July 28: David Price
July 29: Jason Kipnis
July 30: Christian Yelich
July 31: Neil Walker
August 1: Danny Duffy (apologies to Max Kepler)
Standings, as always, after the jump:
MVPs of the Last Few Days (July 28-August 1)
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MVP of Yesterday (July 27, 2016): Gerrit Cole
With a 3-hit complete game that saw only one run score against him, Gerrit Cole is the MVP of Yesterday.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
The Hall of Very Good has added four, and I helped by honoring Jose Canseco’s Bizarre Baseball Cultural Life
The Hall of Very Good has added four new members: Bill Buckner, Jose Canseco, Russ Grimsley and celebrity inductee Thomas Ian Nicholas (AKA Henry Rowengartner), with the Glenn Burke Memorial Courage Award set to be revealed on Friday.
As part of the celebration of this eclectic group, I did a rundown of Jose Canseco’s many bizarre appearances in Pop Culture, from Reading Rainbow to the upcoming movie Slamma Jamma. Check it out.
MVPs of July 19 to July 26, 2016
Apologies for the hiatus, everyone!
Anyway…
July 19: Blake Snell
July 20: Hanley Ramirez
July 21: Steven Wright
July 22: Zach Eflin
July 23: Trevor Story
July 24: Jose Altuve
July 25: Adrian Beltre
July 26: Yunel Escobar
Standings, as always, after the jump:
MVP of Yesterday (July 18, 2016): Chris Sale
Chris Sale had 8 innings of one-hit shutout ball… but didn’t get the win because the bullpen blew it. So I guess he’ll have to settle for MVP of Yesterday.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
MVPs of the Weekend (and also the All-Star Game)
The All-Star Game MVP was, obviously, Eric Hosmer.
Friday’s MVP was Hector Santiago.
Saturday’s MVP was Matt Shoemaker.
Sunday’s MVP was Jacob DeGrom.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
MVPs of the Weekend (July 8-10, 2016)
July 8: Yasmani Grandal
July 9: Eddie Rosario
July 10: Madison Bumgarner
Standings, as always, after the jump:
So… who’d be in the 2016 “In Memoriam” montage?
Like in previous years, here’s who would be in this season’s hypothetical “In Memoriam” segment of the All-Star Game. It’s in a semi-random order, and a * means that they’d get an extra emphasis, such as a highlight or interview clip about them- they all died after last year’s ASG (July 14):
Joe Garagiola Sr., Player and famed announcer*
Milt Pappas, 2-time All-Star
Mike Sandlock, played portions of five seasons
Dick McAuliffe, 3-time All-Star
John Young, creator of the RBI program
Paul Carey, Announcer
Sammy Ellis, 1965 All-Star
Monte Irvin, HoF outfielder*
Luis Arroyo, 2-time All-Star
Eddie Milner, Reds OF in 1980s
Jim Hickman, 1970 All-Star
Walt Williams, 10 seasons in MLB
Eddie Einhorn, White Sox Vice Chairman
Joaquin Andujar, 4-time All-Star*
Tommy Hanson, MLB pitcher for Braves and Angels
Phil Pepe, Noted NYC baseball writer
Rueben Quevedo, MLB pitcher from 2000 to 2003
Jim Davenport, All-Star and Gold Glove winner
Walter Young, 1B for Orioles in 2005
Frank Sullivan, 2-time All-Star
Dave Henderson, 1991 All-Star and hitter of famed home run off of Donnie Moore*
John Tsitouris, played parts of 11 seasons
Spec Richardson, General Manager for Astros and Giants
Betty Francis, AAGPBL player
Bobby Smith, OF with five teams from 1957-1965
Masayoshi Higashida, 2-time NPB All-Star
Billy Pierce, 7-time All-Star
Gene Elston, long-time Houston Announcer and Ford C. Frick winner *
Jim Ray Hart, 1966 All-Star
Marilyn Jones, AAGPBL star
Barney Schultz, Cardinals relief ace
Trent Baker, member of the Brisbane Bandits
Harry Perkowski, played parts of 8 seasons
Dean Chance, 2-time All-Star and 1964 Cy Young Award winner
Buzz Bowers, Baseball Scout Hall of Famer
Frank Malzone, 3-time Gold Glove, multiple ASG appearances, member of BOS HoF*
Jim O’Toole, Reds Hall of Famer and 1963 All-Star
Chico Fernandez, MLB 1956-1963
Erma Bergmann, AAGPBL Star
Joe Durham, Negro Leaguer and longtime member of the Orioles organization
June Peppas, AAGPBL Star
Kiyohiro Miura, 19-years in NPB
Milo Hamilton, Announcer and Ford C. Frick winner *
Ken Johnson, Pitcher for seven teams between 1958 and 1970
Norm Siebern, 3-time All-Star
Alice Pollitt, AAGPBL star
Hal Brown, Knuckleballer in 1950s and 60s
James Moore, Negro League All-Star
Tony Phillips, Utilityman Extraordinaire*
Garry Hancock, OF during portions of 6 season
Tom Kelley, Reliever in 60s and 70s
Donny Everett, college player for Vanderbilt
Cal Neeman, SS in Majors 1957-1963
Jimmy Williams, Player, coach and member of Canadian Baseball HoF
Yogi Berra, HoF Catcher and 18-time All-Star *
MVPs of My Vacation and the days after (June 22-July 7)
Well, I was on vacation. So here are all the MVPs I missed while I was gone:
June 22: Trevor Bauer
June 23: Wei-Yin Chen
June 24: Yasmany Tomas
June 25: Carlos Carrasco (apologies to Jose Altuve)
June 26: Jose Fernandez
June 27: Kris Bryant
June 28: Brian Dozier
June 29: Brian McCann
June 30: Danny Espinosa
July 1: Trevor Bauer
July 2: C.J. Cron (Apologies to Rajai Davis)
July 3: Wilmer Flores (Apologies to Stephen Strasburg)
July 4: Junior Guerra
July 5: Josh Donaldson
July 6: Chase Utley
July 7: Nick Markakis
Standings, as always, after the jump:
Vacation Over!
Aside
Okay, my vacation is over and I’ve gotten some freelance stuff done, so it’s time to get back to work. So come back tomorrow for the MVPs of Yesterday I’ve missed for awhile.
The Baseball Continuum 