Agreed, which is why I said "usually does well" rather than "automatically win." And whether someone agrees with Moneyball or not (I do more often than I...
I was surprised it was called a hit. The best angle they showed was from behind home plate. I think it was in real time, not slo mo. From there, it looked...
I only got to see game 2 last night on replay, so a day late I'm curious how the official scorers would have ruled the ball ARod did not field that led to the...
My mistake. I missed the "winner" part and was only looking at WS participants. For winner, we still have DiMaggio 47 and 49-51, Mantle 61-62, Koufax 65, and...
In 1937 Gehrig and Cochrane were the two highest paid players in baseball at $36,000 (although Cochrane also received a $9,000 bonus (which I assume was for...
Williams was not on a WS winner, he was on a WS loser. ... Williams was not on a WS winner, he was on a WS loser. On Oct 30, 2009, at 6:42 AM, Alan R. Holst...
I'm pretty sure I remember that the $100,000 salaries paid to DiMag, Willams, & Musial were publicized at the time, perhaps to demonstrate the generosity of...
DiMaggio was the first 6-figure salary earner, followed by Williams & Musial. Williams never won a WS, and Musial's last was 1946, surely before he had a top...
I also thought it was an "odd" question, but that's why I threw it out there; I read it on the website "aardvark." Many have tried to show that high-spending...
Catfish Hunter would have been the highest paid player in 1975, but the Yanks didn't win. Andy Messersmith may have surpassed him in 1976, but neither's team...
Manny Ramirez was the highest paid player in baseball in 2004. I think there were quite a few until the last 20 years. Besides Ruth (and later Gehrig) in the...
Yeah, I had forgotten about DiMaggio. I, too, don't really focus on what players earn. Of course it's really only relatively recently (say that 10 times fast!)...
Puckett signed his contract after the 1992 season. I'd guess it's happened a lot of times although I really don't pay attention to what players make. But...
Someone asked when, if ever, the World Series winner had the game's highest-paid player. Babe Ruth came to mind. Mickey Mantle was probably never the...
At first, this article http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/1065/sure-ryan-howards-pretty-good by Rob Neyer at ESPN.com seemed like another one of his...
Nor do I. To: baseballmn@yahoogroups.com From: SSmith2084@... Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:52:24 -0400 Subject: Re: [baseballmn] Mark McGwire I see no reason...
I see no reason why he shouldn't be allowed employment in major league baseball. Steve In a message dated 10/26/2009 5:17:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ...
My binomial theorem calculation, which is exact,showed 51.57%, Dan's Monte Carlo showed 51.55&, will within statitical error I would think. I didn't calculat...
Out of curiosity I ran a quick Monte Carlo simulation to compare a 2/3/2 series to a 2/2/1/1/1 series. Assuming the probability of the home team winning a...
Dear Baseball Experts, The surprise appointment of Mark McGwire as Cardinals hitting coach may pose something of a dilemma for MLB and Bud Selig. On the one...
I didn't mean a showdown of ugliness, simply that I thought I was seeing a "family resemblance". The ears and bushy eyebrows, maybe are what I was reacting...
... He started his interview with Jeter by pointing out that they haven't been to a World Series since 2003 and haven't won one since 2000. Jeter made a...
Nice way to open the post-game interview. By the way, when is the last time a sideline announcer has had anything cogent or insightful to say? Has it ever...
As far as Nats in WS being "plausible", I remind the group that I actually witnessed a World Series-bound St. Louis Browns team, and even (believe it or not) a...
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