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Pirates sign 2 Indian pitchers — and, no, not from Cleveland The two 20-year-old pitchers, neither of whom had picked up a baseball until earlier this year, signed free-agent contracts Monday with the Pirates. They are believed to be the first athletes from India to sign professional baseball contracts outside their country.
posted on November 25, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Fan Ejected From Yankee Stadium For Bathroom Break During 'God Bless America' The no movement rule has been in place since 9/11, much like the playing of the song.
posted on September 03, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
The Return of Ocho Cinco The Cincinnati Bengals receiver has legally changed his name to Chad Javon Ocho Cinco in Broward County, Fla., a switch that became official this week.
posted on August 31, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
For The Record... The guy who bought 756 for $752,467 (Marc Ecko the clothing designer) has put up an on-line voting booth to decide the fate of the ball.
posted on September 17, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Football fans accused of hanging sheep from goalpost The rivalry between two Sevier County high schools runs hot - so hot that Richfield football fans are suspected of killing a sheep and stringing it up at South Sevier on the eve of game day.
posted on October 13, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Fan Ejected From Yankee Stadium For Bathroom Break During 'God Bless America' The no movement rule has been in place since 9/11, much like the playing of the song.
posted by AaronGNP at 12:20 AM on September 03
The Return of Ocho Cinco The Cincinnati Bengals receiver has legally changed his name to Chad Javon Ocho Cinco in Broward County, Fla., a switch that became official this week.
posted by AaronGNP at 02:17 AM on August 31
His Wikipedia page has already been edited to reflect the name change.
posted at 02:19 AM on August 31
It's time to pitch the DH. The most astonishing occurrence in the first six weeks of the baseball season — other than the decline of my World Series favorites, the Seattle Mariners, who played like the Seattle Pilots — was that the National League outscored the American League.
posted by BoKnows at 06:09 PM on May 13
Yeah, I gotta agree that using the argument that the DH is keeping good hitting pitchers from coming to the forefront, is misguided. http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/ shareit/HZPr Since 1900, Not one single pitcher, with at least 96% of the time played at pitcher, has had an OPS+ above 94 (minimum 200 career plate appearance). People don't want to see 1/9th of the plate appearances being wasted on nearly automatic outs. The "strategy" involved in a pitcher replacement or even the double switch is, at best, elementary. But regardless of my opinion on the DH, I'd fully agree that the imbalance in the league's divisional setup is much more worthy of repair. My suggestion: Each league goes back to two divisions, with the division winners and two wild cards being chosen, regardless of division. Fixes the intraleague imbalance, but also keeps the wildcard intact (since it isn't going away) and keeps the scheduling easy. AGNP
posted at 09:45 PM on May 13
Fukudome, The New Greatest Name in Baseball?
posted by Bill Lumbergh at 01:35 PM on December 11
It's not going to happen, but I'd love to see him sign with the Twins and play at the Metrodome. Fuk u dome indeed. AGNP
posted at 02:42 PM on December 11
Modern era semi-finalists for Hall of fame Modern era semi-finalists Wide receiver Chris Carter and Cornerback Darryl Green are the only first year eligible players to make the list,but do they have the stats to make it the first time?
posted by Ghastly1 at 01:20 PM on December 06
Carter gets in. 2nd in TDs, 6th in Recieving yards. How does he not get in? AGNP
posted at 02:55 PM on December 06
1898 Obscene Language Baseball Document Entitled “Special Instructions To Players,” regarding the use of obscene language by players at the ballpark, to intimidate umpires and opposing players, and to verbally battle with unfriendly fans. Warning: strong language.
posted by justgary at 12:33 PM on December 04
Sounds like they are going to sell it afterall: http:// s210975194.onlinehome.us/blog/ ?p=49
posted at 05:29 PM on December 04
Myth Of The Closer In the 20 seasons since LaRussa's brainstorm, teams holding late leads have won at about the same rate they did in the 20 seasons before. Since 1988, teams leading after eight innings have won at a .951 clip, according to Baseball-Reference.com and STATS Inc., compared to .948 from 1968 to 1987. That adds up to less than one win per season per team.
