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Is Braden the worst pitcher with a perfect game? 39

Jul

29

2010

This arose out of a set of emails at work, and I figured I’d post it here since I hadn’t really thought through it before.Â First off, here’s the list (the third column is career ERA+, by baseball-reference, as a starting point): Dallas Braden Â Â 05-09-2010 96Â Oakland 4, Tampa Bay 0 Mark BuehrleÂ Â Â Â Â ...

A Call To Action (and to Grill) 65

Jul

28

2010

I’ll leave the links to you, but I wanted to talk about the first challenge since Obama’s election where us Californians can have an impact: Filibuster reform. Be warned, this is going to be liberal advocacy, so feel free to skip it and drop links, etc.

Zk extension thread 23

Jul

23

2010

Zk extended. four years at a guaranteed $16.25 million, and a fifth year, 2014, that kicks in with a vesting option based on games played, with the number just under 120 games gso already hit the obligatory insta-joke reaction. What’s everybody else think?

Billy hearts Cliffy 26

Jul

21

2010

Interesting Beane interview by Kawakami. (His column based on it is utterly useless, and another example of PF/AM in the trad journo trade; also, while the interview itself is worth reading because Beane seemed to be wearing his emotions and opinions on his sleeve a lot more than he typically does, Kawakami hardly engages Beane ...

A Letter from Lew Wolff? 5

Jul

20

2010

Hunh. How did we miss this? FoS claims it was posted last Wednesday, but there’s no clear indication of date (either on the page or the source code, that I can see). Is this new? If so, why now? This sure feels like a first-shoe-dropping sort of thing to me — prelude to … something. ...

Obama should take lessons from Wolff in Negotiations 101 3

Jul

18

2010

Jesus fucking Christ, Lew, take the maximalist position, why doncha? Here are the ownersâ€™ relative stances (just heard recently): Wolffâ€™s preferred position: Make the Bay Area a shared two-team market, with no county designations for individual teams. No compensation to the Giants. Wolffâ€™s fallback position: Minimal compensation to the Giants, but only after the move ...

A’s at Indians, game 3 12

Jul

4

2010

Mazzaro v Carmona Crisp Barton Sweeknee Circust Circust Ellis Gross Rosales 3B Powell Cliffy Addenda/pregame conversation starters: Jim Thome for the Hall? Jackson likely to DL

Early game thread + groverbaiting/slusterbating 52

Jun

23

2010

No Cust again today, again vs a RHSP. Jackson at DH, Gross in RF, Rajai in LF. Crisp leading off. And Rosales gives Cliffy (at least?) one day off. Byg Twyt speculates a roster shakeup a-comin’ — I agree. The Fox/Patterson DFAs were likely the initial volley. He thinks Cust is gone in a couple ...

Fox Beats Patterson to the post 17

Jun

22

2010

And we are the proud new owners of this guy. Better than nothing, but not by much. A career 3.81 ERA in AAA, plus too many walks.

OBAMA URGES HELP JEDILEROY WITH STATS 9

Jun

20

2010

So, I set out to prove to someone that bunting for a single down three with no outs in the bottom of the ninth was not necessarily a conservative strategy, nor a better way to increase the likelihood of a win (compared to hitting for power).