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In article <34244@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, kiviat@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Brian Kiviat) says: > >What I think is hotdogish about his AB's is the way he leans out over >the plate to watch outside pitches etc. This not done to get a better >look at the pitch, but to make it seem,"this ball is so far out I need >to lean just to get near it so you better call it a ball". This is my >"unbiased" opinion of what I see. Your mileage will vary....... >Rickey is agreat player to watch if you forget who he is at the time.  a lot of batters lean in when pitches come.  rickey's crouch tends to exaggerate that, i think.  "a great player to watch if you forget who he is" - "unbiased"... hmmm...
In article <1993Apr15.214421.1@acad.drake.edu> sbp002@acad.drake.edu   writes:
> >In article <1993Apr20.165918.16574@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, >msilverm@nyx.cs.du.edu >(Mike Silverman) says: > >Does anybody know what is going on with Lankford? I know he was >out for a few games with a slight injury, but since he has >beenback (and before the injury for that matter) he has been >really struggling at the plate and on the basepaths. > >Whereis the Ray Lankford we saw last year???  Be patient. He has a sore shoulder from crashing into the wall. The Cards will give him all the time he needs to come around. He is their full time centerfielder. He will not however steal as often this year as he is hitting clean-up.
In article <15APR199312304021@pavo.concordia.ca>, m_klein@pavo.concordia.ca (CorelMARK!) wrote: >  > In article <0096B0F0.C5DE05A0@Msu.oscs.montana.edu>, alird@Msu.oscs.montana.edu writes... > >In article <1993Apr15.003015.1@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu>, cvadrnlh@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu writes: > >>Today (4/14) Cubs activated P Mike Harkey from DL, whom did they move to make > >>room for Harkey? > >>Also, are Delino Deshields & John Wetteland of the Expos on the DL? > >>Thanks for anyone who can give me more info! > >>/=== > >>Ken  > >>Cal Poly, Pomona > >> > >  > >Wetteland is on the DL effective March 26 or something like that. > >  > >rick
In article <795.2bcc3ee1@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> letizia@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes: >Do you mean just like Reds' fans?  Have you listened to WLW anytime they open >up the lines for fans to call?  Talk about clueless idiots!  The broadcasters >are just as bad too. > >JL  The New York talk shows are just awful in this regard.  People are constantly calling WFAN and WABC with (stuff like) "I was thinking, why don't the Yankees trade Kaminicki and Silvestri to Seattle for Ken Griffey Jr and Randy Johnson, that would really help the team"  or "Do you think the Yankees can get Roger  Clemens?".  The show hosts are pretty good about handling these guys, but it's still annoying.  The best one was at the end of one show, a caller started out with "I was  thinking, why don't the Yankees trade for..." and then the host hung up on him.  I cheered!
The Phillies salvaged their weekend series against the Chicago Cubs by beating them 11-10 in a wild one at Wrigley Field Sunday afternoon.  It was the Phils only win in the three game series, and was the first time the Phillies have lost a series in the young season.   The Phils jumped to a 6-0 lead in the game thanks to 2 John Kruk 2-run homers and two Wes Chamberlain homers.  However Danny Jackson, and the Phillies middle relief was unable to hold the lead. Mitch Williams entered the game with the Phillies leading 8-4, however Candy Maldonado hit a ninth inning homerun to tie it.  In the 11th, Dave Hollins hit a three-run shot, his first of the year to push the Phils ahead to stay.  However, in a shaky bottom of the 11th the Cubs scored 2 runs and had the tying runner on base when the Cubs pinch hit Randy Myers for Bob Scanlan (they were out of position players) and Myers bunted into a double play to end the game.
In article <1993Apr6.025027.4846@oswego.Oswego.EDU> iacs3650@Oswego.EDU   (Kevin Mundstock) writes: > Did anyone notice the words "NOT FOR BASEBALL" printed on the picture > of Joe Robbie Stadium in the Opening Day season preview section in USA > Today? Any reason given for this?
