It was whilst (my 14th use of whilst) having a few beers Friday night that the MLB Network (or whichever channel the bar was tuned to) broke into the 9th inning of the Giants Padres game. Obviously Jonathon Sanchez would end up completing his Perfect Game, err No Hitter, but as I, and the rest [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Randy Johnson’
The Next Member of the 300 Win Club?
With last week’s Randy Johnson 300th win story, came a slew of predictions around whom, if anybody, will be the next 300 game winner. And while I threw my two cents in regarding our numbness to historic achievement due to the plethora of records broken over the last decade, I have yet to toss my [...]
God’s Gift To The Rubber
T-minus three hours or so until the Washington Nationals find something other than their on-the-field ineptitude to focus on this summer, that “something” being the very likely selection of San Diego State’s Stephen Strasburg with the No. 1 pick in the 2009 MLB Draft at 6pm tonight. Strasburg, of course, now well known as the [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
History Class: What Types of In-Season Acquisitions Help Teams Make the Playoffs?
Each year without fail, the MLB trade deadline is an exciting time. July 4th weekend has passed. MLB All Star break has passed. You have a good idea where your team stands, and yet all of a sudden, without failure your team has the chance to go Extreme Makeover, Baseball Edition. They can choose: buyers [...]
History Class – All-Time Fantasy Baseball Team: Pitchers
Welcome back, class. As a follow up to our last History Class post, today, we look at the best pitching seasons of all time, through the lens of a standard fantasy baseball scoring system. Again, we start with every season since 1871, apply standard fantasy points to each season, remove all of the season before [...]
