Monthly Archives: July 2008

I, For One, Welcome Our New Left Fielder

By sog | July 31, 2008

First things first: it’s been a while. I know that, you may know that, and WordPress here definitely knows that. But let’s set that aside for the moment, as I think I have a fix for the intermittency around here. More on that tomorrow.
For now, we’ve got a much bigger fish to fry, as [...]

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In Case You Haven’t Been Keeping Up With Current Events

By sog | July 13, 2008

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04-04-08-PawSox-02, originally uploaded by jasonandrewlayne.

What a difference a week makes.
Had we entered the break mired in second place, I would have made some statements to the effect that the standings at the All Star [...]

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In Case You Haven’t Been Keeping Up With Current Events

By sog | July 6, 2008

It’s been a bad weak. Until the two Yankee wins, in fact, I was borderline despondent. And why not? A week ago today, Brian Moehler started against Josh Beckett, and we lost that game. Then Shields went out and beat Masterson, which could have been expected. Next Garza beat Wakefield, which was at least understandable. [...]

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BABIP Gets Everyone in the End: No Exceptions

By sog | July 6, 2008

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Brandon Webb bunting, originally uploaded by SD Dirk.

From the files of questions I meant to answer, but am stupid and forgot to:
Would one expect Masterson’s BABIP to be lower since he’s a sinkerballer? Have you [...]

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