Comments on: Come on out and talk some baseball http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/ A New York Yankees blog by Chad Jennings and the staff of The Journal News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:35:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mel http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-413095 mel Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:06:53 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/#comment-413095 lol. For whatever reason my son went to New York and a Foley's postcard was one of the treasures he brought home. It's got a picture of a the porcelain urinals on it (??)and they offer the "Empire Sundae". Have a good time, Pete. lol. For whatever reason my son went to New York and a Foley’s postcard was one of the treasures he brought home. It’s got a picture of a the porcelain urinals on it (??)and they offer the “Empire Sundae”.

Have a good time, Pete.

]]> By: V http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-413056 V Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:40:32 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/#comment-413056 This is the quote from the article you linked: "I’m reminded of Alex Rios, who doesn’t look a thing like Cabrera. Rios was largely disappointing in 2004 and 2005, hitting just 11 homers in more than 900 at-bats, with an isolated power of 117. The problem: Rios was hitting the ball on the ground too much, a 1.82 G/F in those two seasons. Starting in ’06, Rios put the ball in the air more than half the time, and became a star. When you look at Cabrera’s body, his established control of the strike zone, and his ability to hold his own at a young age, you recognize that all it’s going to take is for him to start elevating the ball. Cabrera may not get there in 2008, but he’s going to pop 80 extra-base hits and slug .500 in a season very, very soon." He showed some of that ability in April, but has since regressed a bit. The ability's there, though. This is the quote from the article you linked:

“I’m reminded of Alex Rios, who doesn’t look a thing like Cabrera. Rios was largely disappointing in 2004 and 2005, hitting just 11 homers in more than 900 at-bats, with an isolated power of 117. The problem: Rios was hitting the ball on the ground too much, a 1.82 G/F in those two seasons. Starting in ’06, Rios put the ball in the air more than half the time, and became a star. When you look at Cabrera’s body, his established control of the strike zone, and his ability to hold his own at a young age, you recognize that all it’s going to take is for him to start elevating the ball. Cabrera may not get there in 2008, but he’s going to pop 80 extra-base hits and slug .500 in a season very, very soon.”

He showed some of that ability in April, but has since regressed a bit. The ability’s there, though.

]]> By: PL http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-413037 PL Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:45:20 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/#comment-413037 Someone ask Sheehan about his article on Melky Cabrera. He projected Melky to slug .500 "very soon" for an entire season. The Melk Man is in a terrible, terrible slump, and it's at like 170 AB now. I think we need the reassurance, LOL! http://baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7053 Someone ask Sheehan about his article on Melky Cabrera. He projected Melky to slug .500 “very soon” for an entire season.

The Melk Man is in a terrible, terrible slump, and it’s at like 170 AB now. I think we need the reassurance, LOL!

http://baseballprospectus.com/.....cleid=7053

]]> By: CM http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-413030 CM Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:33:27 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/#comment-413030 Great screen name, Sean. Also, really nice blog; good info, well laid out, easy-to-read... nice job. Great screen name, Sean. Also, really nice blog; good info, well laid out, easy-to-read… nice job.

]]> By: Sean the Disabled Mess http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-413028 Sean the Disabled Mess Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:27:46 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/#comment-413028 If there's a computer there, I'll go. I'd love to meet you Peter and talk baseball with you but I have blog work! If there’s a computer there, I’ll go. I’d love to meet you Peter and talk baseball with you but I have blog work!

]]> By: V (original) http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-413026 V (original) Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:26:12 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/#comment-413026 I'm a baseball fan AND a math geek, who happens to work on 33rd street.... I might have to see about making this, but I'm not sure how easy it'd be for me (I live 2 hours west, in NJ, and have to get up at 5 for work, ugh). I’m a baseball fan AND a math geek, who happens to work on 33rd street….

I might have to see about making this, but I’m not sure how easy it’d be for me (I live 2 hours west, in NJ, and have to get up at 5 for work, ugh).

]]> By: CM http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-413024 CM Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:21:49 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/29/come-on-out-and-talk-some-baseball/#comment-413024 Baseball Prospectus is for Math geeks, not baseball fans. Not that I'm against statistical analysis. I just like being able to talk baseball without my calculator. Plus, they're wrong just as often as the scouts and sportswriters who watch the game and go with their gut. I prefer the good old days when baseball lent itself more to poetry and literature than a list of numbers run through a computer.* If anyone wants to get together to discuss the writing of Jimmy Cannon, Grantland Rice, Al Stump, Gay Talice, Ring Lardner, or Damon Runyan I'll be there. By the way, jus finished David Halberstam's "Summer of '49". I highly recommend it. * Of course, I failed high school algebra yet got a perfect score on the English portion of my SATs, so I may be a bit biased. Baseball Prospectus is for Math geeks, not baseball fans. Not that I’m against statistical analysis. I just like being able to talk baseball without my calculator. Plus, they’re wrong just as often as the scouts and sportswriters who watch the game and go with their gut. I prefer the good old days when baseball lent itself more to poetry and literature than a list of numbers run through a computer.*

If anyone wants to get together to discuss the writing of Jimmy Cannon, Grantland Rice, Al Stump, Gay Talice, Ring Lardner, or Damon Runyan I’ll be there. By the way, jus finished David Halberstam’s “Summer of ’49″. I highly recommend it.

* Of course, I failed high school algebra yet got a perfect score on the English portion of my SATs, so I may be a bit biased.

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