Sons of Sam Horn, consider this a Roger Clemens fastball aimed right between the eyes: “Let’s talk baseball. Here’s the deal. I will chat on baseball questions given here, answer as best I can. Now these need to be real, REAL baseball questions. Not what’s your favorite park, city, mound etc.. But serious fan questions …
Here’s some wishful thinking: when your team is combing the Census Bureau records of deceased persons to winnow the list of possible lefties to whom you might extend spring-training non-roster invitations, you’d hope that the front office could dredge up one whose last good, injury-free season was more recent than 1996. But Donovan Osborne has …
Rob McMillan has been a great resource for those of us covering the Dodger sale lately, and I’ve quoted him here recently. Now he’s taking it one step further in the form of his own blog: 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers Double Play Blog. Note to self: “You see what happens when you encourage these people?” …
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It’s all about the Benjamins today… • No sooner had I done my Yankee payroll update than the news about Drew Henson started trickling in. It’s a done deal now; the Yanks have released Henson from his contract, saving themselves $12 million over the next three years for a third baseman who wasn’t even an …
It’s been awhile since I updated this, so I decided to crunch some numbers with my morning coffee. Here are the Yankees’ payroll obligations for 2004 and beyond. Much of the info comes from the MLB Contracts Page which hasn’t been updated in quite awhile. I’ve done the best I could do to raid the …
Frank McCourt’s controversial bid to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers came to an end Thursday when the sale of the ballclub was unanimously approved by the other 29 (oops, 28) team owners. I’ve said all I could say about this issue, mustered perhaps more passion for the franchise than I have been able to in …
Somewhere Red Sox Nation is cackling maniacally over their voodoo dolls, because the big news here in New York is that Yankee third baseman Aaron Boone may miss the season due to a knee injury which could be a torn ACL. Even Yankee fans who remember Boone’s World Series struggles were less than heartbroken; as …
Alex Ciepley is unique among baseball bloggers — to the best of my knowledge he’s the only openly gay one around. The Brooklyn-dwelling Ciepley keeps a blog called ball talk that focuses primarily on the Chicago Cubs, and not in a “Sammy Sosa is soooo dreamy” kind of way. As passionate and articulate a fan …
The complete Defense Independent Pitching Statistics for 2003 are now available at the link above. I didn’t invent DIPS (Voros McCracken did), I haven’t improved it (except by using actual Batters Faced Pitching instead of estimating, as Voros did a few years ago), and I’m not here to spend time defending it (I’ll leave that …
Aside from commentary on my recent Baseball Prospectus work, the most common subject of my reader email these day is Defense Independent Pitching Statistics (DIPS). As in, when is DIPS 2003 coming? Where is DIPS 2003? Are you publishing DIPS 2003? Why haven’t you published DIPS 2003? I’m pleased to announce that after focusing my …
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