Wednesday, May 21, 2008

 

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Friday, May 18, 2007

 

Aloha!

Hi, I am back from the dead. (For now.) I am on an extended vacation from blogging, as I am slowly recovering from from the dreadful '05 season. Still.

I've been slacking off on my blogging because I simply ran out of things to say. Plenty of other Dodgers websites, many more insightful than me, have given better analysis than myself. (Although I am quite proud of what little knowledge I may have passed on here.)

Meanwhile, I have spent my time schmoozing ladies, cooking, fixing my house, working on my '71 Bimmer, walking my dog, and occasionally putting in some effort at work. Perhaps I'll return to blogging; perhaps not. But I'm still a fan of the Boys in Blue and I catch a game whenever I can. I haven't gone away. I am just hibernating.

As for baseball activity, I've been spending my time playing fantasy baseball with Slackfarmer and others. We are over at a Yahoo! league called Sabertooth Dodgers, and I'm not doing too bad. Best ERA in the league! But I am still kicking myself for letting someone else take Russell Martin before me because I had to take a young promising 2B. Barfield. I am an idiot indeed.

Maybe I'll return here more often. Dunno really. I still post occasionally over at the Dodgers.com forum, and lurk over at Big Blue Wrecking Crew. I am looking forward to the Freeway Series and hope that Penny dominates in his next start against the Halos. (Okay, he's on my fantasy team, so I am obviously going to root for Fat Boy, but I still mean well.)

# posted by secondhandsmog @ 12:37 AM

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

 

Bowden GMUI


Now we know why Bowden is driving the Nats into the ground -- he's drunk (aka general managering under the influence). As Rotowolrd says, "the joke possibilities are tremendous".

# posted by John Hutt @ 12:41 PM 4 comments

Saturday, April 15, 2006

 

Ross Goes Apeshit in Pittsburgh


Or should I say that Ross (Cody that is) went ballistic on Tracy's pitchers, and everyone went apeshit over Ross. E.g., here's dodgers.com and here's Dodger Thoughts. I guess 7 RBIs in one game can change peoples perception of you. With Lofton's return from the DL, Ross was set to be DFAed. Then YB conveniently needed TJ surgery and opened a spot for Ross to remain with the club.

Classic case of small sample size. Sure the guy had one hell of a game, but overall he just ain't that good. He's known as a very good defensive outfielder, but with the exception of one afternoon in Pittsburgh, his bat isn't all that. Zips projects him with a .718 OPS for 2006. OK for a backup center fielder. Bolstered with 7 RBIs in one game, he should have some trade value.

The sad thing is that even though Ross "just ain't that good", he's better than the Dodger's other options. Lofton is an injury-prone old guy whose gold glove days are behind him. While Repko has speed, he is a mess in the OF. Both of these guys project to underperform Ross with the bat:

Zips 2006 Projections
Player
 OBP SPC OPS
Ross,Cody .296 .422 .718
Repko,Jason .307 .391 .698
Lofton,Kenny .320 .352 .672

The topper, of course, is that Lofton is making almost $4mils a year, while Ross and Repko are making the minimum of just over $300k. Maybe Mr. Ned could find a new home for Lofton and just leave Ross in CF.

# posted by John Hutt @ 10:29 AM 1 comments
 

Hee Seop Choi is God and He Doesn't Much Care for McCourt


I thought the comments to this piece over at 6-4-2 were especially humorous (and I wanted to try Rob's new linkback feature).

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Friday, April 14, 2006

 

And The Slowest Player In Baseball Is...


As soon as I read the first line of this article at the Hardball Times, I knew, just knew, that our catcher from last year would be mentioned somehow. Congrats, JP! Your zombie trot shall never be forgotten!

# posted by secondhandsmog @ 3:41 PM 1 comments

Thursday, April 13, 2006

 

More on Dodgers (and Angels) Attendance


A few months back I did an analysis of Dodger attendance trends, and one of the commenters wondered about the impact of the Angeles on Dodger attendance. Nate Silver has an interesting article on the free portion of BP that explores this issue in more detail. His conclusion is that an increase in Angel attendance revenues leads to an increase in Dodger revenues and vice versa.

The idea is that if you're a baseball fan and you can't get a decent ticket at one club's game (sold out, out of town, etc.) then you will go to the other. Alternately, if one club is doing well on the field (and therefore drawing well at the stadium) that there will be a buzz about baseball that will encourage folks to go even to the other club's games.

# posted by John Hutt @ 2:49 PM 2 comments

Monday, April 10, 2006

 

Beltre a Bust?


According to this article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Beltre is "on his way to becoming one of the great busts in Mariners history". Of course, if Depo had not been a cheapskate and resigned Belly, then he would have continued his 2004 production in happy Dodgerland. The blue would have also won the NL West instead of losing 91 games, Depo and Tracy would have kept their jobs (much rejoicing in Pittsburgh), and even Tommy Lasorda would be happy.

Speaking of ex-Dodgers gone bust, apparently Steve Garvey is in deep financial troubles. I guess child support payments for all those illegitimate children really adds up. See this LA Times article for more details.

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