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In <C5L068.6v3@srgenprp.sr.hp.com> craigs@srgenprp.sr.hp.com (Craig Stelter) writes:  >Dale Stephenson (steph@cs.uiuc.edu) wrote: >: In <C5JJrJ.EM3@cs.uiuc.edu> steph@cs.uiuc.edu (Dale Stephenson) writes:  >: >Compiled from the last five Defensive Average reports, here are the career >: >DAs for the individual players in the reports.  Stats are courtesy of >: >Sherri Nichols.  Players are listed in descending order.  >: And some comments, with some players deleted.  >: >Third Basemen >: >------------- >: >Leius, Scott         ----  ----  ----  .653  .680   0.672 >: Looks good.  Too bad he's moving to short.  >: >Pagliarulo, Mike     .631  ----  .575  .744  ----   0.649 >: This is an interesting line.  His 1988 figure was slightly below average. >: His 1990 was pathetic, and his 1991 was the next best year by anybody.  Part of >: that may be his mobility.  1988 was with the Yankees.  1990 was with the >: Padres, who appear to have a rotten infield.  1991 was with the Twins, and >: judging by Leius and Gaetti, the Metrodome may be a good place to play >: third.  >Gaetti, Gary         .616  .638  .655  .632  ----   0.637  >Apologies if I don't know what I'm talking about :-), but as a Twins fan, >I like to think they have good players in any park.  Not sure if I remember >completely or not, but I think Gaetti played with the Twins in '87 for the  >world series, and again in '88 (note that's his lowest of the 4).  I believe  >the next 3 (or at least the last two) were played with the Angels.   Actually, Gaetti's first year with California was 1991.  His .632 DA wasn't out of line with his career averages, and his .616 was actually below average in 1988.  But check out the last three years at the Metrodome.  1990 Gaetti  .655 AL Avg  .604 1991 Pags    .744 Leius   .653 Al Avg  .620 1992 Leius   .680 AL Avg  .603  For the last three years, the highest DAs in either league have been posted by Minnesota players -- three different ones, including one (Pags) who was mediocre to horrible elsewhere.  That doesn't *prove* a park effect is at work, any more than San Diego's horrible infield numbers prove a park effect is at work.  But it looks like a strong possibility to me.    Lots >of factors make a player excell...  I hate it when so many use the dome. >It may not be ideal, but nice to comfortably enjoy baseball and football  >even when it's snowing and raining.  And it might even be a nice play to thrid base. --  Dale J. Stephenson |*| (steph@cs.uiuc.edu) |*| Baseball fanatic
I hate to be the burden of bad news, but I think I will this time!  =)  The Phillies usually play at either 7:05 P.M. or 7:35 P.M. Eastern Time for weekdays.  On Sundays the time is usually 1:35 P.M. Eastern Time.  Boise is in Idaho.  Idaho is in part of the Mountain Time Zone and in part of the Pacific Time Zone.  The times that were given were for Mountain Time Zone starts.  Please check a map in case I am wrong.  But I am certain that Boise is in the Mountain Time Zone.   Thanks for listening!
As of today, April 17, Jack Morris has lost his first three starts.  However, the Jays are doing well without him and injured Dave Stuart.  This is a credit to the rest of the pitching staff.
(Dave 'This has never happened to me before' Kirsch) writes: >  Correction: "Nied was the only player identified in this book as a grade A >prospect who was exposed to the draft..", according to Bill James in the >'Stop the Presses' section preceding his player evaluations. He valued Nied >at $21, and said that Nied's value does not increase significantly as a >result of his selection (although he did catch a break getting away from the >strongest rotation in baseball).   I thought Bill James' latest book completely and totally sucked.  I bought it, but will not purchase anything of his ever again without THOROUGHLY looking at it first.  What tripe.  The book is inconsistent, and filled with selective analysis.  James claims to be looking forward, and then makes some absolutely bizarre statements of value.  Not only that, but I got the impression he probably glanced at the book for about an hour before he put his name on it.   To say I was disappointed is a grand understatement.
