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Hunter was hit in the mouth by a Zack Grienke pitch.

Apparently, the second one today shouldn't have been ruled a homer. The Cleveland broadcasters on XM said that the replay showed it hit the top of the wall and came back in. It appears the ump ruled that it hit some railing behind the wall instead of the wall itself. No matter. It's officially a home run now.

Two more homers for Sammy today.

http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/020393.php

That run is NOT charged to pitcher B. It's charged to pitcher A. From the official MLB scoring rules at http://www.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/official_scorer_10.jsp: P1 walks A and is relieved by P2. B forces A at second. C grounds out, sending B to second. D singles, scoring B. Charge run to P1. I've always wondered who the run would be charged to in a situation like that one. Thanx for digging that up and posting it. No problem. I remember this happening a couple times when I was working as an official scorer.

His name is Robert Paulson. I like the fact that your sig has the word "MEATLOAF" in it on a post where you make reference to a character played by Meat Loaf.

That run is NOT charged to pitcher B. It's charged to pitcher A. From the official MLB scoring rules at http://www.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/official_scorer_10.jsp: P1 walks A and is relieved by P2. B forces A at second. C grounds out, sending B to second. D singles, scoring B. Charge run to P1.

Yeah I miss County Stadium as well. Another co-worker that used to live in the Milwaukee area agrees as well. That place was a much more enjoyable place to take in a ballgame. ugh, county staium was little more than a slab of concrete and asphalt. i hated that place. i haven't seen a game at miller, yet. i have tickets to the june 4th game, i'll reserve judgement until then. and i think bernie brewer still slides into a mug of beer, although i may be wrong. yep, i'm right. http://siggy99.mlblogs.com/photos/ballparkstour/millerbernies.jpg He goes down a slide, but I don't see the mug of beer. It's just a slide.

I usually go to a few games at Camden each year. It's a great place to watch a game. I'm hoping to drive up to PNC for a game sometime this summer. Living close to DC, it's nice having an NL team close by, but I'll be much happier when the new stadium is built and I don't have to see games at RFK anymore. That place is awful. Wrigley will always be the best in my eyes, but obviously I'm biased. However, one of the old stadiums that I'll always remember fondly was County Stadium in Milwaukee. That place had character. You have to like a place that has a giant keg and a mascot that slides into a huge mug of beer. I'm very disappointed they got rid of that tradition with Miller Park, which is odd since the stadium is named after a beer.

Safeco really is a great ballpark.

I'd be willing to bet it has something to do with his ego. I can't see him agreeing to something like that. I'd be willing to bet it's due to his knee. Having a bad knee could affect his mobility on groundballs to either side and his ability to stretch for a throw to first. Not only that, but you're talking about a guy that has never had to field an infield grounder in a game in his 22 major league seasons.

Doing well thanks. UK led me to this board in 2003, and I haven't looked back at the ESPN boards since. You'll enjoy it here.

Wow, there's a familiar screenname. Haven't seen you on a message board since the ESPN days. I was bmswick over there, until I jumped ship in 2003. Welcome back, PB.

Pitcher went to his mouth while on the mound. Automatic ball.

AWSOME. :D :D :D Don't get excited just yet: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/03/21/extra.innings.ap/index.html

I could frankly care less if anyone likes/hates Sosa. Obviously, everyone is entitled to their opinion. The problem I have is when people who don't like Sosa verbally bash those that actually still think of him in a positive light. Seriously, implying that people are narrow-minded for thinking fondly of a guy that was one of the best players in franchise history is a bit much. Unless, of course, you meant "myopic" and "ridiculous" in their rarely used flattering sense.

It's all good, I have Purdue upsetting Florida, so I'm doing the same thing pretty much. One of my friends in my pool, who goes to Purdue, did the same. I can't stop laughing at the pick. I'm a Purdue grad and diehard fan, but even I couldn't pick them to get past Florida. It was tough enough for me to pick the Boilers over Arizona.

Walt Wilmot (1890-95)

George Grantham (1922-24)

Zip Zabel (1913-15) George Gore (1879-86)

Angel? Whoops....Freudian slip! Angel Guzman. Yes....Angel, that's the man. Ahh, too early in the morning for me. I should've realized that. Here I was Googling Juan Guzman to see if there were any stories of him recovering lost velocity or something. For me too I guess! Googling Juan Guzman should have scared the heck out of you as he's the guy the Cubs signed when they let Maddux go as you probably already know. If there is a delay in Prior's return it opens the door for Mr. Guzman. Wrong Guzman again. You're thinking of Jose Guzman: http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/guzmajo01.shtml This is Juan Guzman: http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/guzmaju01.shtml

He'd be good. Kurkjian probably wouldn't be too bad either, although I think Gammons would probably do a better job communicating to an older generation of baseball fans.

That's the key. You want to find someone with the knowledge to speak about it and the ability to speak about it clearly without coming off like an arrogant know-it-all.

Now solve for x. Seriously though, piggybacking off the Murray Chass thread, I think some of these stats could be introduced without too many problems. As someone (I think it was Derwood) mentioned, there are probably a lot of baseball fans that can't calculate a basic stat like ERA. However, I bet a lot of those people have a relatively good idea of what is a good ERA and what isn't, even though they can't calculate it. Same goes for OBP, SLG, etc. As I mentioned in another thread, the big thing is introducing them with the proper context. You can explain a stat and what it measures without the listing off the exact formula. You can provide leaderboards, showing how players rate against other players. Honestly, I hate to say this, but this is where Baseball Tonight could actually have some value. Have a five-minute segment each Sunday before the Game of the Week where someone (ideally someone other than John Kruk or Dusty Baker) explains the use of one of these more advanced stats. Explain what it measures, explain the value it brings as opposed to a related traditional stat, and show a few examples of players that rate high, low, and in the middle of the pack using that statistic. Even if no one is educated by this, there would be entertainment value listening to Joe Morgan complain about it during the game broadcast.

I honestly think they're being kind on the Wainwright and Looper projections. I really don't see Looper having much success at all as a starter. There really wasn't anything impressive about Wainwright as a starter in the minors in 2004 and 2005. Maybe he'll transition back to that role smoothly after having success as a reliever, but I just don't see him posting an ERA below the 4.2 range. However, I do think Wells (if healthy) and Reyes will be better than those projections.