Matt Baron
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Go Figure: Some odds and ends two-thirds into the MLB seasonSep 05, 2020 1:00 am - What are the odds? Heading into Friday's action, the White Sox, at 23-15, were a half-game behind the 23-14 Cleveland Indians. A century ago, on Sept. 6, 1920, the Chica...
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Go Figure: Indispensable ingredient for no-hitters (and perfect games) is luckAug 29, 2020 1:00 am - Any no-hitter requires not only a stellar pitching performance but a sprinkling of good luck. And that's exponentially the case for perfect games - those rare occasions ...
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Go Figure: OPS-ession with home runs comes with a sacrificeAug 22, 2020 1:00 am - What do Miguel Cabrera, Cody Bellinger and Jose Altuve have in common? In addition to Most Valuable Player pedigrees, all were batting below .200 heading into weekend ac...
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Go Figure: Blackmon's bid to hit .400 a long shotAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - Even casual baseball fans likely got wind of an emerging subplot this past week: a torrid stretch of six straight multihit games lifted Colorado Rockies outfielder Charl...
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Go Figure: Robert's start not unlike Thomas'Aug 08, 2020 1:00 am - At age 22, he breaks into the major leagues with the White Sox. An imposing figure, he hits the ball with authority and serves notice that he will be a force for years t...
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Go Figure: Unmasking some of 2020's new White Sox & CubsJul 25, 2020 4:00 pm - In journalism, during the era of typesetting, “30” was the reporter's sign-off symbol that told editors, “End of the story.” But a few days ago, “30” represented just t...
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GoFigure: Looking back on July 19 in baseball historyJul 18, 2020 1:00 am - This is the last weekend without Major League Baseball ... finally, mercifully, hopefully. As we look ahead to that action, let's pause for a decade-by-decade retrospect...
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GoFigure: Taking a look at past 60-game baseball stretchesJul 12, 2020 1:00 am - The 2020 Major League Baseball season is scheduled to begin on July 23, nearly four months after what was to have been the sport's earliest start. Now that COVID-19 has ...
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GoFigure: Time to jog your memory of July 4 highlightsJul 05, 2020 1:00 am - By the end of this month, the much-belated Major League Baseball season is scheduled to get its much-truncated 60-game season under way. Next week, "Go Figure" will shif...
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Go Figure: On the 27th anniversary of his farewell, looking back at Carlton FiskJun 27, 2020 1:00 am - On June 28, 1993 - exactly 27 years ago - the White Sox released Carlton Fisk after he spent more than a dozen seasons as the team's catcher. To mark the occasion, we tu...