So Ted (friend at work) said to me a few minutes ago that Bronson was discussed in the Red Sox post game last night. Apparently, Jack Welch was there and they were discussing how good it would be to still have him. OK - great!! Yay!! But I guess they were also comparing what his numbers are versus what they would be if he were still in the AL.
So I sent the link from my "Admissions II" post. I pointed out that in terms of ERA - Bronson currently LEADS MLB - with 2.58. According to the formula in the SI article - the difference between the NL and the AL is between +.33 and .50. So when you plug Bronson's numbers into that he would be between 2.91 and 3.08. Which would STILL have him in the top 5 AL pitchers. My point - the adjustment isn't THAT drastic and people need to STOP making it out to be.
Just sayin'...
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Baseball bites...
So Pedro came 'home' last night. Wanna know who sort of missed it?? ME. Wanna know why that stinks?? Because I was at the damn game. I didn't see the video montage on the 'tron - because well, our seats are up under the RF deck. And then when everyone stands up to cheer - I can't see what people are cheering about. (No making fun - I can't help it that I am vertically challenged.) So that was a little frustrating. Well, I guess I will just have to cheer loudly in my living room tonight when he is ACTUALLY pitching... Irritate the neighbors... Hehe - starting to feel better just thinking about it...
Tribute to the 86 Sox last night. People cheered more when Bill Buckner's name was announced than they did for almost everyone else. Yeah, I thought it was weird too. I realized though that those are the guys who helped form my first baseball memories. I remember laying in my living room, on my stomach, on the floor, pretty late at night - watching the game. The ground ball went by, my grandfather freaked, yelled - "what a bunch of bums" and told me it was time for bed. Guess he probably didn't want me to see him cry.
Food for thought - Jon Lester, last night's starting Sox pitcher was 2 years, 9 months and 18 days old when that game happened. Feel REALLY old??? Yeah - me too.
Bronson is almost a definite for the All-Star game. As of today, June 28th - he is leading ALL OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL with an ERA of 2.58. I am resisting the urge to post a link to the espn.com stat page on our company website, boston.com and anywhere else I can think of that would send a BIG F-U message to all the naysayers. Can't think of anything that would make me happier. Well, I CAN - but it isn't October yet...
Went to NYC to see the Mets vs. the Reds a little over a week ago. Shea stadium is ummm, well - NOT Fenway. So many people have compared them but the way I see it - it's still a STADIUM - not a park. Wrigley, Camden and Fenway are the only parks that most agree FEEL like a baseball park should feel. I don't think that Shea is a converted football field (a la RFK in DC) - but it isn't a park either. I guess it falls somewhere in the middle.
SO yeah, Reds vs. Mets - betcha can guess who the Reds starting pitcher was... He pitched a CG (more time for me to watch and less time for the pen to screw things up), which was nice. We had seats on the field in left field - which would have been VERY cool, except there was ONLY one ball hit even in our general direction. I didn't even stand a chance of getting on TV. SO NOT COOL.
What do you think the odds are of catching a foul ball at a game? I told Frank last night that that would be way too much calculus for me. Because I firmly believe that I am NEVER going to catch one.
OK - I'm done... Just sayin'...
Tribute to the 86 Sox last night. People cheered more when Bill Buckner's name was announced than they did for almost everyone else. Yeah, I thought it was weird too. I realized though that those are the guys who helped form my first baseball memories. I remember laying in my living room, on my stomach, on the floor, pretty late at night - watching the game. The ground ball went by, my grandfather freaked, yelled - "what a bunch of bums" and told me it was time for bed. Guess he probably didn't want me to see him cry.
Food for thought - Jon Lester, last night's starting Sox pitcher was 2 years, 9 months and 18 days old when that game happened. Feel REALLY old??? Yeah - me too.
Bronson is almost a definite for the All-Star game. As of today, June 28th - he is leading ALL OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL with an ERA of 2.58. I am resisting the urge to post a link to the espn.com stat page on our company website, boston.com and anywhere else I can think of that would send a BIG F-U message to all the naysayers. Can't think of anything that would make me happier. Well, I CAN - but it isn't October yet...
Went to NYC to see the Mets vs. the Reds a little over a week ago. Shea stadium is ummm, well - NOT Fenway. So many people have compared them but the way I see it - it's still a STADIUM - not a park. Wrigley, Camden and Fenway are the only parks that most agree FEEL like a baseball park should feel. I don't think that Shea is a converted football field (a la RFK in DC) - but it isn't a park either. I guess it falls somewhere in the middle.
SO yeah, Reds vs. Mets - betcha can guess who the Reds starting pitcher was... He pitched a CG (more time for me to watch and less time for the pen to screw things up), which was nice. We had seats on the field in left field - which would have been VERY cool, except there was ONLY one ball hit even in our general direction. I didn't even stand a chance of getting on TV. SO NOT COOL.
What do you think the odds are of catching a foul ball at a game? I told Frank last night that that would be way too much calculus for me. Because I firmly believe that I am NEVER going to catch one.
OK - I'm done... Just sayin'...
