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By: John D.

John D. — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:48:30 +0000

Joe DiMaggio’s Spring of ’46

Found it. He had 19 homers and 54 RBI. It’s in the NYT of 4/15/46.
For those who have either an SPL or KCLS library card, click on databases, and go to the HISTORICAL NEW YORK TIMES. Search for DiMaggio, and for ON THIS DATE, type in 04/15/1946. (It’s PDF, so be patient.)

By: John D.

John D. — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:42:53 +0000

Sorry to have opened this can of worms. I was merely trying to say that AFAIK Spring Training records are not kept.
ANYONE: one spring (’46, ’47, ’48) Joe DiMaggio tore the cover off the ball. I think he had 17 homers. Is that recorded somewhere? (So I can get the correct figures.)
BTW, BLOWN SAVE is not an official statistic. (And I’m not implying that anyone said it was.)

By: Dobbs

Dobbs — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:35:29 +0000

Inasmuch as the starting pitcher has to go 5 innings before he can get a Win, thereâ€™s nothing to save until then. The absolute record is 5. (Itâ€™s probably been done many times.)

Since we’re being technical… if the starter goes only an inning, the pitcher that comes after him can get the win.

Therefore a pitcher should technically be able to blow a save without recording an out if I’m not mistaken.

Visiting team takes the lead in the first half of the inning.
Starting pitcher throws one pitch, leaves game.
Relief Pitcher throws one pitch, leaves game with lead, in line for win.
2nd relief pitcher comes in and blows the lead resulting in a blown save.

Feel free to poke holes in the logic, but that’s my understanding of the scorekeeping.

By: petec

petec — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:06:03 +0000

re: .20

Yes, I do jest. Look at the box score (post .17).

By: louder

louder — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:35:15 +0000

29. Mariners â€” If you were stranded on a desert island and had to choose Bill Bavasi or Matt Millen to rescue you, whom would you pick?

Well, at least with the Lions you only have to watch them sixteen times…

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:43:05 +0000

Pretty funny, but I’d rather have Nomar for 2 years and $18.5m than Richie for 2 years and $28m.

I found this particularly interesting:

The Cubs have proven the last 60 years that it’s hard to win pennants with .330 OBP guys anchoring the lineup.

Then the Mariners didn’t believe them.

By: carcinogen

carcinogen — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:47:38 +0000

Most of you probably saw this ...just hilarious

By: Slippery Elmer

Slippery Elmer — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:16:36 +0000

# Joe said:
March 1st, 2007 at 6:11 pm

(Imagine that last word a la Keanu)

That’s the kind of hard-hitting, number-crunching analysis I’ve come to expect from the readers of this site. Seriously, though, LOL.

By: todda70

todda70 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:56:02 +0000

From ESPN’s Page 2 MLB POWER RANKINGS

29. Mariners — If you were stranded on a desert island and had to choose Bill Bavasi or Matt Millen to rescue you, whom would you pick?

30. Cubs — Sure, Ron Santo didn’t make the Hall of Fame, but he was just offered a three-year, $24 million deal to play for his old team.

We may have the worse GM, but we are only number 29 in the power rankings! Can we start to sing Moving On Up now?

By: Vamac53

Vamac53 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:40:10 +0000

It seems like Morse has to find a spot somewhere, somehow to play. and all pitchers did good except Reitsma. Bloomquist had a nice rib.