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I've noticed that is has become fashionable lately in rsb to predict the Marlines to finish ahead of the Cubs....how?  First Base:  Grace vs Destrade...Could Destrade be the second coming of Cecil Fielder? I doubt it. If Destrade performs to the height of expectations, then even, otherwise, edge to Cubs  Second Base:  Sandberg vs Barberie...No contest. Sandberg will be back May 1. Edge to Cubs...a big edge.  Shortstop:  Vizcaino vs Weiss...Vizcaino is excellent defensively, but is an automatic out at bat. Weiss isn't much better with the stick. Even.  Third Base:  Dave Magadan vs Buechelle...Magadan has a higher OBP and is a better hitter. Buechelle has more power and is better defensively (I think) Edge to Florida.  Catcher:   Santiago vs Wilkins...Wilkins is OK, but Santiago is better. Edge to Marlins  Left Field:  Conine vs Maldonado...Wow! 4 for 4 yesterday...I know Conine has potential. I watched him play at Omaha the last couple years. Until he actually proves himself, I give Maldonado the edge, however, like at 1B, this is position where Florida might be even or better *if* the player there has a huge year.  Center:  Scott Pose vs Wilson/May...Edge to May, even if Wilson. Hopefully the Cubs will use may and save Wilson for pinch running and the like. May isn't Ken Griffey Jr, but he will hit .275 with 15 homers if he plays full time.  Right:  Felix vs Sosa...Felix Jose has occasional power and a bad OBP. So does Sosa, but Sosa also has speed and a good glove. Edge to Cubs  Starters:  Aquino? Armstrong? Hammond? A lot of fifth starters here. The Cubs won't remind anyone of the Brave staff, but Morgan-Castillo-Guzman-Hibbard is average to OK...better than the Marline. Edge to Cubs  Middle Relief:  Even. The Cubs have some decent middlemen, and so do the Marlins. Carpenter anf Klink or decent, but so are Assenmacher and McElroy.  Closer:  A healthy Harvey is a big edge to the Marlins. Meyers is decent, but no Harvey. Of course, the Cubs may have a few more games to save. Look for 30 saves, 5 blown from Meyers, and 25 saves, 3 blown (with a better ERA) for Harvey. Edge Florida.  Overall, an edge to Chicago. Neither of these teams will threaten to win anything, of course. e -- msilverm@nyx.cs.du.edu				GO CUBS!!!
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.  I don't think Reggie's WS game counts, else I believe he would  also have had two.   --	The Beastmaster
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In article <C5JKIK.1zF@ucdavis.edu> ez027993@dale.ucdavis.edu (Gary Built Like Villanueva Huckabay) writes: >Here's my analysis of Jose Canseco, circa Sep '92, and Jose Canseco, >circa June 1986. > >1.  He's bulked up too much.  Period.  He needs to LOSE about 20 pounds, >    not gain more bulk.  I've been saying that for at least 2 years now and even the A's conditioning guru told Jose he was carrying too much weight and losing some would help his back.Although I don't for one second believe Jose used steroids,his back problems are very similar to problems alot of steroid users experience because they are simply carrying too much weight on their frame(see Jeff Bregel ex 49er as a textbook example), and IMHO Jose is too big for his frame.   >2.  His bat speed has absolutely VANISHED.  Conservatively, I'd say he's >    lost 4%-7% of his bat speed, and that's a HUGE amount of speed.  I can't imagine how to estimate bat speed, but its pretty obvious that Jose is missing fastballs he used to hit, likely due to his back.   >3.  That open stance is KILLING him.   Note that he acts sort of like >    Brian Downing - way open to start, then closes up as ball is >    released.  Downing could do this without significant head movement - >    Canseco can't.  Also, note that Canseco doesn't always close his >    stance the same way - sometimes, his hips are open, sometimes, >    they're fully closed.  Without a good starting point, it's hard >    to make adjustments in your swing.  I don't know, he had an even more open stance when he first came up with the A's, and had no problems with it then. It might be that pre-back problems, he was quick enough to cover up any deficiencies the stance caused, but now he's lost just enough bat speed that the stance hurts him. The old saying if you're hot its a trigger mechanism, if you're cold, its a hitch.   >First, minimize movement before the swing.  Close and widen the stance, >and severely cut down the stride I take on my swing.  Hopefully, this >will cut down on the time I need to swing, and will allow me to move >the bathead more freely.  The biggest problem IMHO is he never has found a stance he's comfortable with for more than a few months. He changes his stance so much, he loses track of where the strike zone is. In Wednesday's night game, he was  clearly mad at strike calls on both corners that looked pretty good to me. I think he no longer knows where the strike zone really is because he's changed his stance so much.  I'm also a bit concerned that because he's got Palmer and Gonzalez hitting all the homeruns, he'll become competitive, swing even harder and screw himself up even worse. LaRussa always said that Canseco's famous batting practice homer shows did him more harm than good as they encouraged bad hitting habits.
