The Cooperstown Case of Mike Piazza

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Three Things
Published 5/21/2008 by Jay (noreply@blogger.com) at The Futility Infielder
... on Tuesday, ending a stellar 16-year career which saw him make the All-Star team 12 times and finish with a lifetime .308/.377/.545 line and 427 home runs. A fellow Dodger fan came asking about his Hall of Fame credentials on Tuesday evening, prompting me to put together a quick piece for Baseball Prospectus Unfiltered. The bottom line is that Piazza's JAWS score inches past the Hall of Fame standard for catchers on the basis of his strong peak, but that's not the most interesting part of the story: Bolstering Piazza’s primary JAWS case are his secondary numbers, which ...

Dodger Thoughts: Give Piazza His Day
Published 5/21/2008 at Baseball Toaster
Los Angeles owes Mike Piazza a big thank you. The Dodgers need to be proactive in making sure it happens. The sooner he is honored at Dodger Stadium, the better. A propos of this, here's Bill Shaikin in the Times ...

Pickoff Moves, Bedtime Edition
Published 5/21/2008 by Rob (noreply@blogger.com) at 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog
... with a strained and swollen elbow. They called up LHP Joe Thatcher to replace him for the duration. Jay Jaffe On Piazza's Hall Of Fame Case A good piece by Jay Jaffe on Mike Piazza's Hall of Fame case: ...

Poll: Should SNY Hire Mike Piazza
Published 5/21/2008 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
... In a post to Baseball Prospectus, Jay Jaffe looks at the Cooperstown Case for Mike Piazza, who officially announced his retirement from MLB yesterday. ...

Bronx Banter: Yazzie!
Published 5/22/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... be made for Josh Gibson, especially someday when we actually are allowed to look at the Negro Leagues data the Hall of Fame has embargoed. But Gibson died when he was 35, and had for years been suffering the ill effects of drug abuse and a brain tumor. Gibson may have been as talented as any catcher who ever lived, but his performance did not match his talent. In my opinion. Piazza certainly was the best-hitting major leaguer of them all. Here are some nice tributes to Piazza, from: Jay Jaffe ...

The Wil Cordero Memorial Linkpunch, Thursday, May 22nd
Published 5/22/2008 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
... Daniel Cabrera actually having a pulse helps. Also, George Sherrill's hat brim thing is wild. Mr. Irrelevant. Sports journalists are lazy, says John Brattain, because they don't take the time to educate themselves about the topics they are writing about. Brattain points to the Barry Bonds hullabaloo to prove his point. Point taken, man. Hardball Times. Jay Jaffe gives the statistical lowdown for Mike Piazza's case for the HOF. Hit good no glove. Baseball Prospectus: Unfiltered. This word association game will rule your life. ...

Miller Time
Published 5/29/2008 by Jay (noreply@blogger.com) at The Futility Infielder
... is today's freebie at Baseball Prospectus; a full transcript of our conversation will run in the near future: The Hall of Fame was in the headlines last week, and not just because the retirement of Mike Piazza kindled the inevitable debate over his Cooperstown credentials. No, an even more deserving honoree made waves via what was almost certainly a first: a request to the voters not to be elected. The ...