Posts Tagged ‘ New York Yankees ’
Jeter is Great, But Yankee Hit Record is Meaningless (The Big Lead) Actually Coach, Michael Jordan Never Was Cut From His High-School Basketball Team (The Big Lead) Onion Bag: U.S. Beats T&T, Very Close to Qualifying (The Big Lead) A Michigan-Notre Dame Preview, Sort Of (The Big Lead)[ READ MORE ]
Jesse Spector of the New York Daily News asks, “Is Derek Jeter baseball’s best hitting shortstop of all time.” While answering his question, he shows why adjusted OPS+ (and adjusted ERA+) is important. Spector says Jeter is merely “one of the best” of all time, because he has “no clear numerical edge” on Honus Wagner. [ READ MORE ]
Nothing riles baseball minds more than an MVP debate, and the New York Times’ Tyler Kepner let the dogs out with this tweet about Mark Teixeira from Saturday’s wee hours. “By the way, this is probably obvious by now, but Teixeira’s the AL MVP. No question, as Joe Torre would say.” The AL MVP choice [ READ MORE ]
Why Does the Media’s Steroid Reluctance Extend to A-Rod? Through 43 games, Alex Rodriguez’ 2009 season has been underwhelming. He’s hitting .223 and slugging .466, far lower than his career .304 and .576 numbers respectively. He has hit 10 home runs in 148 AB, though eight (in 73 AB) have come in the homer haven [ READ MORE ]
The Big Lead » Blog Archive » Yankees Ticket Reductions Only Benefit the Astronomically Wealthy[ READ MORE ]
The Big Lead » Blog Archive » Does Selena Roberts Have Anything on A-Rod Besides Hearsay[ READ MORE ]
Faced with a potential crippling from the economic crisis. Baseball seems to have stumbled upon a new marketing strategy. Having teams resemble their fan bases. The Red Sox spearheaded the movement last season. To more closely model their New England demographic, Boston traded a black Dominican malcontent for a lily-white leftfielder who would not dare [ READ MORE ]
Here is an article I wrote this spring for my Research and Methods graduate course at Northeastern. Not as witty as my Big Lead work, but proof I can write in journalistic style. Enjoy. Charles Hillios joined a bus trip of friends to Yankee Stadium on Aug. 29, 2007 to watch his beloved Boston Red [ READ MORE ]
The Big Lead » Blog Archive » Wind May Have Caused Yankee Stadium Home Run Binge. But, it still doesn’t explain what happened to this guy[ READ MORE ]
1. Boston Red Sox – The Red Sox have a dominant rotation, a soul crushing bullpen and a surplus of veteran pitchers to cycle between them depending on need. Their lineup has power, speed and depth. There’s been no evidence of an Ortiz decline, only injury. They also have the financial flexibility to carpetbag a [ READ MORE ]
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