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From: chrisdr@microsoft.com (Chris Dragich)
Subject: Re: Need More Giants Postings
Date: 30 Jul 92 04:09:15 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

>In article <4200319@hpcc01.corp.hp.com>, boell@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Donald P Boell) writes:
>>[about Kevin Mitchell]  We will know next year if he is washed up
>>given that he has no intention of returning to Seattle.

No, this doesn't seem to be true. This week the paper had a
story about this. Although its true that Mitchell's contract
says he can demand a trade from Seattle at the end of this 
season, it doesn't look like that will happen. Mitchell just
bought Pete O'Brien's house. Mitchell has been quoted as 
saying he likes playing with his Seattle teammates, especially
Ken Griffey. Mitchell plans to spend this offseason in Seattle--
the first time he hasn't returned to his San Diego home in the
offseason. Despite his poor first half, there has been no
cries for his head in the relatively calm Seattle media.
By all accounts, Mitchell is happy here.

The M's won't trade him during the '92 season either-- that would
be admitting the trade was a mistake. The M's would love to
trade O'Brien, wouldn't mind trading Reynolds, but won't trade
Mitchell this year.

Any of this could change in future years, of course,
but I am sure that Mitchell will be in Seattle in '93.

It appears that Mitchell may be coming around now, anyway.
He is hot and driving in runs, although his homers are still
low. A lot of it appears to be adjusting to pitchers he hasn't
seen before-- in his recent 2-homer game against NY, he said
after the game that he remembered Melido Perez gave him alot
of forkballs in their first meeting earlier in the year, so
he was looking for it this time-- and hit one out.

 - Chris
   chrisdr@microsoft.com


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From: karlf@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Karl Fengler)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 18:40:07 GMT
Subject: Re: Indians have the Twins' number?
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball

Now, the Twins have not lost two games in a row since June 16,
which indeed proves their consistency.  However, I just heard
that Cleveland is up on Minnesota 4-0 in the second.  Could
it be that the Tribe suddenly has found the Twins' secret 
and neutralized them?

	I doubt it.  Look for the Twins to win 7-5 with some
8th inning heroics.

		just a prediction,          
					Eric Sybesma 
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Well, looks like the Twinkie's have lost two in a row, 5-2...


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From: rstimets@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (robert and stimets)
Subject: Re: MLB Standings and Scores for Wed, Jul 29th, 1992
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 21:49:30 GMT

In article <156d72INNnbn@agate.berkeley.edu> jtchern@ocf.berkeley.edu (Joseph Hernandez) writes:
>         MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STANDINGS FOR FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1992
>
>   [NOTE: Includes all of yesterday's games; z-indicates won first game.]
>
>		     Won   Lost   Pct.    GB   Last 10   Streak   Home   Road
>NATIONAL WEST
>Atlanta Braves        57    40    .588    --     z7-3    Lost 3  30-18  27-22
>Cincinnati Reds       58    41    .586    --     z5-5     Won 1  30-14  28-27
>San Diego Padres      54    47    .535   5.0     z7-3    Lost 1  28-24  26-23
>San Francisco Giants  48    51    .485  10.0      4-6     Won 2  30-21  18-30
>Houston Astros        46    54    .460  12.5      5-5     Won 2  31-27  15-27
>Los Angeles Dodgers   41    59    .410  17.5      1-9    Lost 7  26-24  15-35
>
>NATIONAL EAST
>Montreal Expos        53    47    .530    --      7-3     Won 5  26-23  27-24
>Pittsburgh Pirates    53    47    .530    --     z3-7    Lost 2  28-21  25-26
>New York Mets         49    51    .490   4.0     z6-4     Won 1  27-24  22-27
>Chicago Cubs          48    51    .485   4.5      7-3     Won 3  24-22  24-29
>St. Louis Cardinals   47    52    .475   5.5      2-8    Lost 4  24-24  23-28
>Philadelphia Phillies 43    57    .430  10.0     z6-4    Lost 1  25-26  18-31
>
>
>		     Won   Lost   Pct.    GB   Last 10   Streak   Home   Road
>AMERICAN WEST
>Minnesota Twins       60    40    .600    --     z5-5    Lost 2  29-20  31-20
>Oakland Athletics     59    41    .590   1.0     z7-3     Won 5  30-19  29-22
>Texas Rangers         54    49    .524   7.5      5-5     Won 1  26-27  28-22
>Chicago White Sox     49    50    .495  10.5      5-5     Won 2  29-20  20-30
>California Angels     44    56    .440  16.0      6-4    Lost 1  26-24  18-32
>Kansas City Royals    43    56    .434  16.5     z4-6    Lost 3  25-23  18-33
>Seattle Mariners      40    62    .392  21.0      3-7     Won 1  23-29  17-33

