Proposition: If a mad scientist undertook to create "Joey Votto" in a lab, the result could not look more like "Joey Votto" than the actual Joey Votto. Discuss.
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It was easy to make fun of his hot-dog bravado in the face of historic incompetence, but ultimately you had to admire the irrepressible joy he took in the game..
I noted on Facebook that, from a statistical perspective, what makes baseball such an amazing sport is that you can watch it your entire life and still see, on a.
I'm not sure what was more painful, watching this game in general or listening to Tim McCarver repeatedly trying and failing to pronounce "Tuiasosopo."
Another great tribute from Posnanski. Roberts was just a tremendous pitcher for his first 8 years (and had a second wave of very good pitching after joining the Orioles in.
Over at ID, I respond to some noodlings on baseball and naval force structure.
Cockcroft and Ravitz have a nice little article on the 30th anniversary of the first fantasy baseball league. The highlight of the story is the discussion of the best fantasy pitchers and hitters from each year, as well as the important rookie performances. My own...
East: 1. Phi 2. Atl 3. Fla 4. NYM 5. Was I suppose on some level the Phillies are more vulnerable than they might seem; they feel like a great.
East: 1. NYY 2. BOS (*) 3. TB 4. BAL 5. TOR I don't like it either, but let's start here: the Yankees were the best team in baseball last.
Watching Mike Jacobs up there hacking is almost enough to make me miss Daniel "the poor man's Ed Kranepool" Murphy....
Tomorrow is Opening Day! Please celebrate accordingly; I am also informed that some minor Middle Eastern mystery cult celebrates the encore performance of its demigod tomorrow by eating chocolate bunnies..
Over on The Corner, Andy McCarthy unwittingly claims that Democrats are morally superior to Republicans: I know we tire of the hypocrisy, but I really think this is remarkable. We.