Late Night Royals Links: Greinke's Slider and Curve, Stats & Authority, Ireland Robbed, Castrati
by Will McDonald on Nov 19, 2009 10:00 PM EST
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You know its a good week when two of Greinke's pitches get specific breakdowns.
Baseball:
- Hot stove myths (or not) - SweetSpot Blog - ESPN
- Reward Retrospective - 1985 AL MVP - Right Team, Wrong Player - Beyond the Box Score
- Orioles Card "O" the Day: Paul Bako, 2007 Topps Updates and Highlights Red Backs #UH306
- Ryan Doumit and the Prospect of "Selling Low" - Beyond the Box Score
- Scouting Braves First Base Prospect Freddie Freeman - Talking Chop
- The Greatest Reds: #42 - #39 - Red Reporter
- Kazuo Matsui's Weird Splits - The Crawfish Boxes
- Faces: Chip Ambres - Lookout Landing
- Twins, Washburn Continue to Make Eyes At Each Other - Twinkie Town
- Yes, They Really Did Close The Upper Deck At Wrigley In The 1970's (A Photo Essay) - Bleed Cubbie Blue
Grab Bag:
- We played like lions, but South Africa will miss a hell of a guest - Soccer, Sport - Independent.ie
- The music of the castrati. - By Jan Swafford - Slate Magazine
- LRB · Michael Wood · Presence of Mind
- Jenn Sterger has parlayed a TV appearance into a career - ESPN
- How Einstein Divided America's Jews - The Atlantic (December 2009)
- Big Two-Hearted Iowa River - Black Heart Gold Pants
- Screenshots from the Ball State game - Red And Black AttackScreenshots from the Ball State game - Red And Black Attack
- YouTube - Drive (The Cars)
- Dailymotion - Dana Carvey Show - Skinheads From Maine - a People & Family video
- Belichick, Stats, and Authority | FanGraphs Baseball
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Ireland Should Be
Robbed; daily; repeatedly; forever. I don’t even know why.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Nov 19, 2009 10:05 PM EST reply actions
Did I step into a time portal into 1913 or something?
Look out for polio!
by Soria's Unibrow on Nov 20, 2009 1:57 AM EST up reply actions
So I read that thing about the 1985 MVP
And looked at the WAR database.
George Brett had a 9.6 WAR in 1980. In 117 games. Holy cow.
The Best Year
For a position player in my memory. It seemed like he could do whatever was needed at any time except stay on the field. Full season projections are historical.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Nov 19, 2009 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
wow...
so like 13-14 WAR had he played a full season… crazy
by Will McDonald on Nov 19, 2009 10:16 PM EST up reply actions
I have the numbers, been lazy about writing it.
This is the WAR projected to 700 PA, George’s season projected to be the 19th greatest season ever.
Rank Name WAR700 Year WAR PA
1 Ross Barnes 15.29 1872 5.2 238
2 Ross Barnes 15.15 1876 7.4 342
3 Babe Ruth 14.8 1920 12.9 610
4 Babe Ruth 14.78 1923 14.7 696
5 Rogers Hornsby 14.51 1924 13 627
6 Babe Ruth 14.22 1921 14 689
7 Barry Bonds 14.14 2004 12.4 614
8 Mickey Mantle 14.11 1957 12.5 620
9 Ted Williams 14 1953 2.2 110
10 Barry Bonds 14 2002 12.2 610
11 Mickey Mantle 13.96 1956 12.9 647
12 Babe Ruth 13.77 1919 10.6 539
13 Fred Dunlap 13.47 1884 9.2 478
14 Gates Brown 13.46 1968 2 104
15 Ty Cobb 13.41 1910 11 574
16 Jeff Bagwell 13.28 1994 8.9 469
17 Joe Morgan 13.27 1975 12 633
18 Babe Ruth 13.23 1927 12.8 677
19 George Brett 13.23 1980 9.6 508
20 Barry Bonds 13.22 2001 12.5 662
21 Walter Johnson 13.17 1925 1.9 101
Jeff Zimmerman - Protecting the world from RBI's and Wins from my mom's guest house.
by Jeff Zimmerman (TucsonRoyal) on Nov 20, 2009 12:31 AM EST up reply actions
#21 is very interesting
I had no idea Johnson was that good a hitter. If he came anywhere near those batting stats consistently (again, I’m too lazy to look it up), he’s clearly the second-greatest player of all time after Ruth. They should have used him as a pinch-hitter between starts.
And #17 is my favorite player ever. When I played Little League (not very well) I flapped my arm just like Joe did. I wanted to play second like Joe, but they put me at third, mostly because I wasn’t afraid of the ball, and Little League 3Bs play way in.
It's pronounced Poo-ZHOLS in Catalan.
yup
all that cocaine makes a guy immune to regression to the mean
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at FanGraphs.
Can't get enough of me? Check out my Twitter feed.
by Matt Klaassen on Nov 19, 2009 11:01 PM EST up reply actions
Hey it's free agent signing time now!
Have we signed anyone bad yet?
Kansas City Royals: your 2006 and 2007 NL Central champions!
We won't sign anyone for a couple of days.
We have not had a chance to bid ourselves up.
Jeff Zimmerman - Protecting the world from RBI's and Wins from my mom's guest house.
by Jeff Zimmerman (TucsonRoyal) on Nov 20, 2009 12:59 AM EST up reply actions
BRETT TOMKO NOW!
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
by RoyalsRetro on Nov 20, 2009 11:22 AM EST up reply actions
Jorge Campillo
Minor league deals are good. Probably a reclamation project at 31 with shoulder issues.
Don't Stop Believing!
Before the soccer match,
This happened:
http://irishsoccerinsider.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/french-and-irish-fall-out-over-box-incident/
Funniest thing I’ve read in a long time. Before reading, you should know that the president of France is kind of short…
Crazy that euro football has yet to adopt some form of instant replay
I would have loved to have seen Robbie Keane in the World Cup, maybe the best post goal celebration this side of Billy White Shoes Johnson.
by Nighthawk at the Diner on Nov 20, 2009 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
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