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On a holiday, non-directional thoughts 'cause I'm stalling thinking about going outside to work on a woodshop project and man it's 83 already.
What Would Jesus Drive?
Some good -- and funny -- answers here.The Other Wrigley Field
A great history of LA's Wrigley Field from Sports Hollywood. And don't miss their two-part history of the Hollywood Stars. Great stuff from a colorful era in local baseball.Damn, Edmonds Is Good
No kidding. How's Adam Kennedy hitting these days?
Comments:
yea.. too damn hot. at least I'm getting a good laugh reading "futureangels" make another idiotic argument about how kennedy for edmonds was a great trade. I've mentioned it before, but the level of stupidity on the angels message board almost makes me want to root for another team. almost.. but not quite :)
mattkew
mattkew
# posted by 
: 9/06/2004 11:20:00 AM
: 9/06/2004 11:20:00 AM
oh, and this from our misguided skipper. per gammons,
"Mike Scioscia on the worth of Erstad, Varitek, et al: "Sometimes your best player isn't the best player, at least statistically. The players all know Erstad is our best player, just as anyone who manages against the Red Sox knows Varitek is their best player, or Jeter is the Yankees' best player. Paul Lo Duca isn't far from that category, as well. People tell me that we'd be better with someone other than Erstad or David Eckstein, and I know otherwise. If they want someone else, fine, find someone else to manage." Not that Scioscia has to worry, because Bill Stoneman gets it."
mattkew
ugh..
"Mike Scioscia on the worth of Erstad, Varitek, et al: "Sometimes your best player isn't the best player, at least statistically. The players all know Erstad is our best player, just as anyone who manages against the Red Sox knows Varitek is their best player, or Jeter is the Yankees' best player. Paul Lo Duca isn't far from that category, as well. People tell me that we'd be better with someone other than Erstad or David Eckstein, and I know otherwise. If they want someone else, fine, find someone else to manage." Not that Scioscia has to worry, because Bill Stoneman gets it."
mattkew
ugh..
# posted by : 9/06/2004 11:27:00 AM
: 9/06/2004 11:27:00 AM
Stephen is a good guy but I fear he fails to see the forest for the trees sometimes; his defense of Erstad borders on the comic. Erstad is a very good centerfielder -- offensively and defensively -- but a well-below-average offensive first baseman. He's come back a bit this year in the second half -- .340/.389/.473 is actually pretty decent, ignoring the paucity of walks -- but he's historically had a hard time keeping that kind of production going. Stephen also likes the thoroughly discredited "productive outs" statistic, which I find simply incomprehensible; as with Soviet-era "geneticist" Trofim Lysenko, Olney and STATS, Inc. start with a conclusion and manipulate the data to fit the theory. Regardless of what Stephen may think, baseball players' offenses have to be ranked according to their ability to play a particular position. Else, why not pick up nine Frank Thomases, and let them all play positions?
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