tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62792172012-01-24T09:24:10.587-05:00A blog about baseball, the Greatest Game. I'll hit on all teams and all aspects baseball. Opinions and facts will be bandied about will reckless abandon. shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.comBlogger3051100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1112931899550326472005-04-07T22:44:00.000-05:002005-04-07T22:44:59.550-05:00

Last week Joe Hamrahi of Baseball Digest Daily sent me a very nice email telling me that he really liked my writing and wanted me to be a contributer to his website. After checking out the site (which is currently going through a redesign - the new design is pretty slick) and talking to him some more, I decided to accept his offer. My first article can be found here: Baseball Digest Daily - A

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There is a web comic contest that is currently running called the Daily Grind Iron Man Challenge. It is a "competition between online comic artists to see who can maintain the longest Monday to Friday update schedule, following a strict set of rules". The pot is at $1,120 - not shabby. The rules include things like posting by a certain time, etc. The thing is that some of the webcomics that

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On the March 15 episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the interview was with Tom Fenton, author of Bad News. The book is about the decline of news. Fenton's take on the whole thing is that, starting in the 90's or so, new people have become "supremely lazy and incompetent". I was watching the interview (which was a pretty good interview, I might add) and one thing that I thought, after "

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David Pinto of Baseball Musings is having a Pledge Drive because he lost his job and he wants, ultimately, to blog full time. I'm all for him. I donated money and I posted comments on his site telling people to donate. I may have occasional issues with David (i.e. his support of legalizing steroids for baseball players), but I fully support him and his blog. Here's my disappointment. Do you

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Uhoh. Shawn is pissy again, look out! I haven't written any entries in a while, and for the most part it's because I've just been pissed off. Pissed at baseball, pissed at baseball blogs, pissed at baseball bloggers, pissed at lots of things apparently.I know it's hard to believe, but I'm really not an angry guy. I have a great wife (Juli), a great job (Java programmer), a great house (red), a

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...yeah, heart-wrenching whether or not to accept the "slap in the face" "offer" of "only" $18,000,000. Roger, please stop treating us like we're stupid. You work where you live. You get special treatment from your employer so you can skip "work" to attend your sons' Little League games (and, I'm sure, other events, too), and you're getting paid a king's ransom to do it. Oh yeah, and you just

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So, it seems as though the Tigers are going to sign Magglio Ordonez. I have mixed feelings about this. All winter I've been talking about how I wanted the Yankees to sign Magglio because he'd probably take a cheap 1 year contract a la Nomar because he was injured last year (and not a minor injury, at that). I figured, naively, that this would be the case, but I forgot to factor in The Agent

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In addition to all the top rated prospects the Mets jettisoned last year for mediocre major league pitchers, they now trade their fourth-rated prospect (according to the Daily News AND scout.com) for a slick fielding, no hitting first baseman, Doug Mientkiewicz, from the Red Sox. Ian Bladergroen hit .342 with 13 HR and 74 RBI in A ball. In ADDITION to being hoodwinked by the Red Sox, the Mets

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Larry Mahnken over at Replacement Level Yankees Weblog lost everything he had except the clothes on his back from a fire in his apartment. Please go over and drop a couple dollars into his PayPal account. Let's help the guy out.

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Tom Verducci has a nice article on how amphetamines are still being allowed in MLB and how they were omitted from the newperformance enhancing drug ban. Some quotes of quotes from Tom's article: [Chad] Curtis added that amphetamine use is so prevalent that non-users are sometimes ostracized as slackers.And another: Did you know that baseball moved to ban ephedra because of the death of Orioles

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All of us fans of Robinson Cano are in for a big disappointment. According to Newsday, the Yankees are getting ready to sign Rey Sanchez as their utility infielder. "Sanchez close to signing. The Yankees and Rey Sanchez are closing in on one-year, $600,000 contract. Sanchez, 37, who played for the Yankees in 1997, replaces Enrique Wilson as the primary utilityman. Sanchez batted .246 with two

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If you remember way back last year, I talked about Mael Rodriguez, the Cuban fireballer who escaped Cuba. He had a prior injury which apparently scared away teams. Well, Julio Dominguez emailed me the other day to tell me this: In case you don't know it by now, Mael threw 50 pitches forseveral scouts at the end of 2004. He reached 94 miles down 6 or 7 miles because he used to reach 100 and 101

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I guess I just don't get it. Byrnes is younger then Cameron. And he had 19 Win Shares last year, compared to Cameron's 18. True, Cameron is a better fielder and he had a slightly off year last year. And played in a pitcher's park. But this just seems like a weird trade for Billy Beane to be making. Their Offensive/Defensive Wins Shares splits are: Byrnes: 15/4 Cameron: 12/6 I guess Beane

