For those dedicated CubicleGM readers out there, once upon a time, circa 3 or 4 months ago CubicleGM regularly used to write articles, I’d dare even say interested articles, about baseball. Weird, huh? You remember those good old days? What happened to those good old days? Well, brothers Cloud joined the fray and Jacob Nitz [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Barry Bonds’
Nearing the Halfway Point… Some Baseball Musings
Before jumping into my post, please allow me to Re-introduce myself. As you can see, my byline has changed from Vlookup Vince to Gideon. Otherwise, though, the Vince I have pretended to be is not all that much different to the Gideon that I am. I love the business of sports, love viewing sports through [...]
The Records and Achievements Don’t Mean What They Once Did
A pitcher collecting 300 career wins is an extremely rare feat. In fact, I would rank it as the second rarest feat in sports. No hitters? 256 of those. Cycles? Hundreds. 6 Hit Games? 50+. Even 4 strike-out innings are more common. There are 24 members of the 300 club. Only perfect games, 16 ever, [...]
Berry Blondes? Never Heard of Her.
How many times have you seen the clip of Hank Aaron’s 715th home run? 25? 100? 500? I still consider myself a young chap, but having been nursed and nannied by ESPN Classic, I can easily put the figure in triple digits. The images are unforgettable: Al Downing’s doomed leg kick, the First National Bank [...]
Fantasy Baseball – Best Players of the 2000s
Over the last few weeks, CubicleGM has reviewed some post fantasy baseball draft thoughts, overvalued/undervalued, some of the differences between playing in a points league versus a roto league, a draft day diary, and even some thoughts from a fantasy baseball wifey. Additionally, before those posts, Vlookup Vince powered up his Excel 2007 for a [...]
Red Sock/x: Curt Schilling’s Place in this Painful Era
Congrats to Curt Schilling on a great career, his retirement officially announced earlier this week on his blog, 38 Pitches. For a tangent, kudos also to Deadspin for catching a SportsCenter moment that may well contribute to the job loss number for March (I’m Sure This Won’t Annoy Curt Schilling One Bit).
The Cream Wants Out of the House
From the wires today, news that the agent for Barry Lamar Bonds given the go-ahead to inquire if any teams are interested in signing The Cream to a deal for 2009 (Agent Still Seeking Team for Bonds). With the federal trial on hold, it looks like old Barry is having a tough time finding something to do.
The question remains, all assumptions aside: Where does The Cream fall on the draft board if he signs with, say, the Kansas City Royals tomorrow?
History Class – All-Time Fantasy Baseball Team: Batters
This marks the first of a series of posts focused on the history of The Game (baseball, for you non-purists). Thanks to our friends (actually in no way are they my friends, just good people that provide free access to every player’s stats from every season since 1871) over at baseball1.com, I have more stats than Excel 2003 could handle. Luckily Microsoft foresaw this problem I was going to encounter and brought out Excel 2007.
Casual fans and talking heads alike, everyone loves comparing seasons. From everyone’s worst nemesis, Skip Bayless, to our good friends over at BaseballProspectus (again, not really friends, but they do amazing work) and their WARP1, WARP2, and WARP3, people must know who had the best season ever, how seasons compare, and whether Wade Boggs 1986 season was really better than Carlos Beltran’s 2003 season. Most (calling you Skip Bayless) simply play the homer card and rant and rant, albeit founded on nothing substantial. My completely imperfect, yet numerically-based solution: apply standard points league fantasy scoring to every season since 1871, and see where the dust settles.