You can add Steve Rosenberg, one-time White Sox reliever now in the Mets system, to the list.
In article <jxu.735398917@black.clarku.edu> jxu@black.clarku.edu (Dark Wing Duck!!) writes: } Last night, Boston Red Sox win its 11 games of 14 games by beating Seattle } 5-2.  Roger Clemson pitch not so dominate.  He walked at least 6 man in } first 6 inns.  But Valetin and Greenwell hit homeruns and Red Sox prevail.  Clemens struggled with his control, but was also the "beneficiary" of some pretty shoddy umpiring. but to be fair, most of the walks were early in the game, and he adjusted. he was also helped by (dare i say it?) some pretty good defense by the Sox, including Rivera playing at second, not his normal position.  actually, Clemens is pretty lucky that he got the win, considering the Sox almost gave up the lead in the bottom of the 7th on Mo's error catching a throw-over.  } I think that game is must win for Red Sox in Seattle, considering Darwin will } faced Seattle ace Randy Johnson tonight.  must win? in April? they've already won 4 more games so far than anyone thought they would at this  point of the season... i hope people aren't getting too caught up in this streak; it's been fun, but teams have 11-3 streaks all the time, and it is only when they are at the start of the season that they get so much attention.
whitty@cv.hp.com (Joe Whitty) writes:  >Thomas Theiner (thein@damabus.informatik.rwth-aachen.de) wrote: >: Hi there, >:  >: I'm german and I have been into this MLB stuff since almost one year now. >: There are many problems occuring for me. One of them is the ERA statistic for >: pitchers. What does it say ??  >ERA indicates the average number of earned runs attributed to a pitcher per >nine inning game.  Thus, if a pitcher pitched 3 innings and gave up 1 earned >run, his 9 inning equivelent perfomance would be 3 earned runs, thus his ERA >is 3.00.  To compute the ERA you simply take the number of earned runs divided >by the innings pitched and then multiple the result by 9.  >	ERA = (ER/IP) * 9  I think there is another formula for ERA.  I heard something about it last  year.  Im not sure what it is, but im gonna give it a stab.  It allows for a pitcher to pitch more than 9 innings at a time and not benefit, cuz it uses outs recorded instead of innings pitched...          ERA = (ER*27)/outs recorded  Like i said, im not sure this is exactly it, but im pretty sure they changed it to something of the sort.   >An earned run is run that is given up by the pitcher that is not attributed >to a fielding error.  More specifically, if an error occurs that represented >the third out, all runs scored after the error are considered UNEARNED runs. >Earned runs are also runs scored as a result of players who were left on base >when the pitcher exited the game.  Here are some examples:  >	If there are two outs in an inning and there are men on base.  If >	an error occurs that represents the third out, all of the runs after >	this error and NOT counted as earned runs.  >	If a pitcher issues some base on balls (walks), and leaves the game >	before the inning is completed, he is responsible for the people who >	were left on base.  If the those runners who were left on base score, >	and the score was not a result of an error, those eraned runs are >	attributed to the pitcher who left the game.  >I hope this explains things for you.  >					Joe