In article <mssC5K4w5.GqE@netcom.com> mss@netcom.com (Mark Singer) writes: > >I'm no Kingman fan.  Just thought I'd point out that he's the >only player in history to have five three-HR games.  Joe Carter >has four.  Eddie Murray three.  McCovey and Gehrig also three. >Ruth, Mays, Foxx and Dawson two each. >
In <18979@autodesk.COM> trs@Autodesk.COM (Tom Schroeder) writes:  >nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu) writes:  >> During the same time span, the Braves developed John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, >> Steve Avery, David Justice, Ron Gant, and Jeff Blauser, among others. >>  >  Avery, I believe, came from the Phillies.  Jeff Blauser?!?  Avery was the #2 overall pick by the Braves, behind Mark Lewis (I think) in 1988.  John Smoltz came over to the Braves from the Tigers, but was developed by the Braves.  Jeff Blauser isn't a bad player. --  Dale J. Stephenson |*| (steph@cs.uiuc.edu) |*| Baseball fanatic
In article <C50nH4.4Et@odin.corp.sgi.com> luigi@sgi.com (Randy Palermo) writes: >Will Clark >Matt Williams >Robbie Thompson >Rod Beck........All came up through the Giants system.  Geez.  Everyone comes up with Clark, Williams, Thompson.  These guys were all up in 1987.  That's ancient history.  So in the last 6 years, noone, right?  Beck doesn't count.  I said 2 solid years.  >BTW, Manwaring lead the ML last season in throwing out baserunners. He is >an excellent defensive catcher. I agree that his offensive skills are >limited but he does seem to be improving on them.  Let's see what he does w/o the help of a pitchout every other pitch. As I remember, even Bob Brenly had a good throwout percentage under Roger Craig, who loved to sacrifice the count for runners being thrown out.  Of course, he suffered from 3 ball 1 strike homers a lot too. I am not a big fan of Manwaring.
In article <1993Apr17.213553.2181@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>, krueger@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (theodore r krueger) wrote:   > Isn't it funny that  a white person calls comeone a "nigger" and gets banned  > for a year, but a black person calls someone a "faggot" and there is no  > consequence?  > Ted   Ted, you're missing a vital point.  As Roger Lustig pointed out in a previous response, the reason why Schott was banned from baseball was because she had been known to call and think in a racially biased manner on a constant basis.  Such thoughts affected her hiring practices.  Bonilla, on the other hand, was found to have mentioned this one word a single time.  If he had been known to go around, criticizing homosexuals, it would be a different story.  Furthermore, he is merely an athlete.  He doesn't have to hire anyone as Schott had to do.  Dave Pallone, the former NL umpire who is an admitted homosexual, has decided to assist in a protest before a Mets game at Shea.  He, like you, thinks that Bonilla should be suspended from baseball.  Pallone is hoping for a year's suspension.  In my opinion, that's downright ludicrous.  As Howie Rose on WFAN said, if you start suspending athletes who have mentioned a derogatory word even a single time under whatever conditions, then you'd probably have enough people remaining to play a three-on-three game.  Now, honestly, if you truly analyze the differences between the two cases that you bring up in your article, I would think that you'd reconsider your thoughts.                                       -Sean
After the marvelous "time-out" call by Chris Webber (which resulted in  a technical foul, since his team had no time-outs left) perhaps Webber  will take the place of Bill Buckner as the master of choke.  At least  this Red Sox fan hopes so.  Ted
11swhitfield@gallua.gallaudet.edu writes:  >Chris Bosio, A Seattle M's Pitcher, just no hit the Red Sox 7-0!!! This is the >second no hitter in Seattle History!! (Randy Johnson got the first) Also, this >was Bosio's first career no hitter!  >This is MLB first No Hitter this year!   >Go M's..  	TRIVIA TIME!!!  OK, We all know that Dave "My Batting Average is Down in the" Valle caught Chris Bosio's no hitter last night (and is batting over .300, BTW).  Here is the question:  Who caught Randy Johnson's no-hitter in June of 1990.  (Hint: Not Dave Valle :-))
In article <1993Apr14.200649.12578@pts.mot.com>, ep502dn@pts.mot.com (Dave Naehring X2079 P7630) writes: > In article 2482@adobe.com, snichols@adobe.com (Sherri Nichols) writes: >>Every single piece of evidence we can find points to Major League Baseball >>being 50% offense, 50% defense.  A run scored is just as important as a run >>prevented.   >> > This certainly passes the "common sense test" for me, but is there any > statistical evidence to say what percent of defense is pitching and what > percent is fielding?  I'd really like to know.  BTW, Sherri, thanks for  > the DA data I find it fascinating.  Of course a run scored is just as important as a run prevented. Just as a penny saved is a penny earned.  Enough with the cliches. My point is that IF the Braves starters are able to live up to their potential, they won't need much offensive support. I realize this is a BIG IF.  This staff leaves the '92 BoSox in the dust. There is no legitimate comparison.  Two Cy Young winners, and three other pitchers that most any team in the league would kill to have as their first or second starter.  It seems to me that when quality pitchers take the mound, the other teams score less runs.  The team that scores the most  runs wins.  This puts the team with the better pitching at the advantage (providing they can stop the opposing team from scoring runs).  A low  scoring game would clearly benefit the Braves.  They should have many  low scoring games due to their excellent pitching and below average hitting. On the flip side, if you had a starting lineup of great offensive players, I would be arguing that this team would not need great pitchers. They would have an advantage because they could simply outscore their opponent.  The name of the games is to win.  Even Ray Knight knows that you do this by putting more runs up on the scoreboard. All I'm trying to say is that if you assemble the quality pitchers like the Braves have, the offense doesn't need to be as strong.
