Looking at the Game of Baseball from all ends of the Spectrum
How is Al Yellon from Bleed Cubbie Blue spending is off-season? Doing a daily countdown the top 100 Cub players. A daunting task if there ever was one. I’m linking to #89 Jerry Morales because I remember having that very baseball card as a kid. Git that caterpillar off your face, Jerry! I miss the … Continue reading “Counting down during the offseason”
How is Al Yellon from Bleed Cubbie Blue spending is off-season? Doing a daily countdown the top 100 Cub players. A daunting task if there ever was one.
I’m linking to #89 Jerry Morales because I remember having that very baseball card as a kid.
Git that caterpillar off your face, Jerry!
I miss the ’70’s when players could hit .290 with 11 homers and still bat in the heart of the lineup.
The same people behind The Baseball Zealot are very excited to bring you Baseball Zealot Radio! BZR plans to be a weekly podcast with the same kind of emphasis that The Baseball Zealot has. Co-hosts Shawn, Tedd, Todd, and Tom will touch on a lot of MLB topics throughout the of-season and into 2007. Our … Continue reading “The Baseball Zealot debuts Podcast”
The same people behind The Baseball Zealot are very excited to bring you Baseball Zealot Radio!
BZR plans to be a weekly podcast with the same kind of emphasis that The Baseball Zealot has. Co-hosts Shawn, Tedd, Todd, and Tom will touch on a lot of MLB topics throughout the of-season and into 2007.
Our debut show is an exciting one. Co-host Teddy Ballgame phones in from Arizona where he is soaking up the rays as well as covering the Arizona Fall League. Don’t miss this one!
Take a listen to our new endeavor.
The entry point to Baseball Zealot Radio is here.
The RSS feed is: http://www.baseballzealotradio.com/podcast.xml
If you enjoy columnists like Jim Caple, who love poking fun at baseball, then you must know about Yard Work, a blog that’s thick with warm and delicious baseball satire. The person(s) behind this site are geniuses, that’s the only way I know how to put it. Check out the entries “by” Rickey Henderson, my … Continue reading “Yard Work”
If you enjoy columnists like Jim Caple, who love poking fun at baseball, then you must know about Yard Work, a blog that’s thick with warm and delicious baseball satire. The person(s) behind this site are geniuses, that’s the only way I know how to put it. Check out the entries “by” Rickey Henderson, my favorites. Beware — some of the language is NSFW.
Dave Studeman from The Hardball Times has done something rather interesting. Call it a study of online behavior with one of the year’s best games as a backdrop. He’s taken the game between the Dodgers and Padres that went 10 innings (you know, the one with four straight dingers and Nomar’s game winning blast?) and … Continue reading “Commenting on a Great Game”
Dave Studeman from The Hardball Times has done something rather interesting. Call it a study of online behavior with one of the year’s best games as a backdrop.
He’s taken the game between the Dodgers and Padres that went 10 innings (you know, the one with four straight dingers and Nomar’s game winning blast?) and combined in chronological order some of that night’s comments from Padres blog, Ducksnorts as well as comments from Dodgers blog, Dodgers Thoughts. To give the comments context, he’s inserted game occurrences.
It’s rather interesting and somewhat humorous. My favorite comment:
DT: Gameday seems to be broke. It keeps on saying every Dodger hitter is hitting a home run. Major software bug or something.
*shrug* Maybe he was serious.
Anyway, check it out.
I just ran across First Inning, which bills itself as having “Insights on baseball player development”. Essentially, it is a resource on current minor league players. It has bios, career stats, game logs and brief summaries on all minor leaguers. You can search on a player’s name or browse by team. Those who take the … Continue reading “First Inning: A good resource for minor league analysis”
I just ran across First Inning, which bills itself as having “Insights on baseball player development”. Essentially, it is a resource on current minor league players. It has bios, career stats, game logs and brief summaries on all minor leaguers.
