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The Griddle: The sometimes mighty Casey has retired
Published 1/25/2009 at Baseball Toaster
A place where a man can slow down to a walk and live his life full measure, but he has to keep his watch on Pacific Time. Hot from the Toaster The Griddle The sometimes mighty Casey has retired Dodger Thoughts Home Cardboard Gods Terry Bulling Cub Town Wow Mike's Baseball Rants The State of the Hall 2009 The Juice Best Dressed President of All-Time Catfish Stew Happy Rickey Day Bad Altitude Taveras, Fuentes Skip Town Humbug Offseason Clerihews Fairpole Server Downtime Wednesday AM ...

The Griddle: Orioles employing the Black Ships?
Published 1/7/2009 at The Griddle
A place where a man can slow down to a walk and live his life full measure, but he has to keep his watch on Pacific Time. Hot from the Toaster Dodger Thoughts Some Folks Just Like the Dodgers The Griddle Orioles employing the Black Ships? Cardboard Gods Death of a Stooge (Ron Asheton, 1948-2009) Catfish Stew Jason Giambi Returns To Oakland Bad Altitude Taveras, Fuentes Skip Town The Juice Bowl Game Wrap-up Mike's Baseball Rants Best albums of 2008 Humbug Offseason Clerihews Cub Town Cubs Sign ...

Renteria to the Giants? Premature Exclamation
Published 11/25/2008 by Ian Casselberry at Bless You Boys
Shall we file this one under "And That Happened"?  (With appropriate nods to ShysterBall, of course.  And John Mayer.) How badly do fans of the Detroit Tigers want to get rid of Edgar Renteria?  The Tigersosphere surged with reports of Renteria signing a two-year, $18 million contract with the San Francisco Giants.  Oh, the draft picks that would follow!  (Two, to be exact, since Renteria is a Type A free agent.) To quote football savant Lee Corso, not so fast, my friend.  What we had ...

World Serious Predictions
Published 10/22/2008 by Rich at Baseball Analysts
... the country like, "Is that Dave Navarro behind the plate for the Rays? Wasn't he in Jane's Addiction?" Odds are that FOX will figure out some way to insert "More Cowbell" into every bases loaded jam sequence when games are at the Trop. And finally, I predict that Bud Selig will say for the umpteenth time during the Fall Classic that with the Rays going from worst to first, this is truly the Golden Age of Baseball. Craig Calcaterra, attorney and founder of ShysterBall: 1. Rays 2. 6 games. 3. They'll bludgeon anyone not named ...

Boras is only about the money 30% of the time
Published 10/10/2008 by jnr98@yahoo.com (Jason @ IIATMS) at It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog
... ...and the other 70% is what exactly? Thanks to Craig at Shysterball for the link, helping me get thru a nasty chest/head cold. (emphasis mine) ...

Primer Dugout 10-7-08
Published 10/7/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Baseball Primer Newsblog —The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Tuesday, October 07, 2008 Primer Dugout 10-7-08 Got a little Captain in you? Wally Moses, Isolated Power Broker (GGC) Posted: October 07, 2008 at 08:17 AM | 0 comment(s) Related News: Dugout Reader Comments and Retorts Go to end of page Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy . Please report any ...

THE SKILL SETS FOLLIES: OFF SEASON EDITION I
Published 10/6/2008 by kranepool at Kranepool Society :: A New York Mets Blog
Leave it to the Skill Sets to piss me off after a great weekend. With J-Man back as Warlord and his willingness to toss some of his weight around with Omar,  J-Man agrees with Mets fans that the team needs to leave it’s pussyifed ways behind them, along with thoughts of Manny, Pierzyniski, Peavey and Sugar from Survivor running through my head (not only does Sugar ooooozzzzzeee sexiness she’s from Brooklyn too)  a couple of articles this weekend have my blood boiling which doesn’t take much when it comes to the Mets and the Sill Sets.   First, ...

THT Daily: At least one day more
Published 9/29/2008 by THT Staff at The Hardball Times
... was scratched from his scheduled start Sunday and is believed to be meeting with Cardinals team doctors. An injury hasn't been ruled out, but the Post-Dispatch is guessing that he's having a physical that would clear the way for him to sign an extension with the team. The free-agent-to-be figured to be in line for a three- or four-year deal this winter worth at least $8 million-$10 million per year. Yesterday’s Results Game recaps provided by Craig Calcaterra of Shysterball . ...

Thanks From The Biz of Baseball on Our Two-Year Anniversary
Published 9/15/2008 at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
... Musings, Baseball Prospectus, Baseball Think Factory, Big League Stew, Bleed Cubbie Blue,  Boston Sports Media Watch, Brock for Broglio, Bronx Banter, Bugs and Cranks, Cot's Contracts, Deadspin, Dodger Thoughts, Fang's Bites, Gameday Yuda, Gaslamp Ball, Hardball Times, Home Run Derby, Lohud Yankees Blog, MLB Home Plate XM 175, River Ave. Blues, Shysterball, Sons of Sam Horn, Sports Business Daily, Sports Business Radio, ...

Could Mark Cuban Sue Baseball?
Published 8/6/2008 at FanHouse
... , who is both a blogger and a lawyer (a vicious combination), wrote about it on his personal blog, Shysterball, just a few months ago. ...

Published 7/1/2008 by Aaron (noreply@blogger.com) at AaronGleeman.com
... of Oller and certainly none of us can claim to have an exciting job like sports columnist for a second-string newspaper in central Ohio, but if you like baseball and enjoy shooting the shit with some great guys (and a couple girls), it's tough to beat. Among those who put up with me from Wednesday to Sunday: Will Young, Rob Neyer, Chris Dial, Dave Studeman, Matt Rauseo, Craig Calcaterra, Joe Dimino, Vinay Kumar, ...

