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Goldman’s baseball quotables #8: Yankees push player development exec into … – SB Nation
I planned today’s quotable before the news came down that Yankees vice-president of baseball operations Mark Newman is set to retire after 15 seasons in his current position and 26 seasons with the Yankees overall. During that time he rose from “Coordinator of Instruction” to Director of Player Development and Scouting to his current position. Sometimes during those years the Yankees developed some very good players. Mostly, deprived of…
Jackson looking at launching baseball team, building stadium – MLive.com
JACKSON – By his given job title, Dan DuBois is a numbers man who specializes in finances. Away from work, he’s a baseball fan. The merger of profession and passion has resulted in an ambitious idea to bring a baseball team and stadium to Jackson. “I was always a baseball guy, and it’s always been in the back of my mind for Jackson County and the city of Jackson,” said DuBois,…
Fantasy daily notes for September 15 – ESPN
Starting pitcher projected Game Scores for September 15 2014 Statistics Past 21 Days GS Team Name T Opp W-L ERA WHIP W-L ERA WHIP 69 Max Scherzer R @Min 16-5 3.19 1.17 2-1 4.07 1.44 64 Jacob deGrom R Mia 8-6 2.62 1.15 2-0 0.00 0.76 60 James Shields R CWS 14-7 3.13 1.18 2-1 2.17 0.86 60 Matt Shoemaker R Sea 15-4 3.16 1.10 3-0 1.46 1.01 60* Stephen…
Fantasy daily notes for September 14 – ESPN
Starting pitcher projected Game Scores for September 14 2014 Statistics Past 21 Days GS Team Name T Opp W-L ERA WHIP W-L ERA WHIP 86 Clayton Kershaw L @SF 18-3 1.67 0.82 3-0 0.75 0.75 65* Jon Lester L @Sea 14-10 2.52 1.10 1-2 2.17 1.00 60* Yusmeiro Petit R LAD 5-3 3.62 0.99 2-0 3.09 0.69 57 Jordan Zimmermann R @NYM 11-5 2.93 1.13 3-0 2.73 1.03 56 Justin…
Key connections: Star-Spangled Banner, baseball forever linked – MLB.com
Hours after being stuck on a ship in Baltimore Harbor as the British pounded Fort McHenry in the Battle of Baltimore, Key saw the skies clear from the smoke and the indelible image that “our flag was still there.” The poem was called “The Defence of Fort M’Henry,” and it was put to the tune of “To Anacreon in Heaven,” a British drinking song purportedly written by John Stafford Smith…
The death-row inmates forced to play baseball for their lives – New York Post
On a hot summer day in baseball-mad Rawlins, Wyoming in 1911, a tightly-packed crowd watched pitcher Thomas Cameron rear back and hurl a fastball toward home plate. The ball went wild, clipping the opposing player on the left shoulder before bouncing into the stands, allowing him to take first base. Cameron was dying on the mound. In more ways than one. The Death Row All Stars: A Story of Baseball,…
Frank Torre, baseball player and brother of Yankee ex-manager Joe Torre, dies … – Washington Post
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Looking back 20 years at baseball’s ruined season – New York Post
It has to be baseball’s darkest day of the 20th Century, doesn’t it? After all, the game battled with societal issues like discrimination, gambling, substance abuse and performance enhancement. But this, what occurred 20 years ago Sunday? It was wholly self-inflicted. “It was a heartbreaking moment,” commissioner Bud Selig told The Post in an interview earlier this week. It, you probably know, was Selig’s cancelation of the 1994 World Series,…
Baseball news and notes, Sept. 12 – SFGate
Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles was suspended 25 games without pay Friday after a positive test for an amphetamine, a punishment that will extend into the postseason and perhaps 2015. After a doubleheader sweep of the Yankees on Friday, the Orioles lead the AL East by 11½ games with 15 left in the regular season, so the team will be without Davis deep into the playoffs. “I apologize to…
Has Expanded Replay Worked Well In Baseball? Here’s Our Call – FiveThirtyEight
Early this year, Major League Baseball introduced dramatically expanded instant replay rules. With a few exceptions — notably, balls and strikes — managers can challenge any umpire’s call on the field. “This is really big,” Commissioner Bud Selig said at the time. Selig and other MLB officials made positive predictions about the benefits of expanded replay, promising it wouldn’t “disturb the game.” Also, managers would have power over calls, and…
Fantasy daily notes for September 13 – ESPN
