Thursday, August 30, 2007

Leadoff hitter

Phonso Soriano saw 16 pitches in 5 at bats last night. The Fonz saw 8 in 4 at bats the night before. Does this make anyone else crazy? Ben Sheets blister problem was a ticking time bomb, and we could not make a special effort to make him throw a few more pitches?!? Maybe our leadoff hitter will figure out patience when he hits 37.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Hall of Famer?

This guy is a hall of famer?
Rizzuto
What a classic example of a bullshit east coast bias. I have never been one to harp on the Santo argument since I like that the Baseball Hall of Fame actually is selective, but the veterans committee elected this guy before ours? Both were stellar fielders. Rizzuto's stats did suffer a bit because of sitting out for the war, but Rizzuto only went to 5 all-star games, starting 2. This is in an era where there were only 8 starting shortstops in the entire league! Santo's stats also suffered because he was limited by his diabetes. At any rate, here is a set of stats from a more deserving player:
#10

Friday, August 3, 2007

My New Desktop Background

Check out this Frickin' Cool Map

The Nationals' territory should be restricted to the DC, but they do have cool hats. I think it'd be even cooler if they did this map based on website traffic. I suspect the Yankees territory would get real big.