The Attrition War, Tigers
Part of a continuing series, follow-ups to the initial post detailing the Mariners history over the same period.
Do the Mariners, in comparison to other teams, suffer a higher rate of injury to their pitching prospects than other teams? Here, I look at the Tigers.
The Attrition War, Royals
Part of a continuing series, follow-ups to the initial post detailing the Mariners history over the same period.
Do the Mariners, in comparison to other teams, suffer a higher rate of injury to their pitching prospects than other teams? Here, I look at the Royals.
Way to milk it!
I love this suspended batboy story.
Quick recap, if you’re not aware: Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny, a former member of the Florida Marlins, dared a Marlins batboy to drink one gallon of milk in under an hour Sunday while the Dodgers were in Florida. Penny offered up $500 if the kid was able to do it without vomiting. He didn’t vomit, but didn’t finish the milk in time, either. The Marlins suspended him for six games, leading Penny to quip, “It’s kind of ridiculous that you get a 10-game suspension for steroids and a six-game suspension for milk.”
Now it appears he’ll be living his 15 minutes of fame: The Milk Processor Education Program is offering him the cash in exchange for his pimping milk, and a Minnesota Twins minor league affiliate wants him as honorary batboy Monday for a “Milk Night” promotion.
Billy Beane on the Peninsula Sept. 29-30
What does Billy Beane have in common with longtime White House correspondent Helen Thomas, co-founder of the Mountain Gorilla Project Amy Vedder, and Sergei Khrushchev, son of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev?
Right now — other than the obvious carbon-based form of life thing — not much.
But just wait until the end of September, when the Athletics’ GM will follow in the aforementioned luminaries’ footsteps as the “American Conversations” speaker at Peninsula College.
The events include:
* A Dinner and Conversation at the SunLand Clubhouse in Sequim on Thursday, September 29, at 6:00 p.m.. For ticket information, please contact the Foundation Office at 360-417-6535* A Community Conversation on Friday, September 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Peninsula College Little Theater on the main campus in Port Angeles. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students.
* There will also be a special Studium Generale Campus Conversation at noon in the college’s Little Theater. There is no admission charge for this presentation.
Sounds like a terrific event, with up-close-and-personal access to Mr. Moneyball himself. Worth checking out if you’re in the vicinity.
The Attrition War, Rockies
Part of a continuing series, follow-ups to the initial post detailing the Mariners history over the same period.
Do the Mariners, in comparison to other teams, suffer a higher rate of injury to their pitching prospects than other teams? Here, I look at the Rockies.
The Attrition War, Reds
Part of a continuing series, follow-ups to the initial post detailing the Mariners history over the same period.
Do the Mariners, in comparison to other teams, suffer a higher rate of injury to their pitching prospects than other teams? Here, I look at the Reds.
The Attrition War, Red Sox
Part of a continuing series, follow-ups to the initial post detailing the Mariners history over the same period.
Do the Mariners, in comparison to other teams, suffer a higher rate of injury to their pitching prospects than other teams? Here, I look at the Red Sox.
The Attrition War, Pirates
Part of a continuing series, follow-ups to the initial post detailing the Mariners history over the same period.
Do the Mariners, in comparison to other teams, suffer a higher rate of injury to their pitching prospects than other teams? Here, I look at the Pirates.
The Attrition War, Phillies
(I can’t believe there was a time I thought I’d whip these out, one after another)
Part of a continuing series, follow-ups to the initial post detailing the Mariners history over the same period.
Do the Mariners, in comparison to other teams, suffer a higher rate of injury to their pitching prospects than other teams? Here, I look at the Phillies.
MLBAM and new stats
Reading my latest copy of Baseball America, I came across this in an Alan Schwarz interview of MLB Advanced Media (they run MLB.com for MLB) CEO Bob Bowman, and there was this update on something I thought had been forgotten:
AS: Several years ago, you said your grand plan to outfit every stadium with a multicamera system that would capture both pitch and hit speeds and trajectories, allowing for all sorts of new data on which to rate players [sic]. What is the status of that?
BB: We tested the program, it works great. I anticipate that we will embark on starting to install devices in parks this year, even this baseball season. Our only hope is that the cameras that we put in there will be able to capture and distribute the data in real time. I would anticipate that we would have an announcement on what we’re going to do certainly by September.
Duuuuude. The possibilities are immense. The ability to look at fielder ranges in composite, for instance, and compare them, to see that one second baseman is great on slow-hit balls anywhere but can’t go to their glove hand on line drives, or… defensive metrics have always been the worst statistical tools we have, and while I don’t yet know how you’d turn positional, speed, and even route information into a stat, the opportunity would be awesome.
I don’t like MLB.com, which has started playing video highlights every time I load whether I want them or not. I didn’t like that putting all the sites on one page stifled team innovation, because the Mariners were ahead of other teams but also because it meant that team sites had personalities. But MLBAM has done some great things in making advanced stats available to fans along with hit charts and good stuff of that nature, and I’m all for advancing fan knowledge and research in general.
This thing could be truly, deeply cool if it’s done well. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.