Here is the best visual you will see explaining how the Red Sox got into the playoffs.Big Legue Stew gives the Yankees their postseason entrance exam which is proctored by Rob Iracane of Walkoff Walk. It's worth the read just to see which of th ESPN talking heads picked them to finish third in the AL East.
You might have heard Michael Kay state matter-of-factly that the Twins were upset with the rain out on Monday night because it forced a double header. Conventional baseball wisdom says that it's harder to sweep a double header than it is to take two games from a team, but is that really true. MGL from The Book doesn't think so but the primates at BBTF think he should probably have looked at the numbers first. Somewhere in that thread (68 comments and counting) you'll find the truth.
Is Derek Jeter a thief or a liar? The Shyster wants answers. The best part of that post is the dunces on the comment thread who tell Craig to "get a real job" because they take offense to him daring to question the Captain's integrity. [Sidenote: By the URL, you can tell that the original title of that post was vintage Calcaterra ("Great Moments In Gift Giving"), but odds are an editor changed it to the more inflammatory current one. They got their desired reaction all right.]
Teddy Atlas breaks down a fight that broke out in the concourses at Yankee Stadium. It may be the cutest fight ever.
Shocker: According to Hal Steinbrenner, Joe Girardi doesn't have to win a title to return as manager.
The numbers are almost in, and it turns out that Yankee Stadium isn't quite the bandbox it was originally portrayed as. After averaging 3.78 HRs/game in April and May, the Stadium has given up 2.56 per game since then and only 2.46 since the All-Star Break.
Shelley Duncan's suspension for his role in the Posada-Carlson brawl was rescinded by the MLB. Matt thought Shelley might get off when he initially appealed it and it turns out he was right. Apparently you can kick all the ass you want, just as long as the camera's can't clearly see you and you don't start the fight.
The Indians fired Eric Wedge and his staff. Well, not really because they still have to coach the last six games of the season. This would be the rare occasion when "lame duck" actually applies.
PETCOA's run of amazingly accurate preseason predictions has come to a screeching halt. Well, maybe if Nate Silver wasn't so damn busy becoming rich and famous by predicting the results of the Presidential Election, he might have had more time to spend on his baseball simulations. Talk about misplaced priorities!
Well be back to make fun of the Royals in the preview shortly.
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Actually, Jay, I changed the headline myself (I saved it in draft form as "Great Moments in Gift Giving," which assigned the URL. Before I posted it, though, I realized that I was going to get a lot of hell from Jeter fans over it anyway, so I may as well go nuclear with it. The post itself was legitimate, even if it's a minor issue. The title was totally tongue-in-cheek, though. I suspect that 95% of the vitriol in the comments is based on the title, not the content of the post.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff, Craig. In blogger, the URL doesn't get assigned until the post is published so I guess your software over at NBC is slightly different.
ReplyDeleteProbably a good move to go with the more provocative title since it obviously increased the pageviews significantly. Thought that might be an editorial move for that reason.
As a longtime reader of your stuff I knew it was meant to be a joke of sorts but I can see how those just stumbling into the post from the NBC Sports page might not take it that way. Even still, some of the overreactions over there were incredibly misguided and unintentionally hilarious.