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Over at the always acerbic BTF, they’re having a discussion about why Dusty Baker suddenly wants to play a prospect. It appears to have morphed into an argument over Dusty’s merits as a manager. Now far be it from me to suggest that such a discussion is similar to discussing the merits of a…
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The White Sox appear to be looking at Bartolo Colon as a possibility for their 5th starter. Bartolo has continued to post good strikeout to walk ratios but the homers really seem to be piling up. That’s unlikely to improve in the home park of the White Sox. That said Gavin Floyd is similarly…
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I’ve always been a firm believer in basic information as a foundation for making more complicated analysis later on. You have start with the basic info before you start trying to split atoms. In that vein here’s something basic. It’s the projected standings for 2008 based on the Pythag numbers from 2007 and 2006.…
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Well the Giants seem to feel they’ve solved their cleanup hitter problem. Leave aside the fact that a guy with a career 0.411 slugging percentage is no kind of solution in this or any day and age, the real question is why the identity of the cleanup hitter for the Giants in 2008 is…
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Glenallen Hill apologized today for PED use. Here’s some video evidence: My opinion is that if PEDs allowed him to do something like that, then I wan’t more PEDs. If they did not, then such an accomplishment doesn’t deserve to be seen as “tainted.” Either way I think a more rational discussion of the…
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The Caribbean World Series is over and Licey has emerged as the champion. I’ve always had a soft spot for the Caribbean World Series specifically and international baseball in general. Maybe it’s my soccer affinity or what have you, but I do find the prospect of baseball in other countries to be intriguing. The…
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According to this report federal witness par excellence, Brian McNamee, is saying he injected Roger Clemens’ wife with HGH before a Sports Illustrated swimsuit photoshoot in 2003. I’m torn as to what I believe here. The rumor is that you can judge whether people take these types of substances by the size of their…
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Came up with an idea for adjusting past stats and was wondering if and where I’m going to be tripped up. The idea is to take all non pitchers who played in MLB in consecutive seasons and then run a comparison of their stats from one year to the next to see how their…
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One would think they maybe could have waited a day or so on this one. Karma’s a bitch.