David Ortiz's Stats are as follows:
Year BA HR RBI AB "LISTED AGE"
2000 282 10 63 415 24
2001 234 18 48 303 25
2002 272 20 75 412 26
2003 288 31 101 448 27
2004 301 41 139 582 28
2005 300 47 148 601 29
2006 287 54 137 558 30
2007 332 35 117 549 31
2008 264 23 89 416 32
2009 224 14 55 335 33
What do you think about Ortiz and roids?
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Steroids and Baseball
What is the meaning of steroids in baseball? What if anything has the steroid era stolen from us, the fans?
I propose that steroids having taken the excitement out of watching baseball, what do I mean? Twenty years ago, I would relish the opportunity to go to the ballpark and watch player X play for Team X. Most notably I used to love watching Don Mattingly and Dave Winfield play. The last time I saw Dave Winfield play was much like the first time, he hit the ball with authority, such authority unlike anyone else I had ever seen. That all changed in the late 1990's when it seemed that everyone hit the ball with such authority. For discussion purposes only, I will use Bret Boone and Jeff Kent.
Bret Boone:
Year BA HR RBI
2001 331 37 141
2002 278 24 107
2003 294 35 117
2004 251 24 83
2005 221 7 37
Jeff Kent:
Year BA HR RBI
2001 298 22 106
2002 313 37 108
2003 297 22 93
2004 289 27 107
2005 289 29 105
2006 292 14 68
Dave Winfield:
Year BA HR RBI
1982 280 37 106
1983 283 32 116
1984 340 19 100
1985 275 26 114
1986 262 24 104
Of these three players, who would you rather have on your team? Steroids removed the ability and fun of going to the ballpark to see an outstanding once in a generation ballplayer. I wouldn't cross the street to see Jeff Kent or Bret Boone play, but for several years in their early thirties they both had stats equal to or greater than a proven hall of famer. I miss the opportunity to see truly great ball players, instead steroids gave us a bunch of guys that put up hall of fame numbers, but never passed the sight test, meaning if you saw any of these guys in person you were never than impressed, they did what everyone did, hit home runs, they didn't hit the ball appreciably harder than the next guy.
Please stay tuned for Part II.
I propose that steroids having taken the excitement out of watching baseball, what do I mean? Twenty years ago, I would relish the opportunity to go to the ballpark and watch player X play for Team X. Most notably I used to love watching Don Mattingly and Dave Winfield play. The last time I saw Dave Winfield play was much like the first time, he hit the ball with authority, such authority unlike anyone else I had ever seen. That all changed in the late 1990's when it seemed that everyone hit the ball with such authority. For discussion purposes only, I will use Bret Boone and Jeff Kent.
Bret Boone:
Year BA HR RBI
2001 331 37 141
2002 278 24 107
2003 294 35 117
2004 251 24 83
2005 221 7 37
Jeff Kent:
Year BA HR RBI
2001 298 22 106
2002 313 37 108
2003 297 22 93
2004 289 27 107
2005 289 29 105
2006 292 14 68
Dave Winfield:
Year BA HR RBI
1982 280 37 106
1983 283 32 116
1984 340 19 100
1985 275 26 114
1986 262 24 104
Of these three players, who would you rather have on your team? Steroids removed the ability and fun of going to the ballpark to see an outstanding once in a generation ballplayer. I wouldn't cross the street to see Jeff Kent or Bret Boone play, but for several years in their early thirties they both had stats equal to or greater than a proven hall of famer. I miss the opportunity to see truly great ball players, instead steroids gave us a bunch of guys that put up hall of fame numbers, but never passed the sight test, meaning if you saw any of these guys in person you were never than impressed, they did what everyone did, hit home runs, they didn't hit the ball appreciably harder than the next guy.
Please stay tuned for Part II.
Al Franken
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl720 Please review this article, it is good to see how seriously Al Franken takes his role on the Judiciary Committee. Norm Coleman must feel like he is taking crazy pills.
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2nd Half Predictions
MLB: Division Winners: Boston, Twins, Angels, Phillies, Brewers, Dodgers
Wild Card: Yankees, Mets
MVP: Jason Bay/Albert Pujols
Cy Young: Matt Cain/Josh Beckett
LVP: (Least Valuable Player) Magglio/Brian Giles
Wild Card: Yankees, Mets
MVP: Jason Bay/Albert Pujols
Cy Young: Matt Cain/Josh Beckett
LVP: (Least Valuable Player) Magglio/Brian Giles
All Star Game
Last night's MLB All Star Game was more or less a well played example of why pitching and defense are the keys to playing winning baseball. I thought the AL played about equal to the NL, but was excited that both teams played quick. The Obama angle was over the top as usual, but I will take more Obama if it means less Joe Buck. Seriously, I could have watched the game with the sound off and been more inspired. Paint drying v. Joe Buck = advantage to paint drying because paint is less arrogant than JB.
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