Posted on January 23, 2009 by Taylor
So yesterday was the start of the Reds Winter Caravan and one of the first stops was Louisville Slugger Field. The event was held in the ballpark’s foyer (think concrete slab floor, florescent lights) as opposed to the last two years at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. The event was moved due to renovations [...]
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Posted on January 19, 2009 by Taylor
With football nearly over and college basketball (admittedly my favorite sport) in full swing, it is time to look forward to spring training in just 25 days until pitchers and catchers report.
I came across this article in the Hearld Tribune about the the city of Sarasota still receiving money from the state of Florida despite [...]
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Posted on January 7, 2009 by Taylor
Bernice Gallego, 80, is one lucky woman.
From the Fresno Bee:
She dug into a box and pulled out a baseball card. She stopped for a moment and admired the picture. “Red Stocking B.B. Club of Cincinnati,” the card read, under a sepia tone photo of 10 men with their socks pulled up to their knees. The [...]
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Posted on January 5, 2009 by Taylor
It looks like ESPN has taken a cue from the launch of MLB-N on New Years Day and has tried to upgrade their hot stove coverage.
ESPN has just now started to advertise their new Hot Stove show on Tuesday nights starting at 6 PM. This show would run in competition with MLB-N’s 24-hour coverage of [...]
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Posted on January 5, 2009 by Taylor
Looks like two of the options that the Reds were looking to upgrade with are off the table.
Pat Burrell has signed a two-year, $8MM deal with the Rays. He will probably be their DH.
Milton Bradley has signed a three-year, $30MM deal with the Cubs. (I can’t wait until he and Sweet Lou are at each [...]
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Posted on January 5, 2009 by Taylor
A team and organization that gets it.
From U.S.S. Mariner
I think it’s fair to say that, right now, Tom is the leading analyst of the day in public advancement of statistical analysis. If you wanted to know what the best practice for current analysis is, you wouldn’t go to Bill James or Nate Silver, you’d go [...]
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Posted on January 2, 2009 by Taylor
For those who, like me, don’t get the MLB-N with your cable provider, Awful Announcing has posted a video clip of what we missed.
If you go to the MLB-N website, you can check the availablity in your area and even send in a request to your cable provider (I did it [...]
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Posted on January 1, 2009 by Taylor
Doug over at Reds Minor Leagues has an awesome excel spreadsheet available for download that allows you to be your own stats geek.
Fill in the information on what you think the Reds will do this season and see how it translates into wins (or lack thereof) .
I hope Walt has some sort of spreadsheet like [...]
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