>
>AMERICAN EAST
>Toronto Blue Jays     59    40    .596    --     z5-5     Won 1  32-18  27-22
>Baltimore Orioles     55    44    .556   4.0     z5-5     Won 1  28-22  27-22
>Milwaukee Brewers     54    45    .545   5.0     z7-3    Lost 1  28-21  26-24
>New York Yankees      47    52    .475  12.0      5-5    Lost 3  23-24  24-28
>Boston Red Sox        46    52    .469  12.5      3-7    Lost 1  31-20  15-32
>Detroit Tigers        47    55    .461  13.5      4-6    Lost 5  23-29  24-26
>Cleveland Indians     43    58    .426  17.0     z7-3     Won 1  23-28  20-30
>
>
>
I don't know about nayone else out ther, but I'm am absolutely delighted with
the way this season is going so far.  A total of five games separate the top
two teams from the four divisions, four of those coming from the AL East and the
"runaway" Blue Jays.  Has there ever been a closer all-around race this late in
the season since the divisional format began?

RStimets
>
From: horj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Eric Scheirer)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: The All-<name> Teams
Date: 23 Jul 92 16:40:59 EDT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Cornell University

In article <3508@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>,
dtate+@pitt.edu (David M Tate) writes: 
> 
> Lonely Guys:	Ty Cobb, Kiki Cuyler, Ryne Sandberg, Tris Speaker, Nap Lajoie,
> 		Bake McBride, Van Lingle Mungo.

Why don't you let them play together?  They make a pretty good team, don't
they?  I think Vida Blue, Joaquin Andujar, and Chad Curtis are also in there.
-- 
Eric Scheirer -- Cornell University, Ithaca, NY -- (607) 277-1899
"I got remote control and a color TV; I don't change channels so they
 must've changed me." -- Billy Joel
From: paula@koufax.cv.hp.com (Paul Andresen)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Early Morning thoughts of a Computer Science Grad Students
Date: 28 Jul 92 19:11:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: hpcvaac.1992Jul28.191102.15342
Distribution: na
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA

In article <1992Jul21.163137.20007@cs.umn.edu>, lsmith@cs.umn.edu (Lance "Not Here" Smith) writes:
  
|> - If you had to pick a team based on the quotability of their interviews
|>   who would it include? Andy Van Slyke, Junior Ortiz, Jose Canseco, and
|>   maybe Hector Villaneuva, but who else?  

Please not to forget Larry Andersen, who, in addition to having a name which
is *nearly* spelled correctly, has come up with such jewels as:

"How come sour cream has an expiration date?"
"Why do we drive on the parkway and park on the driveway?"
"If 7-11 stores are open 24 hours, why do they have locks on the doors?"
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From: Don Soucy <AB47@UNB.CA>
Subject: Re: Red Sox - The long term
Organization: University of New Brunswick
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:32:42 GMT

In article <110684@muvms3.bitnet> rcbi105@muvms3.bitnet (Matt Leary) writes:
>They should of dumped Boggs When they could get something for him.  Dump
>Greenwell, Burks and all thoes overpaid jerks.  Young and Darwin Too.
>Play the kids and build for the future.  Get some relief,  losing 3 out of 4 to
>theTwins after leading in all the games.  Please help me Bosox, you killing me.
>

 I don't even want to think about Matt Young.  I do think, though, that
>they should keep Boggs.  I agree with the earlier poster who said it
>would be good to have Boggs around when he starts reaching milestones.
 And I think a noted player that can be identified with a team is one
 those statistical intangibles that enhance the game.  My kids identify
 Boggs and Clemens with the Red Sox, similar to the way I identified
 Yaz (and of course I'm not saying Boggs is as important to the Sox
 as Yaz was).  And besides, the first half of this year is likely a
 fluke as far as Boggs's hitting goes.  (BTW, did you catch the
 interview in which Boggs said that one reason he may need  glasses is
 that when they checked his eyes, they discovered he no longer had
 20-15 vision, but now has 20-20!)