In article <1993Apr17.200602.8229@leland.Stanford.EDU> addison@leland.Stanford.EDU (Brett Rogers) writes: >In article <steph.735027990@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu> steph@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu (Dale Stephenson) writes: >>>Smith, Ozzie           .742  .717  .697  .672  .664   0.701 >>  The Wizard's 1988 is the second highest year ever.  Still very good, >>but I don't like the way his numbers have declined every year.  In a few >>years may be a defensive liability. > >That's rich... Ozzie Smith a defensive liability...  Why not?  Brooks Robinson is a defensive liability too, and Ted Williams is a weak hitter.  Even great players decline as they age.
i think lamont is tryin sax out in left because he is messing with his mind.  he is trying to stir loose the mental block that he has had. sax was supposed to play in left last night (4-14) but we were rained out.  it's not like we need to add any more outfielders to our team.  it's mental
In article <poe.735289475@husc.harvard.edu>, poe@husc10.harvard.edu (Leslie Poe) writes: >  > Likewise, I would love to know about a Cardinals mailing list.  Please > e-mail me if you have any information. > Thanks a lot. >  > Les Poe > poe@husc.harvard.edu  This is the fifth request to find out about a Cardinals mailing list. It looks like one does not exist.  If anyone has the initiative,  creating a list might be a worthwhile activity.
fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes: >  > I'd say you could make a good for them being about equal right now. T&P > rated Baerga higher, actually. >  > Mike > --  Finally, an objective source.  Alomar's a great player, but so is Baerga. Nice to see the objective source cited rather than "my dad's bigger than your dad" posts.
In article <1993Apr23.035220.21801@uvm.edu> luh@med.uvm.edu (Eddy Luh) writes: >Anyone know how I can get some tickets to see the >birds at Camden yards. . .more specifically, anyone >have confidence in any particular ticket agencies in >the New England/New York area that will be fair  >about prices?  Tickets are very hard to get, even at the box office at Camden Yards. If you really want to see a game here (I go to school in Baltimore), price should not be an issue. Tickets go up to $15, but you should be willing to go as high as $20-25 if you really want to come.
Is there any doubt that this is true?  After a few down years, the A.L. East is back to where it was in the early eighties.  With the emergence of the O's and the Yanks, it is far and away the best.  While the N.L. West has the best team in baseball, and the Reds aren't bad either, they have nothing else.  The Giants, Astros, and Padres all have talent, they do not have the all arounf teams that are found in the A.L. East.  And the Dodgers just plain suck.  As for the Rockies, who knows?    The A.L. East has the defending champs, and although they lost a lot to free agency, Toronto is still one of the best in baseball.  The Orioles have the preseason favorite to win the Cy Young in Mike Mussina, and you can never forget about Ripken.  The signings of Harold Baines and Harold Reynolds don't hurt to much either, although I always liked Bill Ripken.  While they let a lot go this summer (Randy Milligan, Joe Orsulak, Bill Ripken, Bob Milacki, Sam Horn, Storm Davis, and Craig Lefferts), they kept the heart of their team intact.  My predicted finish: 1. Baltimore (Could be a biased opinion) 2. NY Yankees 3. Toronto 4. Milwaukee 5. Detroit 6. Boston 7. Cleveland (Would have been higher if not for the accident)  Go O's!!!!!!!!
In <1993Apr15.214133.3371@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> apanjabi@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu writes:  >I Love it how all of these people are "blaming" the Phillies success  >on a weak division.  Why don't we look at the record of the teams in  >each division (READ: Inter-Divisional Play), we'll see that the East  >is really kicking the shit out of the West.  I know it is early, but  >that is all we have to go on.  Atlanta is just so strong with their  >.188 BA, Cincinnati is 2-7 coming off a sweep at Veteran's Stadium in  >Philadelphia, and Houston was swept in it's first three games by the  >Phillies in the Astrodome.  That, my Western Division friends, shows  >that the three best teams in your division may not be as strong as you  >think!!     Or you may be posting this WAY TOO EARLY and be eating your words by   mid-season. C'mon, the Phillies haven't proved anything yet. Atlanta   was similar to the Phils 2 years ago. They sucked. They started having   a good year, but didn't get any respect until they actually won the   division. (which is how it should be) So until the Phils AT LEAST      have a good year, not just a good 2 weeks, they won't get any respect   either. BTW, Atlanta's .188 BA is actually a compliment to how good   the Braves really are. Their record is 6-3. Can you imagine the Phils   record if they were batting .188? hahahaha. And Atlanta's hitting will   improve dramatically.     No, I'm not a Braves fan. Just defending a good team.    Orin.   Bradley U.  >PHILS ALL THE WAY IN '93 >BRAVES HIT LIKE A AAA CLUB >REDS NEED MARGE  >						-BOB
In article <C5r5vt.941@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (OrioleFan@uiuc) writes: >jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann) writes:  [deleted]  >	Someone told me this game started at 10:05 cdt.  Is this true??/ Who >in their right mind would go to a game on monday at 11AM????  Keep in mind this was in Massachussetts.  Today was Patriots Day, a state holiday.  I think it might be a floating holiday, but given that the Marathon also happens the same day, most people don't go in.   --   #include <std_disclaimer.h>
I am looking for a source of American League baseball stats for individual players in the same format as printed in newspapers, ie. I do not want to provide a list of players and get back nice printed reports for $35 a week.  Does anyone know of such statistics availability and an idea of the cost?
