PLAYERS:
Michael Cuddyer,
Denard Span,
Grant Balfour,
Scott Baker,
Kyle Gibson,
Brian Duensing,
Tsuyoshi Nishioka,
Nick Swisher,
Justin Morneau,
Matt Capps,
Alexi Casilla,
Delmon Young,
Trevor Plouffe,
JJ Hardy,
Josh Willingham
TEAMS: Colorado Rockies, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals
TEAMS: Colorado Rockies, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals
Yet another
year has passed us by and I am headed into my fifth full season of operating
this blog.
Strange how
things happen over five years. It is amazing to me how this went from being a
place where I posted my personal thoughts and findings -- doing so shrouded in anonymity
because I was partially ashamed to admit that I was “blogging” (the word just
sounds awful, right?) -- to an audience of, well, me to a place that has evolved
to the point where it has as many
visitors as it does. Blows my mind when I think about it.
I would like
to thank all of my regular readers for dropping in to digest my analysis. I
hope that you draw as much entertainment out of the posts as I do from
researching and writing them. Below, I have posted some of my personal favorite
entries from the past calendar year so check them out if you missed any.
I will promise
to try to try to make this site a better experience in 2012. I suppose that is
also contingent on the Twins being a good team ...
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