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New York Yankees: Bill James’ 2010 Projections

JC over at Sabernomics hits us with the Hitter and Pitcher projections from The Bill James Handbook 2010. I've always thought that the Bill James projections were wildly optimistic, but they're still interesting to look at. I wanted to see what this system has to say about the players on the Yankees who haven't quite established their talent level yet. Let's start with a topic I've drilled home too many times, the options in center field. Brett Gardner: .277/.368/.375 with a .338 wOBA; 4.1 RAA per 600 PA. Melky Cabrera: .278/.341/.407 with a ...

Cup of Coffee: Part 5

This segment is taking forever, but I’m having a good time so I’m going to stick with it.  Here we go, part five. Deacon McGuire:  McGuire is not a huge name these days, but for a while, he held numerous Major League records including, most seasons played, games caught, and assists made by a catcher.  McGuire debuted in 1884 with the Toledo Blue Stockings and caught his last game with the Tigers in 1912 at the age of 48.  When it was all said and done, McGuire played 146 games for ...

World Series: Still Your Daddy

The fighting Philadelphia Phillies eliminated the Dodgers in the NLCS 4 Games to 1 and await the winner of the Yankees and Angels in the ALCS. The Yankees currently lead the Angels 3-1 and could wrap it up tonight. Let’s not count the Angels out just yet, but with some some heartbreaking extra inning defeats to the Yankees early in the series, I think the Angels can not recover. So that leaves us with the heavyweight showdown between the Yankees and the Phillies in the World Series. Let’s look at some of the ...

Why Major League Baseball Is for Old People

Professional baseball is at a crossroads. I truly believe that. I don't have any data and no one has conducted a study on the sport that I know of. It's just a gut feeling. I'm a casual fan of the sport. I'm a die-hard Yankee fan. I follow them religiously but I don't follow the other teams with the same intensity. There are certain teams who I keep my eye on like the Cubs, the Dodgers, the Phillies, the Giants, the Mets, the White Sox, ...

ALCS: New York Yankees Can Chase Demons Tonight Against Angels

There were four references to the 2004 ALCS in one hour of SportsCenter this morning. Your friends who are Red Sox fans have joked about the series on Facebook and Twitter since Tuesday. If you step outside your home or office, there's probably a single-engine plane flying overhead with a "2004 ALCS: You Blew It" message tailing behind. You had to expect this. This is the Yankees' first opportunity to clinch an American League pennant since the team's infamous collapse against the Red Sox five Octobers ago. It would be weird ...

Have Steroids Permanently Tainted Major League Baseball?

Steroids have been a cause for concern in the baseball world for the past decade. Thinking about all the great names that have been mentioned in the Mitchell Report such as Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco, Sammy Sosa, Mark Mcgwire, Jason Giambi, Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, and many more, it puts a significant dent in the sport itself. With the increasing popularity of steroids being distributed among baseball players in the Major and Minor Leagues, no one knows what to expect. There is no doubt about it that the use of ...

Why CC Sabathia Is Not the Yankees’ Greatest Free-Agent Pitcher Ever Signed

I find it funny that Yankee fans are already proclaiming that CC Sabathia is the greatest free-agent pitcher signing in team history. I'm including amateur free agents and players who have already pitched professionally. Colin Linneweber of Bleacher Report offers an article titled "CC Sabathia's the Greatest Free-Agent Pitcher the Yanks Have Ever Signed." He offers quotes from Joe Girardi and Mike Scioscia of his performances in the 2009 postseason. Sabathia has had a stellar postseason going 3-0 with a 1.19 ERA, but last time I checked Sabathia has only been in New ...

Blind Justice: Tim McClelland Could Call Game Five Of The ALCS Blind-Folded

When an umpire blows a call in a baseball game, critics are always quick to forgive. Many argue that is just the human element of baseball. But when an umpire like Tim McClelland and his crew mess up more than one call in a single game, let alone a playoff game , fans and baseball critics start to wonder whether the umpiring crew is even qualified to call certain games.  On Tuesday night, Tim McClelland blew two calls. The first blown call was calling Nick Swisher out, when he was clearly not ...

The Men in Black

One star has taken over the headlines and drawn all the attention on themselves this post-season. It’s not Alex Rodriguez, not Ryan Howard…I’m talking about the umpires. The officials have taken centre stage during the playoffs this year and have caused more controversy than ever thanks to some botched calls and just plain flat-out mistakes. This was evident as ever as I was live-blogging last night’s Game Four of the ALCS. The umpires and crew chief didn’t screw up one call , not two calls , ...

The Men in Black

One star has taken over the headlines and drawn all the attention on themselves this post-season. It’s not Alex Rodriguez, not Ryan Howard…I’m talking about the umpires. The officials have taken centre stage during the playoffs this year and have caused more controversy than ever thanks to some botched calls and just plain flat-out mistakes. This was evident as ever as I was live-blogging last night’s Game Four of the ALCS. The umpires and crew chief didn’t screw up one call , not two calls , ...
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