I made a mistake in this post. Macha was not a catcher, but a third baseman. For some reason, I must have just seen his catching career, and not the rest of his fielding career. Sorry for the confusion.
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October 31, 2002
Free Agents:
I’m somewhat encouraged by the potential number of free agents this year. One great way for clubs to keep costs down is to have a large supply of players to choose from. There are already over 100 players who have filed, and up to 180 can file this year. And [...]
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October 29, 2002
Boston Media Watch:
Bruce Allen keeps tabs on what the Boston sports media is writing and talking about. Great if you are a Red Sox, Bruins, Patriots or Celtics fan.
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October 29, 2002
More Catchers
A trend seems to be developing here. Ken Macha is going to manage the A’s, and Ned Yost is going to manage the Brewers. Both were catchers with brief major league careers.
Chuck Rosicam has an article at Baseball Library about the large number of managers who are or have been catchers. However, the [...]
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October 28, 2002
Wedge to Manage Indians:
I’ll have to look this up, but I remember when I was younger that Wedge types were prevelent as mangers (minor league catchers with little major league experience). This may turn out to be a very good choice.
The Indians, who began rebuilding midway through last season by trading away some high-priced veterans, had 19 [...]
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October 28, 2002
1965 World Series:
Last night I really questioned Dusty Baker’s strategy of not having a reliever ready to replace Hernandez at the first sign of trouble (See this post and this post and this post). This morning, I was flipping through the channels and came across the 7th game of the 1965 World Series, LA at Minnesota. [...]
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October 27, 2002
Glaus wins the MVP for
Glaus wins the MVP for the series. That makes this my favorite post of the year.
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October 27, 2002
I wonder if Disney is
I wonder if Disney is going to display the WS throphy next to their Oscars?
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October 27, 2002
Angels Win!
Lofton smacked one, but not deep enough. Erstad catches it for the first out.
In the end, Dusty Baker not being prepared for a Livan Hernandez melt down doomed them. The Angels pitched great, and the Giants bench did not have the firepower to overcome the relievers. Snow and Bell deserve a lot of [...]
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October 27, 2002
Shinjo K’s. It’s up to
Shinjo K’s. It’s up to Lofton.
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October 27, 2002
Percival’s first walk of the
Percival’s first walk of the post-season to Bell. 1st and 2nd, 1 out, and the best the Giants can do is put up Shinjo. I hope he tries to draw a walk as well.
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October 27, 2002
Snow singles. Giants not dead
Snow singles. Giants not dead yet.
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October 27, 2002
Nice to see the Giants
Nice to see the Giants are still playing hard. Too bad for them their bullpen didn’t pitch like this last night.
In comes Percival, three outs to break 41 years of frustration.
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October 27, 2002
K-Rod:
Francisco Rodriguez had great command of the plate, walks Bonds and strikes out three. Percival will need to get three outs in the ninth, and will face Snow, Goodwin and Bell. Giants fans have to hope that Troy suddenly turns into the late Donnie Moore.
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October 27, 2002
Aurilia, Kent and Bonds due
Aurilia, Kent and Bonds due up in the 8th. I think Scioscia should bring in Percival there. If you get those three, the rest of the order is pretty easy. Why give those batters the chance to get on vs. a lesser pitcher?
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October 27, 2002
Down to Six Outs:
Bell and Lofton drive the outfielders to the wall, but fall just short. Still 4-1 at the 7th inning stretch.
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October 27, 2002
Great catch by Kent to
Great catch by Kent to end the inning. Giants need a run an inning to tie, and you have to assume that three of those outs are going to come vs. Percival. Time is running out on the outs.
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October 27, 2002
Sanders-Goodwin Strategy:
I have to disagree with this. If you don’t think Reggie can hit, sit him down for Goodwin. Otherwise, you waste a player early. Secondly, I haven’t seen anything from Goodwin that makes me think he’s any better than Sanders anyway. Giant pinch hitters are now 0 for 15, and Goodwin’s [...]
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October 27, 2002
Tom Goodwin may have the
Tom Goodwin may have the worst follow through on a swing that I’ve ever seen.
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October 27, 2002
Heart of the order coming
Heart of the order coming up for the Giants in the 6th. This is where they need to make their move.
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October 27, 2002
Lackey is close to 90
Lackey is close to 90 pitches through 5 innings. He may have one more inning in him, but I don’t expect much after that. Still he has a good ball-strike count (31 Balls, 55 strikes), and although it will be a short performance, it’s a strong one so far.
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October 27, 2002
Great catch by Erstad off
Great catch by Erstad off Bell. The Angels are playing with every bit of insensity they can muster.
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October 27, 2002
Zerbe the Great:
Zerbe comes in, throws strikes (5 of 7 pitches) and gets out of the inning with no more damage. Two batters too late, however. Giants offense has to get to Lackey now.
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October 27, 2002
Double:
Garrett Anderson hits one down the right field line to clear the bases. Why wasn’t Rueter warmed up? Why wasn’t anybody warmed up? It was obvious in the first that Hernandez didn’t have his good stuff. Maybe Baker doesn’t deserve to come back to SF next year.
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October 27, 2002
Dusty is blowing the World
Dusty is blowing the World Series right here. There’s no way he shouldn’t have someone warm at all times. Bases loaded, no one out. It will take a miracle to get out of this.
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October 27, 2002
Oh Those Base on Balls:
Eventually, someone gets a big hit after one of those walks. Molina doubles in Spiezio to tie the game at 1.
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October 27, 2002
Reggie!
Sanders Sacfly scores Santiago.
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October 27, 2002
Eck!
David Eckstein runs into a line double play. I’m flabbergasted. He really misread that ball, and that seems to be unusual for him. I wonder if the crowd noise worked against him and he got deked by a fielder?
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October 27, 2002
The Bunt:
Scioscia has Erstad sacrifice. Hernandez can’t throw a strike, and he’s playing for 1-run. I don’t agree with that move.
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October 27, 2002
Get Livan Hernandez out of
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