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Mugshot Purgatory: Corner OFs and Rays

AMR — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:30:09 +0000

Today, we start off with our two leftfielders (D-SPAN2 was considered a centerfielder for my purposes). Jason "the Dude" Kubel is typically the DH, while Delmon "_elm_n" Young has no D and no O. (Kubel '09, '08, '07, '06; Young '09, '08, '07, '06) I don't know how the Dude got his nickname. Could [...]

Looking Back At The Delmon Debacle

ubelmann — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:30:43 +0000

While responding to greenmachine's thoughtful comment to my look at the Santana trade, the issue came up about whether or not the Twins should have played for this year and a Young/Span/Cuddyer/Kuble OF-DH situation was proposed. My big problem with this is that it would have required us to make the Delmon [...]

Liriano

ubelmann — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:34:51 +0000

This was brought up by Neil in the Cup of Coffee.

My 2 cents:

It's okay for Liriano to be frustrated. He's a competitor, he's had success at the top level, and he wants to get back there. I get that. I certainly have had more irrational reactions when I was 24.

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Game 71: New Washington vs. Relocated Washington

ubelmann — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:00:17 +0000

John Lannan vs. Livan Hernandez

How is this for a kick to the nuts?

20.9 VORP -- Cristian Guzman, 2008 0.3 VORP -- Twins SS, 2008

For that matter, Guzman's VORP last year (16.4) was better than Jason Bartlett's (14.7). And he's only making $400K more than Craig Monroe and his -1.1 VORP. Not [...]

Remember how Bartlett would always (illegally) block second base on steals?

ubelmann — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:24:47 +0000

Yeah, apparently Cuckoo for Coco Puffs doesn't appreciate that.