November 2010
Quick Hot Stove Thoughts
The baseball Free Agent spending economy looks healthy again with the Tigers recent signings and this ludicrous 3 year / 21 million dollar contract from the Dodgers for Juan Uribe . I knew Uribe was making millions with…
Best Players in Their Prime
We introduced the topic of players in their prime this past weekend. We analyzed 109 position players, younger than 29 at next year's All Star Game, with Major League experience. In Sunday's Players in Their Prime post,…
Players in Their Primes
Let's begin with what this is NOT. This is not a quasi mock fantasy draft. We're not ranking players with a view on fantasy baseball. We are not necessarily arguing that any of these players will be better in 2011 than…
Week 12 NFL Picks
We don't have much time for NFL talk this weekend. We're a bit involved in a project for friend of the blog, Graham Womack , of Baseball Past and Present . Graham got in touch with me after reading our " Hall of Fame's…
Thanksgiving Day NFL Picks
This week, we've been working on a pretty neat analysis of baseball players in their primes. There should be some interesting new tidbits on guys ranging from Miguel Cabrera to Brett Wallace . As we look at today's…
Victor Martinez, Bo Diaz, & Catching 101
This morning, Ignacio Serrano of El Nacional newspaper in Venezuela broke the story that Victor Martinez was leaving Boston to sign a 4yr/$50 million deal with the Detroit Tigers. There is some confusion that V-Mart…
Jamie Moyer & The New Greybeards
Last week, we found out that Jamie Moyer was shut down from the Dominican League because of his 2nd elbow injury since July. Many expect Moyer to retire, but he intends to pitch again, even if he needs Tommy John…
Chris Archer & The Shackles of Hope
Being a Cubs fan is an exercise in futility. From somewhere deep within, there is hope. Outside circumstances surrounding the Chicago Cubs may make it so that our hopes are more, or less, noticeable. During the Jim…
Week 11 NFL Picks
Last night, the Bears avenged 1985 as both Weino and I predicted. The Bears are 7-3, but I'm not a believer. I used to believe in the Bears, even when they were terrible. Then, I became a realist, especially on defense.…
Hot Stove Notes: Benoit, Nishioka, Red Sox
As we showed during last week's unveiling of our Top 100 Free Agents post, we thought very highly of the Tigers' new relief pitcher extraordinaire Joaquin Benoit. $16.5 M buys a lot in Detroit We listed him at #12,…
King Felix as Jules Winnfield
Have you seen these photos? Courtesy of @ OctagonBaseball , here are shots from an ESPN Mag shoot of the Mariners' Garrett Olson and Felix Hernandez dressed as Pulp Fiction 's Jules and Vincent. Felix is the best.…
Rookie of the Year Ballots
It occurred to us last night that at the conclusion of this year's regular season, we posted our picks for the Cy Young and MVP winners but failed to enter a ballot for the AL and NL Rookies of the Year. I guess R.O.Y.…
The Best Teams to Miss the World Series
Last week, we took on the challenge of finding the best team to miss out on playing in the World Series . When looking at teams of the past 100 years, the discussion begins and ends with the 2001 Seattle Mariners.…
Week 10 NFL Picks
Last night's Ravens @ Falcons game got us into an 0-1 hole to start our Week 10 Picks. The point spread was not even an issue, as I got this tweet out a couple of hours before game time: "Although I love the "You are…
Top 100 MLB Free Agents
About a month ago, we listed the Top Free Agents by position . Our opinions haven't changed much in the past month, but here we are going to try and rank the whole group. Go grab a drink and settle in, here we go... No.…
Best Jersey Shore Yankee Fans GIF
Since these Yankee fans became folk heroes, there have been a few GIF images created of the moment. I think I liked this one the most ( let's hope this works ): Update: Click on image to open a new page with GIF
NL Gold Glove Ballot & Prediction
Just about everyone was dumbfounded to see Derek Jeter win his fifth Gold Glove yesterday. Do the National League Gold Glove awards have any surprises in store for us this afternoon? The results will be released at…
Another World Series Challenge?
So, who's the best team to miss out on a World Series appearance? It could be the same question as which are the biggest postseason upsets, but we're going to look at it from this perspective. Which are the best teams,…
Greatest Years in Worst Lineups
Not to get all cyber stalkerish on JoeBlogs , but there was a quick thought in the Weakest World Series Winners since WWII post that we mentioned in our EvRA post , that we thought was worth looking into. Joe's counting…
Posnanski's Every Run Average
This past week, our favorite writer, Joe Posnanski had a great run. He produced more than a handful or columns, including four that really stood out. Here is Joe's Sparky Anderson eulogy , a ranking of the weakest World…
Week 9 NFL Picks
For the record, we think gambling is stupid and dangerous. That being said, here are our Week 9 picks! Ndamukong Suh!!! Lions +4 vs Jets Texans +2.5 vs Chargers Bucs +8.5 @ Atlanta Saints -6.5 @ Carolina Bills +3 vs…
SF Giants Chapmionship Parade
Last year, we were lucky enough to attend the New York Yankees championship parade in the Canyon of Heroes. Here is a link to our photographic retrospection from 12 months ago. It felt cool because I took all of the…
Stop Smoking Weed, Bill Walton
Sorry about the required sourcing, but we clicked on this tweet from @ yardbarker " Bill Walton: Carmelo Anthony is not 'a great player' http://bit.ly/diYRZc (via @ BallJunkie_com ) ", linking to this post from…
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