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You gotta love this guy. I know I do. Back in the 80's when I was a kid I would always imitate Franco's crazy batting stance with the bat wrapped around my head. There was just something about him that I've always liked. I guess that's why I've enjoyed his continued career here in Atlanta. Now he says that he wants to play until he's 50. Good luck Julio, I'm rooting for you! He currently

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The last top level free agent (until it's decided that Magglio is healthy) is probably going to sign with a team sometime this week. From all that I've been reading, it's down to the Mets, the Marlins, and perhaps the Orioles. Well, perhaps not the Orioles. Apparently, the Marlins' bid is $9M higher than the Orioles' last offer. That's a spicy meatball! And that's a lot of money. I don't think

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I just realized that it's been days since my last post. I apologize for that. I like to keep my blog fresh with posts going up at LEAST once per day, and preferably several times a day, but I guess there's been a lull in news this week. Beltran & Randy were officially introduced, but I really don't care much about the introductions. MLB is going to announce a new steroid policy. Not many

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Using the fact that they Yankees turned down Boras' offer of Beltran for $100M/6yr, I'm assuming that the Yankees are all but done in the free agent market this offseason. No Magglio. No Delgado. Maybe a small signing to fill in a spot, or a minor league contract or two, but if they weren't going to bite on a "discounted" price for Beltran, then they're not going after any other big names.

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1105366930538662422005-01-10T09:22:00.000-05:002005-01-10T09:22:10.536-05:00

According to Lee Sinins: The Fukuoka Hawks signed free agent 3B Tony Batista to a 2 year, $15 million contract. After -3 RCAA/.766 OPS and -29 RCAA/.663 OPS seasons, Batista had a .455 SLG, .272 OBA, .728 OPS, -20 RCAA in 157 games with the Expos. Ouch! That's a lot of money for a crappy player. Batista probably didn't get an offer from an MLB team for more than a million or so for one year.

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I've been reading Aaron Gleeman's Aaron's Baseball Blog for well over a year, probably closer to two. That's why I was honored to be the one millionth visitor to his site! What are the odds?!?! For those of you who don't know him, Aaron is a HUGE Twins fan. I don't read many blogs regularly, but his is definately one of them. He's a great writer and I love reading his gleeman length posts.

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A while back, I posted this post running down the remaining free agents. A lot has happened since then, and even more should happen today or tomorrow when Beltran ends up signing with, probably, the Mets. Here is a quick synopsis of the main leftovers: Carlos Delgado - Going to the Mets? Would Piazza then catch every day? Maybe to the M's and have Sexson butcher LF? Who knows, but this guy can

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Looks like Cairo ended up with a chintzy contract. That's what happens when you get uppity and try to grab more money then you're worth. The Yanks were offering him more than the $900k that he is getting from the Mets AND he probably would have had a chance to win the starting job with the Yanks. Now, it looks like he's going to be backup with the Mets. And now he has virtually no chance to

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Aaron over at Aaron's Baseball Blog has a link to this moderated discussion of stats vs. scouting between Eddie Bane (Angels scouting director), Gary Huckabay (Baseball Prospectus writer), and Voros McCracken (Red Sox stat consultant and sabermetrician). You really should read it. And as Aaron also points out, there is further discussion about the article here.

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This is the stuff that makes you appreciate George - not just the standard "putting money back into the team to win" reason: "While Steinbrenner was talking with the fans, rain fell for about 10 minutes. He had team employees hand out Yankees' umbrellas to fans." The thought of the Yankees without George as the owner is probably the scariest thing to me, even more than bad signings or losing to

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Looks like the Cards kicked Alomar to the curb and signed Grudzielanek instead. I think I like this better. Grudz is healthy, for one. In 2004 he was much better vs righties (.881 OPS) than lefties (.561 OPS), which was a switch for him. His career numbers show him better vs lefties (.741 OPS) than vs righties (.712 OPS), so I'm guessing 2004 was an aberration, possibly due to his limited

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There are some Beltran rumors going around that the Mets have signed Beltran. Of course, some newspapers deny it (from Newsday): "There was a growing public sense that the Mets' chances were gathering momentum yesterday, thanks to a fan Web site report and other speculation. But that may have been a false sense, as there's no real evidence their chances are greater or worse than any of the other

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Looks like the Dodgers are keeping Odalis Perez. I didn't even realize that they were in the running to sign Perez. All previous rumor has been the Nationals or Mets (which was silly since they had a full rotation already) or maybe someone else. But not the Dodgers. Looks like he got the standard 3yr/$24M deal, too. Perez had an underwhelming 7-6 record in a full season as a starter (31

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I was wondering how Ryne Sandberg, elected into the Hall of Fame today, measured up against all the other 2B'ers. Here is a list of the top 20 second basemen rated on RCAP* (bold names in Hall of Fame). The second stat column is OPS, and it's just there for curiosity's sake. It's amazing that no 2B'er had an OPS in the .900s. Besides Rogers Hornsby (one of the top 5 players who ever lived), the

