The miserable record of the closers in the post-season calls into question the whole concept of the copycat use of one by managers even if they don't have a...
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Nov 16, 2009 5:48 pm
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Cy - I'll take a wild guess and say Vern Stephens... Â Monte Cy - I'll take a wild guess and say Vern Stephens... Monte...
Mike Dillon gave Ichirio as the answer to my question of the other player who had 3 seasons with both 300+ TBs & 300+ times reaching base. Ichiro had 1 season...
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Nov 16, 2009 2:01 pm
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Ichiro? ... From: cyrilmorong@... To: hornsby@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 10:17 PM Subject: [hornsby] "300" hitters The list...
The list below shows the all-time leaders in seasons with 300+ TBs and 300+ RB (times reaching base, H + BB + HBP). I removed one player from the list, who is...
cyrilmorong@...
Nov 16, 2009 4:17 am
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It appears that really only two closers did any good at all, Fuentes and Rivera..Franklin's ERA was solid, and it's tough blowing a save with an unearned...
    Of the eight teams that entered postseason play this year, seven suffered at least one devastaing loss in a crucial game because their ace closer did...
   We should have 10 or 11 people at our meeting next Thursday at Third Base. Michael Bass will have a trivia quiz and Tom Wancho will have a ballot for...
Monte Cely asked: "Cy - is 15 of 71 out-of-line with the number of southpaw pitchers that are/have been in the majors? That's 21%, which would equate to 2.5...
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Nov 12, 2009 2:31 pm
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Cy - is 15 of 71 out-of-line with the number of southpaw pitchers that are/have been in the majors?  That's 21%, which would equate to 2.5...
NO! ... From: cyrilmorong@... To: hornsby@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, Nov 11, 2009 1:59 pm Subject: [hornsby] Left handed pitchers in the Hall of Fame...
By my count their are 71 pitchers in the Hall but only 15 are lefties. Should lefties be held to a different, lower standard since they have to face more right...
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Nov 11, 2009 8:00 pm
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I subscribe to the SABR group on LinkedIn and there was a post today from a woman who said she had the first edition of the subject book available for sale....
... didn't Billy Martin once punch out Gameboy at the Cattlemen's Grill in Arlington? Â Seriously, the Veteran's Committee just can't seem to find a "happy...
Read this at your own risk http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/game-boy-makes-the-toy-hall-of-fame/1371311 After the Gold Glove voting was announced,...
cyrilmorong@...
Nov 11, 2009 1:58 pm
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Bill: I'll put a ballot together for our next meeting. tom ________________________________ From: hornsby@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Bill Gilbert Sent: Tue...
Tom Wancho
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Nov 11, 2009 12:52 am
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   In his work on Win Shares, Bill James stated the following: The Win Shares method, developed by Bill James in 2002, is a complex method for evaluating...
I think the strike cost McGriff at least 7 HRs so he would have made 500 without it. If he had, that might bump up his chances quite a bit. Cy Morong...
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Nov 10, 2009 1:44 pm
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Larkin has deserving stats and dominated his position for his era and compares favorably with all-time shortstops. He gets in./ck ... From: Michael Bass...
I vote for Oliva and Madlock. As for Molitor, I think he gets a bad rap because of his DH-ing. Funny thing. I remember him as one of the most fielders in...
If you do a simple scaling of McGriff's homerun total based on his games played versus Murray's games played, McGriff would be sitting at 606 HRs, not that he...
I saw a link to this on ESPN.com. Early thoughts on the 2010 Hall-of-Fame candidates. http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/11/08/hall-of-fame-thoughts/ Jan...
Hey all! I will be working on the evening of November 19. My work schedule, especially now that Christmas is looming, is erratic, but I hope to be able to...
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