I have trouble remembering a year when there was SO much hype about rookies coming up to the majors. Just some common names from this year: Philip Hughes, Hunter Pence, Tim Lincecum, Ryan Braun, Homer Bailey, Elijah Dukes, BJ Upton, Yovani Gallardo, Chris Young, Delmon Young, Alex Gordon, Billy Butler, and Andy LaRoche are just [...]
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Two days ago, I began a thrilling expose of number eight hitters in the majors by looking at the American League teams and examing their numero ocho guys. We looked at John Buck (outstanding), Jason Kendall (abysmal), and everyone in between.
Well now it is the Senior Circuit’s turn. Before I list the number eight hitters [...]
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Whenever I read analyses of players or blogs comparing stats from player A to player B to player C, it always seems to be about the same old boring superstars. Who’s better, Ortiz or Hafner? Who is the best first baseman in the NL, Pujols, Berkman, Howard, or Lee? Who is the better shortstop in [...]
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We could also label this post “Who can eventually break Barry Bonds’ career HR record?” or “Up with hope, down with dope,” or something like that, based on what I am going to try to examine. Sometime in June, unless pitchers just start walking him, Barry Lamar Bonds will break Hank Aaron’s all-time homerun record [...]
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Anyone can look at a stat page or box scores or a website and easily find the hitters today or from days past that are the elite, the ones who always hit .320, or always hit 40 homeruns, or always have .550 slugging percentages, for example. But harder to figure out is why some players [...]
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