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Comment on About The Blog by Carolyn Kovash

Carolyn Kovash — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:21:11 +0000

Love your Tweets, love your blog. You are a great writer.

Comment on 2010 Top 5 Free Agents By Position by Antonio Antenucci

Antonio Antenucci — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:07:37 +0000

You are right, it was an accident. I meant to put Torrealba in but for some reason or another I left him out. Thank you for the catch. I will correct the list.

Comment on 2010 Top 5 Free Agents By Position by KL Snow

KL Snow — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:16:17 +0000

I’m wondering: Did you intentionally leave Yorvit Torrealba off the catcher’s list? He’ll be available and I think he might be more valuable than any of the guys listed.

Comment on Turnpike Series Preview: Phillies vs. Yankees by Shane Bertou

Shane Bertou — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:09:25 +0000

I’m going with the homer pick.

Yankees in six. A-Rod’s hot bat continues. He gets the MVP and officially earns his pinstripes once and for all.

Comment on Playoff Preview: Twins @ Yankees by John Breneman

John Breneman — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:46:52 +0000

Hi — John Breneman here, editor/humorist from the Boston Herald and Humor Gazette.

I’ve made a fun video about baseball’s Fall Classic and was hoping you might enjoy it and share it with others.

Inspired by Dustin Hoffman’s Oscar-winning character in “Rain Main,” it is an homage to the national pastime by my imaginary baseball savant — “Rain Delay Man.”

http://www.humorgazette.com/hg/2009/10/rain_delay_man_baseball_savant.html

Thank you for your time and consideration!

John Breneman

Comment on How To Fix The Mets 2010 by Antonio Antenucci

Antonio Antenucci — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:25:35 +0000

I’m not sure Atlanta would be willing to trade Lowe to one of their biggest rivals in the division.

Comment on How To Fix The Mets 2010 by Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:34:16 +0000

Atlanta would probably be willing to part with Derek Lowe for absolutely nothing if the Mets are willing to pick up the rest of his $45 million contract!

Comment on More Teams To The Playoffs? by JimmyBean

JimmyBean — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:48:25 +0000

I don’t know If I said it already but …Hey good stuff…keep up the good work! I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your blog. Thanks,)

A definite great read..Jim Bean

Comment on Divisional Series Match-ups Preview by andyandvickie

andyandvickie — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:41:49 +0000

Great thoughts. I think you correctly identified the playoff participants. By the way, I like the Giants over the Rockies.

I think Tigers and Red Sox advance. Same with Cardinals and Dodgers.

Comment on AL MVP Debate by bob

bob — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:21:37 +0000

I disagree. The debate is easy if the Twins make the playoffs, Mauer wins. If they don’t, then it becomes neck and neck. Remember, Mauer may have the best season for a catcher in the history of the game, voters will not forget that. The letter sent out to voters states that the MVP may come from a non-playoff team.

Teixeira benefits from batting in a stacked line up. Look at the pay roll differences between these teams. If you really wanna talk about value, Mauer’s production only costs the Twins $10.5 million, while the Yankees Teixeira makes $20.6 million. Plus, Mauer plays the most demanding defensive position, while Teixeira plays the least demanding position.

Nearly 2/3 of Teixeira’s home runs have come at the home-run inflated Yankee stadium. (He’s also only batting .265 away from home.)

Now, let’s talk about clutch-hitting.

Teixeira’s stats with runners-on, RISP, and RISP w/ 2 outs:

.273 / .278 / .346

and Mauer’s:

.374 / .351 / .400

I really think it would be a travesty if a season as remarkable as Joe Mauer’s is negated by the horrible team that is the Minnesota Twins. He shouldn’t be punished for being on a team that only spends $65 million, as opposed to the Yankees $201 million, or the Tigers $115 million.