Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
More photos » by Charles Krupa - AP Browse more photos » 1. Jacoby Ellsbury - It's time to compare players! Player A (2009): 606 ABs, 15 HR, 96 R, 68 RBI, 60 SB, .305, .816 OPS Player B (2009): 624 ABs, 8 HR, 94 R, 60 RBI, 70 SB, .301, .770 OPS Pretty close, eh? What if I told you that player A will likely be drafted as a top three outfielder in 2010, while player B could be drafted near...
Salon.com (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Jason Whitlock is a provocateur. A gadfly. The FOX Sports columnist writes “from absolutely every angle, including angles other writers can't imagine or muster the courage to address. His columns are humorous, thought-provoking, agenda free, honest, unpredictable and uncomfortable for white and black people comfortable with their biases.” Ah, yes, the old “you can’t handle...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
More photos » by Kathy Willens - AP 2 months ago: Texas Rangers batter Josh Hamilton tosses his helmet after striking out swinging in the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) Browse more photos » Evan Grant writes today that the Rangers should go with two hitting coaches -- Rusty Greer...
Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
For what seems like months now, the concept of achieving better run prevention via the power of defense has been stuffed down your collective throats. Knowledgable fans are embracing it, sportswriters are begrudgingly recognizing it -- some more quickly than others, of course -- and front offices have taken steps to neutralize any market inefficiencies that might have left it undervalued. Baseball,...
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
It is not a cat I'm calling but Pussy Galore. A column on marital infidelity among athletes and sports commentators defines the enemy as Pussy Galore, and it would be very odd if those big burly men were waging a war on kittens. So it's probably the vagina with its frightening appendices that is the danger of he-men everywhere. It causes them to lose their jobs, their sports and their families, And...
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
So that’s that. Phillips’ credibility wasn’t considered an issue when he suggested Josh Hamilton was undeserving of a Cincinnati roster spot, nor did anyone at the network raise an eyebrow when Phillips suggested Barry Bonds’ record breaking HR had to occur at home “for the good of baseball”. In the wake of a consensual extramarital [...]
Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
1. Assuming that the Rangers have approximately $10 million to spend this winter after the signings of their arbitration-eligible players, how high would you be willing to go in order to sign free agent right-hander Ben Sheets? 2. Who will ultimately enjoy the best major league career (with "best" being measured by career wins above replacement): David Murphy, Nelson Cruz or Josh Hamilton?...
The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
I'm almost done typesetting the statistics section of the 2010 Hardball Times Annual —over 150 pages of stats and graphs, including Defensive Runs Saved from John Dewan and other cool stuff you can't hardly get anywhere else—and I have to get something off my chest. Isn't it weird that all the Rangers' position players with long names catch? I mean, Saltalamacchia, Teagarden, Rodriguez...
Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
One of the thoughts that incessantly rattled around inside my head during the 215-mile drive from Round Rock to Tyler yesterday related to our seeming willingness as baseball fans -- and, on a larger scale, as people -- to affix neat and tidy labels to people and things for the sake of time and convenience. Elvis Andrus is a "franchise shortstop," C.J. Wilson is a "power setup man,"...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP The Rays may not have won the AL Pennant last year if Hamilton stuck to baseball like this way back when. Browse more photos » Since the dawn of humankind, the sun has been an object of mystical amounts of infatuation and worship. Claiming something is "the center of (insert a team, person, something)'s universe," is a common phrase. Blame...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Bagging his first deer was a rite of passage for 13-year-old Josh Hamilton. After bringing home the three-point buck, Josh had another tradition to honor.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
SEATTLE -- Bagging his first deer was a rite of passage for 13-year-old Josh Hamilton. After bringing home the three-point buck, Josh had another tradition to honor.
Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Thanks to David Brown for the much-appreciated pinch-hitting duties the last few days ... and no thanks to Joe Torre for leaving Clayton Kershaw hanging out to dry and decreasing the chances of that ratings-hogging Yankees-Dodgers World Series showdown that we all secretly want to see: ● Michael Young on Rudy Jaramillo's departure: "It's not Rudy's fault somebody goes up and swings at the...
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP Rudy Jaramillo, in the right of this photo, has some impressive credentials as a hitting coach. But could he really help the Detroit Tigers? Browse more photos » Despite Tiger Town's wishes to the contrary, it appears that Lloyd McClendon will be coming back next season as the Detroit Tigers ' hitting coach. (When the team's general manager calls the...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
The news that Rudy Jaramillo is not coming back next season (all other coaches will return) is, of course, pretty big, and there's a lot of buzz out there about it... Evan Grant offers some thoughts on the matter , and also some quotes from Ian Kinsler , who isn't happy that Rudy is leaving. Jeff Wilson also has a write-up at the S-T blog . Richard Durrett has a story up on ESPN that includes some...
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