Well, Gene Woj and "Scout X," who I would bet is probably Gene Woj if not for the fact that he actually has okay things to say about A-Rod.
This one's pretty much been attacked all over this here internets, much more so than his other terrible articles, so I'm not gonna cover it here. Oh, except to say that I THOUGHT UP THE HOLDEN CAUFIELD "PHONY" JOKE FIRST IF ANYONE SEES IT ANYWHERE ELSE.
Monday, March 01, 2010
watching the 2008 MLB ASG on MLB Network
a. mmmm Chase Utley and Grady Sizemore and Ryan Braun, among others. Of course, this always applies to Jeter and A-Rod. Josh Hamilton is super hot too (and has a GREAT name, doesn't he?) but he seems, uh, troubled.
b. Joe Buck sounded like he was going to throw up when he called OYS a "jewel."
c. A-Rod's high socks/white cleats look is so awful. You'd think a guy who probably goes tanning and who like, dyed his hair would know better than that. God, I'd blocked that out of my head.
d. the reception Jonathan Papelbon gets in this game is fucking fantastic. I am so proud of my fellow Yankee fans.
e. Wow, Mo's entrance still gives me chills. Just amazing. And Mo teaching Halladay and Kazmir the cutter was pretty hilarious and cool though really, Mo, did you really need to teach those two anything when it came to facing the Yankees?!?!?
f. Really, AL? Bases loaded, nobody out in a tie game in extra innings, and it would have given Mo the win to boot if you'd gotten a guy home, and you couldn't score?!
g. It's already weird to see Manny in a Boston uniform and Cliff Lee in an Indians uniform.
h. Derek's reaction when the American League finally wins is so, so, so cute. Who is he hugging? I also got a pretty big kick out of this one moment in extra innings where he was chatting all happily with Francona while Girardi sat in the background looking pretty glum.
b. Joe Buck sounded like he was going to throw up when he called OYS a "jewel."
c. A-Rod's high socks/white cleats look is so awful. You'd think a guy who probably goes tanning and who like, dyed his hair would know better than that. God, I'd blocked that out of my head.
d. the reception Jonathan Papelbon gets in this game is fucking fantastic. I am so proud of my fellow Yankee fans.
e. Wow, Mo's entrance still gives me chills. Just amazing. And Mo teaching Halladay and Kazmir the cutter was pretty hilarious and cool though really, Mo, did you really need to teach those two anything when it came to facing the Yankees?!?!?
f. Really, AL? Bases loaded, nobody out in a tie game in extra innings, and it would have given Mo the win to boot if you'd gotten a guy home, and you couldn't score?!
g. It's already weird to see Manny in a Boston uniform and Cliff Lee in an Indians uniform.
h. Derek's reaction when the American League finally wins is so, so, so cute. Who is he hugging? I also got a pretty big kick out of this one moment in extra innings where he was chatting all happily with Francona while Girardi sat in the background looking pretty glum.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
I am inviting bad karma by posting this but lol.
Jason Varitek after the ASB: .157/.250/.239/.489, 1 HR o_O (against Sergio Mitre in that game the Yankees won 20-11)
BUT I THOUGHT THEY HATED EACH OTHER ACCORDING TO GAMMONS
Yankees sluggers even closer than 3 and 4
(Ughhh I saw that headline on the side that's Posada: "They are going to have to rip uniform off me" and I know it's in reference to him retiring but my first thought was, I might do that if he asked! I AM A PERVERT.)
(Ughhh I saw that headline on the side that's Posada: "They are going to have to rip uniform off me" and I know it's in reference to him retiring but my first thought was, I might do that if he asked! I AM A PERVERT.)
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Jimmy Rollins has an MVP
He wasn't an embarrassingly bad choice like Bartolo Colon in 2005 (Johan says hi) or Justin Morneau in 2006 (isn't it funny that for all the "Derek Jeter is soooo overrated" stuff, he's never won an MVP, deserved or not? I'd trade all those undeserved Gold Gloves for that one MVP in 1999 or 2006.), but... yikes.
I am under the impression that David Wright lost out on that NL MVP - he had a .963 OPS for a ridiculous 149 OPS+, led the NL in WAR with a really impressive 8.4, and placed second in NL VORP behind Hanley Ramirez - because the year was 2007 and the Mets choked horribly. That wasn't, however, due to him. Here are his stats in August:
.394/.516 (!!!!)/.657/1.172
And September:
.352/.432/.602/1.034
Oh, and save April, he never OPSed below .900 in a month.
He also had 12 HRs and 41 RBI (RBI is a stupid stat, but you know) during those two months. On the other hand, let's check the Mets' team ERA over the season:
April 2.96
May 3.69
June 4.20
July 4.50
August 4.93
September 5.11
A lot of this is due to the fact that their relievers (and a good number of their starters) were a. not that good to begin with, so it's likely they were getting lucky early on and a regression to the mean was due; b. incredibly overused, so they were very tired by the end of the season.
The following are all from 2007, NL-only.
