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 [...]
Archive of entries posted on January 2009
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Good Riddance 2008
The year is over, now I never have to see this again: Of course, I thought that the last time too.
