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Here’s a Sports Illustrated August 4, 1980, quote from Cesar Geronimo, adding perspective to becoming Nolan Ryan’s 3000th strikeout victim; Geronimo had also been Bob Gibson’s 3000th strikeout victim in 1974: “I was just in the right place at the right time.” — Cesar Geronimo Geronimo won four Gold Gloves for outfield defense and was known as [...] Prospects or suspects? Desperate move or marketing ploy? Trade bait or the future? Baseball fans have become more and more fascinated with prospects. Losing teams tire of seeing the same players run onto the field day after day, only to see them return from the battle with loss after loss, failed promises from the [...] Okay…I’m about to post something which probably isn’t going to be very popular on a number of different levels, but I believe it needs to be said. I don’t think the Reds will win as many games in 2010 as they did in 2009; that is, they will win fewer than 78 games. How many, [...] Today’s quote is from 1950’s Reds slugger and fan favorite, Ted Kluszewski, whose arms were so thick he had to cut the sleeves from his uniform so that he could wear his shirt. “How hard is hitting? You ever walk into a pitch-black room full of furniture that you’ve never been in before and try to [...] I got this idea from a post over at Beyond The Boxscore comparing the Texas Rangers players’ value to their contracts to the value of their production. What I have done is taken Fangraphs‘ dollar value — which is based on WAR — for each Reds player and subtracted that from each players actual pay. [...] I saw these two quotes in Sunday’s Louisville Courier-Journal in an article about the Louisville Bats and I feel they’re a harbinger of things to come in baseball. From Louisville manager Rick Sweet discussing AAA all-star and top Reds prospect Drew Stubbs: “He’s not only stolen bases, he’s hit very well. He creates [...] |
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