>.Don Soucy

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From: silber@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Ami A. Silberman)
Subject: Re: Value of Stats
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 08:10:10 GMT

dtate+@pitt.edu (David M Tate) writes:


>>Bonds had outstanding stats and Puckett 
>>had very good stats.  They are both among the elite.  Salazar is totally 
>>average.

>My point is that, last year, Puckett was *not* among the elite.  He was about
>the 18th or 20th best player in the AL, but was only *half* as valuable as
>Bonds.  The ordinal ranking isn't important; it just shows that talent thins
>out as you get up into the elite classes.

What was the difference between Puckett and the average AL centerfielder, and
the difference between Bonds and the average NL rightfielder? I suspect that
though the edge may still go to Bonds, the figures may be closer.

-- 
ami silberman - janitor of lunacy
	silber@cs.uiuc.edu
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From: gajarsky@pilot.njin.net (Bob Gajarsky)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Sexy Baseball Players and Fraternities!!
Date: 28 Jul 92 13:47:09 GMT
Organization: Somewhere in Hoboken

i'm NOT a sigma nu, but i know greg swindell is (from texas)

this type of information wouldn't be that hard to find.  i know
 that my fraternity, if you send it like a dollar to cover
 postage and handling, will send you a list of famous alumni...

- bob gaj
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From: tkevans@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Tim Evans)
Subject: Re: Yount closing on 3000 - How close?
Keywords: brewers robin yount
Reply-To: tkevans@eplrx7.es.dupont.com
Organization: DuPont Engineering Physics Laboratory
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:34:43 GMT

jhg8680@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jon  Hamkins) writes:

>wilbanks@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Dylan Wilbanks) writes:

>>I understand that Robin Yount is close to 3000 hits. The question is, 
>>How close? I have ticket for the Rangers-Brewers series on the weekend 
>>of Aug.15-16. What are the chances that he'll be within range of it 
>>by then?
>>-- 

>It's possible, I suppose, but really it's not likely.  The Brewers
>have 18 games from 7-27 to 8-14, counting a double-header make-up game
>on 8-14 with Boston on the 14th, and as of today Yount has 2,968 hits.
>He needs 32 more hits, and so far this season he has averaged about a
>hit a game.  Figuring that he'll get about 80 at bats, he has to bat
>.400 for the next few weeks to be in range by the weekend you'll be
>there.  Certainly, it's possible for that to occur, but I wouldn't bet
>on it.
> 

Robin's not the only one chasing 3,000 this year.  George Brett's
at about 2,930.  It looks like he may not make it unless he, too,
goes on a tear.
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From: brian@meaddata.com (Brian Curran)
Subject: Re: brewers in fenway?
Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 23:51:44 GMT

In article <92209.171640IO80772@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, IO80772@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Vardarajan R. Iyengar) writes:
|> Could someone please let me know when the brewers visit the
|> red sox at fenway??
|> Thanks in advance,
|> Vardu

Sept    14      Milwaukee       7:35
Sept    15      Milwaukee       7:35
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From: gerry@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au (Gerry Myerson)
Subject: All 6th-best team
Organization: ceNTRe for Number Theory Research
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 23:27:46 GMT

What if an expansion draft only allowed each team to protect 5 players, and 
you got to build a new team by choosing one player from each of the 26 teams 
in MLB? Would a team composed of the sixth best players from each of the 
other teams win the pennant? 

It would be an odd team; no stars, no strong contenders for the All-Star 
team, no future Hall-of-Famers (except maybe some 40 year old ex-superstar, 
or some 20 year old who hasn't shown yet what he can do). On the other hand, 
no serious weaknesses; a good, solid player at each position (unless the 
teams get together and all decide to protect their shortstops or something), 
all their starters well above average, etc. 

