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Buster Olney Gets Phenomenological on Salvador Perez
Buster Olney, the sage of the "as told to" and doubter of all things WAR, has stepped aside from relaunching the productive outs crusade to share a philosophical musing of great import: KC Royals C Salvador Perez has a ton of presence, similar to what Sandy Alomar had. Seems like a natural...
Top 10 of '08: Bay in Boston; A Star? Is Born?, 8/1/08
via cache.daylife.com It's safe to say that the first day of August dawned with a number of conflicting feelings for Red Sox fans. I'm going to sell myself out as a big softy by telling you that I nearly considering crying for a few seconds. It was a potentially dark day. Franchise icon and...
Top of '08, #9: "Being" being "Being", 5/14/08
At the time, we were actually one run ahead, though we eventually lost the game. The stage is set: inning 4, @ Baltimore, Sox ahead 1-0 with Jon Lester on the mound. 1 out, 2 runners on, and Kevin Millar at the plate. He probably looked a lot like this: via i.pbase.com Millar hit a deep drive...
Drew and Manny, Sox Warriors.
via d.yimg.com You know. We've been told for years that Manny is a soft player, unwilling to play through pain and that his MBM antics result in him missing many games per season. "Being" is, of course, dealing with hamstring issues at the moment, and could easily beg out of the lineup. However,...
500
via d.yimg.com It's just a number. I've heard that a bit over the past couple of days. And those severely misguided individuals have a point: other than being a "nice round number", what does 500 mean that 499 didn't? That 501 didn't? That 237 didn't? And it's true. The HR itself was...
Wasted.
via www.fangraphs.com Summary: Can I be upset? We wasted a great start from Wakefield, a guy who is known for being a bit up-and-down. Credit to Bedard, who pitched extremely well, but we need to win all the Wake gems, and some of those in which he's not so excellent. "Being" did not hit #500....
Game Story: Blah. Blah. No. F. No.
The Catch: For baseball fans all over, this should make one recall Willie Mays and his over-the-shoulder catch. For non-Patriot/Giant football fans, you might think of Joe Montana - Dwight Clark. For Patriot/Giant football fans, probably David Tyree('s helmet). For Sox fans, and maybe O's fans,...
Settle In, Folks. We're going all over the place.
First... via www.fangraphs.com Summary: Two straight bad starts for Buchholz. Squeezed or not, a pitcher's primary weapon should be a well-located fastball. Buch hasn't had one for awhile, and the idea that he should go down to AAA to harness it/find one isn't one I'm against at this point. If...
Wakefield = Awesome. Timlin = Didn't Ruin the Awesome.
via www.fangraphs.com Summary: I pretty accurately summed up Wake's outing in the title. Sure, the Tigers offense is struggling. But I think any time Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, Curtis Granderson, and Carlos Guillen are limited to 1 hit in total (Granderson's was, of course, v. Timlin),...
Another Night of Soccer. Brought to you by the Jays and the Sox.
via www.fangraphs.com Summary: I don't even know what to say at this point. The Jays and the Sox have the best pitching since the I didn't care about actually looking that up. The Jays and the Sox also have the worst offenses, from the same timespan. There's no way to tell which statement is...
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