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Friday, December 23, 2005 |
Pickoff Moves, Christmas Eve Eve Edition
Damon The Omen
Having been subjected to too many stories involving players' wives and then having watched those players suck donkey throbbers on the Dodgers, I came across this ESPN photo of Damon and wife Michelle. Coincidentally, I also stumbled across this all-baseball.com story about Johnny Damon and how Scott Boras licked the Yankees' platter clean on this deal:Take all of this together, and here’s what we can see about Johnny Damon; as a hitter, his 2005 season was overwhelmingly misleading as judged only by top-level stats. So much of his value was taken up by singles - in BA, in OBP, in OPS, even in SLG - that the true predictable skills he had as a hitter were masked. Johnny Damon was a below-average Major League hitter in 2005. Below Average. He fared somewhat better among center fielders and leadoff men, but not by enough to make his loss a real crime. For $13 million dollars a year, along with the promise of lost speed and plunging production, I want way more for my money than a singles hitter who failed, catastrophically, to do much else.Johnny -- a piece of advice: keep your wife out of the picture. It just can't help.
Roster Notes
There's stuff going on this late in the year? Geesh.- The Dodgers are still interested in David Wells.
- Supposedly the Red Sox are Troy Glaus's most likely destination, though Peter Gammons claims on ESPN Insider that the Blue Jays are the most likely destination.
- The Mariners signed Matt Lawton to a one-year contract.
- The Rangers have offered free agent Kevin Millwood a three-year, $30M+ deal.
Awards, Anyone?
I was informed -- some time ago -- that (a) there is a sports blogs award, and (b) I'm one of the nominees. (So, for that matter, is the Rev.) Vote early, vote often, that's what I say.
Comments:
Why is damon wearing a pink kimino?
You should have posted this last week. I was having a hard time thinking of what i wanted for christmas.
For the man who has everything...
You should have posted this last week. I was having a hard time thinking of what i wanted for christmas.
For the man who has everything...
# posted by 
: 12/23/2005 08:57:00 AM
: 12/23/2005 08:57:00 AM
http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/012598.php
Andrew Lipsett is a desperate Boston homer. Just because it's on all-baseball doesn't make it true.
Andrew Lipsett is a desperate Boston homer. Just because it's on all-baseball doesn't make it true.
# posted by : 12/23/2005 10:27:00 AM
: 12/23/2005 10:27:00 AM
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