Daily Notes: Top Performers of the Dominican Winter League
Table of Contents
Here’s the table of contents for today’s edition of Daily Notes.
1. Top Performers of the Dominican Winter League
2. Totally Irrelevant Video: Rey Ordonez, Superstar Defender
3. SCOUT Leaderboards: Dominican Winter League
Top Performers of the Dominican Winter League
The playoffs for the Dominican Winter League (DWL) have begun — and, as such, the regular...
Who Were The Best Double-Play Combo Ever?
Matt Snyder, a blogger for Eye On Baseball, wonders if Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell were the best double-play combination ever? My answer is, probably yes.
The second baseman and shortstop were together for more than ten years and racked up a combined 11 All-Star appearances, seven Gold Gloves and seven Silver Sluggers. Snyder says that the two players might have flown under...
The End Of The 2012 Mets’ Season: An Odd Feeling
The pieces are all familiar. We’ve been here before. There are two games left to the year and the Mets are out of it. Again. We fans sit on the sidelines and watch other guys have fun for the next couple of weeks. We watch, intrigued and happy for the Orioles and A’s. We watch, bored by the Yankees and Braves. We watch, impressed by the Reds and Nationals. We watch, because...
It’s Like A M*A*S*H* Unit Around Here
In Doug’s Dugout today we explore, M*A*S*H*, Baseball style, and other off-center thoughts:
Cue the Fife ‘n Drum Corpse, er Corps. Sound the theme to M*A*S*H*, the movie or television series. Either one will do.
The Mets are on their way to setting a team record for the number of players to man the shortstop position in one calendar week. Only the Gabor sisters had more ex-husbands...
Mets Card of the Week: 1997 Rey Ordonez
1997 UPPER DECK GAME JERSEY REY ORDONEZ
You know how back in the ’90s you’d be watching Up All Night on USA, and you’d be like, “Damn, what is Patrick Swayze doing in this crap?”
Then you’d squint a bit to get a sharper look at the actor playing Sgt Barnes, and you’d think, “Wait, is that…That’s not. I mean, it kind of looks like Patrick Swayze, but not quite...
Mets Have Greatest Defensive Infield Ever
The Greatest Infield Ever, Ordonez, Ventura, Fonzi and Olerud
MLB Network’s show Prime 9, recently did a show ranking the top nine infields Major League Baseball history, the Mets were 7th on their list. While the show ranks the infields by all around stats and defense, it is clear that the 1999 Mets infield are the best defensive quartet in history. In 1999 the New York Mets infield...
Jose Iglesias Impresses Bobby Valentine Early During Spring Training, Drawing Rey Ordonez Comparisons (Podcast)
The paint has barely dried at JetBlue Park and Fenway and the Red Sox are just about ready to start playing on it. Pitchers, catchers and finally position players have arrived on the scene in Fort Myers and the Red Sox have quickly gotten underway on the 2012 while attempting to put 2011 in the rear view mirror. Under the watchful eye of Bobby Valentine, the team has begun workouts...
Four Players to Watch this Spring
Spring Training is finally here! I’m so excited I can barely contain myself. The prospect of a great summer filled with interesting storylines, great games, good races, and high quality action has never been stronger. Baseball is back. As we head into training camps, however, many players have a lot to prove. Some are trying to show that last season’s strong performance wasn’t...
Reds Legend Was Almost a Met
On his third try, Barry Larkin made it into the Hall of Fame with more than 86% of the vote Monday afternoon.For those of you under a rock, Larkin was a fixture for the Cincinnati Reds. Dude help the team win the 1990 World Series, was the first shortstop in baseball history with 30 steals and 30 home runs in a season and, in 1995, brought home the National League MVP award.All...
No Bread, So How About Some Circuses?
I don’t think the 2012 Mets will be as bad as most people seem to think … but that’s not the same thing as thinking the 2012 Mets will actually be good.
I’ll think they’ll be mediocre, with a relatively robust offense but too many No. 4 starters in the rotation and too many improved teams in the National League East. And like a lot of mediocre teams, I think we’ll only...
Ruben Tejada: Rey Ordonez or Something Even Better?
No matter how old some of the readers here are – young or old will surely remember the “Gloved One”, Rey Ordonez. Known for his defensive wizardy at shortstop, Rey-Rey debuted with the Mets in 1996 and was the Mets’ starting shortstop for the next seven seasons. He was a key component to what Sports Illustrated tabbed “The Best Infield Ever”.
The great Ozzie Smith once...
Jose it Ain't So
Jose Reyes is now a Miami Marlin. Nobody should be shocked to read those words. Heck, more beloved players than him have bolted their adopted hometowns for South Beach (see James, Lebron). And $106 million would entice the majority of us to relocate. But that doesn't make it any less painful. Like many Mets fans, Reyes was my favorite player. He was like Rey Ordonez, my...
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