Like Clinton and Reno, I accept full responsibility for this senseless disaster.  My wife and I picked this game to go to and thus caused the return of the pre-season-projected Sox offense.  Like all no-no's Bosio was good, lucky (hard grounder by Vaughn off T. Martinez' glove but straight to Boone who  threw to Bosio at first, 3-4-1), and backed by good defense (many non-trivial groundouts).  The game was amazingly fast, as the Sox tended to go down quickly and Hesketh was also  working fast.  The Sox relief pitching was ok -- the runs off Quantrill were on two ridiculous bloops and a hard line single which Greenwell let get past him trying for a catch.  Greenwell's mental stability is a serious concern (I guess it has always been, but his quirks were amusing back when he was an MVP candidate).  Wednesday he got in a huff with Johnson a after striking out on a bad inside pitch (apparently Johnson made an "ok, I've got to stay focused" gesture which Iron Mike interpreted as taunting), and struck out to heavy booing the  next two times.  As Valentine noted, last night he came up in the first after Riles and Quintana had walked to open the game. Can you say "take the first pitch"?  Not Mike, who dribbled it into a 6-4-3.  The PI quoted Bosio that this was a "batting practice fastball".  Next time up he also hit the first pitch, a hard liner straight to KGJr in center.  He also made the pathetic error and failed to catch Boone's HR (which looked  comparable to the ball Lance Johnson caught on the highlight reel that night).  Is Riles suppsoed to be good defensively?  I couldn't tell from the field angle but his range looked bad, and he coughed a DP that cost a run or two.  Why was he leadoff?  I hope Fletcher gets well soon.  Also on lineups, Pinella put Bret Boone fifth for reasons beyond me.  It seemed to work, as he was 3-4 with a HR and some good defense (a wag behind us said "He sure don't want to go back to Calgary!")  There is a theory that you put a leadoff type fifth because they'll likely lead off the second (as Boone did).  Well, now we face the hot Angels and another power pitcher in Langston.  A reminder that contest entries are open through next Wednesday -- I expect a surge of pessimism.  By the way, ties will be broken by earliest entry.  One entry per person or pseudonym, please, and easy on the pseudonyms.
In article <5APR199313263142@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu> doctor8@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu (Jason Abner Miller) writes: >Orioles vs. Texas at Camden Yards, April 5, Opening Day: > >Batting 9th for Texas, playing Second Base: > >	BILLY ... RIPKEN > >The hometown crowd gave their favorite ex-2nd Baseman a 2-minute standing >ovation as Billy, wearing flashy shades, took the cheers smiling and >waving. > >	"Consummate role player" (in the words of P.A. caller Jon Miller) >Tim Hulett failed to receive similar cheers when announced.  Mainly because >he didn't have the courtesy to show up.  Wasn't Hulett injured yesterday after being hit in the face with a ball while running bases?  I heard something about him recieving stiches and a possible broken nose.  Is he at the park?  >	Fernando was warmly received, good to see that.  Let's see how they feel when he's 0 and 4 with a 4.9 ERA.  I have my doubts about Fernando.  >	F.Y.I, when Cal was announced, Jon Miller says: >	"It seems like yesterday when this young man...began a consecutive >game streak ... 10-time All-Star, 2 time MVP, 2 time gold glover, our >future Hall of Fame shortsop, batting 3rd, Cal Ripken".  The Standing O >lasted about 15 seconds.  1:45 less than Billy.  Blargh.  Well, when a fan favorite gets dumped, he's gonna get an outstanding ovation on his first return.  Let's add up the ovations Cal has recieved over the years during the game and compare that to Billy.  BTW, Sutcliffe's getting knocked around pretty good.  Rangers up 5 - 1 in the bottom of the fourth.
In article <186209@pyramid.pyramid.com>, pcollac@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Paul Collacchi) writes: > BTW, what is the story with Brian Hunter?  Is he in the dog house? > Paul Collacchi  No, Brian's hurt. His hand I think.  He started Saturday's game but was taken out.  It's far too early to populate the dog house, although Bedrock was seen with a milkbone.
