Monday, February 23, 2009

It's Like Raaaiiiaaaaaain on Your Wedding Day...

It's the disappointment of realizing the reliance of 24's writers on recycled plot devices is killing your enjoyment of the show on the same day your copy of Baseball Prospectus 2009 arrives. The usual one-day 24 hour moratorium on details will be observed, with the exception of that link a sentence ago.

"Eeew! [Condoleeza Rice] looks like the black Chloe." - Brittney

Friday, February 20, 2009

So!

Maybe this is old news, but I just found this out:  So Taguchi is a Cub!

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Juice 2: Electric Boogaloo

Random thought while reading Adam's post and seeing when my copy of Baseball Prospectus will ship: what are the false statistical numbers (not just the outlier seasons of guys like Brady Anderson and Luis Gonzalez) going to do to projection systems like PECOTA that rely on career paths of similar players?

He Did It Again!

Hoooooly crap.....

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Juice

As you all know, I tire of the steroids / PED discussion pretty quickly.  Nonetheless, I came across this column on SI.com that I think is pretty intelligent:


Despite what the article says, I don't vindicate Mark McGwire.  I also still believe that, if delivered in way that is perceived as frank, pure honesty is the best way to heal old wounds.  Nonetheless, it's good to finally see someone write that maybe McGwire shouldn't get such a bad rap relative to some of his cheating peers.  I'd rather a guy equivocate than flat out lie.


Pick Me

Obviously these are fake (Bulger an accurate passer?!?!?!?!), but it's still pretty awesome.

Pick Me

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

This week's 24 post starts in 3...2...1...

I'll hold off until tomorrow am unless everyone's seen it.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Should we be surprised?

No need for a link here, but: what's your reaction to the Alex Rodriguez steroid story? Should we be angry? Surprised? Unimpressed?

Spring training starts in a week, by the way...

Sunday, February 1, 2009

The Pro-Cardinals Case

I completely agree that this is optimistic, but here's why I honestly think the Cardinals could - not will, but could - challenge for the NL Central this year:

Link