Gerry Myerson
From: acw@sbmsg1.UUCP (Alvin White)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Strike 1 on Commissioner
Date: 30 Jul 92 12:58:09 GMT
Reply-To: acw@sbmsg1.UUCP (Alvin White)
Organization: Southern Bell - MSG  Atlanta, Ga

In article <5117@transfer.stratus.com> jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com writes:
>> What makes more sense Cubbie fans, Atlanta in the NL west or your Cubs?
>> This is really stupid!!!  Waaa  Waaaa
>
>Which city is closer to Pittsburgh, New York, Montreal, and the other
>Eastern cities?
>
                                                                    
                                                                    
   
Atlanta
From: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Baseball Buns: Rocket Roger's Latest
Date: 21 Jul 92 22:26:33 GMT
Reply-To: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com

In article <4220006@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com> rajeev@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Rajeev  
Menon) writes:
>       Since Kimball left town immediately after the article was  
published - this
>       was the first time the two had met since the article appeared.  
George was
>       lucky Roger didn't punch his face in.
> 
>     -Ron
> 
> ESPN radio had Dan Patrick interview Kimball. Apparently, the Rocketman
> Roger and Kimball were in the same room, within about five feet of each 
> other, a week ago, and Kimball was at a loss as to why Roger chose to  
do 
> his charade now. Something to do with not winning in 6 starts ?

Apparently Roger didn't hear about the article right away, until
another sports writer asked him about it.

I've been listening to the local (Boston) sports talk shows the
last couple of days.  The overwhelming response, including from
most writers, is that Kimball was a jerk on this one.  Dan
Shaugnessy (sp?  I don't have my copy of Curse of the Bambino
with me) called it unprofessional and uncalled for. Even writers
at the Herald (Kimball's Paper) called it a cheap shot.


--
Jim Mann       jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com  Stratus Computer
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From: spira@panix.com (Greg "Sarcasm Is A Way Of Life" Spira)
Subject: Re: Twins Baserunning
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 21:26:31 GMT
Organization: Boo!   

In <1992Jul28.145241.1249@island.COM> fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:

>Actually, all this kind of begs the question of why Boggs is batting 3rd in 
>the first place. He STILL has the best OBP on the team (though Zupcic and 
>Bruno are getting closer). Also, he traditionally has strong second halves
>of the season. Bearing in mind that Boggs has almost no power, he's not going
>to drive in runners on 1st (and possibly 2nd; he hits EVERYTHING to left),
>he's really not going to be a good #3 hitter. I also read something a few
>years ago about Boggs' BA/SLG when he hits leadoff and when he hits #3 and
>he DOES hit better when he hits #1, or did as of a couple years ago. (*WHY*, 
>nobody knows). Anyway, so far as the B Sox are concerned, leadoff was NOT a
>problem. Why the repeated efforts to make Boggs a #3 guy?

Mostly because Boggs' preference has always been to bat third, and every
time the team has a slump and the manager wants to "shake things up" the
powers that be decide maybe they should let Boggs bat third after all.
When that doesn't work, they move him back to leadoff, and when that doesn't
work, they move him to the third spot, and so on and so on and so on (This
feels like an old shampoo commercial, doesn't it?)

Greg 
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From: 91287041@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (roger maynard)
Subject: Re: Value of Stats
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 02:38:19 GMT

In <1992Jul28.231854.12770@news2.cis.umn.edu> kirsch@epx.cis.umn.edu (Dave "GLAD
THAT REAL MEN EAT" Kirsch) writes:

>In article <1992Jul25.030944.22822@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca> 91287041@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (roger 'worshipper of the great almighty Saturn' maynard) writes:

>  Yeah, Roger's right, you guys are all just a bunch of steaming
>chowderheads. I mean, any steenking fool can see that the reason the Tigers 
>aren't running away with the AL East is cuz Dan Gladden hasn't been healthy.
>If he was his normal fiery TWG self, the Tigers would be leaving the Jays and
>the Orioles in their dust. Then again, maybe Gladden and his two fingers with

Why do you think the Jays went and signed Griffin?

>banded metal aren't doing the rah-rah job they could be from the bench. 

Maybe they should sign you.  You're awfully good at making pointless noise.

