Comments on: The Baseball Knight … http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/ Curiously Long Posts Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:41:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Crashin’ through your windsheild of love http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-74338 Crashin’ through your windsheild of love Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:03:41 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-74338 [...] hitters of the most home runs? - actasports Future Expectations for Over-Performing Teams The Baseball Knight Ö - jposnanski Chaw in baseball: battling tradition for health - montanakaimin Willie Mays [...] [...] hitters of the most home runs? – actasports Future Expectations for Over-Performing Teams The Baseball Knight Ö – jposnanski Chaw in baseball: battling tradition for health – montanakaimin Willie Mays [...]

]]> By: Gary Carroll http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-36418 Gary Carroll Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:37:10 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-36418 Hi Joe, Jim Callis over at Baseball America just listed your baseball blog as his favorite so I am checking in to see for myself. I love baseball and the world of amateur prospects and minor league systems. I just wish the Yankees would get their act together as far as the June Free Agent Draft and the International Signing Period. Screw free agency and build from within. If they would spend the time and money to develop their farm teams and not worry about winning records on the farm. Iv'e been around since Butch Hobsen ended his career playing 3B for the Columbus Clipers, Ouch! Hi Joe,
Jim Callis over at Baseball America just listed your baseball blog as his favorite so I am checking in to see for myself. I love baseball and the world of amateur prospects and minor league systems. I just wish the Yankees would get their act together as far as the June Free Agent Draft and the International Signing Period. Screw free agency and build from within. If they would spend the time and money to develop their farm teams and not worry about winning records on the farm. Iv’e been around since Butch Hobsen ended his career playing 3B for the Columbus Clipers, Ouch!

]]> By: Ticket 4 SuperBowl http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-562 Ticket 4 SuperBowl Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:51:02 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-562 Cool comment. I hope you'll link to my site.. Bye Cool comment.
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]]> By: Kuri Me Bolac http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-489 Kuri Me Bolac Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:33:24 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-489 Joe: I went to graduate school in Bloomington, IN from 1978-86, and I can say without a doubt that the most entertaining thing on television was the Sunday morning broadcast of Bob Knight Show. I hardly ever missed one. Knight routinely humiliated the studio host, bought donkeys into the studio, and recreated various tantrums. His commercials for Setzer Buick and Mineweld were also gems. Joe: I went to graduate school in Bloomington, IN from 1978-86, and I can say without a doubt that the most entertaining thing on television was the Sunday morning broadcast of Bob Knight Show. I hardly ever missed one. Knight routinely humiliated the studio host, bought donkeys into the studio, and recreated various tantrums. His commercials for Setzer Buick and Mineweld were also gems.

]]> By: White Knight http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-484 White Knight Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:53:47 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-484 Glad to see someone is staying on top of things. Glad to see someone is staying on top of things.

]]> By: Steve http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-375 Steve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:24:12 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-375 Knight does get one thing wrong, however. He acts like Wedge leaving in Betancourt was a brilliant move (which it was) made because Wedge realized Betancourt was his best reliever (which he is). But I have to believe, if that was a 3 run lead, Borowski is coming in. Wedge has stuck by that all year, and he's not about to change now. Wedge didn't leave Betancourt in because he's our best reliever, he left him in because it wasn't a save situation. And I won't criticize Wedge now when we're winning, nor will I second guess him if we lose. He's done it all year, it isn't time to panic now. Knight does get one thing wrong, however. He acts like Wedge leaving in Betancourt was a brilliant move (which it was) made because Wedge realized Betancourt was his best reliever (which he is).

But I have to believe, if that was a 3 run lead, Borowski is coming in. Wedge has stuck by that all year, and he’s not about to change now.

Wedge didn’t leave Betancourt in because he’s our best reliever, he left him in because it wasn’t a save situation. And I won’t criticize Wedge now when we’re winning, nor will I second guess him if we lose. He’s done it all year, it isn’t time to panic now.

