Poking my head above water for a few hours… the first installment of this year’s JAWS analysis of the Hall of Fame ballot is up at Baseball Prospectus. In this one we cover seven infielders, including Mark McGwire, Alan Trammell, and the Lil’ Bastard, Chuck Knoblauch. I’ll be hosting a chat starting at 2 PM …
Safely ensconced in our new Brooklyn apartment, I took a lengthy timeout or three from burrowing away at my winter work to plug the Hall of Fame candidacy of Tim Raines. The BBWAA ballot was announced on Monday, leading me to pen not one but two Baseball Prospectus Unfiltered posts as well as my SI.com …
A few quick links from earlier this week before I head off on my European vacation: • In Wednesday’s New York Sun, I wrote about the demise of the Mariners. A couple of early paragraphs were apparently cut, one for space reasons, the other because the transition kinda sucked. Warts and all, here’s the director’s …
In today’s Prospectus Hit and Run, I turn my attention to the re-revamping of the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Veterans Committee. Changes to the New VC, which has gone a self-congratulatory 0-for-3 since it was last restructured — were announced a couple weeks back, but amid the Bonds home run chase, the trading deadline, and …
I could quibble with the headline (“Stats Geek: Clemente, Waner almost an even match”), but once I learned that it was the title of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Brian O’Neill’s regular offering and not another example of a P-G writer pejoratively yanking my chain (I tip my cap to Gene Collier’s phrase “seamheads on crystal math” …
Rockin’ the blockquote: Last night, Sammy Sosa hit his 600th home run, becoming just the fifth player in baseball history to do so. Ironically, he hit it against the Chicago Cubs, the team for whom he walloped 545 of those homers, including 243 over a four-year span. While that barrage arguably made him the game’s …
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Lovely win for Yankees last night to take round two of the Subway Series against a reeling Mets club that looks as though all nine players are channeling Jay Payton’s brain waves. Seriously, Carlos Delgado forgetting how many outs there were was just one more ugly moment for a team that’s been in vaporlock for …
On Tuesday, the Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the results of this year’s Veterans Committee voting. The new VC — which has taken the process out of the hands of 15 senile men in a smoke-filled room, accountable to nobody, and put it in the hands of the living Hall of Famers, Spink and …
• The results for the 2006 Hall of Fame voting have been announced. Not surprisingly, Cal Ripken Jr. (98.53 percent of the 545 votes) and Tony Gwynn (97.6 percent) were elected. Ripken appeared on the most ballots ever, but had “only” the third highest percentage behind Tom Seaver (98.83) and Nolan Ryan (98.79). • Rich …
With all kinds of deadlines bearing down upon me, I’m in a rush to finish my JAWS series before the Hall of Fame announces the voting results on Tuesday. Today’s installment covers the 13(!) outfielders on the ballot, including personal favorites Eric Davis, Jay Buhner, Paul O’Neill and Tony Gwynn. It’s been ages since I …