The Roundup - Friday

Bill James thinks steroids fueled the Twins’ two championships

Crookednose posted 4/4/2008 from www.bugsandcranks.com

Two of the greatest home run under-producers of all time were teammates: Kirby Puckett and Gary Gaetti in 1984. Puckett hit no home runs (-16), Gaetti hit only 5 (-19). Suggesting the possibility that the Twins’ two titles may have been aided by their team being among the first to discover…well, I’d better not go there. Nor will I point out that Gaetti was bald and had acne and Puckett died young.

The importance of this series

Hot Foot found this 4/4/2008 on mets.lohudblogs.com

Nobody with the Mets seem to care about the timing of this series, but most do admit to its importance. David Wright said a good showing this weekend can help wash away the foul taste of last season. ``It doesn't matter when we play them,'' Wright ...

Q&A: Tom Glavine

Hot Foot found this 4/4/2008 on www.nydailynews.com

Say what you want about Tom Glavine’s last performance as a Met, but he’s a first-class guy who never wanted to leave Atlanta in the first place. The Braves’ last-minute, final offer to Glavine before he left for the Mets was for ...

Done Deal

Baseball Digest Daily found this 4/4/2008 on www.sabernomics.com

How fitting that Gwinnett officials and the Atlanta Braves reached their deal to bring a Triple-A team to Gwinnett County on April 1, because the Braves made the county commissioners look like fools . The contract between the Braves and the GCVB ...

Mike Hampton Broke a Mirror

Big League Stew found this 4/4/2008 on www.babeslovebaseball.com

Okay, maybe we're optimists, but we seriously thought Mike Hampton would at least make it to the mound today. Maybe the Atlanta Braves lefty walked under a ladder, stepped on a crack, and crossed paths with a black cat right after breaking a ...