I plan on being in the Toronto area sometime this summer (late June or early July) and would like to attend a Blue Jay game.  I would appreciate if anyone could give me information on how to obtain tickets for Blue Jay games.  I would prefer to get good seats and I assume this would require going through some ticket broker and paying $$$$.  Ticket broker info for the Toronto area and/or ticket info directly through the Blue Jays would be appreciated (I'll bring oxygen if need be.)  My schedule is flexible so any games are candidates (though I'd prefer to see Texas.)  Thanks in advance.
Hello  as the subject tells all I am trying to find out what is the formula to calculate the ERA for the pitchers.  If any of you baseball fans have it please e-mail me at   	napoli@atc.olivetti.com   	thank you very much
ez027993@chip.ucdavis.edu (Gary Built Like Villanova Huckabay) said:  >Baseball games take about 2:51 in the NL, and just a shade under 3 hours >in the AL.  That's just too damn long.  I don't like to PLAY in 3 hour >games, much less WATCH a game for that long.  My butt falls asleep, and >if I'm watching on TV, I'll channel surf between pitches, catching >colorized versions of Mr. Ed, Leave it to Beaver, and "Those Wacky >Nieporents" on Nick at Nite.  But, Gary, for certain sofa tubers like myself, this is an advantage.  I can watch the Pirates on KBL, the Mets on WWOR, the Braves on TBS, and the mediots on ESPN at the same time, without missing anything.  (If something impressive happens, I'll catch the replay :-) ).  So, I see (essentially) 4 games in 3 hours, instead of 1 game in 2 hours. What a deal!  (Insert smileys as desired...)
Total Baseball, which also tries to evaluate a player's total offensive and defensive contributions, gives Barry Bonds a Total Player rating of 9.0 for 1992. Only one other player since Ruth attained that mark: Cal Ripken for his 1984 season. Rounding out the top five offensive players in the NL last season: Sheffield, 5.9; Sandberg, 5.8; Van Slyke, 5.3; and Larkin, 4.7.  The top 5 offensive players in the AL in 1992 were: E. Martinez, 4.8; Ventura, 4.8; Anderson, 4.5; R. Henderson, 4.4; and Thomas, 4.4  In short, Total Baseball says Bonds enjoyed one of the best seasons ever in the game's history -- better than any year had by Mantle, Mays, Williams, etc. (If you disagree, don't flame me; flame the writers of Total Baseball.) Also, Martinez and Ventura are neck and neck, so given the shortcomings of any statistical analysis, which one had the better year can be considered a toss-up. Thus, Total Baseball supports your choices of Bonds and Ventura as the MVPs of 1992.    -- -------------------------- Phil Brown                | aka pb6755@csc.albany.edu |
I missed the original post, but aren't the Expos rushing alomost their entire team this year?  I am from Montreal, and am a fan, but geez, the  Expos rank 27th in salary (only the Rockies trail) and someone at  the average age would probably be in first year University! 			CorelMARK!
My god, hope we don't have to put up with this kind of junk all season!  In article <002251w.5.734117130@axe.acadiau.ca> 002251w@axe.acadiau.ca (JASON WALTER WORKS) writes: >    The N.Y.Yankees, are now one game closer to the A.L.East pennant.  They  >clobbered Cleveland, 9-1, on a fine pitching performance by Key, and two  >homeruns by Tartabull(first M.L.baseball to go out this season), and a three   How many home runs by Tartabull?  Just 1, right, you must be thinking of Dean Palmer or Juan Gonzalez (both of Texas) who each had 2 homers.  >run homer by Nokes.  For all of you who didn't pick Boggs in your pools,  >tough break, he had a couple hits, and drove in a couple runs(with many more   I don't know how many to follow, but he was 1 for 4.  > GO YANKS., Mattingly for g.glove, and MVP, and Abbot for Cy Young.
