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A humorous and arresting series of baseball paintings in the style of orange crate labels by artist Ben Sakoguchi.

• Artist’s site
• 13 larger images at Sports Illustrated

Cubs fan, natch.

Is this Cal player wearing a Dynasty League card on his forearm?

Nope, but a kid with tabletop baseball experience will feel right at home with this new system of giving signs.

More here.

Google has an archive of pictures from Life magazine. Some samples below.

Stan the Man

Mike Shannon

All American Girls Baseball League

Neil Armstrong Playing Wiffle Ball

Chicken at the Plate

Alex Nathan’s Physics of Baseball site.

Hadn’t been over to The Onion for a while. Now they’ve got baseball coverage! Great stuff.

SimMatchup plays quick simulated games between any two historical teams.

A blog by expat in Sweden who I met many years ago.

The 2008 ABL schedule is out, so I can calculate the Deep numbers for the Perfectos’ games, half of which will be played in Busch III.

     power:     5        4        3        2        1

   homerun:   33.23%   17.83%    7.99%    2.95%    0.78%
    caught:   62.87%   78.26%   88.10%   93.14%   95.32%
      foul:    3.90%    3.91%    3.91%    3.91%    3.90%

Compare this to the average of all the 2008 ABL parks…

     power:     5        4        3        2        1

   homerun:   40.45%   24.74%   12.86%    5.28%    1.54%
    caught:   55.65%   71.36%   83.24%   90.82%   94.56%
      foul:    3.90%    3.90%    3.90%    3.89%    3.90%

…and the average of all the MLB parks:

     power:     5        4        3        2        1

   homerun:   48.55%   32.38%   19.18%    9.26%    3.11%
    caught:   47.55%   63.72%   76.92%   86.84%   92.99%
      foul:    3.90%    3.90%    3.90%    3.89%    3.90%

So, the Perfectos will not hit many out on Deep rolls this season, but neither will the opposition.

Got a mention on Stat of the Day, one of my favorite blogs. Amazing!

Brother Michael gives high marks to SBS (Strategic Baseball Simulator), a free PC game.