Friday, July 11, 2003
Dear Dusty Baker
Hi Dusty,
I'm a minor league manager who has lived on the west coast for many many years and I'm being considered for the top job at a midwest city. I'm a little worried because I've heard that the baseball fans in the midwest can be a bit tough.
Signed,
Waiting for Next Season
WINs,
'San Francisco and Chicago are both beautiful, but the people here are more into living and dying with the team. They are really into the game a lot more. To the point where it's more than a game sometimes. It's almost an entity unto itself. It's pride of the city. Winning and losing affects the attitude and the mood of the people. People definitely have an opinion. There aren't many wishy-washy, whatever attitudes.
Take care, dude.
Dusty
Dear Dusty,
I'm putting together my Babe Ruth League All-Star team and I'm having a hard time with my pitching staff. You see, I have two pitchers that have played for me in the past and they're both on new teams. Can I really justify picking and playing both despite there are many pitchers who are much more worthy?
Signed,
In a Jam
Dear Jam,
"Jason Schmidt and Russ Ortiz are both big reasons why I'm sitting here talking about the All-Star game. Also I'd kind of like to reward [Schmidt] because this has been a tough year on him. He lost his mom. As a manager, there are not many ways you can reward a player for what they do for you. It might be a tremendous gesture to him."
Take care dude,
Dusty
Dear Dusty,
Who are you starting in center field in the All-Star game?
Signed,
Just Wondering
Dear Wondering,
There's a gag order on me. I can't say.
Take care dude,
Dusty
Hi Dusty,
I'm a minor league manager who has lived on the west coast for many many years and I'm being considered for the top job at a midwest city. I'm a little worried because I've heard that the baseball fans in the midwest can be a bit tough.
Signed,
Waiting for Next Season
WINs,
'San Francisco and Chicago are both beautiful, but the people here are more into living and dying with the team. They are really into the game a lot more. To the point where it's more than a game sometimes. It's almost an entity unto itself. It's pride of the city. Winning and losing affects the attitude and the mood of the people. People definitely have an opinion. There aren't many wishy-washy, whatever attitudes.
Take care, dude.
Dusty
Dear Dusty,
I'm putting together my Babe Ruth League All-Star team and I'm having a hard time with my pitching staff. You see, I have two pitchers that have played for me in the past and they're both on new teams. Can I really justify picking and playing both despite there are many pitchers who are much more worthy?
Signed,
In a Jam
Dear Jam,
"Jason Schmidt and Russ Ortiz are both big reasons why I'm sitting here talking about the All-Star game. Also I'd kind of like to reward [Schmidt] because this has been a tough year on him. He lost his mom. As a manager, there are not many ways you can reward a player for what they do for you. It might be a tremendous gesture to him."
Take care dude,
Dusty
Dear Dusty,
Who are you starting in center field in the All-Star game?
Signed,
Just Wondering
Dear Wondering,
There's a gag order on me. I can't say.
Take care dude,
Dusty
Thursday, July 10, 2003
The New Yorker...
Has a long piece on Bill James and the Red Sox. Issue date is July 14 & 21 and no, it's not posted on the web yet.
There is a long piece by Jeffery Toobin on the San Francisco police on the web, however.
Has a long piece on Bill James and the Red Sox. Issue date is July 14 & 21 and no, it's not posted on the web yet.
There is a long piece by Jeffery Toobin on the San Francisco police on the web, however.
Wednesday, July 09, 2003
Meet Milton Bradley. Asshole.
Alan Schwarz in an insanely underrated writer, as this story demonstrates. "Get your own damn money."
Alan Schwarz in an insanely underrated writer, as this story demonstrates. "Get your own damn money."
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Dusty, Meet Dontrelle
Dusty gets an up close an personal view of Dontrelle Willis today at Wrigley. With major speculation about Kevin Brown's availability (he's a sneeze away from pulling at least five muscles) for the all-star game, it could be the audition that Dusty demands to include Willis as a substitute on the team.
Should be interesting.
Update: Dontrelle pitched well until a long rain delay, which finished his day. His line: 5.2 innings pitched, 4 hits, 0 runs, 7ks. He matched up with the somewhat inconsistent Carlos Zambrano, who squeezed out six scoreless innings, despite giving up seven hits and walking three. Dontrelle has given up a total of six earnies in his last 10 starts. You know what that says to me: All-Star.
Dusty gets an up close an personal view of Dontrelle Willis today at Wrigley. With major speculation about Kevin Brown's availability (he's a sneeze away from pulling at least five muscles) for the all-star game, it could be the audition that Dusty demands to include Willis as a substitute on the team.
Should be interesting.
Update: Dontrelle pitched well until a long rain delay, which finished his day. His line: 5.2 innings pitched, 4 hits, 0 runs, 7ks. He matched up with the somewhat inconsistent Carlos Zambrano, who squeezed out six scoreless innings, despite giving up seven hits and walking three. Dontrelle has given up a total of six earnies in his last 10 starts. You know what that says to me: All-Star.
Monday, July 07, 2003
I really didn't need to see this yesterday.
Speaking of injuries that will cripple a team, are the drunkards going to post anything about the A's debacle yesterday?
What You Talking About, Willis?
Is Dusty Baker blowing a head gasket? First he says that black and latin players can handle heat more readily than their white counterparts. I don't have the stomach to go into all of Dusty's bullshit with this, but let's just say that he's probably looking more at geographical and societal info rather than anything scientific.
Second, the man leaves Dontrelle Willis off the NL all-star team, choosing Kerry Wood and Russ Ortiz over the rookie. His justification? "I haven't seen him pitch yet." Hey Dusty, ever watch SportsCenter or Baseball Tonight? You might want to as I hear they're pretty good shows. Get this, they have HIGHLIGHTS of ALL major league baseball games, even the ones that you start Lenny Harris. Although I'm not sure that Harris should be considered a major leaguer.
Is Dusty Baker blowing a head gasket? First he says that black and latin players can handle heat more readily than their white counterparts. I don't have the stomach to go into all of Dusty's bullshit with this, but let's just say that he's probably looking more at geographical and societal info rather than anything scientific.
Second, the man leaves Dontrelle Willis off the NL all-star team, choosing Kerry Wood and Russ Ortiz over the rookie. His justification? "I haven't seen him pitch yet." Hey Dusty, ever watch SportsCenter or Baseball Tonight? You might want to as I hear they're pretty good shows. Get this, they have HIGHLIGHTS of ALL major league baseball games, even the ones that you start Lenny Harris. Although I'm not sure that Harris should be considered a major leaguer.