>  P.S. Why do I get the feeling Roger is a big fan of a certain opera which 
>takes several days to fully appreciate? 

P.S. Why do I get the feeling Dave is a big fan of Dick and Jane books that
take several days for him to fully read?

>-- 
>Dave Hung Like Juan Guzman's ERA Kirsch        "Blue Jays all the way in '92"
>kirsch@epx.cis.umn.edu                                      Jeff Kent for ROY
>"Try new Fortenberry wine coolers, with a biting, bitter taste" - Noel Steere
>Slanguage dictionary: maynard - "to insult with disdain and contempt" 

almost as funny as Huckabay - but not quite...the story of your "life", right?

-- 
roger maynard                    
91287041@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca
From: demers@cs.ucsd.edu (David DeMers)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Metrodome roof/et.al. was Re: Aturf
Date: 23 Jul 92 00:20:23 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: =CSE Dept., U.C. San Diego

In article <64110@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccastmm@prism.gatech.EDU (Mike Marler) writes:

>Here in Atlanta, we HATE the "homerdome" after last October.  

Since when has Atlanta played in Seattle?



-- 
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From: hbrooks@uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu (Harold_Brooks)
Subject: All-Nightmare Teams
Organization: NSSL
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:50:13 GMT

I don't remember if it was during the 1 hour 16 minute rain delay
or the ~30 minute "bank-of-lights-out" delay last night at the 
'89ers game with Buffalo (OKC 3-2 on Balboni's 3-run HR, #21 on 
the season, in his first game back after ~1 month off for viral 
meningitis), but as the night got longer, I started thinking 
about one of my favorite subjects, really bad players and teams.

In that spirit, I took Donald Hearth's latest posted stats and
put together a team of the worst offensive players so far this
year in each league.  I limited it to players with >150 AB, so 
that these are guys who have played a reasonable amount.  Some
of the guys have played more than one position, but I've stuck
them where they could do the most good for this team.  They're
sorted by RC/27, so that the stars shine out.  When did you 
think you'd see Todd Hundley and Brian McRae as the offensive
standouts of any group of players.  There just isn't the 
wretchedness in the AL that there is in the NL this year.
Sigh...

                National League
                  BA      SLG      OBA      AB    RC/27
HUNDLEY,T    C  .186     .339     .250     177     2.81
DASCENZO,D  OF  .231     .280     .284     182     2.79
LEWIS,D     OF  .225     .263     .296     240     2.71
KING,J      3B  .187     .311     .228     219     2.35
SALAZAR,L   OF  .203     .275     .244     153     2.27
VIZCAINO,J  SS  .203     .264     .239     231     2.14
GALARRAGA,A 1B  .186     .276     .230     156     2.11
CANDAELE,C  2B  .180     .223     .229     206     1.68
Totals          .201     .277     .247             2.32
                         
                American League
                  BA      SLG      OBA      AB    RC/27
MCRAE,B     OF  .227     .314     .289     309     3.17
CUYLER,M    OF  .238     .316     .271     282     3.03
STEVENS,L   1B  .199     .340     .264     191     3.03
GREENWELL,M OF  .233     .278     .307     180     3.00
GAETTI,G    3B  .226     .316     .270     266     2.98
RIVERA,L    SS  .230     .270     .313     222     2.96
BROOKS,H   D"H" .213     .348     .245     230     2.93
PENA,T       C  .238     .298     .271     235     2.86
NEWMAN,A    2B  .212     .238     .296     151     2.41
Totals          .225     .304     .273             2.89

I wish to point out at this time that the "BROOKS,H" 
listed above is no relation to me and that I have had no
influence, for ill or good, on his hitting.

I hope that when anyone gets ready to complain about the
performance of someone from his or her favorite team, they'll
stop and think about what they might be stuck with.  That is,
unless you're a Cubs, Angels, or Red Sox fan, in which case
you're already stuck pretty badly.:-)

I don't have the stomach to come up with a pitching staff
to go along with the starters in the field for these guys.

Harold
-- 
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Officially self-employed, self-speaking
Andres Galarraga (Through 20 July)  .189 BA  .272 SLG  .230 OBA
27 H away from .300  6 HBP  3 BB