Comments on: A second half to remember http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/02/03/a-second-half-to-remember/ A New York Yankees blog by Chad Jennings and the staff of The Journal News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:45:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: big fan http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/02/03/a-second-half-to-remember/comment-page-2/#comment-1227719 big fan Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:55:43 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=22797#comment-1227719 In "Traded" a book analyzing the most lopsided trades in baseball history by Doug Decatur, he had the CC trade the biggest deadline trade of 2008, and perhaps many others. I don't rememebr exactly and don't have the book with me at work :) His blog is at http://www.mlbexpertanalysis.com/blog/ In “Traded” a book analyzing the most lopsided trades in baseball history by Doug Decatur, he had the CC trade the biggest deadline trade of 2008, and perhaps many others. I don’t rememebr exactly and don’t have the book with me at work :)

His blog is at http://www.mlbexpertanalysis.com/blog/

]]> By: rodg12 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/02/03/a-second-half-to-remember/comment-page-2/#comment-1227605 rodg12 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:54:18 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=22797#comment-1227605 Very true, GB. MLB as a whole should definitely embrace the museum and help it out. Very true, GB. MLB as a whole should definitely embrace the museum and help it out.

]]> By: GreenBeret7 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/02/03/a-second-half-to-remember/comment-page-2/#comment-1227587 GreenBeret7 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:37:52 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=22797#comment-1227587 Rodg, this needs to be a baseball thing and not just a black baseball thing. It should be a major concern for all of them...Joe Morgan, Bob Feller, Bob Costas....big names bring big money with them. It will take someone that has baseball's ear...Frank Robinson. Let's see just how much Bud Selig really cares. Rodg, this needs to be a baseball thing and not just a black baseball thing. It should be a major concern for all of them…Joe Morgan, Bob Feller, Bob Costas….big names bring big money with them. It will take someone that has baseball’s ear…Frank Robinson. Let’s see just how much Bud Selig really cares.

]]> By: RayVT http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/02/03/a-second-half-to-remember/comment-page-2/#comment-1227583 RayVT Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:34:34 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=22797#comment-1227583 lets go yankees February 3rd, 2010 at 1:53 pm Wave Your Hat February 3rd, 2010 at 2:08 pm UZR is a great concept. But until it is anything more than a concept, it is very flawed. "A player's one-year UZR is not a good measure of his true talent level as a fielder, nor is it a good predictor of future performance. UZR also frequently conflicts — or at least it doesn't perfectly align — with the other major defensive stat in use, John Dewan's Plus/Minus, which is published in The Fielding Bible and on Bill James Online." A lot of folks on here try to use it to say Gardner is a great fielder. That is hosed. UZR must meet certain criteria or its bogus. The reason I said Tex at 1B as an example is because there is no way in any accurate or even close to accurate fielding guide is Ryan Howard better than Tex. Several other items such as field size & dimension play into the defensive matrix as well. UZR doesn't judge Pitchers or Catchers. It isn't accurate for 3B or 1B. It is questionable for corner OF. Supposedly its strength is CF, SS & 2B. It doesn't compensate for gamers that play thru injuries or perhaps have recovered from an injury. It doesn't compensate for infield type or roughness. I am not impressed, but I do think it is a very big step in the right direction. lets go yankees
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Wave Your Hat
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:08 pm

UZR is a great concept. But until it is anything more than a concept, it is very flawed.

“A player’s one-year UZR is not a good measure of his true talent level as a fielder, nor is it a good predictor of future performance. UZR also frequently conflicts — or at least it doesn’t perfectly align — with the other major defensive stat in use, John Dewan’s Plus/Minus, which is published in The Fielding Bible and on Bill James Online.”

A lot of folks on here try to use it to say Gardner is a great fielder. That is hosed. UZR must meet certain criteria or its bogus.

The reason I said Tex at 1B as an example is because there is no way in any accurate or even close to accurate fielding guide is Ryan Howard better than Tex. Several other items such as field size & dimension play into the defensive matrix as well. UZR doesn’t judge Pitchers or Catchers. It isn’t accurate for 3B or 1B. It is questionable for corner OF. Supposedly its strength is CF, SS & 2B. It doesn’t compensate for gamers that play thru injuries or perhaps have recovered from an injury. It doesn’t compensate for infield type or roughness. I am not impressed, but I do think it is a very big step in the right direction.

]]> By: rodg12 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/02/03/a-second-half-to-remember/comment-page-2/#comment-1227578 rodg12 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:29:38 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=22797#comment-1227578 I agree GB. That's something that needs to be done. An event with those surviving Negro League players could easily raise enough money to keep things going. I agree GB. That’s something that needs to be done. An event with those surviving Negro League players could easily raise enough money to keep things going.

