Mets
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Mets Legend, Desi Relaford?
This happened yesterday, but in this Mets fan's defense, Desi Relaford 's best season was with the Mets. According to Fangraphs, Desi Relaford earned -0.7 WAR over his 11-year career, in spite of 2.0 WAR in his one…
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Bashing Duda's Gotta End
Photo by Jeff Curry/Getty Images For over a month now, I've noticed media members covering the Mets will disturbingly criticize Lucas Duda for taking too many pitches. On April 24th, Gary Cohen, one of the Mets' TV…
To Stubbs or Not to Stubbs
The Cleveland Indians made news last week by signing Michael Bourn to a deal worth at least $48 million over 4 years. The new-look Tribe now boasts one of the best defensive outfields in the game, featuring Michael…
The Under-.300 OBP / Over-.500 SLG Club
Recent Scott Hairston rumors have him deciding between the Braves, Phillies, Cubs, or either New York team any day now. I took a quick glimpse at his stats and thought "The under-.300 OBP and over-.500 SLG Scott…
Exciting Times for the Mets and Blue Jays
It sounds more and more likely that this Travis d'Arnaud for R.A. Dickey trade is going to happen. d'Arnaud: power and a strong arm Travis d'Arnaud is a top quality prospect, and the Mets fans should be pleased to land…
Rumors, Transactions, and Winter Ball
Here's what's been happening lately in the world of baseball... Julio Teheran gave up 1 hit & 1 walk in 5 2/3 innings two nights ago for Tigres del Licey. licey.com/archivos/Boxsc… #Braves — Bobby Aguilera…
What's Up with Mike Scott?
Surely, there are others who woke up this Thanksgiving morning and started looking at pitching stats from 1982. I'm starting a pitching project from 1982-present, and thought I'd share some early morning musings. Thirty…
MLB Attendance Trends
Since the All-Star Game is the proverbial midway point of the season, let's take a look at per game attendance trends of each Major League club, compared to last season. After the chart below, we'll try to make some…
Clearing the Notebook
It's hard to believe the first time we cleared the notebook of random thoughts was almost three years ago, in July '09. About twenty months later, in March '11, we did it again . We're officially accelerating at glacial…
Thoughts on the NL East
On an evening subway ride and a couple lonely bar stools, recently, I wrote about my feelings (about the NL East)... Philadelphia Phillies do not like In light of Jonathan Papelbon 's record-setting deal with the…
Jose Reyes: "No Hay Amigo"
Jose Reyes shows a different side here. Hey, it's a contract year. He's gotta show every tool, if he's going to take his talents somewhere to get more than $140 mill. Have you heard Jose Reyes drop Reggaeton rhymes? Big…
The Steve Phillips/Omar Minaya Post
At one point two Fridays ago, I was hit with a douse of inspiration to explore something that I knew would require a bit of exploring baseball-reference.com . ( No hard feelings if you don’t read this. It’s a lot.) As…
Mets Saluted by TruWarier
This goes out to a very special friendly reader. There are many reasons my Facebook url username is RonArtest91. ( http://www.facebook.com/RonArtest91 ) He's been one of my favorite players since I saw him play intense,…
April 11
Twenty-one years ago today, April 11, 1988, I was eleven years old and stayed home from school even though I don’t think I was actually sick. My Mom called the school and told them I was sick & couldn’t go. In my…
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