Big innings rule for Sydney and Perth. Free baseball in Canberra.
Puerto Rican Publication: Games of 1/4
Day two of the playoffs. Kennys Vargas basically wins the game by himself.
Mexican Matchups: Games of 1/4
Day three of the playoffs. Brad Snyder slams Culiacan. A home run barrage in Guasave.
Dominican Digest: Games of 1/4
Day seven of the playoffs. Pedro Florimon drives in a key run. A four-run second is enough for Cibao.
Venezuelan View: Games of 1/4
Day three of the playoffs. A couple of back-and-forth games.
WGOM’s Take on the 2014 Hall of Fame Ballot
The BBWAA announces its Hall of Fame results on Wednesday. I wanted to see what the WGOM thought about this year's ballot. The rules are the same as the BBWAA ballot: pick anyone you want up to ten. Here's baseball-reference's page on the ballot.
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Australian Audit: Games of 1/3
Logan Wade leads Brisbane to victory. Trapp v. Tripp in Melbourne. Lodge is large in Adelaide.
Puerto Rican Publication: Games of 1/3
Day one of the playoffs. Daniel Ortiz leads Mayaguez to victory. Ponce puts it away early.
January 6, 2013: Brrrrrr!
Stay warm, Citizens!
Happy Birthday–January 6
George Shoch (1859)
Phil Masi (1916)
Jiro Noguchi (1920)
Early Wynn (1920)
Ralph Branca (1926)
Lee Walls (1933)
Lenny Green (1933)
Ruben Amaro (1936)
Don Gullett (1951)
Norm Charlton (1963)
Dan Naulty (1970)
Marlon Anderson (1974)
Brian Bass (1982)
Anthony Slama (1984)
Jiro Noguchi was one of the greatest pitchers in the early days of Japanese professional baseball, winning 237 games with an ERA of 1.96.