Baseball Toaster was unplugged on February 4, 2009.
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TV and more ...
1) using profanity or any euphemisms for profanity
2) personally attacking other commenters
3) baiting other commenters
4) arguing for the sake of arguing
5) discussing politics
6) using hyperbole when something less will suffice
7) using sarcasm in a way that can be misinterpreted negatively
8) making the same point over and over again
9) typing "no-hitter" or "perfect game" to describe either in progress
10) being annoyed by the existence of this list
11) commenting under the obvious influence
12) claiming your opinion isn't allowed when it's just being disagreed with
That's how Baseball Toaster will feel without Bronx Banter, but Alex Belth, Cliff Corcoran, Bruce Markusen, Will Weiss and Emma Span are moving on up, to the SNY side (forgive me for mixing my TV metaphors).
It was an honor, gentlepeople. Best of luck.
I hesitate to call Mike Pete Cambell since he mostly puts out good work.
This feels like Letterman moving to CBS. What a huge announcement. But I guess I could just add the bookmark to my browser.
I'm gonna miss BB on Baseball Toaster...
Walk Rates
'08 Reg. Season- 8.9%
'08 Post season- 9.8%
'07 Reg. season- 8.7%
'07 Post season- 9.9%
'06- Reg. season- 8.7%
'06- Post season- 8.7% (higher than regular season if you don't round)
Assuming that Philly wins the team that walks more has won 14 of 21 series the last 3 years.
http://tinyurl.com/6c9l2r
Here are some Dodger +/- projections:
Loney: +1 at 1B
Hu: +7 at 2B, +6 at SS
DeWitt: +7 at 3B, +1 at 2B
Furcal: +2 at SS
Kemp: 0 at corner, -10 in CF
Ethier: 0 at corner, -10 in CF
Manny: -15 at corner, -29 in CF (I'd love to see that)
Pierre: +9 at corner, +2 in CF
Andruw: +8 at corner, +1 in CF
Sadly, too many people have met me for me to pull off the idea that I'm Joan Holloway. But that would get a lot of the guys here interested in me in a much different way.
As long as I'm not Fred Rumsen, I'm OK with just about any DT-Mad Men casting.
Going to miss Bronx Banter but I'm surprised that they were the ones picked up before Cardboard Gods. Shouldn't be long before Jon and Josh move on to greener pastures. If mldtraderumors can afford to pay someone to help them with their site, then some revenue is being generated.
If DeWitt could pull that off wouldn't we be crazy not to keep him at 2nd base?
Yeah, if he could be above average at 2B that would be wonderful. However, it sounds like that idea has been scrapped. I do think he can easily beat the +7 at 3B over a full season though.
Hopefully it will be due to Kemp admiring his prodigious homers from his at-bats in previous innings and not paying attention in the field.
More games in CF in 2008 to sample from?
To mention a few rumored others...
Ellis: +15 at 2B (best)
O-Dog: +3 at 2B
Beltre: +11 at 3B (2nd, behind Rolen's +13)
Blake: -8 at 3B, -8 at SS [hey, why not put him there! :)]
That said I project Andruw Jones either to have a 0 rating because he doesn't play at all, or to come back with healthy knees, a lot of weight shed, and a +6 rating.
I forgot to add, here is Sean's explanation of the ratings (hat tip to BTF):
http://tinyurl.com/56dmyu
These are based on 5 years of data from 2004-2008, weighted 1, .8, .6, .4, .2. The numbers are a combination of Stats ZR, Revised Zone rating, and Totalzone (which is not available for 2008). Instead of regressing these to a league average, the regression is to a run value derived from the Fan's scouting report. The more a player has played, the more his rating is based on his stats. The less he has played, the more it is based on his scouting report
Now I'm gonna go through months of Mad Men withdrawal. {cry}
Oh, and best of luck to the BB crew. I shall drop by their new spot from time to time but it won't be the same. Hope their peeps still come by here on occasion.
He got to +13 in only 1006 innings in 2008 (~112 full games or so).
Loney: -2
Hu: -10
DeWitt: N/A
Furcal: 1
Kemp: -3, -14
Ethier: 1, -9
Manny: -17, -32
Pierre: 13, 7
Andruw: 9, 1
...followed by actual (per Bill James Online):
Loney: -2 (-1 actual)
Hu: -10 (+4 in 229 innings)
DeWitt: N/A (+11 in 727 innings at 3B, -4 in 193 at 2B)
Furcal: 1 (0 in 296 innings)
Kemp: -3, -14 (-1 in 825 in CF; -1 in 478 in RF)
Ethier: 1, -9 (0 in 277 in LF; -17 in 881 in RF)
Manny: -17, -32 (-13 in 974 in LF)
Pierre: 13, 7 (+4 in 622 in LF; +3 in 116 in CF)
Andruw: 9, 1 (-4 in 496 in CF)
More cursing on The Griddle.
the steady increase in his age metric
That's a great quote. I'm going to use that!
this is the first time I hear of it, man, I really hope it happens. I'm not a concert guy but for them I'd definitely make an exception.
1B Jackson -3 (-1 in corner OF)
2B ?? (O-Dog +3)
3B Reynolds -8 (+1 at 1B)
SS Drew -9
1B/3B Tracy -2/-3
LF Byrnes +9
CF S.C. Young -1
RF Upton 0
OF Salazar -2 (-12 in CF)
1B/2B/3B/SS/OF/CF Burke +3/+4/-3/-7/+3/-6
1B/OF Dunn -6/-13
a day of us a view:
a Scene of balls and bats
and Tommy:One on one
against the Iamb-ondbacks
1B Helton +8
2B Stewart +4 (+2 at 3B)
3B Atkins -7 (-3 at 1B)
SS Tulo +11
LF Holliday +8
CF Taveras +3 (+9 at a corner)
RF Hawpe -15
OF Spilborghs 0 (-9 in CF)
1B/2B/3B/OF Baker 0/-4/-2/-6
You do realize Fox no longer owns the Dodgers, right? :)
Although, if it does... http://chinesedemocracywhen.blogspot.com/
And America rejoices as everyone receives a free Dr. Pepper
http://tinyurl.com/beapepper
(multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
(one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 94
Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers
One of the local radion stations mentioned it & I just kind of ran with it...
http://www.nme.com/news/the-smiths/40643
party pooper!
but seriously, it's a shame, there such an influential band...
http://tinyurl.com/5gfr95
From fieldingbible.com:
A player gets credit (a "plus" number) if he makes a play that at least one other player at his position missed during the season, and he loses credit (a "minus" number) if he misses a play that at least one player made. The size of the credit is directly related to how often players make the play. Each play is looked at individually, and a score is given for each play. Sum up all the plays for each player at his position and you get his total plus/minus for the season
In this case, the weight of the plus or minus in this case would depend on how many plays hit into that area were made by other SS or LF.
What would happen if baseball was on the clock like the other major sports?
Tony LaRussa would lose a lot more!
Midwest league- Lambo #7
Pioneer League- Gordon #4, Russell #10, Baez #11, Delmonico #19
Southern League- Kershaw #1, MacDonald #14, DeJesus #15
I want to say "unbelievable" but sadly I guess it's not.
No. Completely believable and predictable.
i feel like the narrator on the old Batman show. Tune in next time, same bat-channel, same bat-time.
I'm very surprised that Russell made the Pioneer League list.
The Southern League was absolutely STACKED this year. Kershaw was picked #1 over David Price among others.
Why?
This was on the news here last night or the night before because someone painted a neighborhod sign with the swastika and the numbers 14 and 88. I have no idea if the ATF case was tied to that or not.
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