http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/yankees/2010/11/scout-jeter-deserved-gold-glov.html
"Before, he was above average range-wise, and now he’s just average. I don’t think his defense is going to become a negative for him for quite some time," the scout said. "They say that great outfielders never have to dive, I think that applies to Jeter, too.
"Because he’s older, a little more wise and he knows opposing hitters, how infields play, his catcher, his pitcher - all those factors. Good shortstops have instincts, and I put an 80 on his instincts this year.
"If you were going to create a baseball player, you’d want him to have Derek Jeter’s brain. That’s part of who he is and that’s never going to change, even if he’s a tick slower. He’s smarter than he was when he was younger."
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
there's a lot of dumb scouts out there y'know
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/510665-derek-jeter-the-ridiculous-stupid-clueless-speculation-continues
<3
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Thursday, 11 November 2010 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
god where do they dig up the people who write on bleacher report, that site is seriously the worst.
― omar little, Thursday, 11 November 2010 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link
He led the league in plate appearances. He was 10th in the league in times on base.
― Andy K, Thursday, 11 November 2010 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
John Jaso goes through life to a little different beat.
Take his iPod for starters. Rather than filling his ears with rap music that's so popular with most of his teammates, he's listening to classic rock, including a lot of stuff from the 1960s and early '70s -- like The Beatles, Neil Young and Led Zeppelin.
what a lede
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 November 2010 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
jon heyman's yearly "why i am a moron" column
― omar little, Monday, 20 December 2010 23:25 (thirteen years ago) link
and this thread has come full circle
― ciderpress, Monday, 20 December 2010 23:37 (thirteen years ago) link
hold on, that really says "December 20, 2010"???????????????????????????????????????
― return of the nakh (J0rdan S.), Monday, 20 December 2010 23:40 (thirteen years ago) link
he does it every single year, right?
― call all destroyer, Monday, 20 December 2010 23:40 (thirteen years ago) link
The list is even worse than the article.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 20 December 2010 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link
somehow, Alomar, Raines and Larkin slipped through
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
19. Marquis Grissom. He is one of only seven players with 2,000 hits, 200 home runs and 400 stolen bases. He has four Golf Gloves, not to mention a .390 career World Series average, fourth best ever for those with at least 50 at-bats. His career was better than you probably remember, but it was not quite good enough.
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Clubhouse chemistry matters!!!
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/08/24/field-front-office-many-believe-chemistry-still-matters-baseball/32271291/
There's a reason why the Blue Jays traded for LaTroy Hawkins instead of Papelbon! That's what winning is all about!!
― polyphonic, Monday, 24 August 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
i think it does matter! just not as much as talent.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 August 2015 18:22 (eight years ago) link
If the answer is LaTroy Hawkins or David Ross I don't like the question
― polyphonic, Monday, 24 August 2015 18:24 (eight years ago) link
Papelbon is a clubhouse cancer obviously (WITH TWO MORE RINGS THAN ANYONE ON THE FUCKING BLUE JAYS)
― polyphonic, Monday, 24 August 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link
latroy is a lot cheaper than papelbon (and has actually been better with his new team thus far)
from what i understand, papelbon is actually pretty popular with his teammates -- although i suspect he'd throw quite a tantrum if asked to pitch the eighth instead of the ninth. fortunately matt williams would never ask him to do that
― mookieproof, Monday, 24 August 2015 18:55 (eight years ago) link
I watched Latroy a lot the last few years. He's not good. Also he's 42.
― polyphonic, Monday, 24 August 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
dan shaughnessy is so far and away the worst sportswriter in america that he makes mitch albom & bill plaschke look like gary smith
icymi honey
http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2015/12/08/dan-shaughnessy-of-the-boston-globe-wins-the-j-g-taylor-spink-award/
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 22:30 (eight years ago) link
CHHoF
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 22:48 (eight years ago) link
"meritous"
― Andy K, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 01:12 (eight years ago) link
https://www.fanragsports.com/inside-baseball-jon-heymans-top-60-heroes-of-2017/
weird article that alternates between interpreting "hero" as "someone who is good at baseball" and "someone who was charitable"
― na (NA), Monday, 25 September 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
Herman's piece from the beginning of the thread is still hard to top, love his revisionist history.
Jack Morris, a bulldog who was considered the best pitcher of the '80s
― nomar, Monday, 25 September 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/so-what-do-we-think-about-bullpenning-now/
I don't have a problem with the article itself but he uses "nails" as an adjective three times in the same article, a usage I've never seen before. Is that a common baseball phrase? Or a Cameron-ism?
― na (NA), Monday, 30 October 2017 15:43 (six years ago) link
it's a baseball phrase, if not so common as to use three times
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 October 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
Not that I read minor-league baseball stories off the wire (or from anywhere, for that matter), but still.
http://www.sporttechie.com/a-computer-will-now-write-minor-league-baseball-stories-for-the-associated-press/
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 January 2018 02:06 (six years ago) link
yeah that's been going on for almost two years; it's not very good but will no doubt get there eventually
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 January 2018 04:17 (six years ago) link
Oops. Turned up on my FB wall yesterday--I ought to check dates.
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 January 2018 13:27 (six years ago) link