A buddy pointed me to an interesting article by John Brattain over at Sympatico/MSN on the motives for cheating in baseball. With all the fuss over steroids, HGH, and other performance-enhancing drugs, John asks the logical question of why cheaters do what they do. The reasons, although hardly surprising, are a bit disturbing and force […]
San Diego Padres outfielder Scott Hairston, who hit a walkoff homer Wednesday night against the Pirates, takes a mighty cut.
Teams are running out of time to make their move. The AL West and Central have been decided — if not mathematically, then practically speaking. The AL East is still up for grabs, but unless you’re […]
It’s that time of year again. The good folks over at Sons of Steve Garvey have photos of Dodgers rookies in full hazing attire. Enjoy…
[Update (Sep 22, 2007): Our friends at Gaslamp Ball have posted some pix of Pirates rookies in costume. View at your own risk.]
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This is sort of, um, what’s the right word — stunning? John Walsh at Hardball Times (full disclosure: I contribute to THT) has done some terrific work with the new Enhanced Gameday pitch-f/x data that is all the rage:
What I want to cover is how to identify the pitches of any pitcher’s repertoire, given the […]
Words of wisdom from former big-league pitcher Bill Lee: “I should never have ate that sub right before the game.” True dat…
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I thought I’d try a little something different here. It occurs to me that not everyone reads the comments, and if that’s you, then you’re missing out on some good stuff. Here are a few of my favorite recent comments:
Marshall Clow on boring pitchers:
Any time Steve Trachsel, “the human rain delay”, is pitching - that’s […]
Maury Brown at Biz of Baseball chats with ESPN’s Rob Neyer. They touch on performance-enhancing drugs, Barry Zito’s contract, the Matt Morris trade, and more. [Tip o’ the Knuckle Curve cap to Baseball Think Factory.]
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That’s the question on the table over at Vegas Watch. I won’t spoil things for you by revealing the 10 most likely active players to hit .400 in a season, but I will agree with the sentiment that if Derek Jeter achieves the feat, we’ll never hear the end of it…
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How appropriate that so many great baseball platoons were in effect during the decade that brought us the movie Platoon. Steve Treder at Hardball Times (full disclosure: I contribute to THT) has published the latest in his look back at “extraordinarily productive left-right platoon partnerships.”
A couple things stand out to me. First, it’s amazing how […]
The other day, in discussing the Cy Young Award candidates, I mentioned a lack of faith in the writers to vote for the right person. Folks have been asking me about this, and although it’s old hat to me, I suppose it bears repeating:
I will trust the writers to vote for the right person in […]
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