Starting pitcher projected Game Scores for September 13 2014 Statistics Past 21 Days GS Team Name T Opp W-L ERA WHIP W-L ERA WHIP 72 Felix Hernandez R Oak 14-5 2.12 0.92 1-1 3.04 1.20 62 Tyson Ross R @Ari 13-13 2.66 1.19 2-2 2.42 1.19 61 Zack Greinke R @SF 14-8 2.73 1.17 2-0 2.57 1.19 58 Sonny Gray R @Sea 13-8 3.22 1.22 1-1 4.61 1.21 57 Julio…
Has Expanded Replay Worked Well In Baseball? Here’s Our Call – FiveThirtyEight
Early this year, Major League Baseball introduced dramatically expanded instant replay rules. With a few exceptions — notably, balls and strikes — managers can challenge any umpire’s call on the field. “This is really big,” Commissioner Bud Selig said at the time. Selig and other MLB officials made positive predictions about the benefits of expanded replay, promising it wouldn’t “disturb the game.” Also, managers would have power over calls, and…
This Date In Baseball – ABC News
1903 — Red Ames’ debut with the New York Giants was a five-inning, 5-0, no-hit victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. The game was called in mid-afternoon because of unusual darkness. 1923 — Red Sox first baseman George Burns pulled off an unassisted triple play against the Cleveland Indians. 1951 — Bob Nieman of the St. Louis Browns hit home runs in his first two at-bats in the majors. Both…
Losers can be winners with baseball ‘worst’ awards – Chicago Tribune
PITTSBURGH — Baseball’s awards races are winding down, and the Baseball Writers Association of America has some difficult choices to make in the four voting categories for each league. Mike Trout, Clayton Kershaw and Jose Abreu appear to be shoo-ins for American League MVP, National League Cy Young and AL Rookie of the Year, respectively. But the other categories — including the two Manager of the Year awards — may…
Albert Pujols has still got it and that is good for baseball – KSDK
Sep 10, 2014; Arlington, TX, USA; Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols (5) hits a triple and drives in a run during the first inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park in Arlington. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports(Photo: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports) Dan Buffa is a Cardinals writer for Cards Conclave. He is also a contributor to KSDK.com and Arch City Sports while writing for his…
Baseball is Not a Dying Sport, Just Different than Football – The Big Lead
If you subscribe to the MLB At Bat streaming app, rough estimate, over the course of the six-month season you’re going to watch 5,301 commercial breaks. Fortunately in 2014 MLB Advanced Media swapped out the incessant C.J. Wilson Head & Shoulders ads from last season in favor of historical clips ranging from everything to a random great play by Rey Ordoñez to Tony Gwynn’s 3,000th hit, to Hank Aaron’s famous…
Has Expanded Replay Worked Well In Baseball? Here’s Our Call – FiveThirtyEight
Early this year, Major League Baseball introduced dramatically expanded instant replay rules. With a few exceptions — notably, balls and strikes — managers can challenge any umpire’s call on the field. “This is really big,” Commissioner Bud Selig said at the time. Selig and other MLB officials made positive predictions about the benefits of expanded replay, promising it wouldn’t “disturb the game.” Also, managers would have power over calls, and…
Stanton’s HBP shows the danger of baseball – ESPN (blog)
Former major infielder Jeff Huson once said this to my ESPN colleague Tim Kurkjian about facing Randy Johnson: “What was the worst thing that Michael Jordan could do to you? He can go dunk on you. He could embarrass you. What’s the worst thing Randy Johnson can do to you? He can kill you.” That’s the fear major league hitters have to block out every time they dig into the…
Stanton’s HBP shows the danger of baseball – ESPN (blog)
Former major infielder Jeff Huson once said this to my ESPN colleague Tim Kurkjian about facing Randy Johnson: “What was the worst thing that Michael Jordan could do to you? He can go dunk on you. He could embarrass you. What’s the worst thing Randy Johnson can do to you? He can kill you.” That’s the fear major league hitters have to block out every time they dig into the…
Has Expanded Replay Worked Well In Baseball? Here’s Our Call – FiveThirtyEight
Early this year, Major League Baseball introduced dramatically expanded instant replay rules. With a few exceptions — notably, balls and strikes — managers can challenge any umpire’s call on the field. “This is really big,” Commissioner Bud Selig said at the time. Selig and other MLB officials made positive predictions about the benefits of expanded replay, promising it wouldn’t “disturb the game.” Also, managers would have power over calls, and…