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So I was just poking around here or there when I checked out cnnsi.com's Trade Analysis for the approved Randy Johnson trade. I've used cnnsi.com, along with foxsports.com, as my primary sport web sites, ever since I stopped using espn.com in protest of The Insider (pay site) gobbling up all the decent writers on the site. Well, here is some stuff from the analysis of the trade: "This is much

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Looks like the Angels have a new name: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. I know that they were obligated by contract to have the name "Anaheim" in their name, and I know that they WANTED to have the name "Los Angeles" in their name, but this is just STUPID! Almost as dumb as naming a professional hockey team after a movie. The owners should have just bit the bullet and kept Anaheim Angels OR

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From Stan McNeal at Sporting News: "The trade of CF Dave Roberts, a leadoff man, to his hometown Padres should benefit 3B Sean Burroughs, who was forced to lead off last season because the club lacked options. G.M. Kevin Towers admits Burroughs is not suited to leading off and should be more relaxed hitting sixth or eighth. Burroughs, 24, must show more power--he hit two homers in 523 at-bats

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I have withstood the urge to do one of these things, but I am caving in now. Take a look at these three players and their (approximate) 3-year averages of their last 3 full seasons (two of them had injuries in the past 3 years, so, to make it easier on me, I took their last 3 full seasons). Their age for 2005 is in parentheses. HRRBIOBASLGOPS+Player X (28)31103.365.520120Player Y (29)

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Well, it looks like it's done. The Cards are signing Roberto Alomar to play 2B to finish their "retooled" infield. Earlier, they signed David Eckstein to play SS after Edgar Renteria signed with the Red Sox for a LOT of money. Let's take a look at what these guys did for their respective teams last year. Out with the old Renteria: OPS .728 (3-year OPS ~.800) Womack: OPS .735 (3-year OPS ~

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Apparently, Roberto Clemente Jr was going to reenact his father's aid flight to Nicaragua, when hearing about the tsunami, he diverted all the supplies and money he collected to Asia in support of the tsunami victims. I didn't realize that he had a premonition of his fathers death before he boarded the plane, and he begged his father not to get on the plane. "I carry the guilt to this day of not

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It's official!!! According to Newsday: "Sources told Newsday today that the Yankees have agreed to send Javier Vazquez, pitching prospect Brad Halsey and catching prospect Dioner Navarro, plus about $9 million in cash, to Arizona for Johnson."We got to keep Duncan AND Melky, but we gave up our only catching prospect. Navarro probably wouldn't be ready this year, but Posada won't last forever.

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According to the Daily News, the Yankees and D'backs are, once again, close to making the Randy Trade. "In one proposal, the Yanks were to trade Vazquez, Brad Halsey, Abel Gomez and Melky Cabrera (lower-level prospects) for Johnson and include about $12 million to make up some of the difference in money owed to the 41-year-old ace ($16 million this season) and Vazquez ($35.5 million over the

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WHEW! The Yankees dodged a bullet - Eric Milton signed with the Reds today. It's a 3 year, $25.5 million deal. INSANE!!! Show me one thing in his past that makes ANYONE think he's worth half that much? Career 4.76 ERA? .258 BAA? 1.30 WHIP? 30 HR/200 IP? 4 career shut outs? 10 career complete games? The only thing that I see that Milton can give any team, is the fact that, except

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Merry Christmas! Happy Festivus! Joyous Boxing Day! Whatever you celebrate, I hope you're all having fun. Blogging is going to be a bit slow, mostly because there is no news to report. I may come up with a little something, since I have some free time this extended weekend, but I'm not sure what. I'll try and throw a little something together (or a couple little somethings) to give the 2 or 3

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Here are the shortstops that signed this offseason, how much they're making, and their Win Shares from 2004: Edgar Renteria, 4yr/$40M, 17 WS Orlando Cabrera, 4yr/$32M, 12 WS David Eckstein, 3yr/$10.25M, 9 WS Nomar Garciaparra, 1yr/$8M, 11 WS Christian Guzman, 4yr/$16.8M, 16 WS Royce Clayton, 1yr/$1.35M, 10 WS Talk about some crazy contracts! Of course, I think that the Nomar contract will end

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Here you go, it's not Vazquez's fault::"Yankees right-hander Javier Vazquez balked at flying to Los Angeles from the Virgin Islands, where he was on vacation with his family, which includes a newborn. Vazquez took a physical for the Yankees last month, complete with an MRI. The Dodgers could have asked for the results. They could have sent a doctor to meet him in Miami for a second physical. But

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Los Angeles pulled out and the deal is dead. Back to the drawing board.

