April 2010
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How Matt Taibbi would save baseball →
Instant replay, time controls, salary cap and floor, drunken mascots, fer-ners, expanded rosters, and more husky first-basemen. (Found it looking for something else.)
Attendance is down 7 percent?! What can I do to help?
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Atlanta Braves misunderstand the infield fly rule →
With two runners on for the Mets (on first and second), José Reyes pops it up in infield. All four umpires call Reyes out, the rule in place to prevent a deception which leads to a double- or triple-play. At least two Major League Baseball players thought they had to tag the batter-runner Reyes (wrong, he’s already out), so the Braves’ catcher threw the dropped ball to first with...
Jay-Z vs DMB →
Are mashups ever a good idea? I have yet to hear one that blew me away. The Grey Album, which blew me away, is not a mashup.
vanmega:
NOT A GOOD IDEA.
“For the Blue Jays, this is an immediate upgrade over Jose Bautista, a player...”
– FanGraphs: Fred Lewis To Toronto
Wait, that’s bad! Bautista’s my favourite Blue Jay! And I don’t want him in the infield. Keep him in right, like my favourite Blue Jay of all time, Jesse Barfield (also a mediocre hitter with some pop and a strong arm)!
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“It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the...”
– Fmr. MLB Commissioner Bart Giamatti, The Green Fields of the Mind. (via langer) (via napoleonsbattleplan)