It isn’t like this needed to be said. Folks have been giving up on the Royals for years now, but Joe Posnanski says it with passion and power. What are they doing out there?
Month: May 2006
One Night At The Trop – Deadspin
One Night At The Trop – Deadspin
The link takes you to a music video shot by the Gawker media critic at the Trop this past Wednesday. It’s funny.
Rock On
Ben Broussard’s Official Web-site
Somehow I missed that Ben Broussard released his first album last summer, as the Indians stumbled out of the playoffs. Judging from the sampler provided here he has a laid back Jack Johnson-ish sound, and with his hot start this year the record might make a nice present for his fantasy owners with mellow-rock tastes.
Do the Right Thing
MLB – Atlanta Braves/Philadelphia Phillies Box Score Wednesday May 3, 2006 – Yahoo! Sports
For the second night this week Rheal Cormier got the win in relief for the Phillies. This bothers me because last week in the Tout Wars claims I did the wrong thing and listed Elizardo Ramirez ahead of Cormier on my sheet. My thinking had something to do with Ramirez’s good game at Washington earlier in the week, but despite his good control the chances of Ramirez having ongoing success are pretty small because he can’t dominate hitters at all. At his best, with the Reds’ juggernaut behind him, he gets a win or two with passable qualitatives. Meanwhile, a reliable middle reliever like Cormier isn’t going to hurt you, and in a week like this one may help a lot. A reminder why it’s better to play safe, rather than try to catch lightning in a bottle.
The Good Phight
Phillies phans, thanks to this blog and Retrosheet, get a closeup look at just how clutch their heros are. And clearly the goal has to be to get every baseball fan their own at home Retrosheet database.
AL Hitter and Pitcher of the Month
No point in digging deep into Jason Giambi’s numbers since mid-season last year, yet, but he was certainly the dominant AL hitter in the second half last year and the has continued in that role this spring. I continue to have difficulty ascertaining whether it was steroids that made him a great hitter and an MVP or not. Certainly the braying of those who thought his accomplishments all came because he was juiced has died down, but we don’t seem to be any closer to agreeing about what steroids can do to improve a hitter’s performance. Assuming Giambi is clean now, since he’s surely tested regularly, how can he continue to rank among baseball’s best hitters?
The Upcoming CBA and the Battles Within It (Part 1)
Maury Brown does a good job of explaining how increased revenue sharing came to be, and hits the nail on the head with his conclusion. The real question he doesn’t take to the end of the road is why we’re better off with 30 major league teams, rather than real big-league teams in the top 16 markets and a system of Quad-A affiliates in contracted cities like Minneapolis and Kansas City and Miami and, uhm, Oakland.
Do I have the cities wrong? Competition is good, no?