Another week, another set of notes: I’ll be heading off to Atlanta after work today, where my wife and I will be visiting the Georgia Aquarium and attending tomorrow’s Braves game. The pitching matchup is Justin Verlander against Kyle Davies, which should be fun for all the visiting fans unless Good Davies makes his triumphant […]
Category: Baseball (General)
On why Gary Sheffield (and now Torii Hunter) should just play
This week we learned why good players should play the game and possibly leave issues like racism to people who actually know what they’re talking about. Unfortunately for Gary Sheffield and Torii Hunter, being black does not qualify you to make enlightened comments about the reason for the decline of black players in Major League […]
Review: Out of the Park Baseball 7.0
Title: Out of the Park Baseball 7.0 (website) Developer: OOTP Developments Release Date: March 23, 2007 About the game: OOTPB 7.0 is a baseball simulator aimed at hardcore baseball fans, particularly stat-oriented ones, with a desire to recreate the experience of being a general manager. Basic features: Pitch-by-pitch game simulation, offseason simulation, and excellent CPU […]
Braves on pace for unprecedented 162-0 season
As Chris said yesterday, it’s fun to get this sort of post title out while it’s still true. So, while we know that the Braves won’t get 162 perfect innings each out of Gonzalez, Soriano, Wickman, and Paronto (or 324! homers by Edgar Renteria), it still feels good to get a win like that under […]
Baseball season starts today
Okay, so it actually started last night, but the Braves’ first game is today, so it feels like the season starts today. I’m pretty swamped here at work, so I won’t have time to follow the game closely, but if you’re needing something to read while you watch the game, check out J.C. Bradbury’s excellent […]
MLB Predictions 2007
As much as I might hate to admit it, I’m wrong a lot of the time. This year will probably be no different when it comes to my baseball predictions, but it won’t stop me from making them anyway. First, I’ll do a divisional breakdown and then pick some award winners. If you want to […]
Opening Day on the Senior Circuit
…”The Senior Circuit” being the name of my Sportsline fantasy baseball league, that is. I’m starting to lose count of how many years I’ve been playing fantasy now, but I think it’s probably about the 10th year I’ve had a team that I drafted (instead of one of those other online salary cap-style leagues). I’ve […]
Getting a Hall Pass
While the title could easily lead to another Harding basketball post, this one’s actually about the Baseball Hall of Fame, which will announce its latest inductees today. Hat tip to ME for the idea. I already posted my case for certain players over on his site, so I’m just yanking the comment and putting it […]
Predicting the MLB Playoffs
This is sort of a tradition for me, and for once, I don’t have the pressure of wanting to pick the Braves to win it all. Here are my picks, for what they’re worth: American League ALDS West: Twins over A’s in four Both of these teams have solid pitching, but the Twins’ lineup is […]
NL Predictions Post-Trade Deadline
The trade deadline was yesterday at 4 P.M., so now it’s time to look at what lies ahead. In case you missed out on all the action, read the recap. As expected, it was eventful, but not the huge deal that all the media outlets make it out to be, so I’d rather discuss something […]
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