I use baseball to mark the passage of time. The memory of specific events helps keep me grounded in a world that often makes less sense than I’d like it to make (forgive the fact that I grew up rooting for the Dodgers):
1981 — Fernandomania; Rick Monday’s homer off Steve Rogers in Montreal
1988 — Kirk [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Baseball
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Also tagged dennis eckersley, felix rodriguez, fernandomania, greg vaughn, jim leyritz, ken caminiti, kirk gibson, milton bradley, nl west, rick monday, scott hairston, steve finley, steve rogers, tony gwynn jr, trevor hoffman
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January 23, 2009 – 7:44 am
First off, thanks for the excellent discussion on fan disillusionment. You’ve helped me see the problem in new ways, and I’ve got additional thoughts that I’ll share as soon as they make sense. It’ll probably come in the form of a thought exercise — sort of along the lines of Kobayashi Maru.
Until then, we’ve got [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links
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Also tagged baseball prospectus, bbtf, bruce hurst, chris cannizzaro, disillusionment, games community, gene tenace, impact players, khalil greene, kobayashi maru, lake elsinore storm, madfriars, ozzie smith, ryan klesko, sean burroughs, shane victorino
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February 7, 2008 – 7:09 am
OBG08: Le Menu
Josh Bard/Michael Barrett
Adrian Gonzalez
Tadahito Iguchi
Kevin Kouzmanoff
Khalil Greene
Scott Hairston
Chase Headley
Jim Edmonds
Brian Giles
Jake Peavy
Chris Young
Greg Maddux
As a reminder, we’re looking for your individual best guess on how these players will perform in 2008. Attempting to compensate for other guesses that you don’t agree with defeats the purpose of the exercise.
Okay, enough with the lecture. Now [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Projections
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Also tagged brian giles, chase headley, clay hensley, enrique gonzalez, glendon rusch, greg maddux, jake peavy, jim edmonds, josh bard, justin germano, khalil greene, mark prior, michael barrett, randy wolf, scott hairston, shawn estes, tadahito iguchi
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April 13, 2004 – 12:00 am
This season, my buddy Jeff and I have taken it upon ourselves to visit every park in the California League. We’re old and somewhat responsible these days, so the plan is to hit two towns a weekend, one weekend a month through August.
The first phase of our journey saw us visit Lake Elsinore and Lancaster. [...]