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Adventures In Righteousness
2 days ago by
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Headline:
Wainwright Got Jobbed In Cy Young Voting by Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Assertion:
"Many baseball writers downplayed the value of actually winning games, since [Tim] Lincecum won just 15 times with a decent supporting team."
Facts:
Run Support Per...
40-Man Roster Additions
3 days ago by
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Texas added pitchers MICHAEL KIRKMAN and ZACH PHILLIPS to the 40-man roster.
Texas drafted Kirkman out of high school in 2005’s 5th round. After a solid debut, injuries and mechanical problems derailed Kirkman’s next two years:
75 innings
10.37 RA, 8.32 ERA
23% walk+hbp rate...
Texas Pitchers' Rate Lines and Hitter Counterparts
15 days ago by
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Once again, I've turned every Texas pitcher’s performance into a comparable batter. Below are the opposing batting lines and percentages of homers, walks and strikeouts for every Ranger pitcher who pitched at least 10 innings. The three hitters who most closely match that...
Homegrown Starting Pitchers, Updated
24 days ago by
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A list of starting pitchers developed by AL West teams during the Wild Card era. Criteria for listing: Player originally drafted or signed by the respective team, pitched 162 innings (or one inning per team game in strike years), and not yet eligible for free agency. Year Texas Los...
Grilli, Richardson Outrighted
October 22, 2009 by
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Texas waived pitcher JASON GRILLI and catcher KEVIN RICHARDSON and outrighted them to AAA.
Grilli held opponents to a .216 batting average but was walk-prone (12%), fly-prone, and allowed 12 of 21 hits for extra bases. He was entering his second year of arbitration, having signed...
Grilli, Richardson Outrighted
October 22, 2009 by
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Texas waived pitcher JASON GRILLI and catcher KEVIN RICHARDSON and outrighted them to AAA.
Grilli held opponents to a .216 batting average but was walk-prone (12%), fly-prone, and allowed 12 of 21 hits for extra bases. He was entering his second year of arbitration, having signed...
Texas's 40-Man Roster: Surprisingly Uncrunchy!
September 26, 2009 by
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Untitled DocumentEvan Grant of D Magazine concluded his end-of-season report on Texas’s minor-league system for Baseball America on a worrisome note (subscription-only link):The Rangers have so much minor league talent they may be facing a 40-man roster crunch this winter. That...
Weekend Photo
September 26, 2009 by
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Colby on a rainy Wednesday, 23 September 2009
The Downside of the Teixeira Trade
September 19, 2009 by
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On July 31, 2007, Texas traded 1B Mark Teixeira and lefty reliever Ron Mahay for catchers Jarrod Saltalamacchia, shortstop Elvis Andrus, and pitchers Neftali Feliz, Matt Harrison and Beau Jones. Would the Rangers make that trade again? Yes, unquestionably. Despite the frustrating lack...
Sports Journamalism
September 01, 2009 by
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If you put your photos on the interwebs, you're going to see them appropriated for other sites. Usually not a problem unless commercial considerations are involved.
But this caught my eye:
Full article here
So, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution nabbed a photo off my site (scroll...
Cheyenne, 1991 - 2009
August 18, 2009 by
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She lived a good life.
Home from the Town Lake Animal Shelter, September 1991, five months old
February 1992
January 2000
April 2007
With Jack, February 2009
17 August 2009
Who You Callin’ Lucky?
July 03, 2009 by
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Evan Grant has taken umbrage to ESPN’s Rob Neyer and Fangraphs’ R.J. Anderson regarding their skepticism of Kevin Millwood’s success. Millwood is the “benefactor of an unsustainable amount of stranded runners [presently 86.8%, second best in baseball], thus keeping his ERA...
Time Fades Away
July 03, 2009 by
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Abandoned section of Route 66 between Albuquerque and Grants, New Mexico, April 1996 (Map).
Eight Games Over
May 17, 2009 by
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The Rangers are eight games over .500 for the first time since 2005 and just the third season since last winning the division in 1999. Indeed, eight represents something of a halfway point for the franchise. In 37 previous seasons, the Rangers have surpassed eight games over .500 18...
Idle Thought
May 08, 2009 by
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Buck Showalter's contract expires in five months.
A Quick PitchF/X Look at Derek Holland's MLB Debut
April 24, 2009 by
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Fastball Speed By my count (which involved recategorizing two of 42 pitches), Derek Holland threw 37 fastballs, four sliders, and one changeup. Here's their speeds:Yes, Holland can bring the heat. What I found interesting is that, beginning with the last pitch of the 7th inning...
Minor League Player Ages
April 18, 2009 by
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Age comparisons of Texas minor leaguers to their respective leagues are now online.
How Young Is Elvis Andrus?
April 17, 2009 by
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Elvis, 7 October 2007
Major League Baseball player Elvis Andrus would be:
The youngest player in the AAA Pacific Coast League (nearly four months younger than Neftali Feliz),
The 2nd youngest in the AA Texas League,
The 19th youngest in the high-A California League, and
The 85th...
Minor League Baseball Is Run By Robots
April 14, 2009 by
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Customer (Scott Lucas) - 04/12/2009 01:15 AM
Is there an explanation as to why MILB is carrying audio feeds from
fewer teams this year and not archiving games?
Thanks,
Scott Lucas
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Response (Zovisa) - 04/14/2009 12:20 PM
Dear Scott...
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