Blogger Interviews: BallHype creator Jason Gurney
Published 6/26/2008 by The Big Picture (noreply@blogger.com) at The Big Picture
... Deadspin (18 - that's 75%) 2. With Leather (9) 3. The Big Lead (7) 4. KSK (6) 5. True Hoop/TBJ/WIZZNUTZZ (5) No real surprises here except for maybe the WIZZNUTZZ (which I also love). So, I'll throw out a few that haven't been mentioned in your prior interviews: The Painted Area (reminds me how little I actually know about basketball), Joe Posnanski's blog (if you have a lot of time to kill), Shysterball, Ball Don't Lie and the rest of the new Mottram! empire, The ...

This Week's Links (6/2-6/6)
Published 6/6/2008 by Vegas Watch (noreply@blogger.com) at Vegas Watch
skip to main | skip to sidebar Vegas Watch [image] Friday, June 6, 2008 This Week's Links (6/2-6/6) WFNY interviews Terry Pluto . Good stuff. Law and Goldstein break down the first day of the Draft. The Indians' first round pick is a brilliant kid . Leitch is leaving Deadspin . Shyster has a good breakdown . " Furious Ozzie Guillen's Lineup Card Full Of Expletives " I need to write about the White Sox just so I can use this picture. THT ...

I'm Confused, What Does "W" Stand For?
Published 5/13/2008 by Lloyd the Barber (noreply@blogger.com) at Ghostrunner on First
Pity poor Jamey Carrol, he's still recovering from his run-in with a rumbling train. Shaun Marcum - Consumer of Batting Orders and Superlatives What is left to say? Each start is better than the last. He's bound to have a bad start soon, but he doesn't strike me as the type of pitcher to just have a terrible bed shitting. Perhaps some Towers-esque wildness in the strike zone? He changes speeds so well that even that seems avoidable. Asdrubal Cabrera Shuns Other Infielders, Vowels Asdrubal Cabrera joined Mickey Morandini and Troy Tulowitzki in the ...

Not a moment too soon: TGIF reading
Published 5/9/2008 by Sarah Green at umpbump.com
... the Rangers. I fail to see how signing Barry Bonds is going to change that. But I guess we have to have thirty different versions of the article, “Team X needs to sign Barry Bonds,” no matter how silly some of those are. Speaking of Bonds, he helped start this recent trend of using maple bats, which can be dangerous when they shatter (see photo). I’m an ash bat purist, so I was glad to see Jeff Passan’s article calling for the end of maple bats at Yahoo! Sports . (Hat tip to ShysterBall .) Brawl! Since bench-clearing brawls are officially one of the reasons baseball is ...

Blogs, Buzz and Bluster
Published 5/4/2008 by Rob Visconti at The Cheap Seats
... Whatever it's become in the post-Deadspin era, with all its off-field snark and gossip, the sports blogosphere has its roots as the world's biggest sports bar, a meritocracy where opinions flow freely, a sense of humor is your best weapon and a sense of self-importance will get you nowhere. And passionate ...

Baseball in England
Published 3/27/2008 by Dave Rouleau at Baseball Digest Daily
Craig from the excellent Shysterball struck gold with this New York Times piece on baseball in England. (click 'view full article') Excerpt from the March 1st, 1914 piece: The Englishmen were even more impressed, mystifies and overwhelmed by the jargo which the excited fans liberally hurled at the players then by the game itself. One writer said: "I am not going to another game till I have taken the Berlitz course in baseball language." This same writer was amazed at the total absence of chewing gum among the fans and said: "The players must have felt odd to play ...

Get the Feeling You’re Being Watched? Maury Brown’s Favorite Stops On the Web
Published 3/23/2008 by maury at Sports Bash
I either got one heck of a compliment, or I am officially the poster child for OCD. Rob Neyer was talking of an article by my Baseball Prospectus colleague and newly found friend, Rany Jazayerli on, you guessed it, the Royals. Rany is going over 25 reasons why the Royals will be better next season, and when he got to Reason #10: The Money, he contacted me for some data for the article. Yes, I’m digressing here, but on Monday, Neyer wrote on his ESPN blog: Rany’s finally found his destiny, writing ...

Reds Send Down Jay Bruce
Published 3/20/2008 by Voros at vorosmccracken.com
vorosmccracken.com The “triumphant” return of The Knack of the baseball world front page archives about contact me RSS Soccer: Olympic Qualifying Circus Grand Finale Reds Send Down Jay Bruce March 20th, 2008 No Comments The Cincinnati Reds have sent uber-prospect Jay Bruce down to the minor leagues to start the 2008 season . Response from the stat geek corner of the web has been swift: Tags: Uncategorized 0 responses so far There are no comments yet...Kick things off by filling out the form below. Leave a Comment Name Mail Website Enter your search ...

"Your drag bunt shows off your speeeed, but homers are what you waaaaaaant"
Published 3/17/2008 by redsock at The Joy of Sox
... Blues Again ... Now the trainer gave me two cures, Then he said, "Jump right in." The one was lidocaine, The other was just a vitamin. An' like a fool I mixed them The swelling was not sublime, My butt's just getting uglier An' I may have to do some time. Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be Stuck Inside Mom's Basement With the Spreadsheet Blues AgainIf only this came with an audio recording. (found via shysterball) In 2004, I did a short Dylan post, which I think ...