posted by justgary at 03:31 PM on November 05
It's not necessarily about head to head matchups, didn't mean to give that impression. A better way to phrase it is this. If you've got 30 teams, and only one of them has a closer (or more specifically a shut-down reliever), this study does not prove that the non-closer teams aren't at a disadvantage. It merely proves that if all teams have closers, they are no better off than if no teams have closers, which really doesn't say a damn thing about the efficacy of closers. AGNP
posted at 07:48 PM on November 05
Myth Of The Closer In the 20 seasons since LaRussa's brainstorm, teams holding late leads have won at about the same rate they did in the 20 seasons before. Since 1988, teams leading after eight innings have won at a .951 clip, according to Baseball-Reference.com and STATS Inc., compared to .948 from 1968 to 1987. That adds up to less than one win per season per team.
posted by justgary at 03:31 PM on November 05
One thing that is neglected is that if both teams are using specialists in the late innings, sure there may not be a large difference in winning percentages, but if one team is, and another is not, it's possible that the team with the specialist has a better chance of completing the win. By looking at an era when teams had no closers and at an era when all teams have closers proves nothing. For there to be proof that having a closer doesn't increase your odds, you'd have to at a matchup level of how teams with closers did against teams without closers, and I believe the usage of closers has been pretty consistent throughout the league, throughout the years (IE there wasn't a year when Team X had a secret weapon closer, as teams tend to copy other successful formulas).
posted at 07:05 PM on November 05
AL Elias player rankings released The rankings are compiled based upon player performance over the past two seasons.
posted by justgary at 02:47 PM on November 02
IMO, the compensation should be based on the market value of the free agent. After May 1st, they can tabulate how much all of the free agents signed for and the top 20% (based on total guaranteed contract worth, divided by years) are A's and the next 20% (or 40?) are B's. Basing the A's and B's off of some secret, arbitrary, stat-based formula is just stupid. Basing it off of salary assures that the small market teams that can't afford players are being compensated, and that mid-market teams can sign marginal players to low contracts without losing the farm (team). AGNP
posted at 12:09 PM on November 02
Browns Trade Newly Benched QB Frye to Seahawks Two weeks ago, when Charlie Frye won the Cleveland Browns' starting QB job, team GM Phil Savage touted the decision and said "let's see what Charlie can do with a full deck." Ten passes and one interception into the new season, Frye has been traded to the Seattle Seahawks for a sixth-round draft pick.
posted by rcade at 04:26 PM on September 17
jojomfd1: Baby steps, baby steps. If I had only started Braylon Edwards... AGNP
posted at 04:21 PM on September 17
Most Valuable Position Slate's Robert Weintraub ranks the most important positions in the NFL.
posted by kirkaracha at 02:05 PM on September 17
I think in general, on the offfensive side, a good O-line, top to bottom, will make mediocre RBs and QBs look great, and a bad O-Line will make great RBs and QBs look mediocre. So IMHO, the O-Line is the most important. AGNP
posted at 04:19 PM on September 17
The Juice is back Simpson was arrested yesterday in Las Vegas .The district attorney said he expected Simpson to ultimately be charged with seven felonies and one gross misdemeanor.
posted by texasred at 06:49 AM on September 17
The guy making the accusations against OJ now wants the charges dropped. I've never trusted sports memorabilia dealers, seems like a shady lot. AGNP
posted at 04:16 PM on September 17
Last place White Sox extend manager Ozzie Guillen's contract through the 2012 season.
posted by justgary at 07:15 PM on September 17
This is a real headscratcher. I mean, I'm in the boat that says an manager's importance is overestimated, but does anyone really think he'll make it all the way through the 2012 season? AGNP
posted at 04:11 PM on September 17
The top 10 worst sports team names ... because marketing departments like a challenge .
posted by mr_crash_davis at 09:40 AM on September 17
Aww man, they didn't even mention the Macon Whoopie. Ugh, just thinking about that name makes me die a little bit inside. AGNP
posted at 04:09 PM on September 17
Match wits against Peyton Manning and try out this addictive NFL trivia game. Caution: according to the "rulebook", side effects may include shattered ego, mind-numbing syndrome, the destruction of computer keyboard and/or loss of appetite.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 04:43 PM on September 17
I must agree, was fun, until it started spazzing out. AGNP
posted at 04:08 PM on September 17
All I can say is I'm tired of hearing that song and/or Lee Greenwood's atrocious "Proud To Be An American" when I'm at the ballpark. "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" should be it. Period.
AGNP