{ Monthly Archives }
August 2002
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Richard Hidalgo is suffering through one of the most horrendously bad streaks I’ve ever seen.
He hit .149 in July, with a .447 OPS.
In August he’s hit .120, with a .361 OPS
He’s killing me. He’s showing no signs of life. He’s suffering with injuries that might hurt him for the rest of the season.
If your team is doing well you dont have Hidalgo. If you need help, Hidalgo probably isn’t the guy to get, though if he gets healthy he’s going to be way better than any replacement you are currently considering.
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Two impressive accomplishments that should pound home the concept of regeression (or in these cases, progression) to the mean:
Aaron Boone hitting better than .250.
Eric Young hitting better than .280.
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Yes, the new Ask Rotoman column, is online.
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This has to be, for a Wickman owner at least, the most galling save ever.
What exactly did Wohlers do? Certainly the only reason our man Bob wasn’t in there was because it was too easy.
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Okay, finally, the August prices are here. Let me know if any of the lines are incomplete. I’ve been using Yahoo’s fantasy stats as the foundation for this (a wonderful free resource) and they rather randomly seem to add middle initials to some players names each month. If you find one that look wrong you should be able to fill in the blanks by looking elsewhere in the listing.
The July2002prices.txt are here.
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ESPN.com: MLB – Selig fines Bowden for ‘insensitive’ 9/11 remark
In my day I have seen a lot of things. I have been surprised by all manner of tawdryand insensitive actions. And I admit I have not prejudice favoring Major League Baseball.
But as stupid as Jim Bowden’s comments were, the idea that they should be fined is anethema to every value I hold to be true as an American. As stupid as Bowden’s comments were, the only possibly stupider thing would be for the Commissioner to fine someone for saying them.
Bud has already told baseball people who comment on the labor situation that they will be fined One Cool Million Dollars. I don’t have to be AJ Weberman to point out the egregiousnessness of the commissioner fining management who happens to say stupid things unrelated to the labor situation.
My love for baseball does not falter. Really. But this bullshit fills me with despair. I look forward to following the adventures of Jack Cust, just as I once followed the adventures of Ben Petrick. No, the weasly owners of MLB teams don’t owe me a game to watch (nor, as an mlb.com columnist, do they owe me a job beyond my current contract).
But the fact is that the game of baseball exists and will continue to exist, regardless of the interference of men named Selig, Steinbrenner, Wilpon, Loria, Henry, McGowen, and so on and so on and so on. The most endowed owners are free to negotiate with the most talented players, and one hopes they’ll come up with a league that we can trust features the best baseball players around.
But if the best players choose not to play because the owners won’t pay them, well, I will miss them. But I can wait. I’ll pay more to see Andruw Jones play center field, but I’ll gladly watch some local girl play center in the local Little League.
One of the beautiful things about this game is that it’s nearly as beautiful, warts and all, as it is played flawlessly.
P.
