The great historian John Thorn once told me, in a conversation about WAR, that the point of baseball isn't to say whether Dwight Evans or Harry Hooper was better. "The current lowest common denominator of statistical writing is the fixation on comparing Player A with Player B, which seems to me not
Date: Jan 23, 2019
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The Brewers got much better, and the Marlins finished ruining one of baseball's best outfields
erson, Jim Edmonds, and Tim Salmon for the 1995 Angels, and 10-year contracts would have only been dicey at the end, just barely. Some of the outfields had two Hall of Famers in them (Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford, Harry Hooper and Tris Speaker) and some of them should have (Jim Rice and Dwight Evans). M
Date: Jan 26, 2018
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AL Divisional Series: Red Sox vs. Indians -- TV, start time, pitchers
The Red Sox won 11 straight games in September to open cushion in AL East, then lost five of their last six to blow a chance at home-field advantage. ... Ortiz could become the second player in franchise history (Harry Hooper) to play in and win four World Series. ... Although the Red Sox won the W
And on Wednesday night, Boston clinched its third AL East title since 1995. If Ortiz can win a fourth ring, he would be the first Red Sox player since Harry Hooper in 1918 to play in and win four Series.
Date: Sep 30, 2016
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9 statistical goals for David Ortiz before he retires
While Heinie Wagner briefly played for the 1912, 1915, 1916 and 1918 World Series champion Red Sox teams, he only appeared in the World Series in 1912. Next season, David Ortiz will attempt to join Harry Hooper as the only Red Sox player to appear in four winning World Series. Hooper played in 26 c
NOTES: Ortiz doubled in the fourth for his 1,708th hit in a Boston uniform. He passed Harry Hooper for seventh on the franchise list; Bobby Doerr is next with 2,042. Ortiz also had 393 hits with the Minnesota Twins. ... Xander Bogaerts snapped an 0-for-27 slump with a third-inning single. ... Oriole
Date: Jul 06, 2014
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Red Sox Notebook: John Lackey torpedoes Nelson Cruz
David Ortiz, away in the Dominican Republic for his daughters high school graduation over the off days, made it back in time for Game 2. With his double in the fifth, he tied Harry Hooper for seventh place on the Sox all-time hit list with 1,707. ...
Date: Jul 06, 2014
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Red Sox rally, only to lose to Orioles, 7-6, in 12
Ortiz doubled in the fourth for his 1,708th hit in a Boston uniform. He passed Harry Hooper for seventh on the franchise list; Bobby Doerr is next with 2,042. Ortiz also had 393 hits with the Minnesota Twins.