I basically agree, the Tigers are my favorite team.  Actually, their pitching might actually be better this year than last (not that htat's saying a hole lot). How 'bout that home opener on Tuesday!! By the way, Sparky goes for win 2,000 today.
In article <1qv9agINN3ba@shelley.u.washington.edu> tannerg@hardy.u.washington.edu (Glenn Tanner) writes: >fierkelab@bchm.biochem.duke.edu (Eric Roush) writes: > >>In article <1993Apr19.060208.17373@leland.Stanford.EDU> >>dkeisen@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dave Eisen) writes: >>>Why did I get sucked into this? >>> >>>In article <1993Apr19.035406.11473@news.yale.edu> (Austin Jacobs) writes: >>>>Don't you GUYS think so?  I mean, c'mon!  What the heck are women doing >>>>even THINKING of getting into baseball.  They cause so many problems.  Just >>> >>>Assuming you're serious, I guess you'd be surprised to hear >>>that us GUYS don't think so. I would guess that a tiny fraction >>>of 1% of the folks reading your post agree with it. I kind of >>>doubt that even you agree with it. >> >>Sheesh!  I agree with you here, Dave.  Anyone for starting >>rec.sports.idiots for guys like Austin? > >No, but I am for starting rec.sports.idiots for people who respond to obvious >flamebait.  Nah, let's reserve rec.sports.idiots for people who POST obvious flamebait, like yourself.  If someone posts something as controversial (not to mention idiotic) as what Austin posted in a widely accessed newsgroup, someone should challenge the statement.  There is a school of thought that suggests that silence = consent.  Whereas this idea may not apply to everything in life, it certainly SHOULD apply to a forum of public discussion, which r.s.b. is.  If you've been reading r.s.b. lately, you'll find that even elementary school children have had access to our postings, alibet in an edited form.  It's making me think a little more carefully about some of the things I post.  In conclusion, if someone like Austin wants to post his drivel in some obscure newsgroup that I don't read, fine.  He's got the right to rant, rave, and drool all he wants to in the name of free speech.  But if he drools in a newsgroup that I read, then I will support the right of anyone to provide rebuttal to his drooling.  Now, of course, you don't have to read any of this. And if you want to cut down on flames, then     DON'T POST FLAMEBAIT! (You don't have to respond to flames, either.  Saves cyberspace)
Umpires are not required to call time out just because a player asks for time. Only in extreme cases, like dust in the pitcher's or hitter's eyes, should an umpire call time.  The batter has 20 seconds to get situated in the box and receive a pitch. I'm against putting a giant clock (or any size clock for that matter) up to count down 20 seconds between pitches and the minute for warm-ups. But I think umpires should tell hitters to go to hell if they step out to get the sign or whatever, and instruct the pitcher to pitch. The same goes for pitchers. Umps should tell them to pitch or feint within 20 seconds or a ball will be called. That's the way it should be.   Ryan Robbins Penobscot Hall University of Maine
As I recall from Kieth Hernandez' 'auto'biography, Rusty is a devout Roman Catholic.  Kieth and Rusty would carpool to Shea everyday but Sunday, when Rusty would go to mass. SC
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?  Do you suppose he's immune to the ravages of time?  He's 37.   In a few years he'll be 40.  He doesn't get to as many grounders as he used to, and will get to fewer still as his legs go, as they do on every human so far.  Remember: Willie Mays was a defensive liability at he end of his career too.  Ditto Mickey Mantle.  Ditto just about everyone else who  played into their late 30's.
