{"id":4531,"date":"2011-08-12T18:36:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T23:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=4531"},"modified":"2011-08-12T20:24:27","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T01:24:27","slug":"sombrero%e2%80%99s-robbie-unsell-making-history-in-the-british-baseball-federation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/4531","title":{"rendered":"Sombrero\u2019s Robbie Unsell making history in the British Baseball Federation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Robbie_Unsell_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4532\" title=\"Robbie_Unsell_3\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Robbie_Unsell_3-263x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Robbie_Unsell_3-263x300.jpg 263w, http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Robbie_Unsell_3.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While most of the The Golden Sombrero\u2019s writers and contributors remain involved in the game (coaching, scouting or playing), Robbie Unsell is in a league of his own.<\/p>\n<p>Since moving to London to attend the Royal Veterinary College after graduating from Grinnell in 2008, Unsell has emerged as a star two-way player in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbf.org\/\">British Baseball Federation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishbaseball.org\/news_article\/show\/99538?referrer_id=267545\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Gray published an article<\/a> highlighting the league leaders, and Unsell\u2019s name is practically plastered everywhere. The shortstop for Richmond, he leads the league in runs scored <strong>(29)<\/strong>, triples <strong>(4)<\/strong>, walks <strong>(20)<\/strong>, and is currently tied for the lead with <strong>26<\/strong> stolen bases \u2013 he captured the stolen base crown in 2009 and 2010.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2010_nbc_04x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4533\" title=\"2010_nbc_04x\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2010_nbc_04x-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2010_nbc_04x-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2010_nbc_04x.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a> And we\u2019re just getting started. Unsell also leads the league with a <strong>.463<\/strong> batting average, and is two points off the lead in slugging percentage with <strong>.780<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On the bump, the right-hander\u2019s <strong>five<\/strong> wins are two shy of the league lead.\u00a0 He also leads the league with a minuscule <strong>0.61 ERA<\/strong>, <strong>0.91 WHIP<\/strong> and <strong>11.22 K\/9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Continue to check back as we track Unsell\u2019s progress toward becoming one of the most dynamic and successful players in the history of the BBF.<\/p>\n<p>This may sound cheesy, but we\u2019re damn proud of you, Bob.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While most of the The Golden Sombrero\u2019s writers and contributors remain involved in the game (coaching, scouting or playing), Robbie Unsell is in a league of his own. Since moving to London to attend the Royal Veterinary College after graduating from Grinnell in 2008, Unsell has emerged as a star two-way player in the British [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1300,16,13,776,10,19,14],"tags":[2573,49,2414],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4531"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4531"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4540,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4531\/revisions\/4540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}