Random Baseball Musings

[Boris]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/197ki371lkj8xpng/ku-xlarge.png

 

David Price, chauvinist

 

or gay.

[XZero771679666304]

so here is an extremely unflattering article about the mariners' jack zdurnienik, or however it is spelled.

 

http://seattletimes.com/html/mariners/2022420240_mariners08xml.html

 

 

Jack Z. was a rising star when he left the Brewers, and now it'd be shocking for him to get another job once he's fired (and I think that is inevitable). His regime has been a dumpster fire, almost as bad as Bavasi's, which is really saying something. Mariner's ownership might want to hire some kind of outside firm to hire their next GM.

[Guest]

so here is an extremely unflattering article about the mariners' jack zdurnienik, or however it is spelled.

 

http://seattletimes.com/html/mariners/2022420240_mariners08xml.html

 

 

One of those speaking out is Blengino, the former No. 2 in Zduriencik’s front office. Blengino, who was working for the Milwaukee Brewers with Zduriencik at the time, said he authored virtually the entire job application package Zduriencik gave the Mariners in 2008, depicting a dual-threat candidate melding traditional scouting with advanced statistical analysis.

 

Blengino said he prepared the package because he was versed in the hot trend of using advanced stats for team decisions.

 

“Jack portrayed himself as a scouting/stats hybrid because that’s what he needed to get the job,” Blengino said. “But Jack never has understood one iota about statistical analysis. To this day, he evaluates hitters by homers, RBI and batting average and pitchers by wins and ERA. Statistical analysis was foreign to him. But he knew he needed it to get in the door.”

 

Wow.

[Geech]

Yeah, there's a lot of pretty shocking stuff in there from Blengino. It almost seems too over the top to be true.

[Guest]

Yeah, there's a lot of pretty shocking stuff in there from Blengino. It almost seems too over the top to be true.

 

And it's not like he's the only one going on record about the dysfunction. Pretty crazy.

[Formerly Snayke]

Cox, La Russa and Torre are going to the Hall of Fame. La Russa is seeking a front office job somewhere.

[Formerly Snayke]

It only matters to Cardinals fans, but Tim McCarver is joining Fox Sports Midwest and is going to call 20-25 games next season.

[Guest]

It only matters to Cardinals fans, but Tim McCarver is joining Fox Sports Midwest and is going to call 20-25 games next season.

 

It matters to me in that it's [expletive] glorious.

[jersey cubs fan]

so here is an extremely unflattering article about the mariners' jack zdurnienik, or however it is spelled.

 

http://seattletimes.com/html/mariners/2022420240_mariners08xml.html

 

 

One of those speaking out is Blengino, the former No. 2 in Zduriencik’s front office. Blengino, who was working for the Milwaukee Brewers with Zduriencik at the time, said he authored virtually the entire job application package Zduriencik gave the Mariners in 2008, depicting a dual-threat candidate melding traditional scouting with advanced statistical analysis.

 

Blengino said he prepared the package because he was versed in the hot trend of using advanced stats for team decisions.

 

“Jack portrayed himself as a scouting/stats hybrid because that’s what he needed to get the job,” Blengino said. “But Jack never has understood one iota about statistical analysis. To this day, he evaluates hitters by homers, RBI and batting average and pitchers by wins and ERA. Statistical analysis was foreign to him. But he knew he needed it to get in the door.”

 

Wow.

 

So this guy isn't really all that comfortable with statistical analysis?

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/198w2lysu1dp4jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg

 

Shocking.

[Soul]

Keith Olbermann, I now love you.

[Clem Fandango]

I'm guessing you're referring to this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCCuPIcBbnw

[XZero771679666304]

I'm guessing you're referring to this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCCuPIcBbnw

 

I think it may have been the scathing condemnation of the hall of fame from his show tonight.

[Clem Fandango]

Ahh. I don't watch the show, but that video I posted was the most recent thing posted in the news. Would like to see the HOF rant, though.