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One of the comments to my Moises bashing was Leonard who stated: Despite the home-road differentials, Moises Alou hasn't played in hitter's parks: Pittsburgh, Montreal, and most recently Chicago (Wrigley's Field no longer shows the tendencies to hitters it once did).For simplicity, I'm going to average out the Park Factor for each team Alou played for (excluding his 5 AB for Pittsburgh):

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Well, let's see who is left on the free agent market (in no real particular order): Carlos Beltran - the "cream of the crop", though I beg to differ. Is he an excellent player? Sure, but he's not worth what the Yankees will end up giving him. I'd rather have... JD Drew - yeah, he's two years older and only a lefty, but his numbers are better. Go take a look, I dare you. OK, he hasn't been

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It looks like Ruben Sierra turned down arbitration!!! WOOHOO!!! I wonder what the Yanks will do to fill in their empty bench now. On another note, Placido Polanco accepted the Phillies offer for arbitration. I wonder why? It seems that middle infielders are being vastly overpaid this offseason. Maybe he's going to wait until next year to see if he can get some better offers. This from mlb.com:

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This is a bit disappointing: The incentive for Los Angeles is that the trade would clear payroll space for the signing of the free-agent right fielder J. D. Drew. The Dodgers could soon sign Drew to a five-year contract worth $11 million to $12 million a season. considering this question (check the comments to this entry) that I posed for Cliff over at Bronx Banter: Cliff: do you think that

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I was just writing up a quick blurb on Moises Alou, and how I thought that he was an overlooked free agent this offseason, despite his age. But then I looked at his split stats, and noticed last season that his .919 OPS consisted of a Home OPS of 1.120 and an Away OPS of .716. OUCH! So I went back a year: Home OPS .848, Away OPS .792. Then I went and looked at how he got his career OPS of

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1103458175730180202004-12-19T07:09:00.000-05:002004-12-19T07:09:35.730-05:00

Newsday says that the Randy Johnson trade has been completed and is just waiting on Bud's approval.

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1103429593054838322004-12-18T23:13:00.000-05:002004-12-18T23:13:13.053-05:00

Wow! More big news! Mulder dealt to Cards for 3 guys no one has ever heard of. It's hard to believe that the A's couldn't get any more for this guy - he's 81-42 in 150 career starts. Sure, he had a weak 2nd half, but so what? I know the Yanks have been hard after Randy for the past 3 days, but it's difficult to believe that we couldn't send the A's better guys then what they got from the

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1103378962312366882004-12-18T09:09:00.000-05:002004-12-18T09:10:01.203-05:00

It looks like we're getting Ishii in the Randy Johnson trade now. WTF?!?! I'm assuming that LA is forcing him on us for salary reasons or something, because there is no way in hell we'd actually WANT the guy, is there? Perhaps he'll be our 6th starter, or 5th if you assume that Kevin Brown is a goner. Maybe they got him to keep Matsui company. Ishii's away ERA last year was 5.14, and he walked as

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1103253221433399422004-12-16T22:13:00.000-05:002004-12-16T22:15:18.086-05:00

Looks like the Yanks traded for Randy. Of course, they gave up Vazquez, Dioner Navarro and Eric Duncan in order to get him. If Randy stays healthy and pitches for the Yanks for another 3 years, then maybe it's worth it. I'm not happy giving up 2 of the Yankees top minor leaguers, but then again the Yanks have had a less than stellar record of developing young players, and Navarro, though young,

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1103241401263438922004-12-16T18:56:00.000-05:002004-12-16T18:56:41.263-05:00

I'm glad that the Yanks didn't trade for Hudson - his declining numbers were too worrisome, and he's going to be a free agent after the 2005 season. Hopefully the newest Randy rumor - Shawn Green/Vazquez/Randy Johnson - comes true, just as long as the extras that the Yanks have to give up aren't too much. I'd be sad to see Vazquez go (I really think he can rebound this season), but Randy is

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1103211399574629062004-12-16T10:36:00.000-05:002004-12-16T10:36:39.573-05:00

If it weren't for health issues, I'd rather sign Drew to a 3-4 year deal than Beltran to a 6-7 (or god-forbid, a 10!!!) year deal. Drew had better numbers than Beltran last year, by a decent margin (OPS > 1.000 vs OPS ~.915). Drew is a bit slower and a natural RF, but he can play CF (and, in fact, HAS played CF in the past).

