Yes. My evidence:What? All of a sudden, won-loss record isn't a fair measuring stick for pitchers? If we're not going to take records into account, what's the new standard?It's sad that a baseball reporter for the premier mainstream sports journalism organization can still, in 2007,...
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Tom Scocca, taking Billy Beane hatred to the predictable next level:Or, as Beane says elsewhere in the book [Moneyball]: "Power is something that can be acquired. ... Good hitters develop.
Mr. Kenny Williams:Reacting Wednesday to the blockbuster deal that sent power-hitting third baseman Miguel Cabrera and former All-Star left-hander Dontrelle Willis from the Florida Marlins to the Detroit Tigers —.
I haven't always agreed with Murray Chass's analysis of labor issues, but he's been doing great stuff about the exclusion of Marvin Miller from the Hall of Fame, this time by a committee stacked with Lords of the Realm after he was becoming to close...
Joe Sheehan (subscribers only) points out that it would be crazy for the Twins to trade Johan Santana for young pitching that hasn't proven it can handle a major league.
Gainer The Gopher sez: Slappy Who?One advantage to being in Canada right now is that sportswriters are much more preoccupied with such matters as the epochal Riders/Lions tilt and much.
I see that Derek Jeter's defense has become so wretched that the Gold Glove has finally gone to a good defensive shortstop instead. However -- because God forbid we go a year without a popular New York player winning a Gold Glove with his bat...
Since I've been a fan since I purchased the 1985 Baseball Abstract on a whim and among other great stuff saw that he published a hilarious attack on bane-of-my-youthful-Expos-fan-existence Bill.
On balance, I think this is bad news for the Yankee-hater. As a correspondent noted, Mattingly's candidacy can be summed up in two words: Alan Trammell. Hiring a guy whose.
Sweet, although I continue to believe that the Yankees aren't serious about staying out of the subsequent negotiations for his servies.Unlikely as it is, I like the Slappy-at-Shea idea...Mini-Steinbrenner:"It's clear he didn't want to be a Yankee," Hank Steinbrenner told the Daily News last night....
Tales of the Sea and Deposed Monarch series, that is. This has been a crazy, crazy month; hopefully I'll get back on track in November. As for that other Series,.
Now if they could only force them to bring Gagne in, things could get really interesting. Even Kaz's bizarre stolen base down 6-2 may have paid off, because if the.