Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Nov 17, 2009, 12:00 pm
15+ Wins, 200+ KTim LincecumZack GreinkeJustin VerlanderAdam WainwrightFelix HernandezRoy HalladayJon LesterJavier Vasquez sub-15 Wins, 200+ KDan HarenYovani Gallardo All-Time: sub-10 Wins, 200+KNolan...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Nov 9, 2009, 1:57 pm
.300, 100 Runs, 100 RBI 2009 Albert Pujols (Cardinals) Ryan Braun (Brewers) Hanley Ramirez (Marlins) 2008 David Wright (Mets) Lance Berkman (Astros Alex Rodriguez (Yankees) Manny Ramirez (Red Sox, ...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Nov 4, 2009, 3:26 pm
World Series that Yankees have clinched at home since 1952 (won 12 W.S. and Lost 9 since '52):1953 Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3)1977 L.A. Dodgers (4-2)1996 Atlanta Braves (4-2)1999 Atlanta Braves (4-0)
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 29, 2009, 10:55 am
Complete games against Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium1949 (Lost) Don Newcombe (Rookie of the Year - 1949): Brooklyn Dodgers (Lost Series 4-1)1951 (Won) Dave Koslo: NY Giants (...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Oct 29, 2009, 10:37 am
Senior White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett, a longtime friend of President Obama, was interviewed by CNN's Campbell Brown and demonstrated clearly how the White House has run out of gas in their b...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Oct 28, 2009, 10:31 am
I had forgotten about this part of the Florida Recount, but it seems relevant now with Joe Lieberman being such a troublemaker. Lieberman
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Oct 26, 2009, 8:38 pm
Harry Reid
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 25, 2009, 11:10 pm
Congratulations to the Yankees. I think (hope) that it will be a great series and go 7. They've fared pretty well over the years facing the defending champs, although most of those times they were...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 19, 2009, 2:39 pm
Teams who have been down 2-0 in a 7 game (or greater) series and won, since 1903: 1921 World Series 5-3 NY Giants over NY Yankees (Yankees won Game 1 at on the road and game 2 at home) 1955 World Ser...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Oct 16, 2009, 4:48 pm
This is a brutal Reagan for Democrats ad from 1980. Leon Jaworski, of Watergate fame, was the head of Democrats for Reagan. Reagan 1980
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 16, 2009, 11:58 am
50 wins, 4.50 ERA since 2005 Jason Marquis: 65 Wins, 4.65 ERA Livan Hernandez: 61, 4.97Ervin Santana: 59, 4.52Vincente Padilla: 56, 4.78Braden Looper: 51, 4.57Jose Contreras: 51, 4.54 10 wins, .540 W-...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 14, 2009, 5:01 pm
The last time that the Phillies, Dodgers and Yankees were in the playoffs in the same year was 1978, with the Royals being the other team. The exact same 4 teams were in the playoffs the year before, ...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 13, 2009, 3:18 pm
A post I made at MLB Notebook: Team OPS - Postseason History.
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 12, 2009, 9:39 pm
Last 5 Appearances: 3.2 IP, 0.00 ERA, 1 SV Previous 12 Appearances: 10.1, IP, 10.45 ERA, 6 SV, 3 BL SV, ERA by Month April: 7.27 May: 7.98 June: 6.75 July: 5.91 August: 6.75 September: 9.00 October:...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Oct 12, 2009, 10:34 am
Nixon talks with Humphrey
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 10, 2009, 11:28 pm
... current playoff format they are only the 3rd team to sweep a Division Series in consecutive seasons. Apparently, there are only 2 managers who can ... this, with Joe Torre now having done it in...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 10, 2009, 8:01 pm
If the Phillies and the Dodgers face each other this year in the NLCS, it will look different than it did last year, when the Phillies won 4-1. 2008 NLCS - Starting Pitchers Phillies: Cole Hamels, Br...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Oct 9, 2009, 10:52 pm
Nixon Kennedy
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 8, 2009, 10:09 pm
Potential LCS Rematches 1977-78, '83, '08 Phillies v. Dodgers (Phillies won in '83, '08, lost in 77-78) 1999, '03-04 Red Sox v. Yankees (Red Sox won in '04, lost in '99, &#...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Oct 7, 2009, 2:37 pm
Interesting look at how LBJ got Medicare passed, although there was certainly more to it than this. Video
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 7, 2009, 9:54 am
Cliff Lee was unbelievably good for his first 5 starts with the Phillies after being traded from the Indians on , but the last 7 have been miserable. First 5 starts: 5-0, 0.67 ERA, 39 SO, 6 BB Next 7:...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 6, 2009, 7:24 am
Rick Porcello (Tigers): 14-9, 4.04 ERA, 81 SO, 50 BB Scott Baker (Twins): 15-9, 4.36 ERA, 160 SO, 46 BB Pre All Star Break Rick Porcello: 8-6, 4.14 Scott Baker: 7-7, 5.42 Post All Star Break Rick Po...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 4, 2009, 11:57 pm
OPS - Post All Star Break (min. 200 PA) Playoff Teams 1.044 Matt Holliday (A's/Cardinals (1.019 OPS w/Cardinals) 2nd Overall - ML 1.042 Troy Tulowitzki (Rockies) 1.018 Albert Pujols (Cardinals) 1....