]]> By: GreenBeret7 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/02/03/a-second-half-to-remember/comment-page-2/#comment-1227576 GreenBeret7 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:26:48 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=22797#comment-1227576 Rodg, this is where the surviving Negro Leaguers need to step in and help save it. Mays, Aaron, Banks, Newcome, Maury Wills and even Charlie Pride (who played in the Negro Leagues) are the biggest names that are needed to save it. There's also players like Jeter, Rodriguez, Bill White and every other player with a sense of history, black, white, Hispanic, makes no difference. It's their history as much as anybody elses. Rodg, this is where the surviving Negro Leaguers need to step in and help save it. Mays, Aaron, Banks, Newcome, Maury Wills and even Charlie Pride (who played in the Negro Leagues) are the biggest names that are needed to save it. There’s also players like Jeter, Rodriguez, Bill White and every other player with a sense of history, black, white, Hispanic, makes no difference. It’s their history as much as anybody elses.

]]> By: Erin http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/02/03/a-second-half-to-remember/comment-page-2/#comment-1227574 Erin Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:20:43 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=22797#comment-1227574 New Post: Saturday Night Lights New Post: Saturday Night Lights

]]> By: m http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/02/03/a-second-half-to-remember/comment-page-2/#comment-1227573 m Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:20:27 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=22797#comment-1227573 Frank, Of course they're satisfied. But was making the playoffs the goal? Or was trying to win the WS the goal? And how do you win the WS? By making the playoffs. Frank,

Of course they’re satisfied. But was making the playoffs the goal? Or was trying to win the WS the goal? And how do you win the WS? By making the playoffs.

]]> By: rodg12 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/02/03/a-second-half-to-remember/comment-page-2/#comment-1227571 rodg12 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:19:12 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=22797#comment-1227571 murphydog - On the Negro Leagues Museum...definitely sad. I know the board ticked off Joe Posnanski a year or so ago with the way it changed direction in leadership and he dropped all allegiances with it (link: http://tinyurl.com/5wo33s). It seems that decision on top of losing Buck has really hurt them. murphydog -

On the Negro Leagues Museum…definitely sad. I know the board ticked off Joe Posnanski a year or so ago with the way it changed direction in leadership and he dropped all allegiances with it (link: http://tinyurl.com/5wo33s). It seems that decision on top of losing Buck has really hurt them.

]]> By: GreenBeret7 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/02/03/a-second-half-to-remember/comment-page-2/#comment-1227570 GreenBeret7 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:14:52 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/?p=22797#comment-1227570 murphydog February 3rd, 2010 at 2:06 pm O/T but when I was following the above link, I ran across this. If this is true, it’s really sad. Losing a charismatic leader can often be the end of some very valuable organizations and projects. Any baseball fan should feel a twang at the thought of this place going under due to internal strife, loss of contributions/income or absence of a good plan and unified board to lead it forward and help it expand. http://www.google.com/hostedne.....c9PosN0rpQ Why not put together a Negro Leagues Exhibition and hit the MLB Stadiums this season? Shows before and after games, even on off days. Why not use MLB to raise a little cash – Selig should commit strongly to a commercial co-venture with the Negro Leagues Museum way before he commits another dollar to international issues. Get Nike and the usual suspects to co-sponsor it. If the Negro Leagues Exhibition came to Yankee Stadium, I would be there in a heart beat and spend some cash. A KC Monarchs Jersey? Heck yeah. ------------------------------------------------------------ Not to push military ideas on anyone, but, the military has a traveling exhibit that's a smaller version of the Vietnam wall and statue. It included everything, just on a smaller scale. It's a marvelous travelling exhibit and people from all around, and not just miltary viewed it. You're correct in that history like that needs to be saved. murphydog
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:06 pm
O/T but when I was following the above link, I ran across this. If this is true, it’s really sad. Losing a charismatic leader can often be the end of some very valuable organizations and projects. Any baseball fan should feel a twang at the thought of this place going under due to internal strife, loss of contributions/income or absence of a good plan and unified board to lead it forward and help it expand.

http://www.google.com/hostedne…..c9PosN0rpQ

Why not put together a Negro Leagues Exhibition and hit the MLB Stadiums this season? Shows before and after games, even on off days. Why not use MLB to raise a little cash – Selig should commit strongly to a commercial co-venture with the Negro Leagues Museum way before he commits another dollar to international issues. Get Nike and the usual suspects to co-sponsor it.

If the Negro Leagues Exhibition came to Yankee Stadium, I would be there in a heart beat and spend some cash. A KC Monarchs Jersey? Heck yeah.

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Not to push military ideas on anyone, but, the military has a traveling exhibit that’s a smaller version of the Vietnam wall and statue. It included everything, just on a smaller scale. It’s a marvelous travelling exhibit and people from all around, and not just miltary viewed it. You’re correct in that history like that needs to be saved.

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