[rocket]

Ahh. I don't watch the show, but that video I posted was the most recent thing posted in the news. Would like to see the HOF rant, though.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LK-5WtXQCY

[Clem Fandango]

Ahh. I don't watch the show, but that video I posted was the most recent thing posted in the news. Would like to see the HOF rant, though.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LK-5WtXQCY

 

Yeah, that was excellent.

[Guest]

Mark Mulder, a two-time All-Star and former staff pillar with the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals, is trying to make a comeback.

 

 

Mulder, 36, retired in 2009 after two surgeries on his left shoulder had reduced his effectiveness and sapped his hopes of pitching at an elite level again. He's been working as an analyst at ESPN since 2011, and had come to grips with the notion that his big-league days were at an end.

 

 

But things changed in October when Mulder watched Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Paco Rodriguez on TV and found something in Rodriguez's delivery that he could emulate. Mulder spent the month of November working himself into shape at a Phoenix-area facility run by former big-league catcher Chad Moeller, and recently threw off the mound for three unspecified teams near his home in Scottsdale.

 

 

Though he hasn't pitched since 2009 for the Cardinals, Mark Mulder is attempting a comeback.

He said scouts clocked his fastball at 89-90 mph. Now he's hoping to audition for more clubs and land an invitation to a spring training camp.

[XZero771679666304]

I'm sure many of you have heard, but MLB is essentially banning home plate collisions. I am totally in favor of this. Old school types will hate this, but it needed to be done.

[SouthSideRyan]

I'm sure many of you have heard, but MLB is essentially banning home plate collisions. I am totally in favor of this. Old school types will hate this, but it needed to be done.

 

It sounds like really open to interpretation according to the early word on it. Can an infielder still drop his knee in front of a base while fielding a throw. Can the catcher still field a throw in front of the plate but leave his leg draped in the baseline? If the catcher is blocking the basepath and you try to slide, then what? Catcher gets fined, but your team gets an out because you wouldn't bowl him over? Same in reverse?

[jersey cubs fan]

I'm sure many of you have heard, but MLB is essentially banning home plate collisions. I am totally in favor of this. Old school types will hate this, but it needed to be done.

 

It sounds like really open to interpretation according to the early word on it. Can an infielder still drop his knee in front of a base while fielding a throw. Can the catcher still field a throw in front of the plate but leave his leg draped in the baseline? If the catcher is blocking the basepath and you try to slide, then what? Catcher gets fined, but your team gets an out because you wouldn't bowl him over? Same in reverse?

You start with banning the actually collision, which is always instigated by the runner, but then you add some opportunity to call interference if a catcher blocks entire path or something. Of course, umps won't be able to not screw up.

[Derwood]

so all a catcher/fielder has to do is kneel in front of the bag and the runner has to just, what, give himself up? That's utterly ridiculous

[mul21]

so all a catcher/fielder has to do is kneel in front of the bag and the runner has to just, what, give himself up? That's utterly ridiculous

 

I have to think there will be some serious restrictions on how the fielder can position themselves in front of the base/plate.

[Irrelevant Dude]

I'm not sure how I feel about the home plate collision ban. I definitely support the idea behind the change, but will withhold judgment until I read exactly how the rule is going to be implemented.

[Irrelevant Dude]

so all a catcher/fielder has to do is kneel in front of the bag and the runner has to just, what, give himself up? That's utterly ridiculous

 

I have to think there will be some serious restrictions on how the fielder can position themselves in front of the base/plate.

Or maybe they just want to encourage guys to go over the top Willie Mays Hayes style.

[Boris]

It has got to give the runner the advantage on a bang bang play, right? I can't wait to see how they are going to make this work.

[North]

It's a rule that makes sense for everyone involved. It limits the risk of injury of popular players, both the ones kamakazeing it into the catcher and and the actual catcher. Keeps the guys healthy, keeps better players on the field, better players mean more money.