I’m tired of Nomar

Nomar Garciaparra, he of 1231 hits, 173 HRs, 669 RBIs and 272 doubles, officially disgusts me now. I am sick and tired of Anthony Nomar Garciaparra. Nomar Garciaparra’s quick and dirty history with contract extensions: Spring 2003 – Red Sox offer Nomar...

Trot Nixon : Should we be worried?

Trot Nixon burst on the scene only a tender three years ago. Five years ago he started amassing at-bats, but never got over the 500 at-bat plateau until 2001, when he finally created himself as a high 20-HR hitter with an affinity for an on-base percentage. He was...

Who should be the second Lefty?

Player++++++W+L++ERA++G++IP++H++R+ER+HR+HBP+BB+SO T Hamulack++0+0++3.00++3++3.0++1+1+1++0+++0++0+4 N Bierbrodt +0+0++13.50++2++2.0++4+3+3++0+++2++1+2 P Seibel++++0+0++0.00++1++2.0++0++0+0++0+++0++0+3 B Jones++++0+0++0.00++1++1.0++0++0+0++0+++0++0+1 E...

Is Pedro better than Koufax?

FourZeroSix uses statistics to explain why Pedro is a lot better than Sandy Koufax. Read on… Pedro is a Sandy Koufax right NOW… Sabermetrics = Pedro Justice. Unless complete games (one of the most incomparable statistics in history for comparing pitchers...

The Stadium Issue

The new ownership has been making modifications to Fenway Park. Last year they introduced Green Monster seats and added a couple rows of seats behind home plate, making the foul area very miniscule. This year, they are adding right-field roof seats. Eventually, Fenway...

Baseball and the Juice – Part One

Baseball and the Juice by K.J. In 1986 I watched Ben Johnson demolish Carl Lewis at Rome in the world 100m championship. It was the middle of the night or morning but I stayed up to watch it. A friend of mine who had been to the Canadian National Team Track and Field...

Asterisk*

There are people that feel that steroids corrupt stats entirely – statistics of the present people soon to be named in the steroid craze should go the way of Roger Maris‘ single season home-run record 61 after being set by Babe Ruth years past. An asterisk...

Future of

Kelly Shoppach Thread, post by Sam Killay: Ortiz, if he stays healthy, hits 40 HR easy. That’s not a slouch. On Tek, they’ll certainly wait until the season is out. In Trot’s case, they made an exception to their usual contract policy, but...

A Leap Year, a Leap of Faith

This year marks the first year that people have been 100% supremely confident about the Red Sox’s chances. Many people expect them to make the World Series. “How is this different from any other year,” one might ask. Well, the answer lies in the way...