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1097619002137156492004-10-12T17:02:00.000-05:002004-10-12T17:10:02.136-05:00

When I found out that Superman (aka Christopher Reeve) passed away, I was very sad. But the more I think about it, the sadder I get. This drawing over at PvPOnline is perfect. I am not a religous man. I don't (currently) associate myself with any religion. And I don't consider myself "someone of faith." But this is one of those few times in my life that I wish I did. I wish I believed in (a) God

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1095701861639124112004-09-20T12:37:00.000-05:002004-09-20T13:40:39.796-05:00

It's hard, I have to admit it. I knew it would be, but that usually means you're doing the right thing. What am I referring to? ESPN.com. I'm in withdrawal. I've been visiting that site ever since it first came online all these many years ago. But no more. Since I"m protesting ESPN.com, I've been visiting foxsports.com to get my articles. I know there are others out there, but I really think that

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1095274827539833872004-09-15T14:00:00.000-05:002004-09-15T14:00:27.540-05:00

What the fuck??? Peter Gammons' chats are now only in ESPN.com's Insider? Piece of shit ESPN.com! I am forthwith PROTESTING ESPN.com. I'm not going to sit here and be shat upon. Fuck you ESPN.com!!!

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1095035184525002592004-09-12T19:26:00.000-05:002004-09-12T19:26:24.526-05:00

This stat really struck me: Half Jeter's RBI this season (35 of 70) are against Baltimore and Tampa Bay. Wow.

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1094590692088815792004-09-07T15:58:00.000-05:002004-09-07T15:58:12.086-05:00

I know. It's been a week or two or three since I've last written. And most of what I've been writing has been one sentence posts, or long, rambling posts about how I'm not going to post anymore. That got me to thinking. Has anyone done an anti-blog blog? A blog in which every post is dedicated to NOT blogging? That sounds like an interesting concept, but I wonder how much one could say

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1093706413832295552004-08-28T10:20:00.000-05:002004-08-28T10:20:13.833-05:00

What the heck happened to the online box scores for 8/27?

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Jeter might have only the 5th highest Win Shares on the Yankees (16), but he has the SECOND most Defensive Win Shares IN THE ENTIRE AMERICAN LEAGUE (5.7)!!! Pretty amazing, eh? It's probably a combination of many factors - health, a third baseman with excellent range, ARod's presence pushing Jeter to be even better, etc. Congrats Jeter, on a wonderful year in the field!

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1092159808474414772004-08-10T12:43:00.000-05:002004-08-10T12:43:28.473-05:00

I am not a fan of Jack McDowell's writing (well, actually I'm not a fan of his ideas), but I think he finally gotten something right. I've previously voiced how I feel about Clemens showing up only 1 out of the 5 days the Astros play. Jack puts it forth perfectly: Roy Oswalt, Tim Redding and Wade Miller could use a guy like Clemens around every day to help take their games to the next level –

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24 IP, 33 K - not a bad K/9IP ratio (12.375).

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Bringing in Heredia with a man on and a one run lead?!?!?! The Yankees got what the deserved tonight - a big fat LOSS.

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1090618504472743932004-07-23T16:35:00.000-05:002004-07-23T16:35:42.940-05:00

Do you? Sometime in April and May I took a month off, then when I came back, I wrote this post. I was a bit down on the state of affairs with the whole baseball blogging scene. Well, I've noticed over the past week or two or three that I'm not the only one who has been shirking his duties. When I got into this blogging scene back in December 2003 or so and I was really blogging regularly -

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1090586664595491432004-07-23T07:44:00.000-05:002004-07-23T07:44:24.596-05:00

I have to admit that when the Yankees signed El Duque before the season started I was quite skeptical. I figured the Yanks didn't need yet another old starting pitcher who is ALREADY broken down, as opposed to our old pitchers who EVENTUALLY will be broken down. Boy, was I wrong! El Duque has helped pull the Yankee's collective ass out of the fire with 3 good starts, especially last nights 7

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1090586323482388132004-07-23T07:38:00.000-05:002004-07-23T07:38:43.483-05:00

An amusing, light-hearted article about Sheffield and Curt Leskanic's brother. It's nice to read something a little lighter about the Yankee/Red Sox rivalry. Nice and refreshing on a hot, scorching day here in Atlanta.

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1090517984696296902004-07-22T12:39:00.000-05:002004-07-22T12:39:44.696-05:00

Why the hell is Cairo sacrificing the runner over IN THE FIRST INNING??? Cairo has the highest batting average of all everyone on the Yankees - why the hell are you sacrificing with him? AAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1090514688880714602004-07-22T11:44:00.000-05:002004-07-22T11:44:48.880-05:00

I can't help point this out. Pokey Reese has an amazing -19 RCAA this year. Yes, a NEGATIVE nineteen Runs Created Above Average. I guess that's equivalent to 19 RCBA. ;) At that rate of non-production, the Yankees should really be paying his salary.

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1090417265989821262004-07-21T08:41:00.000-05:002004-07-21T08:41:05.990-05:00

Hmmmmm....Bud wants to stop the alternating AL/NL parks for the All Star game. Hmmmmm.....and he wants to give it to 3 NL teams in a row because they have new parks. Hmmmm....what league is Bud's team in again? Oh yeah! The National League! The very league that he wants to send all the upcoming All Star games to. Hmmmmm. If I were an AL team owner I'd be livid.

