By any reasonable standard, 2010 was a bad year for Yankee first-baseman Mark Teixeira. After putting up MVP-caliber numbers the year before (.292/.383/.565), Tex’s numbers fell in every offensive category, except walks (oddly enough, his otherwise-worst year at the plate also featured a career-high 93 walks). In my profile of the Yankee offense at the [...]
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Teixeira’s Shift
Posted in Baseball on August 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Competitive Sports?
Posted in Economics, Law, Sports on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This recent Wall Street Journal article discussed the DOJ’s letter to the BCS which reads, in part: Serious questions continue to arise suggesting that the current Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system may not be conducted consistent with the competition principles expressed in the federal antitrust laws. The Attorney General of Utah has announced an intention [...]
2011 Yankees: Starting Pitching
Posted in Baseball on April 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I assessed the 2011 Yankee offense by comparing it with the championship-winning 2009 team. The two lineups are fairly similar. The two starting pitching staffs, though, are very different and that’s the ’11 Yankees’ primary concern. Going into the ’09 season, the Yankee rotation, led by newly acquired Sabathia and Burnett, looked like [...]
2011 Yankees: Offense
Posted in Baseball on April 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The New York Yankees begin the 2011 season with several question marks and plenty of speculation about an unproven pitching staff and an aging lineup. I thought I’d jump into the fray with some speculation of my own. The consensus among baseball pundits has the Yankees competing for a division title and ultimately settling for [...]
The Perfect Game That Wasn’t
Posted in Baseball on June 7, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Last week, Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga threw the perfect game that wasn’t. With two outs in the ninth, Indians Jason Donald hit a ground ball between first and second. Galarraga covered first and caught the ball with his foot on the bag, beating the runner by less than half a step. He was ready [...]
