Major League Baseball has been seeing a major influx of Japanese players recently, as U.S. teams have started to speak with their pocketbooks in an attempt to pry talent away from the Nippon Leagues. For all of the attention lavished on a Daisuke Matsuzaka, there is an Akinori Iwamura who signs for much less but [...]
Archive for May 9th, 2007
Nippon Baseball Q&A with Mike Plugh
Posted in Baseball, Blogrollin', Sports/Real Life on May 9, 2007 | 18 Comments »
Voodoo Sabermetrics – David Wells
Posted in Baseball, Blogrollin', tagged Voodoo Sabermetrics on May 9, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Voodoo Sabermetrics reminds us that our love for the team includes our love of individual players. We usually have a favorite superstar hitter or pitcher or both. But what about those guys that you just… like? Maybe someone who pinch hits or steals a base now and then. Maybe an aging vet who is like [...]
