Wednesday's links were routed through Missouri and Arkansas via Highway 61 (and for you old-timers out there, check out the photo credit; total coincidence and totally cool) …
• Walk Like a Sabermetrician
makes a point. (And I'd like to make one, too: Some power hitters in the 1980s
did draw walks, even without being told.)
• Tangotiger likes the way a
certain Detroit center fielder (and ESPN.com blogger) thinks.
• Last week the Dodgers non-tendered
Takashi Saito, who as recently as July was one of the best relief pitchers in the National League. Why would they let him get away so easily? For one thing, he'll turn 39 this winter. For another, with
Jonathan Broxton,
Hong-Chih Kuo and
Cory Wade, the Dodgers are well-stocked in good relievers. But as Dave Cameron points out, there might be yet another reason: The
Dodgers have a secret weapon.
• In what is apparently its last post, The Baseball Card Blog
goes out with a big bang.
(H/T:
Cardboard Gods)
• Why hasn't
Andy Pettitte signed that one-year deal with the Yankees yet? Because he's left-handed, only (
only) 36 and can still pitch. So why not
hold out for a three-year deal?
• J.C. Bradbury writes about
the difference between being a sabermetrician and being an economist.
• You say you want to work in baseball? Adam Guttridge does, and he was in Las Vegas last week to pursue his dream. He's kind enough to share
his advice to fellow job seekers.
• Via video, Vin Scully talks about terrorizing small children while
the wolves circle the campfire.
• More video:
Rocco Baldelli got a second opinion, and apparently he's
not nearly as sick as everyone thought. Does this mean he'll become the next
Joe DiMaggio after all?
Rob Neyer
