"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
Can’t find a full lineup yet, but apparently Turbo’s hitting 5th and Wlad’s 7th, so why not guess at the rest, it never changes.
CF-L Ichiro!
2B-R Lopez
LF-L Ibanez
3B-R Beltre
DH-B Vidro
1B-R Sexson
RF-R Balentien
C-R Johjima
SS-R Betancourt
Sorry about that disappearance, guys - technical snafu. But we should be good to go now.
Clement and Balentien officially up, with Norton and Wilkerson going away. Wlad is the new starting RF, and Clement will probably DH vs right handers for now.
There’s a few different topics of conversation here. Here’s [...]
I’ve got a post up over at Fangraphs in my continuing attempt to get people to realize that Adrian Beltre is a quality player, and at this point, he’s almost certainly underpaid.
Seriously, where would the M’s be without him right now? .309/.409/.553, 16 walks and 14 extra base hits, and some terrific defense [...]
Neither Wladimir Balentien nor Jeff Clement is in the line-up for the Rainiers tonight. John McLaren told Geoff Baker today that they’ll be up “sooner than later”. You do the math.
Silva v Carmona. 4:05 our time.
CF Ichiro
2B Lopez
LF Ibanez
3B Beltre
DH Vidro
1B Sexson
RF Wilkerson
C Johjima
SS Betancourt
Carlos Silva and Fausto Carmona both carry the sinkerballer label, but they are total opposites. Silva isn’t really a groundball guy anymore, but just throws a ton of strikes and hopes the results work out for him. Carmona throws [...]
No M’s, so listen to the Rainiers play New Orleans starting… just about now.
Robert Rohrbaugh vs Joselo Diaz. And yes, Jeff Clement. Still.
With an off day to think about what’s happened during the first month of the season, the Mariners front office has one question that looms above everything else they do.
How long do we give _________ until we decide that we should get someone else?
It’s unavoidable. The question is everywhere.
The team isn’t [...]
From the dictionary:
n. (over-mach)
A contest in which one opponent is distinctly superior.
April 27, 2008, 2nd inning:
Fastball, 95: ball
Fastball, 94: called strike
Fastball, 95: foul
Fastball, 96: swinging strike (out)
Fastball, 94: foul
Fastball, 97: called strike
Fastball, 96: swinging strike (out)
Fastball, 96: called srike
Fastball, 97: foul
Curveball, 82: called strike (out)
That was just way too much fun.
