Calendar Year Musings

Yuniform found this 7/18/2008 on www.fangraphs.com [flag]

I love the “Last X Calendar Year(s)” option that David added to the leaderboards here, and so this morning, let’s take a stroll through the past 365 days and look at some performances that might surprise you. Miguel Tejada : .278/.331/.440, 600 AB, 21 HR, 40 BB, 69 K J.J. Hardy : .281/.332/.454, 570 AB, 21 HR, 44 BB, 70 K The narrative of Hardy as an inconsistent ... [link]

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I’m glad we had this break
Published 7/18/2008 by Brad at Yuniform
... of the Mariners not selected for the All-Star game. Not just because it gave me the chance to watch good baseball (caveats: Jose Lopez plays better defense than Dan Uggla and Josh Hamilton probably wouldn’t get into double digits if that home run derby was in Safeco Field). It gave me the chance to realize that even Mariners baseball (and by association, Yuniesky Betancourt) is good. Sure, I could harp on the team for not being as awesome as the A’s, or call on Yuni to stop swinging. I could suggest that the M’s trade Ichiro or (god forbid) ...

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