The Phillies have won two games back to back in extra innings.  Last night's game was hard fought.  The game in Chicago should have been a blow out.  All in all these two games show a different Phillies team. In past seasons they tended to always be on the short end of 1 run games.  I don't know how many times I saw them losing by only 1 run. If they were able to win most of those, they might have been more of a contending team.  They are 3-0 so far in extra innings.  And of course, they are 10-3.
In article <93095@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt7469a@prism.gatech.EDU (Brian R. Landmann) writes:  > e, >Later, in the ninth inning with the bases loaded and two outs he puts >lankford, a 300 hitter with power in as a pinch runner and uses Luis >Alicea, a 250 hitter with no power as a pinch hitter.  What the Helll >is he thinking.  If memory serves me well, Alicea hit it, and damn near tied the game. Torre obviously knows his players better than you do.    See y'all at the ballyard Go Braves Chop Chop  Michael Mule'
In article <1993Apr16.200100.23703@scott.skidmore.edu> jrogoff@scott.skidmore.edu (jay rogoff) writes:  >There is a book that you can find in sale catalogues occasionally >called _Jewish Baseball Stars_, and baseball mavin Peter Bjarkman has >compiled a pretty definitive list of Jewish ballplayers in the bigs.    I wish I hadn't sold my copy of Jewish Baseball Stars.  It's a Short Shelf (i.e., the one on top of the toilet tank) Special.  The writing in that  books is so astonishingly awful -- every sportswriting cliche taken to the nth degree and then mangled -- that it's funny.  Rusinow is the author, I think.
Al Weiss played second for the White Sox in the early sixties, chiefly as back up to Don Buford. Good glove, no hit, some spunk.  (Which reminds me: do they still serve Kosher hot dogs at the new Comiskey?)
When are the Yankees planning on activating Melido Perez?  His 15 days on the DL are up today, but are they bringing him back this weekend?
This talk about the Phillies winning the NL East is scary.  VERY scary!  Don't get me wrong, Im a Phillies fan but as late as last year they looked helpless.  The funny thing was they did have a lot of injuries in '92 spring training that basically killed their chances.  Of course, don't forget the Dykstra wrist injury in the first or second game?
In article <1piisn$asq@network.ucsd.edu>, king@cogsci.ucsd.edu (Jonathan King) writes: >  > A less well-publicized part of the now infamous Darrin Jackson for > Derek Bell trade was the fact that San Diego included $300,000 in the > deal.  Even less publicized than this, however, was that the $300,000 > didn't come from the Padres, but from an un-named source, and that the > money didn't go to the Blue Jays.  In Toronto, the money was diverted > into a London bank account owned by a shadowy character named Vincent > Gray.  I should be so lucky: the account number must have been rejected! :-)  > The odd thing was that Gray wasn't some British financier, but a > Canadian social scientist working at the University of Western > Ontario.  Gray was previously known to the authorities only as an > associate of John Palmer, and as the man who had the previous year > discovered the True Tater Name of "Bing Bang Ben" MacDonald.  To be accurate, it is "Big Bang Ben" MacDonald.  > Soon after that, Gray and Palmer sent word to Ottawa that Canada had > achieved absolute superiority over the United States in the field of > baseballistic research, as she controlled both the Acker-Cook > Pitch-Alike Contest and the Binaca Blast Research Institute.  The Prime > Minister smiled.  I hope not.  To think that I would inadvertantly give any pleasure to Mulroney _really_ ruins my day.  PS: Matthew Wall: a marvellous ending to the section on the Expos.  > Okay, so I'm not giving up the day job.  But, in an effort to help me > keep the day job, I've managed to foist the job of running the Binaca > Blast Deep Drive Derby onto Vince Gray, to whom future Deep > Drive-related tidbits should be sent: >  > VINCE@sscl.uwo.ca or VINCE@VAXI.SSCL.UWO.CA; please identify any messages with the subject line BBDDD  > Vince can take this post as the cue to chime in about what he plans to > do as the new director of the Research Institute, and what kind of > body armor Ontarians are wearing this Spring.  Meanwhile, I have to go > pick up that truckload of Denis Boucher cards I bought to fill in the > area behind our tool shed... >  > jking  Realizing the taterific importance of this work, John Palmer and I concluded that we might be able to pool some resources. I have not yet gone through the archives that Jonathan sent to me; when I do, I will send out an "official" introduction to the Deep Drive Derby.  However, I wonder if we need to rename the project, now that the principal investigator and research archive have changed. Send your suggestions for a rename of the study to me, at the address given above.  And, just think:  it's opening day.  Soon, the balls will be flying out (no, get your minds out of the gutter) of the ball parks, and helpless bystanders will be injured by balls reentering the atmosphere. (and you thought that meteorite showers were made of rocks!)  Who will be the stars this year? Can anyone hope to combat Brad Arnsberg's record start to last year?  The season is young, the balls newly rubbed in mud, the hot dogs starting to boil for the rest of the year. Play ball (and take cover).  And may all your sliders hang.