In article <1993Apr16.172502.2301@osf.org> dswartz@osf.org (Dan Swartzendruber) writes: } In article <4200419@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> boell@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Donald P Boell) writes: } >I'd have to say the most impressive HRs I've ever see came from Dave Kingman } >and his infamous moon-raker drives... }  } I remember one he hit circa 1976 at Wrigley Field that went across } the street (in dead center field) and hit a house on the roof.  He } whiffed a lot, but when he *did* connect, watch out!  the best home run i have *ever* seen came off, believe it or not, Roger Clemens (sorry, Val) a couple of years ago. he threw a ball to Incaviglia which was literally at Inky's neck, and he absolutely  hammered the crap out of it. after the swing, Clemens nonchalantly motioned for a new ball--he didn't even turn around to look, or even get upset. the ball hit the lights in the left-field standard, some 70 or so feet about the Green Monster (over 100 feet above the ground total!)  truly an amazing shot.
A lot of teams carry 3 catchers on their 25 man roster, but the 3rd catcher is seldom ever used.  He is only insurance in case of extra innings or the 2nd catcher is injured during a game.     So to free up this roster spot for an extra pinch hitter or reliever, why not invoke a catcher re-substitution rule:  If the last roster catcher on a team is injured during a game, the team is permitted to substitute in his place for defensive purposes a catcher who has previously been yanked from the game.     Given this rule, a team wouldn't need 3 roster catchers.  The 3rd catcher could be playing in AAA or be a non-roster bullpen catcher.
There is a correction to the note I posted for today's update:  This is how it read: > NOTE: Saturday, April 20th's scores should be sent out by this coming Friday.         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Of course, last Saturday was April 17th. People who requested those scores should receive them by Friday the 23rd. Thanks.  Joe Hernandez --  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Hernandez          |    RAMS  | |    /.\  ******* _|_|_  / |   LAKERS jtchern@ocf.Berkeley.EDU  |   KINGS  | |__ |   | DODGERS _|_|_  | |   RAIDERS jtcent@soda.Berkeley.EDU  |  ANGELS  |____||_|_| *******  | |  |___|  CLIPPERS
In <1993Apr19.194025.8967@adobe.com> snichols@adobe.com (Sherri Nichols) writes:  >In article <13512@news.duke.edu> fierkelab@bchm.biochem.duke.edu (Eric Roush) writes: >>that HE'D been thrown out.  And Gant had a legitimate beef about >>the 1-0 pitch that was called a strike.  A reasonable umpire would >>not have tried to FORCE Gant back into the box in that situation.  >A reasonable umpire would do as he's been instructed to do this season: get >the batters back in the box sooner to try to cut down on the ridiculous >length of games.  I for one am glad to see this happen, and hope more >umpires will do as Hirschbeck did in instructing the pitcher to pitch if >the batter won't get back in the box.    While I can see why they want to cut down on the time spent walking around, Gant wasn't ordered back in the box "sooner", he was ordered back immediately. As soon as he stepped out, Hirschbeck told him to get back in the box. Now, Gant doesn't take a lot of walks between pitches.  The only reason he did then because he was *very* bothered by the call.  I expect his concentration wasn't there yet, and in a crucial situation I imagine it's best to be as calm as possible.  Contributing factors would be Gant's bad day at the plate, bad year at the plate, and the Braves long scoring drought.  Now, it's pretty stupid to go ahead and talk the walk when the umpire is telling you to get in there.  You know the umpire is going to do something (call for a strike, throw you out, etc.).  Gant was wrong.  But Hirschbeck was more wrong, in my biased view.  Aside from the major chip he seemed to have on his shoulder, what was the problem.  Gant had a reason to want some time (disputed strike call).  Gant hadn't been wasting time all game.  The game had been cruising along, and was just over two hours old. The score was 1-0, with 2 outs in the ninth and a runner in scoring position. Is there *any* reason Hirschbeck couldn't, and shouldn't, cut Gant a little slack?  For no discernible constructive reason, Hirschbeck disrupted the game, caused a five minute delay, and materially hurt the batter in a key situation.  Did he have a date to get to?  And I still wonder why Terry was tossed earlier in the game. --  Dale J. Stephenson |*| (steph@cs.uiuc.edu) |*| Baseball fanatic
Dear Anybody,  I am in Rochester, NY, where people can look at a Rangers-Penguins playoff game and say, no joke I heard it, "Hey whats this, OH, its not even the AHL, its just the NHL, I think."  Because of this e get Red Wings (Orioles AAA) stats and updates but no AL or NL stats.  Specifically Im looking for Red Sox stats so far, Id like all of them, but could handle just Greenwell and Vaughn.  CAN ANYBODY PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!
