(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) Branch Rickey was always considered to be a man well ahead of his time. The former GM of the Cardinals, Dodgers and Pirates is best known for being an instrumental figure in breaking baseball’s color barrier, but he is also [...]
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Was Branch Rickey the Father of Sabermetrics?
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