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 3, 2009, 9:33 pm
Bobby Abreu has produced a lot of interesting numbers in his career, and this is a prime example. He is a throwback in many ways, in this case he is more like some of the great players of the 1920'...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Oct 3, 2009, 6:36 pm
There are 18 Congressional Districts in Ohio: In 2004, Bush won 13 districts and Kerry won 5. In 2008, Obama won 10 and McCain was 8. The 3 districts that switched to Obama were the 1st, 12th and 1...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 2, 2009, 12:43 pm
An entry I made at MLB Notebook: Javier Vasquez finally put it together this year
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Oct 1, 2009, 10:49 pm
A truly remarkable ad from 1952. If it seems like a Disney movie, that's probably it was produced by Roy Disney, who was Walt's brother: I Like Ike
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 1, 2009, 5:30 pm
300 HR, 1000 RBI: 1900's-1980's 20's: Babe Ruth30's Jimmie Foxx30's Lou Gehrig30's Mel Ott50's Duke Snider50's Gil Hodges60's Harmon Killebrew60's Hank Aaron60&...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Oct 1, 2009, 12:18 pm
The Tigers could claim their first Division title since 1987 today with a win over the Twins. It's not the same division they won in 1987 (AL Central vs. AL East), but they'll take it. They wo...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Sep 30, 2009, 12:23 pm
The Yankees, with 102 wins this season, will be the only team with 100 victories during the 2009 season. It is their fifth 100 win season since 1998 (1st since 2004), and it is no surprise they have b...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Sep 29, 2009, 12:04 pm
One of the greatest elections in modern history was the 1916 Presidential Election between Woodrow Wilson and Charles Evans Hughes. Memorable in part because incumbent presidents rarely win narrowly, ...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Sep 27, 2009, 10:56 am
The Minnesota Twins are making a surprise run at the playoffs, going 15-8 in September. They are 2 games behind Detroit, after being a season-high 7 games back on September 7th. It is a surprise beca...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Sep 25, 2009, 1:27 pm
Grover Cleveland entered the White House as a 47 year old bachelor (only president to do so), but he began dating the 20 year old Francis Folsom, the daughter of his friend and law partner (imagine th...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Sep 25, 2009, 11:44 am
A player's RBI/PA average can show a decent amount, especially if they are supposed to a middle-of-the-order power hitter/run producer. It is nice if a run producer has a high OBP or steals bases ...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Sep 24, 2009, 11:12 am
300 HR - 125 players (20 active)+ .300 BA - 26 (6 active)+ less than 1000 SO - 15 (3 active) Active 1996-present: Vladimir Guerrero: .322, 407 HR, 863 SO 1997-present: Todd Helton: .327, 324, 8772001-...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Sep 21, 2009, 9:43 pm
I have made my first guest post at MLB Notebook. It is a short post about Andrew Bailey's rookie season.
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Sep 18, 2009, 2:04 pm
This is the first film taken of a President with sound, from August 11, 1924. It is probably similar to what we could had if Steve Forbes was elected president. It is fortunate they got this on tap...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Sep 18, 2009, 12:41 am
Great news for the Tigers: they don't have to face the Royals juggernaut again this season. Tigers vs. Royals, since Sept. 8 (6 games): 1-5, outscored 42-17. The Tigers have actually played well i...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Sep 17, 2009, 10:16 am
Despite some apparent controversy, Vada Pinson (who had his best seasons playing at Crosley Field (above) with the Reds from 1958-1968) put up some amazing numbers for a guy not in the Hall of Fame. H...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Sep 16, 2009, 10:00 am
Adam Lind has had a breakout season, with a high batting average and a lot of extra base hits: .300, 30 HR, 101 RBI, 46 2B, 0 3B, 1 SB... 2009: .300, 25 HR, 35 2B, 90 RBI Albert Pujols (Cardinals) A...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Sep 14, 2009, 2:00 pm
1952 Democratic National Convention, Chicago: The last time a presidential nomination went beyond the first ballot and the last time a "reluctant" candidate was nominated. It's unlikely either of ...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Sep 14, 2009, 12:48 am
Pitchers who started their career after 1920 and retired with 200+ IP and sub-2.50 ERA1942-1946 Joe Berry (Cubs, A's, Indians) 2.45 ERA, 294 IP1987-1995 Bryan Harvey (Angels, Marlins) 2.49, 387200...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Place For Trivia - Sep 13, 2009, 2:05 pm
On the great website The American Presidency Project at UC Santa Barbara, there is a section where you can read the presidential weekly radio addresses dating back to 1982. One interesting address was...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Sep 12, 2009, 4:19 pm
Through Evan Longoria's first 2 seasons, he has been very good. He won the 2008 AL Rookie of the Year Award (11th in MVP voting), has improved his numbers this year, and will probably get a decent...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Place For Trivia - Sep 10, 2009, 12:22 pm
Welcome to the September 10, 2009 edition of the trivia carnival. fourleafclovergoodluckcharms presents Four Leaf cLovers posted at Four Leaf cLover Good Luck Charms.com, saying, "Luck plays a hugely...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Sep 10, 2009, 12:13 pm
Welcome to the September 10, 2009 edition of The Campaign Season carnival. Surbhi Bhatia presents America and The Muslim World posted at The Viewspaper » The Viewspaper. Susan White presents 10 Tru...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Sep 10, 2009, 11:39 am
One of the pivitol moments in recent political history was the only Carter-Reagan debate in 1980, held just one week before the election. You could look at it like Jimmy Carter was interviewing for t...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on Baseball In-Depth - Sep 10, 2009, 10:29 am
Justin Verlander's Cy Young hopes took a but of a hit last night when he got the loss to the Royals, even though he pitched well (6 IP, 1 ER, 8 SO, 3 BB). He probably has 4 more starts, so he coul...
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Brad Templeman posted an article on The Campaign Season - Sep 8, 2009, 11:10 am
This was the speech that saved Nixon's national political career, made in September of 1952 when he was under fire for campaign contributons he had taken. I’m not even putting up part 1, becaus...
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