Archive for the ‘MLB’ Category
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Moneyball, is the art of effectively managing a team’s finances (usually under a tight budget) in order to produce maximum results. This term was originally coined in Michael Lewis’s book Moneyball which was based off of the General Manager of the Oakland Athletics, Billy Bean.
While the term “moneyball” often refers to teams of limited [...]
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Tags: baseball, Billy Bean, Florida Marlins, Gary Matthews Jr., Los Angeles Angels, MikesPickz, MLB, moneyball, Oakland A's
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
What happened in the 1990’s that made Major League Baseball obsessed with “protecting pitchers” through a strict pitch count?
In my opinion, the pressure is coming from the front office. General managers and owners will do anything to avoid putting a star pitcher at risk of injury, even if it means putting the team second. [...]
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Tags: 6 the new 9, Austin Wood, CC Sabathia, complete game, CY Young, innings, Major League Baseball, MikesPickz, MLB, pitchers, Pitching, protecting pitchers, Steve Carlton
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Today the first trade of the MLB winter meetings was announced, and it was no little trade. The Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees agreed in principle to a three way mega-trade.
Here is how the trade would affect the teams involved:
Diamondbacks get:
Edwin Jackson – (13-9, 3.62 ERA 1.26 WHIP 161 Ks, 214 IP)
Ian [...]
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Tags: Austin Jackson, Diamondbacks, Granderson, Ian Kennedy, mega trade, MikesPickz, MLB, Phil Coke, Scherzer, Tigers, trade rumors, Winter Meetings, Yankees
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
The 2009 World Series has come and gone, and the Yankees hoisted the trophy for the 27th time, by far the most in MLB history. The series didn’t start out the way they had hoped, losing Game 1 to the Phillies’ ace, Cliff Lee. Lee was brilliant in Game 1, allowing 1 run (0 earned). [...]
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Tags: 2009 MLB, baseball, Cliff Lee, Girardi, Matsui, MikesPickz, MVP, NY, Phillies, Philly, World Series, Yankees
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
After watching game 2 of the World Series between the Yankees and Phillies last night, it is clear that baseball needs to have some sort of instant replay. How many games are going to be questioned, what would have, could have happened if the umps didn’t blow this call and that call?
I recently read a [...]
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Tags: baseball instant replay, Instant Replay, MikesPickz, MLB, MLB blown calls, Phillies, terrible umpiring, World Series, Yankees
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
The World Series is finally here. As I predicted on April 7th, the Yankees will play the Phillies in the World Series, which is scheduled to start Wednesday, October 28th.
Before I get to my prediction, let’s have a preview of the series:
The Yankees have made the World Series for the first time in 6 years. [...]
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Tags: 2009 MLB Playoffs, ALCS, MLB Postseason, New York Yankees, NLCS, Philadelphia Phillies, World Series
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