Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 28/09/2026Also, getting a new World Series match-up will be tricky. The Yankees, Dodgers, and Red Sox are first, tied-for-second, and third in most unique World Series opponents. And the Phillies, Cubs, Braves, Astros have each faced a lot of their potential opponents, despite much fewer pennants 110
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 28/09/2026It's kind of funny, because this actually wound up being a pretty straightforward year for my column. We have the three longest active droughts in the Brewers, Padres, & Guardians, but the median drought among this year's set is actually the Phillies & Yankees. Getting it that low is kinda tough! 110
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 26/09/2026From the Orioles' broadcast: what a weird collection of events in Game 1 in the Bronx 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 16/07/2026In a wild twist, we've got a new Yogi Berra quote! From the other site, Johnny Bench showed a picture of the telegram Yogi sent him upon breaking the record for home runs by a catcher, which included the phrase "I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE RECORD WOULD STAND UNTIL IT WAS BROKEN." 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 14/07/20262013 was an absolutely stacked class and an already-crowded ballot, the electorate had no idea what to do with all that, and he immediately fell below 5% and got dropped. I think if he debuts any other time before then or right after, voters at least find a way to keep him one after that first year 120
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 14/07/2026Here's the table again, with proper column sizing and the hometown winner years highlighted. 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 14/07/2026Well, this is a bust. But I went looking after the broadcast mentioned it, and Jordan Walker would indeed be the first Home Run Derby winner from the Cardinals if he takes it. Schwarber would be the third Philly (Abreu '05, Howard '06), while Contreras would be the second Red Sock (Ortiz '10) 100
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 05/07/2026On that note (borrowing from the Astros' broadcast), this win moved them into a tie for the third-longest Fourth of July win streak in MLB history! 020
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 31/03/2026"Hey guys, when you say it's a good night for 2010s Astros holdovers, can you include me in that as well? McCullers, Correa, and Altuve if its not too much trouble, thanks guys" 010
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 30/12/2025Just did a quick check on the total number of votes per ballot going back to 1980. Obvious we'd miss churn, but only 9 years saw a net growth larger than +15, and a couple of those came after years of mysterious drops in the total, making me think at least some were past voters coming back. 100
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 09/10/2025Revisiting my Playoff Trivia article, and our chances of seeing a new World Series match-up have risen dramatically. Actually kind of wild that the AL Pennant will be either the Blue Jays, Mariners, or Tigers, that's not a set you see very often. 031
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 08/10/2025Yep! A few years ago when they let players wear nicknames on their jerseys for a weekend, Shane even went with "Not Justin" on his. 020
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 24/08/2025The Padres broadcast shared the Fangraphs remaining strength of schedules 030
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 24/08/2025Yeah, there was going to be some pains there as we tried to work back all of the TJS guys, but oof. Not an ideal time for Framber to get all Framboozled, either. From the Astros broadcast: 020
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 07/08/2025RIP to the Baltimore Sun scoreboard sign, it was one of the best 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 05/08/2025Interesting list. Has anyone tested the correlation between lineup variety and record? I'd imagine weak but slightly negative... 010
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 13/07/2025Pulled this from the broadcast but held off posting until the game was actually over, and that wound up being much longer than expected. Anyway, this is quite a turnaround from last year! (2025 is now 19-8) 030
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 05/06/2025Ooh, rough draw there. Maybe he could try the in-laws' side of the family instead. 010
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 07/05/2025here's the dumb edit I made to serve as my fantasy team's new logo 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 05/05/2025Unironically, I think this is the biggest upgrade among all the second wave City Connect jerseys. 100
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 25/03/2025oh right, forgot to post my fantasy team results. big hopes for this team, excited for everyone to wind up injured/in inexplicable down seasons 100
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 19/03/2025Actually, given that the old Nationals, Rockies, and Giants are three of my favorite ones, and they're all getting retired this season... Astros may have one of the top active ones now lol 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 19/03/2025Oh right, the Astros aren't over here yet for me to quote-post. New Astros City Connects were revealed. I like them more than the Space City ones! Those always felt too similar to the base jerseys, like they could be normal alts. I like when the City Connects are more unusual. 130
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 29/10/2024probably not the only one making something like this, but: 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 26/10/2024I know it's not the big baseball news, but I did pretty well on today's Immaculate Grid and forgot to post it (rarity score of 3) 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 21/10/2024Got distracted while doing yesterday's Immaculate Grid, walked away and came back several hours later, only to put up a rarity score of 3 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 03/10/2024Rarity Score of 5 today! Fun fact, I was at the game where Micah Owings hit 2 homers 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 30/09/2024Started today's Immaculate Grid while watching the final games of the season, then got distracted and forgot to finish until a little bit ago. Rarity score of 7! 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 28/09/2024woah, you weren't kidding! not sure how they're gonna top this 040
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 26/09/2024Somedays I spend a lot of time thinking about potential names and weighing which ones might get me the best Rarity Scores and do poorly, and other days I just rattle off the first ones I think of over a late lunch and get an 8 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 13/08/2024Rarity score of 7 today. This is the most "remember some guys" set of players I've gotten for this in a while 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 12/08/2024Rarity score of 15 on today's Immaculate Grid, pretty good! Wasn't expecting Zoilo Versalles to be the weak spot, but it's gonna be hard to top this unless I start remembering the MVPs from when they were the Senators 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 09/08/2024Slowly catching up on Immaculate Grids that I missed while traveling, and I set a new personal best on the grid for 8/1. Rarity Score of 2! 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 05/07/2024Immaculate Grid score today was decent, but I mostly tried for a good collection of names. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Doug Mienkiewicz, AJ Pierzynski, Rob Mackowiak, Mark Grudzielanek... 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 20/06/2024Rarity score of 5, tying my personal best! A nice birthday present to me :) 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 13/06/2024Immaculate Grid, rarity score of 8. Huh. Wasn't expecting this set-up to be a single-digit day. 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 06/06/2024Rarity score of 11 for today's Chicago-themed Immaculate Grid 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 03/06/2024More news in baseball retired numbers: the Tigers are retiring #10 for Jim Leyland. That makes for three on the year, after Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden for the Mets 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 02/06/2024Rarity score of 16. Another pretty solid result today, I think! 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 01/06/2024Rarity score of 11. Always fun when one of my traditional "safe" picks ends up being the thing that ups my score 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 26/05/2024Immaculate Grid results: Ben Broussard/Hisashi Iwakuma/Jason Bay/Jay Bell/John Candelaria/Rob Mackowiak/Buddy Bell/Aaron Sanchez/LJ Hoes 000
Theo Gerome @hotcornerharbor.com · 02/05/2024Rarity score of 5, a new personal best! Helps that this was a good set of categories that lined up with some stuff that I've been researching. 010