The year is over, now I never have to see this again:
Of course, I thought that the last time too.
Archive of entries posted on January 2009
Things Not Worth Talking About For Very Long
1) Should Joba Chamberlain be in the bullpen?. No he shouldn’t, he should be starting games so he can have performances like these a lot: vs Red Sox, Padres, Blue Jays. The curve to stikeout Ellsbury is my favorite.
2) A salary cap. If you used the same calculation as the NFL does for a salary [...]
2009 Baseball Hall of Fame Voting
JANUARY 4th UPDATE: Beyond the votes to everyone’s articles and blog posts (and whatever that is Murray Chass has since it’s not a blog), I have put together a spreadsheet of all this information which you can find here. The Chicago guys are the biggest contingent so far and they all really love Andre Dawson [...]
Rampant 2009 Bullpen Speculation
First off, out of pretty much nowhere the Yankees bullpen was actually pretty good last year. The bullpen ERA was 3.79, good for fifth in the AL and 7th in all of MLB. Mariano Rivera’s minuscule 1.40ERA (which translates into a ridiculous 317ERA+) helped with that to be sure, but they got pretty good performances [...]
The Man Not Voting For Rickey Henderson
While searching around the internet for votes I missed in my big old round-up I came across Mr Corky Simpson.
Here is his ballot:
* Bert Blyleven
* Andre Dawson
* Tommy John
* Don Mattingly
* Tim Raines
* Jim Rice
* Alan Trammell
I don’t mean to be cruel to an old man (he is 88!) but how can you leave Rickey [...]
Chicago Tribune Writers 2009 Hall of Fame Ballots
The Chicago Tribune has made the ballots of all their qualified writers public for the 2009 Hall of Fame. I’ve seperated it from the big post of everything because it’s so much.
It includes my absolute favorite “bad” ballot of the year in Dave Van Dyck. Look for him bellow, here’s the listing with links to [...]
Got seven million dollars lying around? Well, you can use that money to buy Bobby Abreu’s apartment! I guess that means the Mets aren’t signing him. It is a nice place but I sadly do not have that sort of cash (or credit) at my disposal.
The AL East Is Ridiculous
The Rays just signed Pat Burrell to a 2 year/16 million dollar deal. That is insanely cheap, and he will presumably be their DH since Crawford is a Tampa institution in Left Field and they acquired Matt Joyce to play Right Field. The lineups for the top three teams in the AL East now look [...]
The First Two Prime 9s
The first episode of Prime 9 is “Best 9 Center Fielders”. Going in I figured they would mostly follow the Bill James list and not really do anything interesting or controversial (which is funny because James’ CF rankings are considered controversial).
Here is their list:
9 – Kirby Puckett
8 – Jim Edmonds
7 – Duke Snider
6 – Ken [...]
Tyler Kepner Report On Pettitte
In some ways, Andy Pettitte is no different from the dozens of other free agents to start the new year without a team. Players all over baseball are waiting for better offers, and teams are searching for bargains.
Andy Pettitte was offered a one-year, $10 million deal, a 37.5 percent decrease from his $16 million salary [...]