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1090340571907196742004-07-20T11:22:00.000-05:002004-07-20T11:22:51.906-05:00

I was reading an article at newsday.com when I came across this paragraph: But if the Knicks think they would be getting a player who can stop Heat center Shaquille O'Neal, they might want to consider Dampier's numbers in 17 starts against O'Neal, whose team was 12-5. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, O'Neal shot 58.4 percent from the field and averaged 25.1 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.1

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1090268781887427292004-07-19T15:26:00.000-05:002004-07-19T15:26:21.886-05:00

Today, the Mets traded Karim Garcia to the Orioles for Mike DeJean. Here is what Mets GM Jim Duquette had to say about the trade: "Mike will bring experience and depth to our bullpen.Well, Jim, I hope you can turn him around as well as you turned Hidalgo around, because your "added depth" consists of a pitcher with a 6.13 ERA and a .308 BAA this year. He strikes out about a guy an inning, but

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1090000035285962182004-07-16T12:47:00.000-05:002004-07-16T12:47:15.286-05:00

According to mlb.com: "No team had this many home runs [5] comprise all their hits in a game since the Cleveland Indians hit six on June 24, 1989."Well, there you have it. No, I'd like to know the record for most hits where all the hits have been home runs. And I wonder if the Indians only scored 6 runs, or if some of those home runs were hit with men on base.

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1089944683106243772004-07-15T21:24:00.000-05:002004-07-15T21:24:43.106-05:00

Pretty cool. I don't remember ever seeing this before, but I'm sure it's happened. The Yankees had 5 hits today against the Tigers in their 5-1 win, and all 5 of them were hom runs. Jeter, Matsui, Lofton, and 2 for ARod. If anyone knows the last time this happened, let me know.

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1089928410627493722004-07-15T16:53:00.000-05:002004-07-15T16:53:30.626-05:00

With all the news going around about Randy Johnson going here, there, or anywhere, we do know that he really wants to go to the Yankees. Well, if he doesn't want to go to the Red Sox, which seems true at this point (apparently he does NOT want to play on the same team as Schilling again), then why would the DBacks even bother to negotiate with them? Randy can invoke his no-trade clause for any

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1089740806133701492004-07-13T12:46:00.000-05:002004-07-13T12:46:46.133-05:00

I know my posts have been a bit sparse lately, but I have good reason: I've joined The Western Hemisphere Baseball League. It's an OOTP league (if you don't know what OOTP is, you're missing out - it's a great baseball simulator. You can use made up players, or historical players. Look into it, you'll be very pleased that you did. Anyway, in the WHBL, I'm the Guayaquil Tigrillos. In case

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1089655451885511692004-07-12T13:04:00.000-05:002004-07-12T13:04:11.886-05:00

Lisa Gray of The Dugout makes a good point here. She says that Miguel Cairo is more valuable then you would first think. So here was my reply (which can be read at the previous link, too): True, Cairo has a nice amount of Win Shares considering he's only played about half the season or so. He has 7 Win Shares in 163 AB. If you double the ABs to make him into a full time player (Jeter has 350 AB

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1089648991172771632004-07-12T11:16:00.000-05:002004-07-12T11:16:31.173-05:00

Last season Jeter had something like 1.5 Defensive Win Shares ALL SEASON. Granted he was injured for part of the season, but that is ATROCIOUS for a shortstop. Well, this year, according to David Pinto's Sortable Win Shares Derek Jeter is tied for 2nd in the American League with 4.2 Defensive Win Shares (Christian Guzman has 4.4, and Michael Young has 4.2). Pretty amazing, eh? Congrats to

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1089039835518840112004-07-05T09:10:00.000-05:002004-07-05T10:03:55.516-05:00

I rarely, if ever, do this Player A/Player B thing, but here it goes. Compare these two major league 2nd basemen. AB R 2B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS Player A: 337 41 13 14 50 18 66 8 .294 .335 .457 .792 Player B: 282 38 16 6 42 16 32 10 .312 .368 .461 .829 Just for clarification, Player B's numbers have

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1088623027980217662004-06-30T14:15:00.000-05:002004-06-30T14:17:07.980-05:00

This from Alex at Bronx Banter: Finally, Vice President Dick Cheney was at the Stadium last night. (Insert Evil Empire crack here.) The VP was shown on the diamond vision screen during the seventh inning stretch and was booed. The image was quickly removed.Nice going, guys!

