The Braves went 3-3 this week, losing the Monday-Wednesday series at Florida 1-2 but winning two of three in Colorado over the weekend. This puts them at 15-8, a half-game back of the Mets. This Week’s Stats First, we have the links to FanGraphs’ excellent game summaries and graphs: 4/23: Marlins 8, Braves 7 4/24: […]
Month: April 2007
Langerhans shipped to Oakland
Well, that wasn’t exactly what I expected, but credit John Schuerholz at least for not always doing what’s expected. The reality here is that he had a guy who was hitting .049 on the season and a career OPS+ of 86. That won’t cut it in left field, even for one half of a platoon. […]
Fighting the war on spam comments
For the last 3-4 days, I’ve been fighting another barrage of spam comments, but thanks to the Akismet plugin, almost none of it actually reached the site. Unfortunately, something even worse managed to hack into the site and actually upload some not-so-nice pages to my site, so I have some permission-editing to do in order […]
Three tiers of TV
Now that I’ve been out of school for a few months, I find myself watching more and more TV. While I was in school, I basically just watched The Office and whatever live sporting event was on. Now, it’s not that I have more time on my hands than I did when I was at Harding, because […]
Theme Mischief
I’ve been playing around with my WordPress theme for the past few days, so if you stumble across the blog and everything looks different or you can’t find something, let me know in the comments. I’m looking for a theme that is a bit more minimalist, a 2-column design (rather than 3), and something that […]
Did the Braves make a costly sacrifice?
One of the most hotly debated issues in baseball in the post-Moneyball era has been on the game strategy of the sacrifice bunt, but the validity of this common strategy has been questioned for some 20 years now, dating back to The Hidden Game of Baseball by Pete Palmer and John Thorn. Their use of […]
Braves wrestle the division from the Mets
The Braves went 4-3, starting the week with a so-so set of splits against the Nationals and Cubs, but then a series win in New York grabbed the East back from the Mets. 12-6 is a half-game off of the best record in baseball (the Dodgers are 13-6 and the Red Sox are 12-5), so […]
Giving Google Reader a chance
I’ve been an avid Bloglines user for the better part of two years. I read a lot of stuff online, and while I don’t think it’s really saved me time, it has allowed me to be more efficient as I’ve come across more and more interesting web sites. If a site I like has an […]
Might as well listen to Howard Stern
There are a lot of people in my part of the country who listen to Rush Limbaugh every day. While even they might agree that he’s not exactly a pillar of conservative thought, at least in theory, they see him as someone who really speaks the way they feel. That time has hopefully come and […]
One less contender, perhaps?
The Phillies may have dropped off the list of NL East contenders a bit early this year after today’s “interesting” (read: “boneheaded”) move. Effective immediately, they will be moving Opening Day starter Brett Myers to the bullpen. Jon Lieber (11.57 ERA in 2006) will take his place in the rotation. I know the Phillies are […]
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