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The Beginning of the End?

6 May 2008

Many of the youngsters have performed well above their heads thus far in ‘08, and to me, tonight’s loss in Pittsburgh feels like the beginning of the end. No evidence, no analytical support… just a feeling.
* Barry Zito never made an appearance during his time in the bullpen… does anyone actually expect him to […]

Brian Wilson likes eggs

4 May 2008

There’s a really weird, but interesting piece about Brian Wilson’s diet in ESPN the Magazine. The more I read about Brian Wilson, the more he intrigues me. I generally respect people with strong convictions… in Wilson’s case, it’s his faith (and apparently his diet).

The 3-0 Pujols Strikeout

21 April 2008

How many of you have watched a game in which a player hit for the cycle?  My guess is that if you have, you remember who did it, when it was, and who it was against.  Why?  Because it’s a baseball rarity!  Since 2001, a player has hit for the cycle only 28 times in […]

Country Fastball

13 April 2008

Aaron Rowand is Country Fastball’s guest tonight.

Sunk Costs

10 April 2008

I knew business school would come in handy someday. Let’s talk Finance!
One of my favorite professors spoke often about sunk costs, a concept with which I was familiar, but never really comprehended. As defined by Econterm:
“Sunk costs are unrecoverable past expenditures. These should not normally be taken into account when determining whether to […]

… they’re realizing what we knew

8 April 2008

The Giants are bad. Really, really bad.
It seems more and more people are realizing how historically awful this team is:
* Tim Kawakami of the Merc recognizes how hopeless San Francisco looks.
* Rob Neyer has these adjectives for the Giants: “Bad, abominable, atrocious, awful, crappy, crummy, deficient, dreadful, god-awful, gross, inferior, lousy, stinking, substandard and […]

Miller Park… and Friday links

4 April 2008

I’ll get my first look at Miller Park as I travel to see the Giants play the Brewers in Milwaukee tomorrow. I’m both excited, and a little bit sad. I’ll always enjoy heading out to a game, but the season thus far has been exactly as predicted: very little offense, decent […]

a quote from rob neyer

1 April 2008

“Seriously, is there ANY way to defend Sabean’s performance? I don’t mean to be snarky; I really want to know. They’ve finished well below .500 in each of the last three seasons, and seem primed for another such season this year. How many years like this does Sabean get? I’m just asking.”

1 down, 161 to go

31 March 2008

An offense that produces zero runs and zero extra-base hits on opening day, $80 million dollars. A washed up starter who allows four runs and eight hits in just five innings of work, $126 million dollars. The worst general manager in baseball? Priceless.

When asked why he was laughing, Brian Sabean responded, “Even I […]

Question…

26 March 2008

Question: Which is better for the Giants future… a surprisingly decent 2008 season (82 wins), or a miserable 100+ loss season that helps show Brian Sabean the door? As a Giants fan, I don’t think I can root for a bad season, but would it be the worst thing in the world? If […]

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