Fangraphs WAR:
David Wright 8.4
Chase Utley 8.0
Matt Holliday 8.0
Chipper Jones 7.1
Jimmy Rollins 6.7
(if you think pitchers should get MVP votes, and I don't, Brandon Webb had a 6.9)
BP WARP:
Albert Pujols 9.5
David Wright 8.7
Troy Tulowitzki 7.8
Chase Utley 7.6
Hanley Ramirez 7.2
Chipper Jones 7.1
Matt Holliday 7.1
Jimmy Rollins 6.5
(again, if you're counting pitchers, Jake Peavy had an 8.5 and Roy Oswalt a 6.6. Brandon Webb was tied with Jimmy with 6.5.)
BP VORP:
Hanley Ramirez 87.1
David Wright 81.6
Chipper Jones 77.0
Matt Holliday 76.4
Albert Pujols 73.9
Prince Fielder 70.3
Chase Utley 69.8
Miguel Cabrera 69.1
Jimmy Rollins 67.3
And yes, this is a system that gives more weight to shortstops, catchers, etc., having great offensive years.
(pitchers: Peavy 75.9)
So yeah. Jimmy Rollins didn't deserve that MVP so much. David, Matt Holliday, Prince Fielder, Hanley Ramirez, Pujols, and heck, even Rollins' own teammate that year, Chase Utley, deserved it more. Don't get me wrong, he had a great year and it's not like he was a horrible choice, but I think voters were very seduced by the Phillies' division comeback and Rollins' 30-30 year.
I am under the impression that David Wright lost out on that NL MVP - he had a .963 OPS for a ridiculous 149 OPS+, led the NL in WAR with a really impressive 8.4, and placed second in NL VORP behind Hanley Ramirez - because the year was 2007 and the Mets choked horribly. That wasn't, however, due to him. Here are his stats in August:
.394/.516 (!!!!)/.657/1.172
And September:
.352/.432/.602/1.034
Oh, and save April, he never OPSed below .900 in a month.
He also had 12 HRs and 41 RBI (RBI is a stupid stat, but you know) during those two months. On the other hand, let's check the Mets' team ERA over the season:
April 2.96
May 3.69
June 4.20
July 4.50
August 4.93
September 5.11
A lot of this is due to the fact that their relievers (and a good number of their starters) were a. not that good to begin with, so it's likely they were getting lucky early on and a regression to the mean was due; b. incredibly overused, so they were very tired by the end of the season.
The following are all from 2007, NL-only.
Fangraphs WAR:
David Wright 8.4
Chase Utley 8.0
Matt Holliday 8.0
Chipper Jones 7.1
Jimmy Rollins 6.7
(if you think pitchers should get MVP votes, and I don't, Brandon Webb had a 6.9)
BP WARP:
Albert Pujols 9.5
David Wright 8.7
Troy Tulowitzki 7.8
Chase Utley 7.6
Hanley Ramirez 7.2
Chipper Jones 7.1
Matt Holliday 7.1
Jimmy Rollins 6.5
(again, if you're counting pitchers, Jake Peavy had an 8.5 and Roy Oswalt a 6.6. Brandon Webb was tied with Jimmy with 6.5.)
BP VORP:
Hanley Ramirez 87.1
David Wright 81.6
Chipper Jones 77.0
Matt Holliday 76.4
Albert Pujols 73.9
Prince Fielder 70.3
Chase Utley 69.8
Miguel Cabrera 69.1
Jimmy Rollins 67.3
And yes, this is a system that gives more weight to shortstops, catchers, etc., having great offensive years.
(pitchers: Peavy 75.9)
So yeah. Jimmy Rollins didn't deserve that MVP so much. David, Matt Holliday, Prince Fielder, Hanley Ramirez, Pujols, and heck, even Rollins' own teammate that year, Chase Utley, deserved it more. Don't get me wrong, he had a great year and it's not like he was a horrible choice, but I think voters were very seduced by the Phillies' division comeback and Rollins' 30-30 year.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
today, in "inappropriate lusting after Andy Pettitte"
I was watching some Yankees Classic for just a minute or two earlier, and Andy was pitching, and they were talking about how he was trying to "bust and pound [the hitter] inside."
You do not even want to know what my reaction to this wasexcept that Andy Pettitte can pound me inside aaaaanytime he wants.
You do not even want to know what my reaction to this was
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
my only note about the whole Chan Ho Park thing
Can the Yankees change their facial hair rules for him? Because he had a pretty badass beard.
(Also, the Yankees clearly signed him so that he wouldn't have to fear CC or Andy's bats. True story, that's Andy's only career home run. Chan Ho Park is a pretty good reliever, he just can't start any more, at all.)
(Also, the Yankees clearly signed him so that he wouldn't have to fear CC or Andy's bats. True story, that's Andy's only career home run. Chan Ho Park is a pretty good reliever, he just can't start any more, at all.)
Monday, February 22, 2010
My response to this picture:
Crank it.
(Dammit. The picture appears to have died. :( It was a picture of Jorge and AJ shaking hands.)
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