I had hoped to spend more time on this, but that didn’t happen. So all I have is a list, with a few notes. 1. Joe Mauer, Twins 2. Ben Zobrist, Rays 3. Zack Greinke, Royals 4. Mark Teixeira, Yankees [...][...]
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October 26th, 2009 - 8:02 pm § by Allan Wood § in 2009 Season Awards, General Baseball
Joy of Sox: AL MVP Ballot
October 19th, 2009 - 6:04 pm § by Allan Wood § in 2009 Season Awards, General Baseball, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays
Joy of Sox: AL Cy Young
1. Zach Greinke, Royals 2.16 ERA – lowest in the AL since Pedro’s 1.74 in 2000 203 ERA+ – 32nd best season of all-time 2.42 FiP (Fielding Independent Pitching) – lowest in AL 1.073 WHIP – lowest in AL Per 9 IP: 2nd fewest hits, 5th fewest BB, 1st fewest HR, 3rd most K [...]
October 9th, 2009 - 1:55 pm § by Allan Wood § in Boston Red Sox, General Baseball, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
CB Bucknor Says He’s Safe
This is a screen shot from MLB.TV of Kevin Youkilis touching the bag well ahead of Howie Kendrick in the bottom of the sixth inning Friday night in ALDS 1. First base umpire CB Bucknor — who is standing in perfect position just beyond the upper right-hand corner of the picture — called[...]
September 26th, 2009 - 6:53 pm § by Allan Wood § in AL East, Boston Red Sox
Jason Varitek: The End Of The Line
It’s sad watching an aging athlete lose the skills that once drew cheers. It happens, to one degree or another, to every baseball player. A few hang their spikes up early, but most players — who have needed rock-solid confidence to get where they are — believe they can still compe[...]
September 23rd, 2009 - 6:30 pm § by Allan Wood § in Boston Red Sox, General Baseball, Kansas City Royals
“Not Indicative”
Overheard in the top of the first inning during last night’s NESN broadcast of the Red Sox/Royals game: Don Orsillo: [Zack Greinke] has allowed just one earned run over his last four starts, 29 innings pitched, a 0.31 ERA. Over the last five starts, he has gone 3-0 with a 0.73 earned run aver[...]
