Commander of Apollo 14, plants an American Flag on the Moon. Photo courtesy of NASA - Edgar Mitchell.
January 25, 2016 -- Gregory S. Roberts, retired pharmacist, places the first Sweep Flag in the USA in the town of Cotuit, Massacusetts.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
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