Seriously? Someone has to stop Nike, and if that means terrorism, so be it. Black-on-black jerseys? You people are fucking insane.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Oregon Unveils the Honorary Solomon Wilcots Jerseys
Seriously? Someone has to stop Nike, and if that means terrorism, so be it. Black-on-black jerseys? You people are fucking insane.
Friday, February 22, 2008
In a Fogg?
All I'm saying is, get your Louisville Bats season tickets soon.
If you believe the Belisle hype and they acquired Josh Fogg to stabilize the rotation that means there is only one spot left for Bailey, Affeldt, Volquez, Cueto or Matt Maloney. For those Bruce Miller haters out there, that's 5 guys trying to squeeze into one spot. Will any one score against the Bats this season with that kind of rotation in Triple A?
But, riddle me this ye great minds of the Norwood House...How are any of these young guys going to see enough big league action to mature into a regular starter?
Why were they so precious as trade incentives, but not good enough to plug in to the rotation?
Enlighten me...
If you believe the Belisle hype and they acquired Josh Fogg to stabilize the rotation that means there is only one spot left for Bailey, Affeldt, Volquez, Cueto or Matt Maloney. For those Bruce Miller haters out there, that's 5 guys trying to squeeze into one spot. Will any one score against the Bats this season with that kind of rotation in Triple A?
But, riddle me this ye great minds of the Norwood House...How are any of these young guys going to see enough big league action to mature into a regular starter?
Why were they so precious as trade incentives, but not good enough to plug in to the rotation?
Enlighten me...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
This Made Me Happy in a Way Few Things Can...
A new study was released recently at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (still no cure for cancer) that ranked baseball players based on their fielding average and probability of making a play on a ball hit their way.
"[The] method involved looking at every ball put in play in major league baseball from 2002 through 2005 and recorded where the shots went. Researchers then developed a probability model for the average fielder in each position and compared that with the performance of individual players to see who was better or worse than average."
The best shortstop in MLB?
Alex Rodriguez.
And here's the stat that I love: Worst Shortstop in MLB?
Derek Jeter.
Shane Jensen, the Penn student/teacher/stat-nerd who led the study said, "[the information] suggests the Yankees have one of the best defensive shortstops playing out of position in deference to one of the worst defensive shortstops."
Sure this doesn't take into account intangibles like banging supermodels and Alyssa Milano and whatnot, but still.
And Tom Emmanski might want his endorsement money back. The worst first baseman?
Noooo! My childhood was a lie!
On a Reds note, we apparently got our money's worth with our newly locked-up second baseman Brandon Phillips, who ranked second overall at his position.
Also, on an semi-related topic, if you guys haven't read Jayson Stark's article on Dusty yet, I think it's pretty good. The video with Krivsky is boring and uninformative, but Dusty's got some things to say on videos at the Reds' official site.
In reference to something that was written in Stark's article, I also think this year's rallying cry should be "What's up, Big Daddy," which is way cooler and more indicative of the attitude of the team than the consummately queer "C you there" that currently dominates the web-page.
"[The] method involved looking at every ball put in play in major league baseball from 2002 through 2005 and recorded where the shots went. Researchers then developed a probability model for the average fielder in each position and compared that with the performance of individual players to see who was better or worse than average."
The best shortstop in MLB?
Alex Rodriguez.
And here's the stat that I love: Worst Shortstop in MLB?
Derek Jeter.
Shane Jensen, the Penn student/teacher/stat-nerd who led the study said, "[the information] suggests the Yankees have one of the best defensive shortstops playing out of position in deference to one of the worst defensive shortstops."
Sure this doesn't take into account intangibles like banging supermodels and Alyssa Milano and whatnot, but still.
And Tom Emmanski might want his endorsement money back. The worst first baseman?
Noooo! My childhood was a lie!
On a Reds note, we apparently got our money's worth with our newly locked-up second baseman Brandon Phillips, who ranked second overall at his position.
Also, on an semi-related topic, if you guys haven't read Jayson Stark's article on Dusty yet, I think it's pretty good. The video with Krivsky is boring and uninformative, but Dusty's got some things to say on videos at the Reds' official site.
In reference to something that was written in Stark's article, I also think this year's rallying cry should be "What's up, Big Daddy," which is way cooler and more indicative of the attitude of the team than the consummately queer "C you there" that currently dominates the web-page.
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