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Pink Hat Brigade
So - last Friday-ish, someone on the Red Sox message board on Boston.com started whining about women and girls who go to games wearing pink hats - which the poster was equating with fair-weather fans who know next to nothing about games and just started going when the Sox won the WS. A few months ago - my sister also mentioned this pet peeve - however, her issue was with the hats themselves, not the people wearing them. I have a pink Sox hat, which I like very much and wear on occasion to games. So, in true ME form, I had to post something:
"OK - I am a woman, I wear a pink Sox hat and I probably know more about baseball than some MEN. And for the record - I DID just start buying tickets to games a few years ago, but it wasn't because I wasn't a fan - it's because I grew up, got my own job and became able to pay for my own tickets. Before?? It was all NESN/UPN for me. My point?? It doesn't make me any less of a fan because I watched it on TV and choose to wear a pink hat. So to say I am insulted to be grouped with 'fair-weather, clueless fans' would be an understatement."
Which Prompted this response:
"dancergirl, will you marry me?"
my response:
"Ummm, I am very flattered that you asked but I think my husband would object... And besides, I could be a hairy toad - you never know."
And THEN this one came:
"prove you know about baseball. its not enough to say it. give me some analysis that isnt regurgitated crap from eei or even this board. until then, you are a pink hat wearing, cell phone talking, tek sign waving, ticket price raising chick.
ps and you probably are a hairy toad if you are on this board. the rest of us are."
So here was my insightful 'analysis':
"Well, truth is I am not a hairy toad - I was just being funny back to OJ. I am here because I am interested in opinions of and having intelligent discussions with other Sox fans. As for EEI - at least I listen to it. Not sure many other women can say that they know who D&C or the Big O are. And I wouldn't regurgitate anything others say because - well, I'm just not un-original. I don't wave signs at games. It's obnoxious and people are there to see a game - not the back of a posterboard. And if you read enough posts you would see that I know the game very well - and post here on occasion.
But if you want some analysis, here ya go...... The Sox got rid of their next Tim Wakefield by trading Arroyo. Look back at Wake's stats (ERA, W-L, games pitched/started) in his first five years in the Show and look at Arroyo's. The similarities are startling, actually. And given that Arroyo has never been on the DL - it seems to me that he may be able to have a similar longevity as Mr. Knuckleballer. "
And finally:
"good reply and while some may argue with the arroy/wakefield arguement it is original and i think the sentiment is correct (it was an obvious misatke to trade a happy, productive, flexible, cheap and durable arm from the AL East for an unproven, bad defending, strikeout prone, clubhouse problem, "next year, next year" guy form the NL) -and hopefully your hot as well -although a little bit of chub goes a long way!"
Yeah, that's what I THOUGHT...
Just sayin'...
"OK - I am a woman, I wear a pink Sox hat and I probably know more about baseball than some MEN. And for the record - I DID just start buying tickets to games a few years ago, but it wasn't because I wasn't a fan - it's because I grew up, got my own job and became able to pay for my own tickets. Before?? It was all NESN/UPN for me. My point?? It doesn't make me any less of a fan because I watched it on TV and choose to wear a pink hat. So to say I am insulted to be grouped with 'fair-weather, clueless fans' would be an understatement."
Which Prompted this response:
"dancergirl, will you marry me?"
my response:
"Ummm, I am very flattered that you asked but I think my husband would object... And besides, I could be a hairy toad - you never know."
And THEN this one came:
"prove you know about baseball. its not enough to say it. give me some analysis that isnt regurgitated crap from eei or even this board. until then, you are a pink hat wearing, cell phone talking, tek sign waving, ticket price raising chick.
ps and you probably are a hairy toad if you are on this board. the rest of us are."
So here was my insightful 'analysis':
"Well, truth is I am not a hairy toad - I was just being funny back to OJ. I am here because I am interested in opinions of and having intelligent discussions with other Sox fans. As for EEI - at least I listen to it. Not sure many other women can say that they know who D&C or the Big O are. And I wouldn't regurgitate anything others say because - well, I'm just not un-original. I don't wave signs at games. It's obnoxious and people are there to see a game - not the back of a posterboard. And if you read enough posts you would see that I know the game very well - and post here on occasion.
But if you want some analysis, here ya go...... The Sox got rid of their next Tim Wakefield by trading Arroyo. Look back at Wake's stats (ERA, W-L, games pitched/started) in his first five years in the Show and look at Arroyo's. The similarities are startling, actually. And given that Arroyo has never been on the DL - it seems to me that he may be able to have a similar longevity as Mr. Knuckleballer. "
And finally:
"good reply and while some may argue with the arroy/wakefield arguement it is original and i think the sentiment is correct (it was an obvious misatke to trade a happy, productive, flexible, cheap and durable arm from the AL East for an unproven, bad defending, strikeout prone, clubhouse problem, "next year, next year" guy form the NL) -and hopefully your hot as well -although a little bit of chub goes a long way!"
Yeah, that's what I THOUGHT...
Just sayin'...
Admissions II
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/fantasy/06/09/sixty.feet/
This is an addendum to the "Admissions" post. Here is more info about the difference between pitching in the NL and AL.
This is an addendum to the "Admissions" post. Here is more info about the difference between pitching in the NL and AL.
Friday, June 02, 2006
Case of the Tuesdays
Ok this pic below is on the page cuteoverload.com. The whole site is cute but I HAD to post this one because the title will please Jeff to no-end, I'm sure. Enjoy!!!
Case of the Tuesdays
Just 15 more minutes!
Stheriously.
Just 15 more...
http://mfrost.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/babyy.jpg
Case of the Tuesdays
Just 15 more minutes!
Stheriously.
Just 15 more...
http://mfrost.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/babyy.jpg
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)