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1088353076324874602004-06-27T11:17:00.000-05:002004-06-27T11:17:56.323-05:00

I'm going to be in San Francisco this week, coming back on Friday, so if entries are a bit sparse this week, now you know why. I'm going to have my laptop with me, so I'll try and post while I'm out there, but I'm not promising anything. And of course the Giants are out of town. :(

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1088206254993362962004-06-25T18:19:00.000-05:002004-06-25T18:30:54.993-05:00

As you can see to the right, we have a new Random Stat: Runs Created Above Average By Decade. It shows which player had the most RCAA for that particular decade. It's interesting to see how the high RCAA fluctuated from decade to decade, from a high of 1174 by Babe Ruth in the 1920s to a low of (surprise) 439 by Rickey Henderson in the 1980s. One amazing thing is that Honus Wagner lead the

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1088170266609912312004-06-25T08:31:00.000-05:002004-06-25T08:31:06.610-05:00

I was poking around the internet looking for trade information when I came upon this article in the Houston Chronicle about the Astros getting Beltran, blah blah blah. My problem with the article is that EVERY sentence is a new paragraph!!! WTF??? Who is doing the formatting over there at the Chronicle? I couldn't read the article because it is so poorly formatted. Feh.

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1088128456391526532004-06-24T20:54:00.000-05:002004-06-24T20:54:16.390-05:00

Looks like Beltran has been told that he's going to Houston. Excellent! Star center fielder Carlos Beltran was traded from Kansas City to the Houston Astros on Thursday night as part of a three-way deal that also sent reliever Octavio Dotel to Oakland. The Royals wound up with three prospects: highly touted third baseman Mark Teahen and right-hander Mike Wood from Oakland, and catcher Joe

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1088090954323725522004-06-24T10:29:00.000-05:002004-06-24T10:29:14.323-05:00

Now that it's over, I'd like to take some time out to congratulation the Devil Rays on their 12 game winning streak. Nice going guys! Keep up the good work!

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1088032371559951892004-06-23T18:12:00.000-05:002004-06-23T21:03:58.510-05:00

Pokeymania! WOOHOO!!! Check out this quote from an article in the Boston Herald: "I think it's remarkable he's been able to play both sides of the bag as well as he has,'' Epstein said. "There's a difference between knowing objectively how a guy should impact a game defensively, and seeing him do it. There are plays he's made that have been jaw-dropping.'' Jaw-dropping enough to make him a

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087943609835585532004-06-22T17:33:00.000-05:002004-06-22T17:33:29.836-05:00

Contreras' wife and daughter apparently snuck out of Cuba and made it to the US.Jose Contreras' family defected from Cuba this week, and the New York Yankees pitcher left the team Tuesday and traveled to Miami to reunite with his wife and two daughters. "He's ecstatic beyond anything anyone could imagine," Conteras' agent, Jaime Torres, told ESPN. "What the lady did is very strong. She did not

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087927077890387112004-06-22T12:57:00.000-05:002004-06-22T12:58:45.843-05:00

This is out of the What-the-HELL-was-he-thinking category: Matt Bush, the top pick in the baseball draft two weeks ago, was suspended indefinitely by the San Diego Padres on Monday, a day after he was arrested at a bar in Peoria, Ariz. Bush, who is 18, was arrested at McDuffy's, located across the street from the Peoria Sports Complex, at 12:32 a.m. Sunday for investigation of trespass,

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087868795096394572004-06-21T20:46:00.000-05:002004-06-21T20:46:35.096-05:00

Why are the Yankees thinking of trading for Carlos Beltran? I mean, besides the fact that the Red Sox are trying to trade for him, too. If they Yankees trade for Beltran (giving up their last two decent prospects in the process), they'll have an outfield of Beltran, Sheffield, and Matsui. Pretty freakin' good. If not THE best, then ONE of the best outfields in the majors. And then Bernie

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087838328068010432004-06-21T12:18:00.000-05:002004-06-21T12:18:48.066-05:00

Well, so far so good for the Mets. Hidalgo went 2-for-4 with 2 runs scored, 2 RBI, and a home run - exactly what they were looking for from him when they traded for him. Nice job.

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087769317976980362004-06-20T17:08:00.000-05:002004-06-20T17:08:37.976-05:00

Cliff brings up an excellent point which I thought about looking into the other day, but I never got around to it. Freddy Garcia's road stats. Take a look at the ERA/BAA/OPS numbers of Freddy at home and on the road: home: 2.54/.207/.580 road: 4.04/.281/.765 Ouch! The sampling size for home and away are 184 AB and 171 AB, respecitively, so the sampling size isn't too bad, and at least

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087735205755816272004-06-20T07:40:00.000-05:002004-06-20T16:57:22.063-05:00

I've noticed that there have been a number of people looking for Brad Halsey information. Well, here you go. This season at Columbus, he's had the following numbers: 2.52 ERA, 82 IP, 75 H, 51 K (5.59/9IP), 19 BB (2.09/9IP), 1 HR, 13 GS, 2 CG, 1 SHO, 6-2 His previous minor league seasons he's put up these numbers. Cliff as Big Red Blog (my apologies for not linking to the site - I'm an idiot)

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087699065977497732004-06-19T21:37:00.000-05:002004-06-19T21:37:45.976-05:00

