Demoted to the minors?? Not a pleasing development for his career. Has he really been that bad?Though I traded him for Stephen Drew in the offseason in my high stakes league, I still loved Ervin and tried to get him in two of my other leagues. Sometimes what you think is bad luck turns out […]

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What would have happened if the Astros drafted Derek Jeter as Hal Newhouser insisted?? I try to quantify what would, and could, have occurred. Those readers who are even vaguely interested in baseball history undoubtedly know Hal Newhouser. He was a back-to-back MVP as a pitcher during wartime in the 1940s, and is a Hall […]

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