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It's Just Sports: The Links: Charlie Villanueva on the Pistons sounds better than Carlos Boozer on the Pistons
The Mets Police: Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz typify tendency to fall off at age 33 - Joe Posnanski - SI.com
The Big Lead: The New Over-the-Hill in Baseball: 33
The Links: Charlie Villanueva on the Pistons sounds better than Carlos Boozer on the Pistons
It's Just Sports —
... Talk : Roger Goodell feels that prison time and losing millions in endorsements/fines/legal fees is not enough punishment for Michael Vick. Free Darko : Are the Spurs really smart or are other NBA teams just really stupid? MLB Rumors : Hey, Brandon Backe is available, is he worth a look by the Tigers? Probably not. Ta-Nehisi Coates : Yao Ming's career might be over. Suddenly those Amare Stoudemire to Houston rumors seem a little more pressing. SI.com : Joe Posnanski and Bill James discuss baseball players declining at the age of 33. ...
Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz typify tendency to fall off at age 33 - Joe Posnanski - SI.com
The Mets Police —
Interesting stuff in SI.
Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz typify tendency to fall off at age 33 - Joe Posnanski - SI.com
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The New Over-the-Hill in Baseball: 33
The Big Lead —
... more GREAT players — find 33 to be their most punishing season, the year that long fly balls stop leaving the park, the year that groundballs stop rolling through the infield, the year the bat feels heavy in July and August.” And this is why the stat geeks love James: A-Rod, Soriano, Ortiz, Renteria, Berkman, and Byrnes, to name a few, are all 33, and all struggling mightily this season. James goes on to point out a ton of Hall of Famers who tanked at the age of 33. [SI] ...
Bits On a Tuesday Afternoon
Bluebird Banter —
... SI.com has an interest article on the age players start to decline by Joe Posnanski and Bill James. Apparently it is 33, he says, suddenly feeling very old. ...
Get Your Red Hot Roy Oswalts Here!
SULLY BASEBALL —
... This Astros team is not a young team. Besides Bourn and Pence, the entire lineup consists of veterans 33 years or older. Read today's CNNSI about the perils of being 33 years old. ...
Links For Wednesday; Mariotti, Red Sox, Zorillia Interview
Around the Majors —
... In an absolute must read, Joe Posnanski and Bill James (what a team, by the way) discuss the age-33 falloff phenomenon. ...
The Tragically Hip: Revisiting an Unfortunately Popular Injury
Walkoff Walk —
... this spring, even going so far to compare him to Bo Jackson, Mike Lowell, and even Albert Belle. I think a hot May for A-Rod brought me back in from the ledge as a Yankees fan, but his recent struggles have inspired certain brilliant folks to ponder whether the age 33 falloff is the problem. Perhaps, but Rodriguez came back too soon from rehab and started every game for a month. Maybe Joe Girardi didn't realize that playing a guy whose hip bone is connected to the muscle with some hardened chewing gum everyday was a bad idea. ...
This is called “beating a dead horse”
Wax Heaven —
... Joe Posnanskyi wrote in detail about how many players begin a downward spiral at the age of 33. It’s happening to David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez this season but it’s even hit legends like Mickey Mantle and Hack Wilson. ...
Morning Link Dump – Brooklyn, Mayfield, Marshall, Ronaldo
TheScore.com Blog —
... swimmer Flavia Zoccari was forced to sit out a championship race at the Mediterranean Games yesterday after her bathing costume burst open in a very unfortunate place,” reports the Daily Mail. Deadspin explains the secret of Tim Lincecum’s success: mullet power. There, I Fixed it is a blog that shows us all the splendours of life as a redneck handyman. Joe Posnanski and Bill James talk about the return of baseball’s “Age-33 Decline” for Sports illustrated. The Ottawa Citizen gives us 10 questions to ...
The Scrap Heap
Another Cubs Blog —
Lou says he’s done yelling at umpires. In other news, I am in line for the papacy.
Bruce Miles has a plan to kick-start the offense without benching Bradley or Soriano. Surprisingly, it’s not a bad plan. A terrifically bad pun, but not a bad plan.
Posnanski and James discuss the odd statistical drop-off in 33 YO ballplayers, as exemplified by our own Alfonso Soriano.
THT tackles two old baseball canards: strength up the middle, and the “lucky” hit. THT is really doing some great work of late. Challenging conventions, even when the conventions are their own.
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