Michael Chen (mike@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:  : In any case, I think Viola would have made a better signing.  Why? : Viola is younger, and is left handed (how many left handed starters does : Toronto have?  Well, I agree that Viola is a better signing.  However, why does everyone say that you want lefthanded starters?  I understand lefthanded spot relievers, even though they usually face more righthanded batters than lefthanded batters.  I just don't understand why people insist on lefthanded starters, unless there is a park effect (e.g., Yankee Stadium). Most batters in MLB are righthanded, so righthanded starters will have the platoon advantage more often than lefthanded starters. I guess one argument for lefty starters is that certain teams may be more vulnerable to LHP's than RHP's.  However, this is probably only a factor in the postseason, because teams seldom juggle their starters for this reason during the regular season.  I think you just want the best starters you can get, regardless of whether they are lefties or righties.  Lefthanded starters tend to have higher ERA's than righthanded starters, precisely because managers go out of their way to start inferior lefties (or perhaps because of the platoon advantage).  Am I missing something here?
In article <1qi008INNphe@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>, pablo@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Pablo A Iglesias) writes: > In article <1993Apr14.160447.17835@cs.cornell.edu> tedward@cs.cornell.edu (Edward [Ted] Fischer) writes: > >Last year the American League scored 9802 runs in 1134 games, for a > >total of 8.6 runs per game, with 1.0 HR/game.  Through Tuesday, the AL > >has 477 runs in 48 games, for a total of 9.9 runs per game, and a > >total of 1.7 HR/game.  In 1987 there were 9.8 runs per game, and 2.3 > >HR/game. >  > >The big question: How significant is this?  Have we returned to 1987? > >Or is this just a minor abberation? > > > >Some thoughts: >  > >d) I thought offense was generally down in April, rising as the > >weather got warm and pitchers got tired.  This may be a bigger > >abberation from the norm than it seems. >  > 1. I don't get a feeling that the weather has been an issue this year.  >    There doesn't seem to be a really cold spell in North America which  >    does makes it harder to hit (not to mention making the ball carry less)  You obviously did not watch the Twins in Chicago.  No cold spell?  It's been snowing most of the week in Minnesota. (5 inches in Duluth last weekend)  > I would still put things under the too early to tell category.    Yup.
In article <1993Apr26.161946.846@adobe.com> snichols@adobe.com (Sherri Nichols) writes: >Might I suggest that a more appropriate forum for game-by-game highlights >of a particular team is a mailing list, rather than rec.sport.baseball?  > 	I looked up "might" to see why you selected that particular word, and discovered the line ". . . to express permission, liberty, probability, possibility . . ."  It also said something about being a "polite" alternative to "may."  The presence of "probability, possibility" can certainly be used to partially explain your word selection.   So, I'd say to all extents and purposes, "Yes, you might."  In fact, you did. (Not that you were asking *me* specifically.)  	The next question is, why would a mailing list be "more" appropriate? We don't all get mailing lists.  We surely don't all get mailing lists about the teams about which we are most enthused.  So it seems to me r.s.baseball is an appropriate place to look for information about teams one doesn't necessarily follow day-to-day.  	This is not intended as flamage, but rather is an attempted answer, as you posed your post as a question.
Is there a Chicago Cubs mailing list??  If so, I'd like to join. Any help appreciated....
>>(Look at all that Teal!!!!  BLEAH!!!!!!!!!)  Indeed, if the color teal on a team's uniforms is any indication of the future, the Marlins are in dire trouble! Refer to the San Jose Sharks for proof... But I have hope for the Marlins. I was a sometime member of the Rene Lachemann fan club at the Oakland Coliseum, and have a deep respect for the guy. He's a gem. And, of course, Walt Weiss gives that franchise class. But yeah... whoever designed those uniforms was guilty of a paucity of style and imagination. Ugghhh!