Friday, January 05, 2007 |
Pickoff Moves
Today's Birthdays
Bob Caruthers BRO b. 1864, played 1890-1891, d. 1911-08-05
Bill Dahlen BRO b. 1870, played 1899-1903, 1910-1911, d. 1950-12-05. Cyril Morong thinks Dalhlen is the best player not currently in the Hall of Fame, Dahlen would probably today have been labeled a shortstop after having come up through the minors, and that would be that; as it was, he ended up playing outfield, second, short, and third through the first five years of his career, mostly for the Cubs. The Dodgers got him mid-career, appearing on the 1899 and 1900 pennant-winning teams, and sent him to the crosstown rival Giants in a terrible trade.
The other name Morong nominates for a Hall bid despite watered down statistics from a deadball era? Another infielder, none other than the Angels' second baseman Bobby Grich, a point made most recently by Matt Welch.
Charlie Hough LAN b. 1948, played 1970-1980, All-Star: 1986. Gotta love a guy who can throw the floater, a pitch he learned from Hall of Famer Hoyt Wilhelm. He retired at age 46. Wow.
Dutch Jordan BRO b. 1880, played 1903-1904, d. 1972-12-23
Milt Thompson LAN b. 1959, played 1996
Sandy Vance LAN b. 1947, played 1970-1971
Charlie Vinson CAL b. 1944, played 1966
Wally Wolf CAL b. 1942, played 1969-1970
Fixing The Dodgers' Food Lines
I understand the Dodgers hope to fix the long waits at the concession stands in the park; one of the ways they hope to do it is by expanding the number of available stands, removing some souvenir vendors and replacing them with food concessions. Fine as far as it goes, but can we also stipulate that it's necessary to streamline the getting-of-food (let's get the cashier out of that loop, please, not to mention the runner who relays the order to the kitchen), and improve the quality of the employees? Not that it's always this way, but it does seem that there's a large percentage who are slow both mentally and physically.More Poking At DIPS
David Gassko tries to find BABIP suppression as a skill, and fails, mostly.
: 1/05/2007 09:59:00 AMSounds wonderful and utopian until they are making one's dinner.
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