You know we love our knuckleballers here at Knuckle Curve. So does ESPN’s Jim Caple, who actually got into gear and caught Seattle Mariners right-hander R.A. Dickey:
I knew I was in trouble when Dickey and I were playing catch to warm up and one of his throws tipped off my glove and whizzed past my […]
Brock for Broglio interviews Voros McCracken, discoverer of DIPS and author of a blog bearing his name. Among other things, McCracken talks about his time consulting for the Boston Red Sox. Not surprisingly, he is very candid about the affair:
In terms of my work with the Red Sox it was mostly enjoyable but occasionally frustrating. […]
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Today’s entrant had a successful, if brief, career in the late-’70s. Bill Atkinson, a diminutive (5′7″) right-hander out of Chatham, Ontario (hometown of Hall-of-Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins), worked in 98 games for the Montreal Expos from 1976 to 1979.
Atkinson made four appearances for Montreal toward the end of the ‘76 season […]
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, one of the great things about attending spring training is that you have the opportunity to watch players hone their craft. This includes prospects getting their first taste of pro ball as well as future first-ballot Hall of Famers.
For reasons I won’t get into here, we missed Greg Maddux’s start while […]
One of the stories of 2008 I’m most looking forward to is that of St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel. You know the story: Ankiel was a pitching phenom who reached the big leagues at 19 before losing the strike zone and then blowing out his arm.
After a long and improbable journey, he returned to […]
We’re taking a break from the “Who Am I?” segment that normally runs on Mondays. Don’t worry, it’ll be back, but with the season fast approaching and memories of my recent trip to the Cactus League still reasonably fresh, I thought I’d share some photos this week.
You can see all my spring training photos at […]
The Boston Red Sox have released backup catcher Doug Mirabelli. The 37-year-old backstop has amassed 89 hits against 148 strikeouts over the past three seasons and possesses exactly one usable baseball skill — the ability to catch Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball.
That may not sound like much, but it was enough to give Mirabelli a career. Hey, […]
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Yep, it’s that time again…
I first arrived in the big leagues as a teenager.
I spent one season as an everyday player and was freakishly productive.
That year, I wasn’t even the biggest fluke on my own team.
I had more stolen bases than strikeouts in my career.
Half of my career home runs came […]
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Here’s an obscure one for you. Jim Mahoney played shortstop and some second base for four teams over parts of four seasons.
As a rookie with the Boston Red Sox, Mahoney collected his first big-league hit on July 29, 1959 — a single to left in the fourth inning against Cleveland right-hander […]
All the sad young men
Choking on their worth
Trying to be brave
Running from the truth
–”All the Sad Young Men,” Tommy Wolf and Fran Landesman
I don’t think Wolf and Landesman were talking about baseball players, but the sentiment may apply. At least two young men whose contracts were up for renewal are sad because, well, their contracts […]
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