Author Archives: Dan Woytek

Inning 1- Introduction Now that you are acquainted with the intended purpose of this series of baseball stories, allow me to send a shot across your proverbial bow. It’s about to get basebally up in this piece. The reason is two-fold. Firstly, this baseball trip was a solo affair, a Friday trip to Eugene to […] Continue reading →

Inning 1- Introduction Now that you are acquainted with the intended purpose of this series of baseball stories, allow me to send a shot across your proverbial bow. It’s about to get basebally up in this piece. The reason is two-fold. Firstly, this baseball trip was a solo affair, a Friday trip to Eugene to […] Continue reading →

The following Q&A took place via email when Sportsman writers Thomas King (asker) and Dan Woytek (responder) had nothing better to do. The following is strictly theoretical. Question: On an average team, would you rather have a guy who gets a single every at bat or a guy who hits a home run every four […] Continue reading →

The following Q&A took place via email when Sportsman writers Thomas King (asker) and Dan Woytek (responder) had nothing better to do. The following is strictly theoretical. Question: On an average team, would you rather have a guy who gets a single every at bat or a guy who hits a home run every four […] Continue reading →

1st Inning- Again, another reintroduction. So, it may have gone unnoticed by some, especially those who govern the spring weather in Portland, Oregon, but the calendar tells the literate human that it is currently the month of April. While T.S. Eliot called it the cruelest of twelve, those that know and/or love the game of […] Continue reading →

As this report will be, if not the last, most likely second to last in Beaver coverage for the Portland Sportsman, I will be bringing back old faithful. Baseball Report, Ecstatic Truth Style, or “the one with the innings”. Warning: Some of the names of the sections of this article may or may not have […] Continue reading →

Bill James, the Cassandra of baseball stats: I’d probably be a writer if there was no such thing as baseball, but because there is such a thing as baseball I can’t imagine writing about anything else. Some folks have texts that they turn to on a semi-regular basis as an spiritual edifier, provider of ecstatic […] Continue reading →