tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53737832024-03-08T01:45:45.378-05:00SkyKing162's BaseblogA fan of the Yankees, Red Sox, and large sample sizes.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1092424253194994142004-08-13T15:07:00.000-04:002004-08-13T15:10:53.193-04:00THIS BLOG HAS MOVED
Finally. SkyKing162 v 2.0 is not only sexier, it's got more power.
http://skyking162.greenmen.org
Change your bookmark (haha, good one) and head on over to read about the switch.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1092320124224581342004-08-12T10:10:00.000-04:002004-08-12T10:15:24.223-04:00NOTES AND QUOTES
My to do list (not in any particular order):
- Write a couple kickass articles for the new site
- Launch new site
- Find a place to live
- Start school year
- Finish dump trades in two fantasy leagues
- Make lesson plans for upcoming school year
Quote of the summer (by Zach, a high school junior):
"Rooting for both the Yankees and Red Sox is like being good at both math and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1090464849820456452004-07-21T22:46:00.000-04:002004-07-21T22:54:09.820-04:00KRUK'S THE MAN
Ok, maybe that's a little extreme.
But he did just say, on Baseball Tonight, that pitchers should pitch to Bonds more and intentionally walk him less. "He can't hit a homerun every time." If we translate that statement from Krukese into English, it's a pretty intelligent observation. The times that Bonds doesn't get on base more than makes up for the hits and homers.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1089755476986918962004-07-13T17:32:00.000-04:002004-07-13T17:51:16.986-04:00IGNORANCE IS THE KISS OF DEATH
I absolutely hate feeling frustrated. And one of the easiest ways to become frustrated is to read about, experience, or interact in any way with ignorance.
One of the best feelings in the world is to defeat ignorance. When you spend two years being infuriated by Joe Morgan "gotta-have-heart and bunting skills to win" chats, it's bliss to finally hear him say Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1089681570859852022004-07-12T21:19:00.000-04:002004-07-12T21:21:16.726-04:00Alright, Trebek. I'll play... your game. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1089556484829436522004-07-11T10:29:00.000-04:002004-07-11T10:34:44.830-04:00EL DUQUE TO START IN PLACE OF MUSSINA
Our local paper mentioned a report by yankees.com that Orlando Hernandez will start today in place of Mike Mussina. With all the "problems" Yankee starters have had this year, it's great to know that there are quality replacements. Frankly, you've got to love the potential upside of the Yankee rotation. Mussina, Brown, Vazquez, Contreras, Lieber, and El Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1088602178497831512004-06-30T09:29:00.000-04:002004-06-30T09:29:38.496-04:00bo logh
To all my friends who think I'm hopelessly obsessed with baseball: you're right.
But at least I'm not obsessed with Klingon.
Oh, and while I'm linking to weird stuff, check out this dude's attempt to get a Gmail account. Oh, and this one, too.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1088601467437105952004-06-30T09:17:00.000-04:002004-06-30T09:17:47.436-04:00NICK JOHNSON
As a big Strat-o-Matic baseball guy, I constantly pay attention to hitter and pitcher platoon splits. For hitters, I like to see a big difference between how they hit lefties and righties (preferably favoring righties). For pitchers, the more consistent, the better. The reason? You can pick specific hitters to take advantage of opposing pitcher handedness, but when you pick yourUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1088010499242755722004-06-23T13:08:00.000-04:002004-06-23T13:08:19.243-04:00YET ANOTHER PRODUTIVE OUTS ARTICLE
In case there was any doubt that Productive Outs and PO Percentage are a waste of digital storage space, as well as a waste of our time, Larry Mahnken sticks another (his sixth?) fork in POP.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1087922366709125232004-06-22T12:26:00.000-04:002004-06-22T12:39:26.710-04:00HAPPY BELATED FATHER'S DAY
My obsession with baseball started with my dad's obsession with baseball. Our relationship is pretty much the epitome of the male bonding cliche.
Dad was my Little League baseball coach - check. Dad took me and my friends to a minor league game for my 8th birthday - check. Dad and I stayed up way past my bedtime watching the Yankees win the World Series - check. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1087516889807776412004-06-17T19:27:00.000-04:002004-06-17T20:01:29.806-04:00DEBAUCHERY, AND LOWE THROWS A GEM
I'm back from driving around the northeast, getting to hang out with some friends that I spend way too little time with. The coolest part was that we didn't just rehash old college stories, but came up with new material.
As a Red Sox fan, their recent descent in the standings has been disheartening. The pitching, a strength for the first two months, has Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1086720338269567462004-06-08T14:42:00.000-04:002004-06-08T14:45:38.270-04:00T.O. BABY
I just finished my first year of teaching high school math, and I'm headed on a nice vacation. This blog won't get updated for about a week, but hey, you're all used to that anyways.
Roger Clemens is pitching in Safeco field today agains the putrid Mariners' offense. My prediction? 8 IP, 7 singles, 2 walks, 1 run, and a win for the ex-Yankee/Red Sock.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1086556601501261892004-06-06T17:16:00.000-04:002004-06-06T17:16:41.503-04:00CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE
Often times, people talk a whole lot of smack, and then don't follow it up with praise when things actually turn out alright. It's the opposite of the presidential promise phenomenon (talk like you're aiming for heaven, and follow it up with crap). Two of these cases concerning internet baseball came to mind to me today.
