Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The nice people at ACTA Sports sent me a copy of the Bill James Handbook . Baseball books are my favorite thing in the world. Free ones are better yet. The main part of the book is the career register that gives career stats for every batter and pitcher that played last season. It also has fielding stats and the Fielding Bible voting. One of the interesting bit they have is a listing of what each player...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP Joe Torre telepathically tells Don Mattingly that he didn't have any professional managing experience before he got his first MLB managing gig. Browse more photos » The topic of the moment at Dodger Thoughts is manager heir-apparent Don Mattingly and whether or not his lack of professional managing experience is an issue. At some point it occurred to...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Mike Wilner says a lot of things I agree with in his post yesterday talking about Vernon Wells and Edwin Encarnacion 's wrist surgeries. In two of the last three years Vernon has had terrible seasons and seemingly in both he has tried to play through injuries. Now to his credit, neither year has he tried to use the injury as an excuse. In 2007 he hurt his shoulder and he never said anything about it,...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP Ricky Romero (right) reacts to manager Cito Gaston (left) telling him what Bill James (not depicted) has projected for his 2010 season. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Browse more photos » For a first-round draft pick out of college, Ricky Romero struggled a bit on his way to the majors but after cracking the rotation with a strong spring before the 2009 season,...
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos has confirmed the team will not re-sign free agent first baseman/DH Kevin Millar for next season in an interview with Shi Davidi of the Canadian Press . The 38 year-old Millar hit just .223/.311/.363 with 14 doubles, 7 homers and 29 RBI in 2009 with Toronto. The right-handed hitter wasn't able to mash lefties as he hit just .250 with a .721 OPS and was definitely exposed against...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Meet the Mets Congratulations to Mike Piazza and wife Alicia Rickter on the birth of their second child . The Padres did not include Adrian Gonzalez's picture on their 2010 season ticket promotional materials. The trade rumor mill is swirling hard now. Around the NL East Cole Hamels continues to struggle for the Phillies . Hamels' suckiness has led some columnists to discourage Charlie Manuel from...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The fate of ace Roy Halladay is now the Toronto Blue Jays' central issue after Cito Gaston's status as manager was settled, the coaching staff shuffled and the interim tag from president and CEO Paul Beeston removed.
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
So what do we think about Cito staying and Arnsberg going? Our friends at Tao of Stieb and The Drunks very clearly hate it. And they are right. We all have been working under the theory that Cito and Brad couldn't work together another year. One of them had to go. Since Brad Arnsberg came to the team we have been one of the best pitching teams in baseball. This past season he had a pitching staff that's...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Cito's staying, Brad Arnsberg is going. Here is the press release. I will comment more tomorrow, don't have time at the moment, but am very sad to see Arnsberg gone from the team. Arnsberg has kept the pitching staff near the top of the league for the last few years, but we figured he and Cito wouldn't be working together again next year. BLUE JAYS COMPLETE COACHING STAFF FOR 2010 GASTON agrees to...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The Toronto Blue Jays say manager Cito Gaston will fulfil the last year of his contract in 2010 and then serve as a consultant for the next four years.
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Watching managers in the playoffs makes me long for Cito Gaston's minimalist approach to managing a baseball game. The 9th inning of tonight's game there were a bunch of interesting moves. Angel's closer Brian Fuentes got the first two outs of the inning quickly, admittedly there was a fair bit of luck that Johnny Damon 's hard line drive was right at the first basemen. Then the Angels intentionally...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
More photos » by Rob Carr - AP How can you tell this picture was taken before the game started? Notice the smile? That's how. (AP Photo/Rob Carr) Browse more photos » Last week in his ' Mail Bag ' Richard Griffin suggested that Alex Anthopoulos should fire Cito. I ignored it at the time because he suggested Buck Showalter as the replacement on the fairly flimsy evidence that Alex had talked...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Despite the threat of rain pretty much all day, the Yanks and Angels are playing in the Bronx. Here's a few links to check out between pitches... The NLCS is bringing Jim Thome back to Philadelphia for just the second time since the trade that sent him to the White Sox prior to the 2006 season, and as MLB.com's Ken Gurnick explains, the Phillies were "somewhat divided internally" about whether...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
More photos » by Michael Dwyer - AP Would you want to pitch to this guy with the game and the series on the line?(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) Browse more photos » A terrific Angels / Red Sox game today. The Angels were down 5-2 going into the 8th inning and got a couple of runs. Francona brought Johnathan Papelbon in for the shot at a 4 out save. Red Sox scored 1 in the bottom of the 8th so...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
There isn't a ton of Jay news out there but some folks are still talking about the team. A week in and Alex Anthopoulos (how long until I can spell his name without having to check to make sure I'm right') has done some hiring and firing . Former director of player development Dick Scott and former major league scout Rob Ducey both lost their jobs in organizational shuffling announced in a series of...
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