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The Dodgers’ perfect response to the ridiculous brawl last night with the San Diego Padres. Padres outfielder Carlos Quentin charged Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke in the sixth inning after being hit by a pitch, sparking a dugout-clearing brawl that left Greinke with a broken collarbone.
Read more details on the fight’s fallout over at Sports Now.
Dodgers win the day in social media with this one.
Reblogged from latimes
PNC Park
March 31, 2013
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Photo by Dejan Kovacevic
God, I love baseball.
Reblogged from mightyflynn
“What he [Bud Selig] will never say is that Jeffrey Loria is a far worse owner than Frank McCourt on his divorcingest day. He is the Voltron of awful owners. Like McCourt, Loria didn’t have a whole lot of money; he bought his controlling stake in the Expos for $75 million Canadian, around $67 million U.S. at the time. Like Rachel Phelps in “Major League,” Loria did everything possible to destroy his franchise in an effort to move it. Like Dan Snyder, he allowed his megalomania to influence personnel decisions. And like nobody else, he hoarded massive checks from MLB while passing along the bill for the stadium to the taxpayers.”
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Loria’s Marlins soaked the taxpayers for some 80 percent of the cost of new Marlins Park. By the time it opened in 2012, some $2.4 billion in debt service was strapped onto the backs of taxpayers. Talk about publicly funded.
It was one thing when this band of liars the players’ union once slapped for pocketing revenue sharing money and not spending enough on, you know, players, promised to change its ways once the new park was in place.
It was one thing when Loria and his little henchman David Samson swaggered into that New York tavern at 12:01 a.m. last November on the first day clubs could negotiate with free agents and made a big show for Jose Reyes.
It is quite another thing when one year later Loria and Co. are shipping Reyes — and everyone else they signed last winter — across international borders in some sort of twisted joke that even the World Trade Organization surely will condemn in coming days.
”Source cbssports.com
As sabermetrics continued to gain popularity among officials and fans, many sportswriters felt threatened by systems like Silver’s. The beauty of the sport lies in its unpredictability, and any attempt to quantify the future seemed both arrogant and dangerous. They often ridiculed PECOTA’s projections, particularly the ones they felt went against common sense, like this one from 2007:
After winning a World Series and more games the last two seasons than any team in baseball except the New York Yankees, the White Sox should have earned a little respect. Right? Well, maybe from real baseball people, but not in the surreal world of computers. Baseball Prospectus, considered the new-age statistical bible, projects the White Sox to finish with a 72-90 record this season. “Well, we’re screwed now,” team captain Paul Konerko said with a sarcastic laugh. “I guess we’ll just have to battle through.”
The White Sox finished with a 72-90 record that season.
Having the opportunity to be a part of Angels Weekly was a huge honor. Big thanks to the folks at Fox Sports West for being so easy to work with, and to Mark Trumbo for being such a solid and supportive friend.
Riley droppin’ Trumbombs.
Reblogged from hermitologist
I end up looking at these lineup graphics on Gameday quite a bit. Relative to the rest of baseball, this is a surprisingly attractive team.
And then there’s Jamey Carroll.
Is he insect? Reptile? Alien life form?
Both…he was actually the baby born at the end of V.
Reblogged from productiveouts
Our favorite human being, Jeff Karstens, faced off against the Phillies and some Chinese guy named Cliff Lee in Pittsburgh last night, and pitched six strong innings, giving up one earned run on five hits, with a walk and two punch outs. Both teams tried really hard to not score any runs so that they could just stay tied at one and play baseball forever, but Alex Presley screwed it all up by hitting a walkoff infield single and making everybody go home.
But the most important takeaway from last night’s game was that…
Jeff Karstens still has a face.
This is the tenth installment in our ongoing tribute to him. And his face.
(Click the pic for a SLIDSHOEW)
If you love baseball and you’re not following Productive Outs, you’re doing Tumblr wrong.
Reblogged from productiveouts
Boston Baseball Hack Day
Saturday, March 24, 2012
At The Boston Globe
135 Morrissey Blvd, Boston MAAre you a web developer, designer or a hack programmer who is interested in baseball? Or a passionate baseball fan with ideas?
Boston Baseball Hack Day is a one-day hacking event where area baseball geeks come together, form a team, and collaborate to create baseball-related Web Apps, Websites, Data Visualizations, etc. and bring an idea to life.
It is also a great to place to network and socialize among like-minded people.
At the end of the day, projects will be judged by area experts, and a brief awards ceremony will conclude the event.
twitter: @BaseballHackDay
I still hate the Red Sox. But this is wicked awesome.
Reblogged from mightyflynn
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This is what it looks like when only 347 fans show up at a baseball stadium made to hold 38,560.
Go Marlins!
(Photo of the Sun Life Stadium in South Florida during the first game of a doubleheader between the Florida Marlins and the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday by Hans Deryk / AP via the New York Daily News)
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Give these guys a new publicly-funded stadium, post-haste!!
Reblogged from inothernews