You can search on a player’s name or browse by team. Those who take the trouble to register (it’s free) will be able to track any minor leaguer they be interested in.
For those of you paying special attention to the rookies this year (as a APBA Leaguer, I know *I* am), here is something you might want to take a good look at. Bryan Smith of Baseball Analysts is summarizing those rookies who are in contention for Rookie of the Year. Check out his article entitled, … Continue reading “ROY watch”
For those of you paying special attention to the rookies this year (as a APBA Leaguer, I know *I* am), here is something you might want to take a good look at.
Bryan Smith of Baseball Analysts is summarizing those rookies who are in contention for Rookie of the Year.
Check out his article entitled, NL Rookie Countdown
I’m assuming an AL verison is upcoming.
Charlie Euchner is blogging about Little Leagues and will be covering the LL World Series. Check out The Early Show. Euchner is author of The Last Nine Innings and has now come out with a new book, Little Leagues, Big Dreams. I haven’t read his latest one yet. If anyone has had a chance to … Continue reading “Author Euchner blogging the Little League”
Charlie Euchner is blogging about Little Leagues and will be covering the LL World Series. Check out The Early Show.
Euchner is author of The Last Nine Innings and has now come out with a new book, Little Leagues, Big Dreams.
I haven’t read his latest one yet. If anyone has had a chance to check it out, let us know what you think.
Hmm… the Cubbies have picked up 2B Tony Womack and have designated him to Iowa. The Redleg Nation originally didn’t think much of this but commenters on the post beg to differ (on the whole). I really don’t know what to make of that. Does that mean Womack may be a good fit or does … Continue reading “Womack picked up by Cubs”
Hmm… the Cubbies have picked up 2B Tony Womack and have designated him to Iowa.
The Redleg Nation originally didn’t think much of this but commenters on the post beg to differ (on the whole).
I really don’t know what to make of that. Does that mean Womack may be a good fit or does it mean anybody, absolsutely anybody, will help the Cubs at this point?
I’m afraid it might be the latter.
With the Cubs season the way it’s going, podcasters Lou, Sheps, and Sneetch over at Cubscast.com need a little cheering up. So check out their latest Photo Caption Contest and make an entry. Winner wins a “Voice of Summer” DVD which features the late great former Cubs Broadcaster Vince Lloyd. I’m still thinking of my caption. … Continue reading “Cubscast.com’s ‘Hairy’ Caption Contest”
With the Cubs season the way it’s going, podcasters Lou, Sheps, and Sneetch over at Cubscast.com need a little cheering up. So check out their latest Photo Caption Contest and make an entry. Winner wins a “Voice of Summer” DVD which features the late great former Cubs Broadcaster Vince Lloyd.
I’m still thinking of my caption.
It’s worth the click just to see the goofy photo of Jerry Hairston Jr.
This is a baseball book by Charles Euchner. It’s the story of the last nine innings of the 2001 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Each chapter is an inning unto itself. Baseball people love baseball for what it has to offer in the spaces in between the action. Non-baseball people say the game is too slow. I’m a baseball guy, sometimes I find myself muttering, “baseball, baseball, baseball” under my breath. But this book is slow, long, & drawn out. There are problems with the facts, the author places rightfielders Paul O’Neill & Danny Bautista in leftfield and at least five typos I found. If the author had read his own book, I’m sure Euchner would have caught his errors. I had a problem with Euchner referring to Randy Johnson as a stud, while saying Scott Karl was a dud. Any player who makes it to the majors is not a dud! There was one theory the author brought to the forefront that there was no difference between balls put in play off Randy Johnson and Scott Karl, that more balls are put into play off Karl, and that’s why Karl allows more basehits than Johnson. Ridiculous! Good pitchers also control the balls put in play by where the balls come off the bat. On the upside, this book is an easy read and I found myself turning the pages to find out what happened. I recently turned 50 and sometimes have trouble remembering details. I also enjoyed learning about Steve Finley’s conditioning routine, it was far from the same old, same old.