Dear White Sox: Choke on it. We're going to the playoffs. Love, Bob PS: that includes you, thome. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Usually we hear that defense is only a small part of the game, primarily of course because most ML players are pretty good defenders and the differences are...
I wonder if the 7% of balls Manny doesn't get to become less critical because of the very short area in left field where he plays. There's not much room for...
... Oh, but note that they're still hits instead of outs. It's clear that having a poor 2B or SS is a lot worse than a poor OF, but Manny is so far below the...
... Yeah, I think Fenway's LF is ideally suited for a LF with poor mobility. Manny plays the carom off the wall very well so few outs that turn into doubles....
//Oh, but note that they're still hits instead of outs. It's clear that having a poor 2B or SS is a lot worse than a poor OF, but Manny is so far below the...
... Not that I know of. Manny's range wasn't bad ten years ago, and even initially at Fenway. He has been dropping off steadily - it's really quite clear....
Great post, Gus. This fits into my supposedly absurd claim that Grady Sizemore is a more valuable player right now than Manny Ramirez has ever been for the ...
To our discussion about defense - sizemore totally pooched morneau's 2b. Totally should have had it. Todd [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... From: MK //In his age-24 season, Manny had 33 hr, 85 walks and 3 net sb[sb-cs]. With 25 games to go, Grady has 23 hr, 83 walks and 19 net sb. Manny's...
... Ah, but Manny was a pretty decent OF when he was with the Indians. The key is his zone rating has dropped by about .150 since then. Basically, Manny now...
... Or maybe jam the guy with the hand injury. All ten pitches were on the outer half! Nice 11th by the Tribe, let's see if it holds up. Might have to start...
And the Tigers lost. Division over. Todd _____ From: clesports@yahoogroups.com [mailto:clesports@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Buffum Sent: Tuesday,...
Pitchers Juan Lara and Ed Mujica, and IF Andy Marte. I home none of them play much. Also, Tigers are losing to the Sox, but they said tonight that Kenny Rogers...
Did you notice that Sabathia is scheduled to pitch against Santana again on Saturday. Of course it's a different Santana, but still that's 3 straight starts...
... Probably the best Indians teams -- aside from 1954 -- was 1995. Manny was 23 that year. His totalOps was 962. Sizemore at age 23 -- last year -- had a...
I've read some really dumb things before on CSML, but I'm sorry, only someone who was born, say, in 2000 would ever think that Sizemore was better at any stage...
Young son (not so young anymore) and I went to the game. Hafner's first inning blast was one of the longest I've ever seen at the dome...which was empty by the...
//Absolutely. One of those rare bad plays. The Indians again make an unknown look like Cy Young. He was afraid of the wall. Slowey, by the way, is the Twins...
... I didn't see it, but I have to think he was trying to score from first on a "double." Did you think Buscher's ball was gone? That ball was HIT. Joe's...
... CSML is really the wrong place to make stuff up as you go and hope nobody knows better. The Indians, back at the height of their greatness, scored 1,000...
