I like Joe Morgan. I know that’s the wrong thing to say on a blog. I know Joe has said some pretty wild things through the years. I know that he doesn’t always seem as up to date on current players as, you know, the lead commentator for ESPN should be, and I know that there are countless documents over at Fire Joe Morgan about why he’s not especially incisive about the game, and I know my buddy Bill James has written ... Read More
OK, so here’s the deal. Obviously I’m working on the look of this blog. There are important reasons for this move that I cannot divulge at the present time.* Unfortunately ... 1. I have no idea what I’m doing. 2. I have no idea how to not know what I’m doing behind a wall ... so this is like a spectator sport, you can watch my stupidity at work. Just keep hitting refresh on your computer and whammo, see my next mistake. 3. I have no ... Read More
OK, yeah, so here’s another new look for the blog ... I’ve been intrigued for a few weeks now about trying to create a magazine look around here. I ran across this cool template -- it’s called the “Massive News Theme” and it as created by Jason Schuller, who I obviously don’t know but he is apparently kind enough to give out his templates for free. I imagine your complaints will have already piled up by the time I wake up, but ... Read More
Start No. 16: Vs. Colorado Rockies Innings: 7 Hits: 3 Earned runs allowed: 0. Strikeouts: 5 Walks: 6 (Yikes!) Homers: 1 Extra base hits: 1. Decision: Win (7-6) Number of pitches: 113 Number of strikes: 66 BABIP: .176 (3 for 17) Season BABIP: .286 Well, Banny made it pretty clear after his last outing against St. Louis that he worked too much in the strike zone -- he felt like he had to do that coming off a career-high 127 pitch performance. That wasn’t a problem on Monday; he walked ... Read More
As you know, one of the missions of this blog is to add new words to our grand American language. So far, we have tried to add: Jeterate (JEET-ur-ayt), verb, to praise someone for something which he or she is entirely unworthy of praise. Clemenate (KLEM-a-nayt), verb, the act of hating an athlete in an entirely healthy, fun sports way (rather than hating them in a crazed, stalking, loaded gun, insane sort of way). Perquist [PURR-kwist], adj., a golf shot that does not go into ... Read More
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