In article <lloyd-060493114752@128.32.250.77> lloyd@uclink.berkeley.edu (Lloyd Nebres) writes: >>>(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!  Maybe I'm just a child of the 80's, but I really liked the Marlins' uniforms. The helmets shine nicely in the sun.  It's enough to make me a fan.
Nolan Ryan has torn cartlidge inhis right knee.  Is having surgery and is expected to miss 2-5 weeks.
>Something else to consider:  >Alomar's H-R splits were .500-.363 SLG, .444-.369 OBP! Baerga's was .486-.424 >and .392-.318. Pretty clearly, Alomar got a HUGE boost from his home park.  Not necessarily.  It could mean that, or it could mean that he just hit a lot better at home than he did on the road (see Frank Thomas' home/road splits in '91 for an example).  I would guess that some of Alomar's split is due to the Skydome, but most of it is probably due just to coincidence. There's no way to be sure, of course, but the only hitters the Skydome seems to regularly help a lot are right handed home run hitters, and Alomar is not a home run hitter.  >I'd say you could make a good for them being about equal right now. T&P >rated Baerga higher, actually.  Only because of t&P's bogus fielding stats, which rate Alomar as the worst defensive second baseman in the league.  On a career basis, I think T&P's fielding stats may mean something, but on a seasonal basis it comes up with ridiculous results like this.  Alomar may not be the god of fielding the media says he is, but he sure isn't the worst in baseball.  Offensively, T&P rate Alomar much higher last year.  Regarding the A vs. B argument, I'll just say they're both very good players with different strengths and a bright future.
Dave Naehring X2079 P7630 (ep502dn@pts.mot.com) wrote: : 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.  One of the chapters in Palmer and Thorn's 'Hidden Game' is titled 'Pitching is 44% of Baseball,' implying that fielding is 6%.  How do they determine that?  Beats me -- it's been a long, long time since I read it.  One also has to separate offense into batting and baserunning, with the split probably somewhere around 49.5% and 0.5%. --
00bjgood@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:  >I just wanted to let everyone know that I have lost what little respect I have >for Jim LeFebvre after seeing today's Cubs game. First of all how could he  [ etc. ] >Vizcaino was batting. Face it Lefebvre has got to be the worst manager in >baseball. >						A dishard Cub fan  Hey, he's the only manager so far to lead the Seattle Mariners to a  winning season, out of, what, fifteen?  Give him some credit for that.  						-- dave  --   /'''    The Machman       machman@u.washington.edu      david c carroll  c-OO                                                                           \                     "Big Science.  Hallelujah"
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.  Johnny Mize had six three-HR games, which is the current record.
In article <kingoz.735066879@camelot> kingoz@camelot.bradley.edu (Orin Roth) writes: > >   Well, officially it's the Braves. At least up until they started winning >   it was. Are they still, officially?  >   If so, why? and how did they receive this label?  Probably because everyone (that is, everyone who has cable) can watch every Braves game. They are the only team that has all of its games broadcast nationwide. And if you don't like your local team, or you don't have a local team, the Braves can kind of become your local team because you can watch them every day.   --I'm outta here like Vladimir! -Alan
In article <C56zrA.75n@ulowell.ulowell.edu> stwombly@cs.ulowell.edu (Steve Twombly) writes: >The Boston Red Sox lead the KC Royals 8-0 after 2 innings. > >The Sox are the only undefeated team in the AL East after 4 days. > >GO JUMP IN THE LAKE YOU NON-BELIEVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > >Steve >  As I have read this net the last few days, I am continually amazed at the  pronouncements of baseball prowess by many individuals.  Especially when it  comes down to saying that the Bosox haven't a prayer.  As a long time Red Sox fan, I will simply say:  The Impossible Dream Year - 1967 for those of you with short memories. short lives, or both.    To be a Red Sox fan is to continually be the subject of abuse and criticism from those who only follow 'the hot team'.  This statement is supported based on the increased number of 'Brave Woofers' out on the net.  A true fan of a  team, any team, will follow that team through the good years as well as the lean years, and be amply rewarded when the time is right.    Yeah, so what if Buckner let a roller go through his legs in `86.  Who cares if Clemens told Cooley to go piss up a rope and promptly earned a quick shower.  The fact is, they were one of the best teams in the league those years and the fans supported them.  Now that it appears that they are on lean times, the number of  detracters come from all over.  So what!  Let them play and we will see what  happens come September.  The Red Sox may not be that good, but they are certainly  not that bad, either and they do have a chance to win the World Series, after all, remember the `69 Mets?  Who would have given them a chance to even make it that far, let alone beat Baltimore.  Let's face it, Baseball is a wonderful game and is far more unpredictable than Football and Basketball.  Because of this, one can never say with absolute certainity what the outcome will be over the course of 162 games.
