So the sudden demotion of Brad Lidge after one save opportunity and one case of mop-up duty this season got me thinking about the long, long, term affects of Lidge and other closers who have given up walk-off homeruns in critical or season/series-altering situations.
A lot has been made of the “psychological” affect a hit or [...]
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When it gets to be the end of September or beginning of October, you start to see a lot of papers and media outlets grade players and teams from the previous year based on how they performed the past six months. What I am going to do in this exercise is VERY briefly give a [...]
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Congratulations everyone - you’ve made it through another offseason. Barely, I know. It was rough, but we did it together, with our hot stoves and our winter meetings and our fantasy guides. Spring training seems like it has lasted as long as the regular season, and it is time to put up or shut up.
As [...]
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This time of year, everyone has their own idea about how the upcoming baseball season is going to shape up (including myself). But what also happens this time of year, is we tend to put a little more stock into what the national or local experts have to say about how our favorite team or [...]
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