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When you have Wednesday off work, Thursday is Monday. Considering that Monday sucks and that I never really got the hang of Thursdays, I'm just really off my game today. Maybe I'd feel better if opposing counsel in one of my cases were to call me and say he was going to "take a meat axe" to me....
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TUCK! toons goodness, right here, every ThursdayClick the title to read more.Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times.
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On Nov. 12, 1993, Bill Dickey died. The former Yankee catcher was an all-time great, a Hall of Famer, 11-time All-Star and career .313 hitter. Dickey also played on eight teams that won a World Series; only two players have more. But this week Richard looks back on the unfortunate souls not so lu...
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The number one overall pick in the 2009, Stephen Strasburg, signed for a record bonus just hours before the signing deadline. Although he missed the regular minor league season he has been throwing for the Phoenix Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League. Much has been made of his triple-digit fast...
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I wrote over at NBC this morning that I think Marvin Miller was a no-brainer for the Hall of Fame. Not everyone agrees with that. Not even some pretty damn reasonable people. Here are two perspectives. First Rob Neyer:I mentioned this morning that I'm still an agnostic regarding Whitey Herzog'...
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To anyone who cares, I just started my own blog based on my upcoming book, "Evaluating Baseball's Managers, 1876-2008". Original thinker that I am, the blog is called Evaluating Baseball's Managers. The blog's opening statement to the world is here. It's primarily to create awareness for my new ...
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Over the last couple years, and mitigated by the recent press over the issue, draft pick compensation has become a major, major part of the free agent market -- to the point where it is being overvalued.As a brief refresher, free agents are assigned one of three categories: Type A, Type B and unr...
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I’m not going to single anyone out, since we’re all guilty of abusing FanGraphs’ Wins Above Replacement metric. But I’ve been seeing cases pop up where it’s getting out of hand. So I’ve set up a few guidelines for how to go about using WAR responsibly. Do not break these rules, or I may call you ...
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Before we get to the posts, take a look at some amazing pictures of that Utah salt flat NASA tried to sucker us into believing was the moon forty years ago."If you look beyond the Yankees" there is no competitive balance problem in baseball. And if you leave out the killings, Washington has a ver...
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The Seattle Times' Larry Stone thinks that the Mariners should bring Ken Griffey Jr. back. There are many words, but it essentially boils down to this:I believe Griffey still has something to offer. He can tickle Ichiro, bring laughter to the clubhouse, hit an occasional bomb and take one more cr...
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What was the impact of the book that Billy Beane didn't write?Click the title to read more.Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times.
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There are some players in free agency who won't get as much ink as the higher-end players. No matter where they end up, Matt Holliday, Jason Bay and John Lackey will draw the most attention. But what about those middle- to low-tier free agents that figure to be in demand by many teams? Just becau...
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The working conditions are terrible. None of his colleagues do their job. The whole damn operation is a waste of time. I'm just waiting for the "I don't believe in nothin' no more, I'm goin' to law school!" post.Not that I don't see where Pearlman is coming from. Press boxes are bad places to w...
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You probably have to be in your mid-30s and had to have lived in Michigan in the mid-80s in order to care about this. Anybody know what John Wockenfuss is up to?Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times.
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Twenty years ago today the Berlin Wall fell. I'm obviously not equipped to do the event historical justice in this space, so I'll share my own shallow personal remembrance: I was in the 11th grade, taking an advanced placement government and politics class. The teacher was way more interested in ...
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Behind the scenes of all-"expert" fantasy drafts.Click the title to read more.Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times.
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These pair of third basemen are both coming off all-star seasons, and at 24 and 25 there is definitely more to come.Click the title to read more.Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times.
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Hideki Matsui. The silencing of several Phillies bats may have contributed as well.Click the title to read more.Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times.
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Just thought some out there in reader-land might be interested to know that Sean Forman of Baseball-Reference.com is doing a user survey to improve his site. If you have the time and inclination, click here to take the survey.Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times.
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A quick little THT Live blurb from Chris Jaffe passes along some information some might be interested in: Baseball-Reference.com is conducted a reader survey to figure out how to improve the site. For those interested, click below:
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I will continue to look at potential impact rookies for 2010 today with Indians right-handed pitcher Carlos Carrasco. Carrasco came over to Cleveland from Philadelphia as part of the Cliff Lee trade this past season. The 22-year old Venezuelan native entered the 2009 season as one of the top pitc...
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Today, all the cool kids are ranking Yankee title winners, so I thought I would, too. Since it's being done by others, there's no sense in making it a full article, so I'll just dump it in THT Live. I use league strength as a secondary factor, which is arguably the least honest way of looking a...
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ESPN plagiarised -- and then un-plagiarised and apologized for plagiarising -- a story on my NBC colleague Mike Florio's Pro Football Talk blog. Best part of it is the first comment on ESPN's article after the correction was made:Jesus... at least plagiarize a legitimate site... you're now poachi...
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From Washington Business Journal:The Washington Nationals, which finished its 2009 season with the worst record in baseball, recently laid off several people in the team's executive offices, according to sources close to the team. Two former employees, who asked not to be identified, admitted to ...
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At THT Live, Chris Jaffe ranks the 27 Yankee world champs from first to last. Added bonus: the pick for last is one that many will be sure to disagree with.
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As I was reading through old Baseball Digests on Google Books for an upcoming article series, I found this quote:"There's an American League joke which has a gag line: 'Switch to the National League and add five years to your career.'"Although it could describe modern baseball well enough, the qu...
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For reasons that aren't important, I took out a supplemental disability insurance policy a few years ago. I can't remember the terms and don't have the policy handy, so I got on the phone with my broker this morning and asked him if the fact that I'm not going to be a lawyer anymore makes a diffe...
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I'm sure you've all seen this by now:An officer approached Lincecum's 2006 Mercedes and smelled marijuana as the pitcher rolled down his window. Schatzel said Lincecum immediately complied with a request to hand over the drug and a marijuana pipe from the car's center console.Lincecum pitched a t...
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The Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals hooked up for an intradivision trade the day after the World Series ended, agreeing to send 3B/RF Mark Teahen to the south side of Chicago in exchange for 2B Chris Getz and 3B Josh Fields.This trade is certainly no blockbuster, but the trade appears to...
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I'd like to think that the announcement by Bugs & Cranks' Dave Chalk that he is quitting the baseball blogging business is dry humor, and that his leaving B&C is occasioned by another offer or a lack of free time or something as opposed to truly being disgusted with the sport. If not, it's simpl...
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Not yours:A court commissioner has denied Jamie McCourt's bid to be reinstated as the chief executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon ruled Thursday in Los Angeles there is no state law to support her bid.I hate it when judges cite B.S. reasons for ruling agai...
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