Tag Archives: Jeff Bagwell

Open Book Baseball: An Interview with Alyson Footer, the Houston Astros’ Sr. Director of Social Media

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Ted

Baseball is known for clinging to old paradigms, and hugging out-moded–ahem, traditional–viewpoints on media, culture, technology, and copyright. Some figures in the baseball media even pride themselves on their vintage-inspired view of the game. Alyson Footer is no such figure. … Continue reading →

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13 Ways of Looking at a Hall of Fame Candidate

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Ted

Since our blog is, after all, called Pitchers & Poets, we thought we would subject a few of this year’s Hall of Fame candidates to the imaginary scrutiny of both a pitcher and a poet of our choosing. Below, see … Continue reading →

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One or Eight: Jeff Bagwell, Sadaharu Oh, and the Mystery of the Batting Stance

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Ted

Ted Walker is…hey, that’s me! When he was a rookie, Jeff Bagwell’s batting stance was not yet the iconic low crouch that he adopted so successfully later on, with its guy-wire tension. The younger Bagwell started higher, a bit more … Continue reading →

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Short Hops: Jeff Bagwell and Frank Thomas by Jonah Keri

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Eric

Jonah Keri, the author of The Extra 2%, is America’s foremost Montreal Expos nostalgist, a Tim Raines for Hall of Fame advocate, and an excellent podcaster. Keri selected Frank Thomas and Jeff Bagwell as the quintessential first basemen of the 1990s. Jeff … Continue reading →

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Let it Shrine, Let it Shrine

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Eric

Tomorrow the Hall of Fame will announce the admission of some new members — or it won’t. Among the likeliest candidates for enshrinement are the overdue Bert Blyleven, the super-deserving Roberto Alomar, and the weirdly controversial Jack Morris. Then there’s … Continue reading →

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