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Tuesday, April 04, 2006 |
Pickoff Moves
And I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Gen'r'l Manager
Such a bright fellow!''Do I use VORP?" Colletti said, referring to one such sabermetric tool, Value Over Replacement Player. ''I may be using it and not even know it, and if I am, it's nobody's business. There are a lot of different criteria in judging players. I think I use, um, esoteric qualitative mathematical review times five. That's one of them."Thanks to Nate Purcell for the link.
Today's Birthdays
Mike Epstein CAL b. 1943, played 1973-1974Jim Fregosi CAL,LAA b. 1942, played 1961-1971. Happy birthday, Skip.
Gil Hodges LAN,BRO b. 1924, played 1943-1961, d. 1972-04-02
John Hummel BRO b. 1883, played 1905-1915, d. 1959-05-18
Pete Kilduff BRO b. 1893, played 1919-1921, d. 1930-02-14
Mickey Owen BRO b. 1916, played 1941-1945, d. 2005-07-13
Willie Ramsdell BRO b. 1916, played 1947-1950, d. 1969-10-08
Joe Vosmik BRO b. 1910, played 1940-1941, d. 1962-01-27
Fluff
- Before Nomar got DL'd, Kevin Modesti thought we should be cautiously optimistic.
- Jeff Weaver's enjoying life as an Angel.
"Everything is going great," Weaver said before Saturday night's Freeway Series game with the Dodgers. "I'm definitely excited about this season. I feel like I've had a productive spring where I'm throwing well and my stamina's there. I love the atmosphere on this club. The players are great and I've got a great relationship with (manager) Mike Scioscia and (pitching coach) Bud Black.
- The Press-Telegram gets all excited about opening day, while Kevin Chavez at the Whittier Daily News isn't so sanguine about the team's chances over 162 games.
- Ross Newhan regarding the 2006 Dodgers:
There is much new about the Dodgers, from front office to clubhouse, but those 91 losses of last year are going to keep clouding the process in their own way until this team proves it has turned a page — on the field and in the trainer's room.
- Casey Kotchman's dad has some connection or other to the Angels organization.
Nomar Update
Despite my commentary yesterday, it appears Nomar is going to wait a day before going on the DL to see how serious his injury is. However, Tony Jackson of the Daily News goes with the earlier line that he's a likely for the DL. Nonetheless, the Dodgers official injury list doesn't show Nomar among them; on the other hand, it also doesn't show Kenny Lofton, who has been disabled.Update: Will Carroll:
It’s hard to watch what Nomar Garciaparra has gone through the past three seasons and not feel bad for the guy. One of the most well-conditioned athletes in the sport is simply being betrayed by his body. While more and more players are changing the way we think about age, some simply break down. Garciaparra heads to the DL with an oblique strain, something that had been bothering him for a week and finally broke loose. He’ll be out at least a month, likely needing some time in Vegas before coming back. Given his close relationship with Athletes Performance, you can expect that Garciaparra will take up residence in Irvine very soon. Watch his timetable closely; API can make a point by getting their guy back ahead of schedule.
Bobby Crosby Injured
Bobby Crosby got his hand spiked in yesterday's game and thus got pulled early. He'll miss today's game, but I doubt it's a serious injury.Update: Will Carroll:
Bobby Crosby left Monday’s blowout loss with a bruised left index finger. He got it hit on a tag play. His injury propensities aside, the injury doesn’t look serious at all, one that would probably get no notice at all had the game not turned into what it did, making keeping Crosby in the game meaningless. It does point to the small things that end up contributing to injuries. Does something like leaving the glove down a bit too long, stretching just a bit too far, or swinging just a bit too hard contribute to injuries and is there any way to measure that? The scouts who are at every game should be seeing this type of thing; I bet some of the best have notes.
Comments:
Actually, the Weaver-related article is more about Jeff than Jered; the quoted excerpt is from Weaver the Elder.
# posted by 
: 4/04/2006 11:21:00 AM
: 4/04/2006 11:21:00 AM
Thanks for the catch. My Google News alert picked up on the article looking for Jered Weaver, which is why I got confused.
Re Nomaaah and the DL: According to the article below, he is on the DL, with Loney taking his place on the roster and in Tuesday's lineup (I suspect that the game will be rained out, though).
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2397052
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2397052
# posted by : 4/04/2006 06:12:00 PM
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