gt0523e@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael Andre Mule) writes:  >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.   Not to mention that Lankford had been hurt two nights before running into the outfield wall. This being the reason he was available to pinch- anything.  His ribs were the problem so he could run but not hit. Torre is no white rat but give him credit for what he is , a pretty darn good manager. with the exception of the Felix fiasco, but i'm not sure   who's brainchild that was.                        -BIL
OK, OK, OK. First, my apologies for perhaps being untimely with this subject material and perhaps overly optimistic in my request, but here goes anyhow:  I'm *very* interested in finding out how I might be able to get two tickets for the All Star game in Baltimore this year. My very aged folks live about 50 miles away and I know it would be a great thing for them to attend the game. I went with them, and my grandfather who got me into baseball as a small child, to the All Star game in DC many years ago. Although I'm now in the SF Bay Area, I'd *love* to be able to treat my folks to this game; it's absolutely the last chance they'd ever have to attend this g     ame locally.  Any info would be greatly appreciated!!!!
In article <1993Apr5.123904.17806@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> dick1@herahera.cc.bellcore.com (vaughn,richard) writes: >In article <1993Apr2.171819.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>, pjtier01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu writes: >> In article <1993Apr2.133703.28131@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>, dick1@herahera.cc.bellcore.com (vaughn,richard) writes:  >>> Mike Francesa mentioned his '93 baseball picks in >>> passing on the radio yesterday.  Being that this is Francesa >>> talkin', the opinions are well worth consideration.  >> Indeed!  After all, he was the wizard foresaw the Year of the Big East in the >> NCAA Tournament!  Unfortunatly, none of those teams made it into the Sweet >> Sixteen, much less New Orleans.  Neither did he!  >Overall Mike Francesa has an *outstanding* prediction record.  Overall?  How do you figure?  >Ignore him at your own peril.  So far my radio hasn't exploded from not being tuned to 660...
I'm looking for software (hopefully free and runs on Unix box) which will keep track of statistics for my company softball team (batting avg. etc.).  If you know of any please post or respond to me by e-mail. Many thanks.
In article <93109.184451RVESTERM@vma.cc.nd.edu>, RVESTERM@vma.cc.nd.edu writes... >ok, there are three balls on this batter.  the pitcher proceeds to >bean the batter. >  >is that a walk or a hit by pitch? >  >bob vesterman.  A HBP, but it reminds of my favorite (apochryphal ? sp ?) Don Drysdale story.  When ordered to intentionally walk a batter who had hot-dogged on him in two previous at-bats, Drysdale reared back with the first pitch and drilled him right in the ribs.  His manager came storming out of the dugout and yelled "What did you do that for ?"  Drysdale growled back, "What are you complaining for ? I saved you three pitches !"  Incidentally, if this is true, I'd love to know the other people involved.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ted Kury            | "One man stands... and the wall, cracks... and the wall,   SUNY at Buffalo     | cracks... and the wall, cracks... and the wall comes Dept. of Economics  | crumbling down."                - Anthrax