"Derek Zumsteg should be ashamed to have such comprehensive knowledge of the history of cheating in baseball. Pete Rose gave me two to one odds this book would become a classic." -- Allen Barra, author of The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant
"Derek Zumsteg should be ashamed to have such comprehensive knowledge of the history of cheating in baseball. Pete Rose gave me two to one odds this book would become a classic." -- Allen Barra, author of The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant
The Community Projection sheet for Felix Hernandez has been sent to the masses, as we’re moving on to the pitching staff beginning today. Before you go entering your projections, however, read Jeff’s little rundown on projecting doubles and triples. Because we’ve got some plans for the projections once they’re all done, we need [...]
Baker’s got a long bit on what pitching to contact means and how he sees that working out.
Pitching to contact means trying to get ahead in the count by throwing strikes and letting the ball get hit if it has to be hit. It means avoiding the “nibbling” syndrome that sees too many pitchers [...]
Jerry Brewer at the Times offers a horrible, horrible column that looks at Hargrove through the rosiest lenses ever put on a reporter.
Let’s say this now: It’s not Hargrove.
If the Mariners have a laundry basket full of problems, clean Hargrove last. His seat may be hot enough to make fajitas on, but this season shouldn’t [...]
Folks, prepare yourselves, because the following quotes came from a major league manager, Manny Acta. I’m not excerpting Baseball Prospectus here - this is one of Mike Hargrove’s peers uttering these statements:
Defense: “A big part of defense is positioning. We are not going to be letting these guys do most of these things [...]
A New York state grand jury investigation started kicking off arrests, going after internet pharmacy operations. What’s the tie? The investigators are already leaking names
From the Albany Times Union:
The Times Union has learned that investigators in the year-old case, which has been kept quiet until now, uncovered evidence that testosterone and other performance-enhancing drugs [...]
PI: Two displaced players act optimistic. Sexson has goals. Moore continues to chase down former Mariners to fill column inches, this time cornering Alex Rodriguez.
Anyway, moving on… in the Times, trying to make boring drills interesting, and trying to make a story about that interesting.
But in Baker’s Blog, there’s this
Manager Mike Hargrove wants added focus [...]
112 people chimed in, and the results are official - you guys couldn’t hate Jose Vidro any more if he kidnapped your children and sold them to be raised by Britney Spears.
Community Projection: .270/.333/.380, 447 AB, 22 2B, 0 3B, 9 HR, 40 BB, 2 HBP, 51 K
High: .292/.370/.443
Low: .223/.278/.281 (a few were [...]
From the PI blog:
”We’ve spent a lot more time on base running, and we’ll continue to do so,” Hargrove said. ”The one thing that bothered me was when we’d run into sure outs. I don’t mind if we’re out because it took a perfect throw. I can accept that.
”But when we’re so aggressive that [...]
ESPN’s going to have a webchat with Kenji sometime between 1-2 our time (see comments: the worldwide leader in sports got the time zone wrong in their initial announcement)
They’ll almost certainly turn it into Insider content once it’s over, so you’ll want to get in while the getting’s good.
Possible question topics (no guarantee we get [...]
Today, we say something of a goodbye to a friend of the blog. Corey Brock, who has spent the last year as the Mariners beat writer for MLB.com and before that worked at the Tacoma News Tribune, is switching roles to cover the beat of the San Diego Padres, effective today.
My first [...]
