tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post116032175643780747..comments2024-03-16T08:21:16.037-04:00Comments on The DiaTribe: The Bronx Zoo on a Lazy SundayPaul Cousineauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490622970961409253noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-1160443338333228082006-10-09T21:22:00.000-04:002006-10-09T21:22:00.000-04:00Jacobs Field? What's that?Cy,I had a similar mome...Jacobs Field? What's that?<BR/><BR/>Cy,<BR/>I had a similar moment trying to figure out why the team's ERA was so high. I thought, "Who was that guy that we had, that we sent to the Red Sox, then he went to the Reds?"<BR/><BR/>It was a solid 45 minutes until I came up with Jason Johnson.<BR/><BR/>Here's an interesting game:<BR/>Where could A-Rod go? <BR/>What will the Yankees want in return?<BR/>How much of his contract will they pick up (to make 2 teams paying to NOT have A-Rod on their teams).Paul Cousineauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490622970961409253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-1160432306265492462006-10-09T18:18:00.000-04:002006-10-09T18:18:00.000-04:00i would burn jacobs field if they made that trade ...i would burn jacobs field if they made that trade for a-rod<BR/><BR/>if there is any bright spots to the 1-4 start, sean jones and wimbley both look like future pro-bowlersBaltimoranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08224994781147499885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-1160427489055628282006-10-09T16:58:00.000-04:002006-10-09T16:58:00.000-04:00had we just not been shown how good pitching can b...had we just not been shown how good pitching can beat GREAT hitting, i'd start throwing things out like sowers, marte and byrd for A-Rod...t-bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557582144953901789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-1160411873337055802006-10-09T12:37:00.000-04:002006-10-09T12:37:00.000-04:00its nice to see someone registered the web address...its nice to see someone registered the web address, firemauricecarthon.com. no content yet, hopefully we'll get some soon. Perhaps a video clip of that awesome 3 and inches play or perhaps the play action pass to Droughns on 3rd and goal. did anyone notice they faked the handoff to Smith? was anyone in the stadium actually fooled by that? Smith has exactly ONE carry this year. Isn't the objective of a play action pass to get the defenders to think that a rushing attempt may actually occur? I don't understand how things like this can be acceptable week after week. I know we were overmatched against Carolina, but that is no excuse for the "offensive" offensive play calling.<BR/><BR/>I do like the idea of getting Maddux as a mentor. And that last post made me think of something....I actually could not remember Jason Johnson's name. How great is that? I forgot what a traumatic experience he was.Cy Slapnickahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109399114263980881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-1160354359550989202006-10-08T20:39:00.000-04:002006-10-08T20:39:00.000-04:00I still have a Julio Franco broken bat that was gi...I still have a Julio Franco broken bat that was given to me, probably in 1983. <BR/><BR/>How crazy is that...He's STILL playing!?!<BR/><BR/>Pojo,<BR/>I completely agree about Maddux's effect on C.C. and Westbrook. Remember when Eddie Perez used to say that Westbrook (when he broke into the rotation) reminded him of Maddux?<BR/><BR/>I wonder how much Maddux would cost in terms of years & dollars?Paul Cousineauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490622970961409253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-1160352210633975302006-10-08T20:03:00.000-04:002006-10-08T20:03:00.000-04:00I'm feeling pretty good (living in upstate New Yor...I'm feeling pretty good (living in upstate New York) about the Yankees getting knocked out in the first round. Time for all their fans to go find their Mets gear in the closet.<BR/><BR/>Also, I just noticed on baseball-reference.com that the 2006 Indians' Pythagorean win-loss (a Bill James toy that uses Runs Scored and Runs Against to determine what a team's record "should" be) was 89-73. Not as good as last year, but three games better than '97, for instance. Does this make their season more or less disappointing, or is it just a meaningless stat?<BR/><BR/>I'm deciding who to root for in the playoffs now. Maybe the A's? My roommate is a Mets fan, and a decent guy, so I might just join him rooting for the Mets. However, rooting for any team with "New York" in the name leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Then again, they do have Julio Franco.R.M. Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598904864402266767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-1160343550589428472006-10-08T17:39:00.000-04:002006-10-08T17:39:00.000-04:00I don't think anyone disagrees with you about the ...I don't think anyone disagrees with you about the bullpen. You just have to go back a year to see what the Tribe did. The had a better pitcher than Byrd, and obviously one of the best Pens in the game.<BR/><BR/>You add the Pen to this team, and you may have 10 more wins...<BR/><BR/>I don't want Mussina...I just don't know how much better than he really is than Byrd, and he's not getting any younger. As far as Sheffield, for as much time as he's spent on the DL recently, and his age catching up to him, I don't know that he's worth the money.<BR/><BR/>Nomar...again...injury issues...but I'd put him on my team anytime. Boston tried to make him look like a problem in the clubhouse, but it's never been the case. I think you can sign the guy, and put him at Short. I still worry about his injuries though.<BR/><BR/>The one guy on that list that I would unquestionably go after is Maddux. 1. He's professional. 2. He's fine at the #4 or #5 slot in the rotation. 3. He could be the final piece to CC becoming an unquestioned ace, and he could make Westbrook better...not to mention all the young pitchers on that team. 4. Byrd gets dealt.<BR/><BR/>Just one man's opinion.<BR/><BR/>If you get a chance, check out my blog.pojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11681568940540039916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-1160342921005057062006-10-08T17:28:00.000-04:002006-10-08T17:28:00.000-04:00from Jason Stark's insider blog... ZERO HERO -- In...from Jason Stark's insider blog...<BR/><BR/> ZERO HERO -- In The Year of the Rookie Pitcher, guess which rookie led his league in shutouts (OK, tied, actually)? No, not Jered Weaver or Justin Verlander. Not Matt Cain or Cole Hamels. Not Francisco Liriano or Anibal Sanchez. It was (ta-taaa) Cleveland's Jeremy Sowers -- a guy who got called up late (June 25) and shut down early (no starts after Sept. 12). <BR/><BR/>In between, Sowers made just 14 starts. But in a year where it took just two shutouts to lead the league, that was enough. Elias reports that Sowers was the first pitcher to lead his league in shutouts (or tie) without making 20 starts since Luis Tiant, also of the Indians, did it in 1966 (with five shutouts in 16 starts). Always a good thing to find yourself in the same sentence as El Tiante. <BR/><BR/>• CLOSING TIME -- Anybody know which team finished last in the major leagues in saves? Nope, not the Devil Rays. Not the Royals. Not the Cubs. It was those aforementioned Cleveland Indians, with 24. So what's so odd about that, you ask? That team won 78 games. Which means nobody got a save in nearly 70 percent of them. <BR/><BR/>That's a commentary on both the Indians' thrill-a-minute bullpen and all the blowouts they won. But whatever caused it, you sure don't see anything like that in this day and age. <BR/><BR/>Over the last 25 seasons (essentially, The Post-Sutter Era), only one other team won that many games (or more) in a season but had a save total that miniscule, according to Lee Sinins' Complete Baseball Encyclopedia. That was Calvin Schiraldi's 1987 Red Sox, an outfit that followed up its legendary failure-to-close craftsmanship in the '86 World Series by saving just 16 games out of 78 wins the following year.t-bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557582144953901789noreply@blogger.com