Don’t look now, but Florida State has unleashed the hounds on poor, unsuspecting Ohio State. When the score is 32-0 after five innings, it’s probably not your day. FSU’s Stephen Cardullo, Ohmed Danesh, and Mike Meschke are a combined 14-19 with 13 runs scored and 13 runs batted in. They currently lead 33-2. Assuming there’s [...]
Archive for May, 2009
31 May
Stephen Strasburg 2009 Game-By-Game Results
I’ve looked all over the Internet for Stephen Strasburg’s 2009 game-by-game results and can’t seem to find them anywhere. So, rather than be a complete failure, I hit up the San Diego State baseball web site, went through the game logs, and did it myself. I had two things that I wanted to find: pitch [...]
31 May
Call Me Crazy, But 169 Pitches Seems A Bit Excessive
After Stephen Strasburg lost San Diego State’s postseason opener on Friday night, Tony Gwynn was asked if he would be available to pitch Monday on two days rest if the Aztecs won on Saturday. His response? “Rather than look ahead until Monday, let’s look ahead to [Saturday].” I take that to mean that Gwynn will [...]
30 May
Proof That God Is Not A Fan Of Independent Baseball
On Monday evening, the Manchester-based New Hampshire Fisher Cats played in front of 7,057 fans. It was Memorial Day, and it was beautiful – my wife opened every single window in our apartment while doing some spring cleaning. On Tuesday evening, the Fisher Cats welcomed the Portland Sea Dogs to town. Always a good draw, [...]
29 May
This Week in Bobbleheads – Week 8 updates
Even baring a likeness of our fearless leader doesn’t stop problems from happening in the land of bobbleheads. Seems the W. Virginia Power’s version of Barack Obama in a basketball jersey scheduled to be given out on 5/30 has been held up at customs. The team is providing vouchers so that fans can pick them [...]
29 May
Now Batting For The Baltimore Orioles…
As Extra P told us yesterday in the latest installment of his award-winning Z-Meter, Matt Wieters is now a Baltimore Oriole. He was called up earlier this week and will make his major league debut tomorrow, Friday, against the Detroit Tigers. Birds Watcher is PUMPED about this. I could tell you all about his stats [...]
28 May
Fill Out Your Omaha Brackets – NOW!
I love brackets. Obviously, the best time for brackets is March, when college basketball puts on its easily-graphed single-elimination tournament. But Baseball America has put together a pretty decent bracket contest for college baseball’s difficult-to-graph, round-robin/best of three/double elimination June contest. Since the College World Series is starting very, very soon, head on over to [...]
28 May
$15 May Be A Bit Much For Minor League Baseball
A couple weeks ago, Extra P and I were talking about some ideas for Bus Leagues when he mentioned the Gwinnett Braves, specifically that it would be hilarious if they managed to outdraw their major league counterparts this season. A quick check of the facts – Gwinnett was averaging about 5,600 per game at the [...]
28 May
That Was Fun While It Lasted
Sunday afternoon, I discovered an interesting fact: Iowa Cubs jack-of-all-trades Jake Fox was tearing up the Pacific Coast League. Batting average over .400, 17 homeruns, 50 runs batted in – he was easily leading the league in all three categories, making him a prime candidate for one of my favorite feats, the Triple Crown. As [...]
27 May
The Z-Meter: 5/27/2009 – Two For the Show
The Z-meter tracks the story arcs of 25 top prospects (or players we just like) on their way to the bigs. It is named after current Washington Nationals star Ryan Zimmerman, who made the transition from anchoring the University of Virginia to starring in MLB in one year. Promoted: Jordan Zimmermann: Syracuse Chiefs (AAA) to [...]
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