First, MLB.com has become a pretty darn good Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1086017188130988692004-05-31T11:19:00.000-04:002004-05-31T11:26:28.130-04:00ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR
I don't usually write about myself, but if I can help anyone feel better about things that went wrong this weekend, then I'm glad to help out.
On Friday, I managed to lose my wallet in the two mile drive between the bank and my house. Really. The bank didn't find it, and I didn't have it when I got out of my car 5 minutes later. I cancelled the credit cards, and have Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1085947876869323312004-05-30T16:11:00.000-04:002004-05-30T16:11:16.870-04:00PROUD TO BE A RED SOX FAN
Johnny Damon's out of the lineup today, and rather than put his replacement (Gabe Kapler) in the leadoff spot, Terry Francona used his head and reshuffled the lineup. The 1-2 punch today is Mark Bellhorn and Kevin Youkilis.
Most people would cringe at Bellhorn as a leadoff hitter - you know, no speed. But his .390 OBP is higher than any other current leadoff hitterUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1085936790221239182004-05-30T13:03:00.000-04:002004-05-30T13:06:30.220-04:00JOHN KRUK
I officially like John Kruk and all his antics. His baseball views are a little skewed (ok, extremely skewed), but he is entertaining. And not in the obnoxious way that Terry Bradshaw's "entertaining". Kruk's a good find for Baseball Tonight. Now they just have to do something about that whole baseball incompetence thing. Has he made any one ball jokes, yet?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1085771975046207132004-05-30T11:54:00.000-04:002004-05-30T11:54:58.660-04:00$100 AND $500 BILLS
Fantasy baseball is a fun game. It builds ego, makes us feel like a part of the game, and keeps college friends together. And there's a battle line drawn between the people that play in shallow leagues versus deep leagues.
At most discussion boards it goes like this:
"Shallow leagues are no fun. They're so easy. Every team's an All-Star team."
"Shutup. You're an Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1085779567992647912004-05-28T17:26:00.000-04:002004-05-28T18:31:49.733-04:00RETURN OF THE KINGS
Last year, the Red Sox led the known universe in most of the important offensive categories, including the most important category, runs. Many predicted a return to merely very good this year, and that was before Nomar and Nixon were lost to injuries. Both of those guys are close to returning, and it begs the question, how much will they help the Red Sox offense.
Joe Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1085430634923697692004-05-24T16:30:00.000-04:002004-05-24T16:30:34.923-04:00BASEBALL PROSPECTUS REMEMBERING DOUG PAPPAS
When I first started reading a lot of sabrmetrically slanted baseball writing about five years ago, I got sucked in immediately because of the intellect and sense of "duh, why didn't I think of that" included in most articles. I only read Pappas' work when he was published at Baseball Prospectus, but he was a guy who thought for himself, and didn't Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1085429958195123882004-05-24T16:19:00.000-04:002004-05-24T16:19:18.196-04:00WALKING THE USS MARINER PLANK
If this is correct, might the Yankees be interested in Aurilia? Can he play 2B? Sure, he's played like a replacement player so far this year, but that's better than Enrique Wilson, and probably below the level of which Aurilia's capable. I don't want Aurilia to be the final answer this year, nor would he really help all that much, but jeez - Enrique Wilson? ComeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1085339516458635282004-05-23T15:05:00.000-04:002004-05-23T15:11:56.456-04:00HOME-ANNOUNCER ANNOYINGNESS
I watched the last two innings of Randy Johnson's perfect game on TBS. The announcers were obviously calling the game from the point of view of the Braves, but still were able to show amazement and appreciation of Randy's performance. In fact, they were probably rooting for the perfect game in the two innings I watched.
Tom Glavine's got a no-hitter through 6, and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1085339134663643112004-05-23T14:56:00.000-04:002004-05-23T15:05:34.663-04:00BOSTON FIELDERS
Watching (well, listening to) the NESN broadcast this afternoon, they ran a little feature on how the Boston defense has improved over the last ten games, committing only 3 errors, as opposed to 33 errors in the first 36 games, or something like that.
Look, the Red Sox have the second-best DER in the American League. They've been fielding well all year. Yes, they'd have been Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1085102020675884652004-05-20T21:13:00.000-04:002004-05-22T09:12:43.600-04:00THE DIPS GET DIPS
Hell has frozen over. The Bills will win the Super Bowl. ESPN.com now includes DIPS ERA in their sortable pitching stats. I don't know whether I should be really happy that the world wide provider of sports broadcasting has taken one small step for man, or to be unhappy that these numbers are now easily available to everyone in my fantasy leagues. I'll go with the first, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1084933103740482592004-05-18T22:04:00.000-04:002004-05-18T22:18:23.740-04:00MEAN PARENTS SUCK
If I ever have kids, my number one goal is to not give them a name that will scar them for life. Parents who leave their kids with names like Dusk, Bubba, or Fiontonicia are just inconsiderate. But even worse are the parents that pair up a first name with their last name to create something horrible - Richard Small, I.P. Freely, and Amanda Hugankiss are schoolyard favorites.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373783.post-1084931381232691632004-05-18T21:25:00.000-04:002004-05-18T21:49:41.233-04:00RANDY JOHNSON TURNS IT ON
I don't believe in jinxes. To prove it, I'm typing this in the top of the 8th inning as Luis Gonzalez singles to right. Whether or not The Unit finishes of his perfect game, talking about it beforehand has no bearing on the outcome. Of course, I can only prove that if he finishes the perfect game, so I'm rooting for him to do so.
I don't particularly like Randy, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0