Is Daniel Murphy the poor man's Dave Madagan, or David Segui without the defense and steroids? Either way, can the Mets really pretend that the guy can be a regular first baseman? Especially since his baserunning combines the footspeed of Mo Vaughn with the instincts...
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Performance this year notwithstanding, this is a beautiful picture for any Mariner fan:
The answer, of course, is "no." While it's true that Theodore Roosevelt favored spelling reform, one assumes he wasn't thinking of his own name as a candidate for revision. This.
Moralistic hand-wringing about steroids is frequently accompanied by somewhat extravagant claims about the dramatic impact they have/had on individual player performances and the game itself. In the thread below, we get this from IB (who generally manages to avoid drug war moralism about steroids in...
The only thing I can say about the Manny story is that at least it's better than the ever-so-fascinating speculation about whether the 26th-best QB in the league will one.
Um... this seems like outrage for the sake of being outraged. The point about taxpayers subsidy of athletic stadiums is reasonable, although it would be kind of absurd to have.
Obviously, Rivera is by far the greatest closer in major league history, but I'm not sure that should mean that for every six pitches you throw out of the strike zone three should be called strikes, which makes getting that last out a lot easier....
The only way this could have been any sweeter would have been for a pigeon to fly in right before the first pitch and relieve itself on Jeter's cap.I should.
To follow-up on Neyer's excellent point about the idiotic Team Marketing Report, the one that he quotes (despite the large amount of discretionary purchases it includes) is actually a little.
It's been a bad day for baseball, with the death this morning of legendary Phillies announcer Harry Kalas, and now the sudden passing of Mark Fidyrch. Fidyrch, who was only 54, was killed in an accident on his farm. I was 16 and a fanatic...
1. Captain Richard Phillips is freed after a brief firefight. Fabulous news, indeed. 2. Aaron Harang goes nine, strikes out nine, allows three hits and no walks against the Pirates..
Via DMZ, I learn that this year, the Metro shuttles that connected park and rides to Safeco field before and after Mariners games will no longer exist. The Mariners paid.