]]> By: Jay http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-371 Jay Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:12:02 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-371 Great post Joe. I am in no way a Knight fan, but it really should not come as a surprise to me that he thinks of things (and has pretty good insights actually) other than college basketball. It's too bad for me I guess that it did. Also, I wish someone would give the Bills' defensive coordinator Knight's note about the prevent defense. Great post Joe. I am in no way a Knight fan, but it really should not come as a surprise to me that he thinks of things (and has pretty good insights actually) other than college basketball. It’s too bad for me I guess that it did.

Also, I wish someone would give the Bills’ defensive coordinator Knight’s note about the prevent defense.

]]> By: Oddibe http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-367 Oddibe Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:03:58 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-367 Has anyone asked Rockies firstbase coach Glenallen Hill what he thinks of the name Spiders? He was the guy while with the Blue Jays that ended up on the DL after hurting himself during a nightmare about spiders. He was trying to fight them off and suposedly fell down some stairs and got pretty messed up. It's one of the all time oddest injuires in sports. Also, while people are talking to him could they ask him about his batting helmet he wears on the field. I know its because of Mike Coolbaugh's death, but does he know the type of helmet he wears would do nothing to prevent what killed Coolbaugh. Coolbaugh was hit in the back of the head and neck area, not the top of the head like Hill's old-school Gary Carter/Ozzie Smith batting helmet. Brian B. Liberty and Union out. Has anyone asked Rockies firstbase coach Glenallen Hill what he thinks of the name Spiders? He was the guy while with the Blue Jays that ended up on the DL after hurting himself during a nightmare about spiders. He was trying to fight them off and suposedly fell down some stairs and got pretty messed up. It’s one of the all time oddest injuires in sports.

Also, while people are talking to him could they ask him about his batting helmet he wears on the field. I know its because of Mike Coolbaugh’s death, but does he know the type of helmet he wears would do nothing to prevent what killed Coolbaugh. Coolbaugh was hit in the back of the head and neck area, not the top of the head like Hill’s old-school Gary Carter/Ozzie Smith batting helmet.

Brian B. Liberty and Union out.

]]> By: Brian B. http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-362 Brian B. Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:55:57 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-362 (And Joe, if you're able to moderate the parenthetical part of my above comment out of existence, please do. Life is too short for this.) (And Joe, if you’re able to moderate the parenthetical part of my above comment out of existence, please do. Life is too short for this.)

]]> By: Brian B. http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-361 Brian B. Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:52:32 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/10/18/the-baseball-knight/#comment-361 Joe: Do you endorse Knight's take on the prevent defense? It's been many years since I paid attention to football (I skip your Chiefs articles at your day job, sorry), so the main thing I remember on the topic is Bill James's defense of it when writing about - I think - the Law of Competitive Balance. His point, rightly or not, being that allowing the other team to march down the field was still a better idea, when far ahead, than allowing them a chance to lob a 60-yard pass. I have no opinion on the issue. Do you? Does anyone else here? *** (@ Oddibe/Kerfeld: yes, there were quite a horde of non-regular posters to the Wahoo thing. When it was just us regulars, almost everyone agreed with Joe, and you -- the one early dissenter and a frequent appearer on these boards -- seemed respectful. (I wrote a disagreeing reply to your post, but I mistook it for friendly conversation until you took it here to charge me with "ranting".) The people angry at Joe took your side. Doesn't mean you're wrong, but in your position I'd be too unsettled to bring it up again. Peace out.) Joe: Do you endorse Knight’s take on the prevent defense? It’s been many years since I paid attention to football (I skip your Chiefs articles at your day job, sorry), so the main thing I remember on the topic is Bill James’s defense of it when writing about – I think – the Law of Competitive Balance. His point, rightly or not, being that allowing the other team to march down the field was still a better idea, when far ahead, than allowing them a chance to lob a 60-yard pass. I have no opinion on the issue. Do you? Does anyone else here?

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(@ Oddibe/Kerfeld: yes, there were quite a horde of non-regular posters to the Wahoo thing. When it was just us regulars, almost everyone agreed with Joe, and you — the one early dissenter and a frequent appearer on these boards — seemed respectful. (I wrote a disagreeing reply to your post, but I mistook it for friendly conversation until you took it here to charge me with “ranting”.) The people angry at Joe took your side. Doesn’t mean you’re wrong, but in your position I’d be too unsettled to bring it up again. Peace out.)

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