Baseball Toaster was unplugged on February 4, 2009.
Happy Holidays to everyone. Hope you and yours have a safe and satiating day of it. It's raining, windy and cold here in New York. Still no word from the Yanks regarding Mike Mussina's physical but that is likely just a formality. Hey, at least the Yankees aren't going knuts spending big bucks on the likes of Juan Pierre and Gary Matthews, Jr. Good grief. Meanwhile, here is the final word on the AL MVP award, from our pal Steve Goldman.
But finally, let me leave you with this before you dig in to the bird mit all der fixings, football, and all that other soporific stuff. For me--and undoubtedly for many of you too--one thing to continue being thankful for are two of the most amazing websites of all-time: retrosheet and baseball-reference.com. Actually, they are in cohoots with each other these days, which is a beautiful thing. Here, check out the 2006 Yanks for example. You can click on Schedule, Transactions, Lineups, and Batting Orders. It's a Nerd's Delight, believe me. Talk about one-stop shopping. So to all the guys at B-Ref and Retrosheet, we owe you a great deal of thanks. Rock on. You've made the world a better place for seamheads near and far.
And now I get to eat STUFFING!!!! I wait all year for this!
Alex & Cliff
George Steinbrenner
Biscuits
Totalfark.com
Health
Dalwhinnie
turkey
and beer
and hopefully the bucs betaing the cowboys
In '61, Maris (batting 3rd) hit 61 HRs and was MVP with a .972 OPS.
In '61, Mantle (batting clean-up) was 2nd in MVP, with an 1.135 OPS!
Its hard to fathom someone with an 1.135 OPS back in '61.
(I heart Mickey)
"Baseball tourney to raise money for Lidle Foundation"
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2673665
BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA
Guess we know who the beta team was down in Big D, eh?
Now to sleep off this gourmet roast turkey, garlic mash, cornbread stuffing and Welch's 100% Grape Juice(TM) as opposed to a long walk, because here at my big bro's in the furthest reaches of Lun-Guylund (Hey, RI(s) I can see your houses from here!), the weather outside is indeed frightful. Good night, good people!
(And this time, we didn't forget the gway-vee...)
The MVP voting has been a joke since it started. Albert Belle did something no one did before or since: 50 2B and 50 HR in the same season. He was, by far the most valuable player. But the press hated him, so Mo Vaughn (who'd been inexplicably left off a couple of all-star teams) won it.
Guys I could have accepted being the MVP,
Mauer,
Jeter,
Santana,
Ortiz,
Dye,
Hafner,
Sizemore
He is a nice player for the Astros. They need his bat. Extra turkey for the Lee family!
When you adjust for league and park next year, does anyone think either Lee or Soriano will out-produce A-Rod? Me neither.
"His nickname in the Dodger clubhouse, according to one big league coach, was "Nancy Drew," and according to one major leaguer who has played against Drew for much of his career, one Dodger player greeted the news of Drew's departure by phoning friends in jubilation."
Here's to looking forward to many chants of Nancy from the bleachers!
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