So, I’m back. Sorry about essentially missing the last three weeks. I had a week of vacation, followed by a week of moving, followed by a week of EIW (early interview week, for those not law-school inclined). But, classes start again on Tuesday, and a more regular schedule will be far more conducive to more [...]
Archive for August, 2008
State of the ‘Pen (2nd ed.)
Posted in State of the 'Pen, tagged Boof Bonser, Brian Bass, Craig Breslow, Dennys Reyes, Eddie Guardado, Jesse Crain, Joe Nathan, Matt Guerrier on August 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Quick Update
Posted in Game Wrap on August 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, I’m back from vacation, but since I’m moving on Saturday, suffice it to say that I probably won’t be blogging regularly until next Monday or Tuesday.
I do want to thank everyone that checks the site, and I promise to do better starting next week!
Playing with the Outfield; Problems Caused by Cuddyer (NOMY)
Posted in On My "List", Predictions and Hobnobbery, Thoughts, tagged Carlos Gomez, Delmon Young, Denard Span, Dmitri Young, Jason Kubel, Michael Cuddyer, Mike Lamb, Randy Ruiz, TV announcers on August 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(Note: This post is mostly an expansion on posts I left here and here today. I wanted to take the space to thresh out the ideas more fully, so here you go.)
(NOTE: I will be going on my first real vacation in several years on Saturday, and thus might not have another post up for [...]
Apparently Safeco Field is built on top of Union Station, and I am fascinated by rare pitches.
Posted in Predictions and Hobnobbery, Thoughts, tagged Francisco Liriano, Mechanics of Baseball, R.A. Dickey, Teams of Yore on August 7, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Is there anything more distracting than nearly constant train whistles as one is trying to pitch? I know I was gritting my teet the whole time I was watching this whole series. My favorite moment of the series was yesterday, when R.A. Dickey accidentally threw a 52-mph eephus pitch by accident when a train whistle [...]
Worst. Inning. Ever.
Posted in Game Wrap, tagged Brendan Harris, Brian Buscher, Delmon Young, Scott Baker on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So. The third inning was arguably the ugliest defensive inning of the season for the Twins. No errors show up on the box score, but there were at least three judgment calls for the official scorer.
Brendan Harris – had a slow line drive hit almost right at him… and let it roll out of his [...]
Well… that was painful. A look at the ‘Pen.
Posted in Blown Calls, Game Wrap, On My "List", Thoughts, tagged Boof Bonser, Brian Bass, Craig Breslow, Dennys Reyes, Glen Perkins, Jesse Crain, Joe Nathan, Kevin Slowey, Matt Guerrier, Mike Lamb, Pat Neshek, Ron Gardenhire, TV announcers on August 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The bullpen needs help. There, I said it. We have seen, over the past few weeks, the decline of a few of the former studs of our bullpen, ending in the release of Juan Rincon, who was considered by some to be the best setup guy in baseball a few years ago. Now we are [...]
In other news…
Posted in Thoughts, tagged About Me on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I apologize for not having a game wrap post up tonight; I imagine that there are many others that will have great info on what happened. But I just wanted to let you all know what is going on with me that is making blogging, well, painful.
About four months ago, before I started this blog, [...]
A Note on Sexism in Sports Blogging
Posted in Thoughts, tagged Bloggers on August 2, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Edit (Sunday, Aug. 3, 1:12 am): Daymonster, the author of the post that prompted this post and much other discussion, has resigned from Alright Hamilton!. While some people might think that is the end of the “controversy,” it is just the end of this one instance. Sexism is very real in the world, on the [...]
I’m baaaack… And so is Liriano. Also, an addition to my “list.”
Posted in On My "List", Thoughts, tagged Boof Bonser, Francisco Liriano, Kevin Slowey, Livan Hernandez, Manny Ramirez, Randy Ruiz, Scott Baker on August 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Okay, so after the Yankees series, I had to take a break. I have said before that I am a law student, and this week was bidding period for Early Interview Week (EIW), which is an incredibly complicated process. For those non-law students among you, EIW is the last week before classes where rising 2Ls [...]
