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2010 Projections: Bill James Annual edition
October 22, 2009 by
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I have to be brief here, because even as the VEB counter starts registering today's hits I am sitting in an airport in Springfield, waiting to go to Chicago, waiting to go to Japan. But I was sent this year's Bill James Handbook projections in the mail, and in...
The Sky Is Falling, David Freese is a Cheap Copout, Offseason Shopping List Chat Thread
October 21, 2009 by
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by Jeff Roberson - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Albert Pujols contemplates the mass chaos and crushing depression his right elbow will soon inflict upon an unwitting public. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Hot Stove kickoff: The Roster Matrix
October 20, 2009 by
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2010 ROSTER MATRIX2009 EDITION
STARTERSBENCHROTATIONPEN
molina c$4.25m
lugo ut$400K
carpenter rhp$14.5m
franklin rhp$3.25m
pujols 1b$16m
greene ut$400K
lohse rhp$8.9m
mcclellan rhp$400k
schumaker 2b$2.5m
mather of$400K
wainwright rhp$4.65m
motte rhp...
Adam Wainwright and Late-Blooming Fascism
October 19, 2009 by
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by Paul Beaty - AP
St. Louis Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright tips his curveball for fun against the Chicago Cubs in the first inning of the second game of a baseball doubleheader Sunday, July 12, 2009, in Chicago...
The 2010 rotation
October 18, 2009 by
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My first order of business today is to let everybody know that this will be my final daily post here at VEB. Though I’ve truly enjoyed doing this for the last couple of years or so, I’ve found that it takes too much time away from my family and my job to do this well. Itâ€...
Patience...please!
October 17, 2009 by
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There’s been a lot of discussion of late about whether or not the Cards should resign Matt Holliday, who they should pursue should the fail to resign him, and whether or not Hal McRae should return as the Cards’ hitting coach next year. Someone ought to, at some point, study...
Lidge, La Russa
October 16, 2009 by
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by Gus Ruelas - AP
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is a young left-hander with a great curveball and an impressive fastball pitching in the NLCS.
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NLCS Preview
October 15, 2009 by
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The NLCS begins tonight on TBS w/ the Phils heading out west to meet the Dodgers. Needless to say, I’d rather be doing this for the Cards and Phils but here we are. It appears, on paper, to be a fairly evenly matched series. See below.
Dodgers
wRC
PA
RC/PA
UZR/150...
Trader Mo Redux
October 14, 2009 by
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by Tom Gannam - AP
Yep, that's right. Jeff ******* Weaver. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)
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The worst part was I really believed in this team.
I'm actually of two...
Albert Pujols freakout #1
October 13, 2009 by
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by Morry Gash - AP
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For Cardinals fans it is a long season, as the aphorism goes, but it is also a long offseason. Enter article one seeking to place Albert Pujols in greener...
How to spend your winter vacation
October 12, 2009 by
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by Nam Y. Huh - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seriously?
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The season's over. No more worrying about Joel Pineiro's wavering devotion to the sinker, no more worrying...
It ended as it began
October 11, 2009 by
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Well, it was a good ride while it lasted – a much better season than most of us expected. We didn’t deserve to win the series. We were outpitched, outhit, and outfielded; the Dodgers were clearly the better team over the 3 game series. First of all, I wanted to deal w/ the...
Credit Sequence Blooper Reel Overflow Thread
October 10, 2009 by
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Thanks to the Cardinals, for a supremely exciting season. Thanks to The Best Commenters in Baseball and to Chuck, the red baron, and azruavatar. But thanks, most of all, to these guys.
It's been a great year. Hot Stove League starts tomorrow.
Playoff Shave overflow thread
October 10, 2009 by
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by Jeff Roberson - AP
St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday is the one that says "O RLY?" (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Time to change the hoodoo.
NLDS Game 3 Open Thread
October 10, 2009 by
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Vicente Padilla is criminally insane. Everyone in baseball knows it. Milton Bradley has it much more together than this guy. What's a better kept secret is that he has pretty good stuff. That's the reason he's been allowed to stick around in baseball as long as he has...
Once more, for those in the back
October 10, 2009 by
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Ok, now that we’ve all had a chance to decompress following the 9th inning debacle in game 2 – and the lynch mob has had an opportunity to put the torches away – maybe we can settle down and realize that Matt Holliday is not solely to blame for the Cards’ game 2 loss. Dave...
Three Series
October 09, 2009 by
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by Jae C. Hong - AP
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2004
It is a relief to know that no team will ever be my new favorites again. Some time in August, probably, it clicked, and I knew that when checked...
Well that last thread got out of hand overflow
October 08, 2009 by
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by Mark J. Terrill - AP
St. Louis Cardinals' Colby Rasmus, left, hits an RBI double as Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Russell Martin, right, and home plate umpire Brian O'Nora look on (read: close their eyes...
Gotta be kidding Overflow
October 08, 2009 by
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This sucks
[Azru Edit:] That sound you hear is the air being blown out of St. Louis's lungs from that wrenching punch dealt to our collective midsection. To say that was a rough game would be like losing a few limbs and calling it a flesh wound. Unfortunately...
NLDS Game 2 Game Thread
October 08, 2009 by
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Somebody, don't know who, is sleeping on the job. So here's a game thread. Wainwright vs. Kershaw. This is a must-win game if we want to last longer than one round (TWSS?) in the playoffs.
This is after the jump. This may be the first time I've ever used the...
NLDS Game 2 Open Thread: Cardinals at Dodgers
October 08, 2009 by
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Kershaw—8-8, 2.79
Wainwright—19-8, 2.63
Consider Kershaw
An object lesson: walk, or
Strike out not trying
USAToday.com Bloggin' Baseball
October 08, 2009 by
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USAToday.com Bloggin' Baseball
This year USA Today is covering each series throughout the playoffs with a cooperative blog. Click through to see Eric Stephen of SBN sister-site True Blue LA and I discuss the NLDS in capsule-blog form.
To Hit or not To Hit
October 08, 2009 by
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Note: I have a job where I get to work at 6:20 a.m. Therefore, I am putting this post together beginning in the top of the 4th inning of game 1. I’ll be finished (hopefully) before this game is. Skip Schumaker just lined a double down the left field line to make the score 3-2...
The guy on TV just high-fived his reflection after talking about ED overflow thread
October 07, 2009 by
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That's how you know you're watching a baseball game on TV.
The mute the game and listen to calming music overflow thread
October 07, 2009 by
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Just throwing that out there.
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