For those who have blogs or other stuff like that, please don't let this info/discussion go any further than this forum. I got some interesting insights into...
... Interesting anecdote(s). Could it be that WHIP is used extensively in arbitration hearings nowadays, so even "harmless" singles that can be turned into...
Maybe the way they've been playing he is worried about his job after all they dont fire 12 bad pitchers with high ERA it the manager and pitching coach. ...
Tonight Detroit's Francisco Cruceta's pitching line was 1/3 IP, 1 K, 1 pitch. He relieved Denny Bautista with two out in the last of the eighth with an 0-2...
http://bronxbanter.baseballtoaster.com/archives/970360.html The top ten look reasonable. Among works of fiction, I enjoyed The Universal Baseball Association...
I was disappointed not to see my brother's book "Even the Browns", which is mentioned favorably by Bill James in his historical abstract (1'st editiion,...
And doggone, the Old Coaches Joke Book by Pike Garrity (ISBN 0- 9619505-4-4, available from Milkees Press, http://milkeespress.com) didn't make it. ... ...
... with 2 strikes. Two rules cover situations in which a new batter or pitcher comes in during a plate appearance (and I've pasted in those rules below). ...
The Herkimer kickball team lost 7-3 tonight as designated-rock paper scissors person S. Thornley also lost for the second straight week, causing the Herkimer...
I'm not sure how many of you noticed this, but Albert Pujols scored the winning run in the top of the 9'th Monday night by scoring from 2'nd on a 4-3...
... scored ... from ... time, ... base ... how ... can't ... of ... My first thought upon reading this was that Pujols may have been running on the pitch, and...
I just saw the replay. It was a slow roller to second that the second baseman charged, fielded, and threw to first. Pujols was running all the way, never...
The closest I came to seeing the play was at a distance as I was working our on a machine at our fitness center & there was a TV screen showing various...
Yes, now I've found the replay on internet, & it's exactly as Stew describes it. My earlier view was from a distance, & not accurate. Why was Pujols running?...
Here's an excerpt from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch account of the game. It does seem that Pujols was thinking of stealing third. On second base after a...
... accurate. ... want ... If you can find a St. Louis newspaper on-line, there might be an explanation. Glenn Gostick would say that you should never make an...
Pujols actually has decent speeed, and was successful on 23 of 27 base stealing attempts in 2005 and 2006. Then in 2007 he went only 2 for 8 on stolen base...
Well, nothing much went right for the Cardinals in 2007. Maybe Pujols' new-found Cobb-style (or Pepper Martin-style) baserunning will spark a comeback in...
This is a very interesting analysis, but as usual I have a couple of comments. In deciding whether to try to advance from 2'nd to 3'rd, the runner should not...
... of ... the prob of scoring from 3'rd times the prob of being safe. . . . Of course, if the runner pauses to go through all this he's a dead duck. Which...
The Twins have asked me to come up with 25-30 memorable Metrodome moments (baseball only) for a calendar. I have to ask them a few more questions, such as if...
I remember Tom Brunansky hitting the only inside-the-park grand slam against the Brewers in the '80's. ... From: stewthornley To: baseballmn@yahoogroups.com ...
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... against the Brewers in the '80's. I had that in there (1982), then took it out, but I might put it back in. I also added Greg Gagne hitting two...
... game at ... Could be worth mentioning (two homers and triple). The Twins had two openers, the first actual game and the first regular-season game, and I...
I saw Ben Oglivie hit what I think still stands as the longest homer in Metrodome history. It was in mid-summer 1983, and traveled 3/4 of the way up the upper...
... in Metrodome history. It was in mid-summer 1983, and traveled 3/4 of the way up the upper deck in right field, as I recall (hit off of Brad Havens?). ... ...
Below is what I've come up with so far. Thanks to everyone for your help. I'm going to confirm all the details, but if anyone spots anything that doesn't...
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