Thanks Vinny!
I didn't follow the Rockies in Vinny Castilla's heyday, but I got to know him a little on the field in his sole year as a Washington National, and I loved his fierce attitude. His skills had declined in the past couple of years, so it's not surprising that Castilla retired this week after 16 [...]
Blue Jays 2007 lineup overlooked in ESPN report
John Shea has a special report up over on ESPN's Hot Stove League that takes an advance look at 2007's most formidable batting orders. Shea ranks the lineups in this way: Mets Cubs Yankees Indians Twins Rangers He singles out the following players as impact batters: Beltran, Delgado, Alou, Wright, Green, Lo Duca, Valentine and [...]
Maller writes poor headlines?
I've never heard Ben Maller on the radio, but I do read his blog. Maller seems to have a solid grip on the world of baseball and his finger firmly on the pulse of the latest rumors, but he writes abysmal headlines! With so much knowledge of the game, why does he feel it necessary [...]
Blue Jays bet on another injured arm, sign V-Zam
The Blue Jays added yet another pitcher with a recent history of injuries to their staff, signing former Devil Ray and Mets righty Victor Zambrano on Tuesday to a Minor League deal with an invitation to Spring Training. In addition to Zambrano, John Thomson and Tomo Ohka will also limp into camp next month and [...]
Billingsley in Blue
No news here: the Blue Jays are still in need of some arms to fill their 2007 starting rotation. Back in December, when J.P. was swinging and not dealing at the Winter Meetings, and Wells appeared to be Texas-bound for 2008, I added a Reader Poll that asked which arms the Jays should target. Not [...]
Jays and Rays talk Dukes deal
Several sources are reporting that the Blue Jays and Devil Rays are discussing a trade that would send coveted OF/1B Elijah Dukes to Toronto for pitchers Shaun Marcum and minor leaguer Josh Sowers. It's rumors like this that I find particularly interesting: on the surface it doesn't seem to make much sense, but if you [...]
Superbug poised to make baseball headlines
Did the Blue Jays ever release confirmed details about the nature Alex Rios' staph infection last season? It sounds like it might have been the same bug that the CBC is referring to in this story: Superbug at Canada's doorstep. If this is the case, we might start hearing about more players going down with [...]
New tools for stats nuts
Baseball-Reference's new Play Index provides a handful of useful data mining tools for baseball stats freaks. The Event Finder locates all of a player's hits, doubles, outs, home runs, and more. You can view a detailed summary, or the complete list of every play including opposing batter or pitcher, opponent, inning, score, runners on base, [...]
Nats need Bowden to work some trade magic
The Washington Nationals are a team in transition–at least that's what the fans are sincerely hoping. A 5th place team for the past two seasons, the Nats are going young in 2007 with a fresh managerial perspective provided by Manny Acta. I like Acta's go-out-and-get-'em attitude and focus on defense, as well as the team's [...]
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