In article <1993Apr6.155118.5779@ra.msstate.edu> js1@Isis.MsState.Edu   (Jiann-ming Su) writes: > In article <ls1d6vINNs65@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM>   str@maredsous.Eng.Sun.COM (Todd Rader) writes: > >Stay in school.  You have a lot to learn. >  > Learn what?  I know that 3 million dollars is A LOT of money.  I   know  > Rickey Henderson doesn't have a career out of baseball.  I know if   he  > didn't have baseball, he wouldn't be making near the money he is   now. >   And Michael Jackson, Jack Nicholson, and Bill Cosby wouldn't be  making near as much money if they weren't entertainers. So what's your point?  > I just don't understand how some athlete, who only plays a sport   for a  > living for millions of dollars, say he is not being paid enough. >  > If nobody will sign him for his asking price, he will be the one   hurting. > The A's will still win without him.  Will they?  You can't usually take away one of the team's best players and still expect them to win.  Or do you think the  Pirates will continue to win without Barry Bonds.  >  > Remeber, many of these athletes have NOTHING if not for their   athletic  > ability.  NOTHING.  They are getting paid MUCH more than most hard   working > citizens, and they are complaining of not enough pay.  So. Again, Jack Nicholson gets paid much more than most hard working citizens (and much more than Rickey Henderson for that matter).   >  > I don't have a problem with them making millions.  My problem is   when the > say they aren't being paid enough, when they already get 3   million--also, > their numbers get worse.  The reason the latter often happens is that many of these folks start making the real big salaries late in their career, when they are on the decline. (There are exceptions, of course. Dave Parker fell apart after making his first million because he put most of that million up his nose.)
In <1993Apr5.224631.636@Virginia.EDU> tek2q@Virginia.EDU ("Todd Karlin") writes:  >	Usually one or two teams changes their logo or a minor >uniform change per season, but the past few seasons have been >incredible. >	Any thoughts on the new (old) Reds uniforms.  I >remember seeing a Pete Rose rookie card, and unless I miss my >guess he was wearing the exact same duds.   >	The Mets (HOW ABOUT DOC'S PERFORMANCE TODAY?!!!!!) have >reinserted the Mets patch on the shoulder, and changed the Mets >insgnia on the front of the jersey.  To my knowledge it is the >first time that has been changed since 1962, and it reminds me >a little of the Dodger logo.    As far as I know, Toronto, Pittsburgh, and New York (NL) change their uniforms every year.  Every other year (e.g., New York), it will say Mets in cursive, New York in cursive, or New York in all caps.  Minor changes, but they do change them often.  Last year, I think they had New York in all caps.  Did Toronto have Blue Jays or Toronto last year?  What about Pittsburgh?  >	Many teams have opted for a return to a previous style >of uniform, or at least uniforms that look more traditional. >(Phillies, Reds, Expos, White Sox, Padres, etc.) and the once >bright colors have been altered to gray.  The trend has also >seen the newer baseball fields resembling the parks of the >early years, as opposed to the cookie-cutter saucer stadiums >construcrted throughout the sixties.  I hate the gray.  They should opt for more color (like the White Sox). I hate white team versus gray team.  Spring training uniforms look much better.
mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers) writes:  >First, a longer game in no way suggests "more baseball to watch," unless >you include watching the grass grow as baseball.  I definitely do.  That's why I don't like going to see games played on artificial turf :-)  >The lengthier games >are so because of batters stepping out of the box, pitchers taking >longer between pitches and excessive trips to the mound by managers >and pitching coaches. > >And while it's true that the gaps between plays can be interesting, this >is only true when they don't become extra-long.  Well, your idea of "interesting" differs from mine.  I think batting practice is interesting, for example, and make a special effort to get to the game very early in order to see it.  I think the delaying tactics of batters, pitchers, catchers, and managers are interesting because they're attempts to gain advantage through control of the flow and timing of the game.  Of course, the umpires can, and should, intervene when these tactics get out of hand.  As Ryan Robbins has pointed out, there are rules that cover this.  One of the more fascinating things about baseball, I think, is its open-endedness with regard to time.  You never know if the game is going to zip right by and be over in less than two hours, or if it's going to go on until four in the morning.  Likewise, some games are action-packed, and some games are slow and lazy.  That's fine by me.  Those folks who want constant action should watch the games on TV so they can channel- surf and cater to their short attention spans.
In article <C5r7tv.36s@odin.corp.sgi.com> kubey@sgi.com (Ken Kubey) writes:     I suppose a foul ball machine (like Brett Butler) is pretty valuable,    but I'd rather watch (and root for) the lower OBP guys who can    actually hit the ball.  And I'd rather watch (and root for) a team that scores lots of runs and wins games.  Of course, I'm rooting for the Rockies and Andres anyway.  But that's for irrational hometown reaons.  I also root for Frank Thomas. :)