Thursday Bird Droppings
by Stacey on Jan 7, 2010 7:00 AM EST
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Roberto Alomar On Not Being Voted Into Hall Of Fame: 'I Was Shocked' - SB Nation
Ken Davidoff got Alomar's reaction to not getting voted into the HoF. -Stacey
Hoiles talks about Alomar
I always like an opportunity to hear from Chris Hoiles. I just wish I could actually have heard him. Hearing him give an interview was always fun. -Stacey
Baseball Hall of Fame: Umpire John Hirschbeck backs Roberto Alomar - baltimoresun.com
Just a reminder that Hirschbeck himself feels that Alomar should be in the HOF. -zk
Who is the next Yankee HOFer? | River Avenue Blues
An interesting opinion on Mike Mussina. While he's certainly not a shoo-in HoF he does merit discussion. It's been commonly assumed among Orioles fans that if he does go it, it will be as a Yankee, but this Yankee fan disagrees. -Stacey
Bullfrogs' event to feature Berken | Green Bay Press-Gazette
Are you in the Green Bay area? Stop by the 4th annual Green Bay Bullfrogs' Hot Stove event featuring Jason Berken! Just $10 for the brat fry buffet. Yum. -Stacey
MLB discusses global series with Japan | MLB.com: News
The World Series champions from Major League Baseball could face the champions of Japanese professional baseball in a regular Global World Series under a plan being discussed by the two countries. -Stacey
Around town - chicagotribune.com
Now it can be told. Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. confessed he often called pitches from his third base position on the Orioles. "Waited a long time to let that secret get out," Ripken said this week on WGN Radio's "Sports Central" show. -duck
The Schmuck Stops Here: Chat wrap: Orioles Q&A with Jeff Zrebiec
Read a full transcript of Wednesday's live Orioles chat with Baltimore Sun reporter Jeff Zrebiec. Jeff answered reader questions about trade rumors, Felix Pie's role in 2010, whether the club may pursue former Oriole Miguel Tejada and more. -duck
Report: St. Louis Cardinals to be paying Matt Holliday through 2029
If anyone is still smarting over the O's not making a big play for Holliday, note that the Cardinals will be paying him $1.6M per year from 2020-2029. Relatively speaking that's not a huge sum, but sheesh. -Stacey
In hot stove news: the Red Sox traded Casey Kotchman to the Mariners for Bill Hall, a minor leaguer, and cash, thus relieving their corner infield glut. They're still stuck with Mike Lowell, though. Hot shot Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman appears to be close to signing a deal. Teams still listed as interested are the Angels, Yankees, Orioles, Blue Jays, Red Sox, and Athletics. And the Braves signed Eric Hinkse to a one year deal. Hinske has been to the World Series the past three years with three different teams, so look out for the Braves in 2010.
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Again, it’ll take a few ballots for Moose to make his case, and there’s a good chance he never gets in. But if he does, I bet he dons orange and white.
Or, you know, orange and black.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I have to agree
As weird as it is after all the venom, Mussina was just better for longer in Baltimore:
3.88 ERA and 1.212 WHiP in 1553 innings in New York (123-72).
3.53 ERA and 1.175 WHiP in 2009.2 innings in Baltimore (147-81).
If he had won a World Series with the Yankees it’d be different, but as it is, Mike Mussina should always be remembered as an Oriole.
"I like baseball, movies, good clothes, whiskey, fast cars ... and you. What else you need to know?"
Man
Looking at those numbers – he did pretty awesome with the MFYs too. I bet a lot of MFY fans remember him as sort of a bust with them, but a 1.212 WHIP and 123-72 is pretty great.
Oh yes
totally underrated pitcher
"I like baseball, movies, good clothes, whiskey, fast cars ... and you. What else you need to know?"
his last year really helped him there
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
He should absolutely go into the HOF
and as an Oriole, since he pitched more and better in Baltimore, plus he’s a product of our farm system. Any thinking that he should go in as a MFY is typical arrogance.
Nationals GM Mike Rizzo said he is still looking for starting pitching and to improve his team’s defense, according to MLB.com’s Bill Ladson.
How about Adam Dunn for Luke Scott? See, that was easy.
I admittedly know very little about Japan's pro league
But I have to assume that the yankee team that just won the WS would absolutely destroy whoever won for Japan. This partly based on the fact that many of their superstars come here to play, while none of ours would go over there. And partly based on the idea that they couldn’t possibly field a team that could compete with those janks, or even the Phillies.
MLB
teams used to do barn storms through Japan I think. Can’t remember whether it was like all-star teams or the world series winner though.
Well Babe Ruth and Gehrig both went to Japan
So it wasn’t like you had minor league teams barn-storming over there. Anyone who wants to know more about Japanese baseball should read You Gotta Have Wa. I read it a little bit before Philly won the series last year, and it made me a fan of Charlie Manuel.
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
by the fix is in on Jan 7, 2010 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
PICTURE of Babe Ruth in Japan
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
by the fix is in on Jan 7, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
This partly based on the fact that many of their superstars come here to play, while none of ours would go over there.
Larry Bigbie can be considered nothing less than a superstar!
Librarians are hiding something
by dfa on Jan 8, 2010 2:28 AM EST up reply actions
Brian Roberts is officially a veritable doubles machine.
So I just got The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. Appalled by the HoF voting yesterday, I decided to see what James has to say about Edgar Martinez. At the end of the brief article on Edgar, he lists “the top ten players of all time in doubles per 162 games”. #1 is Ed Delahanty, at 46.1. Edgar is #6, at 44.
Those didn’t seem that high to me, since we have B-Rob, so I decided to run his numbers. 318 career doubles / 1,135 career games * 162 games = 45.39, which puts him third or fourth on the list. (The book was last updated in late 2000 or early 2001, which is why B-Rob isn’t there. I don’t know if anyone else should be on the list now.)
I ran a few more numbers. If B-Rob were to manage to hit 50 doubles again this year (which is a lot, I know) in 155 games, he would be the new all-time leader in doubles per 162 games. Neat, huh?
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
That would be awesome.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Jan 7, 2010 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
Tide or Longhorns?
I got Bama 31-28
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Jan 7, 2010 5:21 PM EST reply actions
Did your TV break the week of the SEC CSG?
because Bama put up some pretty fine numbers against UF which has a top 10 D.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Jan 7, 2010 6:25 PM EST up reply actions
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