Ex-Yankee Juan Rivera hit two homers in one inning against the Chicago White Sox. And one of those homers was a grand slam. Talk about a career day! I, for one, always rooted for Rivera to do well and win a starting spot on the Yankees, but that never seemed to materialize. Hopefully he'll be able to make a decent career for himself in the majors. Good luck, Juan. On another note, that very

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087680314277424882004-06-19T16:25:00.000-05:002004-06-19T16:25:14.276-05:00

I know, I know, another mid-game update. Feh. Brad Halsey was just lifted for Quantrill in the 6th inning after giving up a single with 2 out (Quantrill got Hernandez to foul out, ending the inning). Halsey threw 109 pitches, which is a LOT for 5-2/3 innings. Of the 109 pitches, 71 were for strikes, which isn't too bad. The only mistake that he really made was giving up a home run to HIDEO

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087584244406758262004-06-18T13:44:00.000-05:002004-06-18T13:44:04.406-05:00

According to Lee Sinins' ATM Report: According to NY Newsday, the reason why the Yankees moved minor league 2B Robinson Cano to 3B was the Mariners requested it. According to the paper, "Asked if Cano had been switched for a showcase, a Yankee official would not be specific but said, 'Somebody wanted to see him play third, yes. You can read into that.' "The Royals also have had scouts watching

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087517631880974822004-06-17T19:13:00.000-05:002004-06-17T19:14:59.133-05:00

I posted a comment on David Pinto's Baseball Musings in response to his post on the Hidalgo trade, which he states that the Mets come out on top because get more Win Shares in the trade (4-2). This is my response: Yes, the Mets win the trade 4-2 in Win Shares, but they have to remove someone to their lineup (Spencer/Garcia) and add someone to the bullpen. Take a look at Spencer's numbers - they

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Brad Halsey is starting for the Yanks this weekend. He has a 6-2 record at Columbus with a 2.52 ERA. Minor Yankee Blog has been writing about Halsey for a while now. The Post article above does have one line that really bothers me. They are comparing him to Brad Claussen last year: Claussen was summoned from Columbus (Triple-A) late last June and beat the Mets at Shea Stadium in his major

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087498197600377122004-06-17T13:49:00.000-05:002004-06-17T13:49:57.600-05:00

According to espn.com: The Mets, seeking to upgrade their offense, acquired Richard Hidalgo for reliever David Weathers, The New York Daily News reported. Hidalgo, 28, is hitting .256 this season with four homers and 30 RBI.I know Hidalgo did better last season, but if his this season stats continues, I wouldn't really consider that "upgrading their offense."

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087441165018597992004-06-16T21:59:00.000-05:002004-06-16T21:59:25.016-05:00

Now, I don't usually do mid-game updates. In fact, I don't think I've done more than 2 or 3 since I started. But here goes nothing! Sturtze is through 2 innings, given up 2 hits and 1 BB and has 3 K's. Not a shappy start, and it doesn't hurt that he's been staked to a 5-0 lead. Many bad things have been said in the past about Torre's lineups, especially with the whole

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087406855507438442004-06-16T12:27:00.000-05:002004-06-16T12:27:35.506-05:00

This 4 year old kid got knocked down by an adult diving for a foul ball, and, despite chants by the fans to give the kid the ball, decided to keep the ball and screw the boy. But the kid gets the last laugh two times over: he ended up getting a couple bats and four balls (one signed by Nolan Ryan) AND getting some free tickets AND getting some exposure on shows like Good Morning America AND the

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087261347120947682004-06-14T20:02:00.000-05:002004-06-14T20:02:27.120-05:00

Karsay felt some discomfort this afternoon. "I played long toss and felt OK,'' Karsay said. "But once I got off the mound, I threw about 15-20 pitches and I just didn't feel comfortable with it.''I hope he doesn't get behind on his return schedule. They Yanks could use a fresh (and healthy) arm in the bullpen.

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087260229747726512004-06-14T19:32:00.000-05:002004-06-25T18:17:12.726-05:00

Anyone who knows me, knows that I dislike Pete Rose even more than I dislike Nicholas (Nic) Cage. So for me to post a Random Stat where Pete Rose is at the top of the list AND the list isn't titled "Shawn's Most Dispised Players" is truly a day to remember. To be fair, Pete Rose was managing himself (and doing a poor job of it) during his last season or so on the diamond, which is probably the

shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043286575979094649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279217.post-1087255963701523012004-06-14T18:32:00.000-05:002004-06-14T18:32:43.700-05:00

According to this, the Yankees completed their transaction for Tanyon Sturtze by sending Brian Myrow to the Dodgers. As much as I'm trying to give Sturtze the benefit of the doubt, why did we have to give up Myrow for him? He's only batting .268 at Columbus, but he had a great year in AA ball last year - he's an on-base machine.

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