Baseball 2013

[The Minsky Moment]

The Cuddyer/Harper picture is a good demonstration of what is wrong about some of criticism of the selections.

The AS game is supposed to bring together the very best players in baseball, not a compilation of pretty decent guys who happened to put together a strong 70 game stretch to start the season.  No one thinks the Cuddyer is actually a better player than Harper.  If you had a must-win one game playoff tomorrow, even Cuddyer's mother wouldn't pick him over Harper.  So it is kind of silly to suggest there is something wrong about the selection.

The second thing wrong with the picture is the use of non park adjusted triple crown stats as the sole basis of comparison.  Harper's OBP and Slugging percentage are very close to Cuddyer, and of course Cuddyer plays in the easiest hitter's park in the game.  Harper is faster and a much better defender.  So even looking at performance to date, Harper has performed at a higher level.

[fhdz]

That's pretty damned cool.

It really is.

[MadBurgerMaker]

The Rangers have managed to tie it up with Oakland for the moment due to a three game winning streak and 5 of the last 6.  Of course, the A's haven't finished playing the Pirates yet today, so if they win (and they currently are), they can go back up by 1/2 game. 

As a side note, I broke down and bought The Show 13.  11 is a great game, but it was time for an upgrade.

[fhdz]

4 in a row for the Cubs.

7-2 win tonight vs. the Angels, who have been hotter than a two-dollar pistol.

It's Bizarro-World, folks.

[derspiess]

4 in a row for the Cubs.

7-2 win tonight vs. the Angels, who have been hotter than a two-dollar pistol.

It's Bizarro-World, folks.

They're a mere 13.5 games back now

Or I guess it will be 14 in a few minutes.  Man, are the Astros even trying to field a team these days?

[fhdz]

4 in a row for the Cubs.

7-2 win tonight vs. the Angels, who have been hotter than a two-dollar pistol.

It's Bizarro-World, folks.

They're a mere 13.5 games back now

I have to take what I can get.

[fhdz]

THIS GUY

[derspiess]

4 in a row for the Cubs.

7-2 win tonight vs. the Angels, who have been hotter than a two-dollar pistol.

It's Bizarro-World, folks.

They're a mere 13.5 games back now

I have to take what I can get.

Yeah, I've been there. 

Meanwhile, Reds fans around here are ready to jump off the Roebling Bridge en masse.  Reds have just totally fallen flat, with no signs of life. I'd enjoy the wailing if it weren't so pathetic.

[derspiess]

Fhdzhdz's Flubs are up 1-0 on my Cards.  I'm not amused.

[Ed Anger]

MAH BIG RED MACHINE

[derspiess]

MAH BIG RED MACHINE

Nobody wants to talk about them around here, suddenly.  Outside of the brief elation over Homer Bailey's perfect game, the yokels seem almost ready to write off the season.  And Dusty Baker is worse than TEH HITLAR apparently.

[derspiess]

Enjoy this one, F-deez

[katmai]

Lincecum no hitter through 8 innings.

[katmai]

Lincecum no hitter through 8 innings.

Way to go Timmay!

No hitter, 4bb's, 13k's

[Syt]

Fluke.