Team Building Exercise ’12
It’s been quite a long time since my last post, I know. The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of job applications and disgust regarding the Kansas City Royals. I want to keep this post a little more...
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Live Recap: April 16, 2013 – Royals at Braves
Tuesday, 7:10 PM Turner Field Atlanta, GA After an impressive six-game road trip and a day off Monday, the Braves returned to Atlanta for a brief two-game series against the Kansas City Royals. After...
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Live Recap: April 17, 2013 – Royals at Braves
Wednesday, 12:10 PM Turner Field Atlanta, GA Whoever said that too much of a good thing is bad clearly wasn’t a sports fan. The Braves’ winning streak had to end at some point. Unfortunately it came at...
View ArticleSingle Tool Players: Introduction/Primer
If you like baseball, which I hope that you do, you have likely heard of the descriptive scouting term “five-tool player”. It describes a player who hits for power, hits for average, runs the bases...
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Single Tool Players Part 1/5: Power
*If you have not read the introduction to this multi-part series I would suggest that you do so here. I would like to warn any of those that voted for Miguel Cabrera to win last season’s AL MVP over...
View ArticleSingle Tool Players Part 2/5: Arm Strength & The Value of Outfield Assists
Part one of this exercise focused on raw, pure, unbridled POWER. Part two will focus on raw, pure, unbridled ARM STRENGTH. In part one I was able to whittle down directly to a single player who best...
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Live Game Recap: April 30, 2013 – Nationals at Braves
Tuesday, 7:10 PM Turner Field Atlanta, GA Game two of this four-game series between the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals was a treat for any fan of the game. Tim Hudson came in at 2-1 on the...
View ArticleLive Game Recap: May 6, 2013 – Marlins at Padres
Tuesday, 7:10 PM, (Pacific Time) Petco Park San Diego, CA Well, it was Seis de Mayo at Petco Park Monday night and a small but excited crowd came out to support their San Diego Padres. The forecast...
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Single Tool Players Part 3/5: Contact
Welcome to part three of my seemingly never ending series of articles pertaining to single-tool players. If you missed the primer, part one, or part two please click on the corresponding link to the...
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Rooting for Juan Pierre
The other night I found myself watching a Marlins – Dodgers game with Baseball Ruminations founder Chris Rice. We were watching the NBA playoffs on my TV that’s hooked up to the cable box while the...
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