My Michael Jackson post prompted some Facebook-based reminiscence from my friend Tim, recalling the junior high school Saturdays in which we’d head down to Crossroads Mall in Salt Lake City to spend our allowances on records. I do remember one time we went off the beaten path to the distinctly Mormon-flavored Sam Weller’s Zion Bookstore …
Like everyone else, I was surprised and saddened by the death of Michael Jackson yesterday, capping a surreal day of celebrity demises that also claimed Farrah Fawcett and garage rock legend Sky Saxon. I’m old enough to remember when Thriller hit the racks and was all the rage; I didn’t have a copy, but my …
It was a weird week for the Prospectus Hit List in that I worked ahead considerably so that I could enjoy a night out with my wife for her birthday. Then of course I found that three players whose slumps I’d highlighted — the Tigers’ Magglio Ordonez, the Rangers’ Chris Davis, and the Reds’ Willy Taveras …
Something that keeps coming up in the mainstream reporting surrounding Manny Ramirez’s return, and something I’ve been asked about in radio spots — it came up in today’s Toledo hit — and in the BP piece‘s comment thread, is the idea that his rehab stint is a) unique to his case and b) a violation of …
A few weeks back, I was in Minneapolis for the wedding of my wife’s cousin, and at some point during the festivities, the wedding of the bride’s father came up in conversation. It took place on June 25, 1977, which also happens to be my wife’s birthday (the birthday girl was the flower girl for …
Today’s Prospectus/Insider twofer covers the Phillies’ odd home-road split: On Sunday, the Phillies fell to the Orioles for their second consecutive sweep and third straight series loss at the hands of an American League team. Though they remained atop the NL East, the defending world champions finished their latest homestand with a 1-8 record, their …
In today’s Prosepctus Hit and Run, I examine how the Dodgers have stayed afloat since during Manny Ramirez’s suspension, an analysis that took a close look at Juan Pierre: …Ramirez is eligible to return to the Dodgers’ lineup on July 3, and barring a major collapse over their next nine games, which come against three …
For the Baseball Prospectus/ESPN Insider soup du jour, I join forces with Will Carroll to examine Alex Rodriguez’s struggles, which saw him benched for Friday and Saturday’s games amid an 8-for-55 June swoon that dragged his overall line down to .212/.370/.462. Here’s a taste: The schadenfreudians might believe that Rodriguez is receiving a cosmic comeuppance …
As something considerably less than the world’s biggest Keith Hernandez fan, I certainly didn’t expect to find myself watching and enjoying Rob Perri’s just-under-20-minute short film, “I’m Keith Hernandez” — at least until I read the synopsis at the website: Part baseball documentary, part anti drug film, part socio-political satire, I’M KEITH HERNANDEZ utilizes a …
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So Joe Posnanski is pulling his hair out over a 522-word blog entry from Harold Reynolds — about OPS and how slow runners clog the basepaths — that at least one reader has termed “Worst. Blog Post. Ever.”? Been there, done that, right down to the part about it taking two hits to score Jason …