Comments on: A baseball warm-up on a cold week

By: JustinCB

JustinCB — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:20:19 +0000

Came across this

http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/1/17/726670/is-orlando-hudson-a-potent

after reading Rob Neyer’s blog post regarding Orlando Hudson’s continued unemployment so late into the winter.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3840153&name=Neyer_Rob

The first article considers a potential switch for Hudson from 2b to SS for the A’s, but why not for the Twins?

By: Hot Stove Banquet « SethSpeaks.net

Hot Stove Banquet « SethSpeaks.net — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:38:25 +0000

[…] will also be at another event that Saturday night. You’ve read about it on Howard Sinker’s blog, and yesterday on the Twins Geek blog, but today you can read about it here today. Like Howard […]

By: sane

sane — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:58:23 +0000

mudcat,
“I believe that is something that Livan, Lamb and Everett contributed last year. They were aged and we improved”

I believe that Livan, Lamb and Everett will contribute even more to our improvement THIS year
Their PRESENCE LAST year, compared to their ABSENCE THIS year, will cause a TREMENDOUS improvement.

By: JimCrikket

JimCrikket — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:14:28 +0000

sane, yeah the younger team is more likely to improve.

But that doesn’t mean it’s assured.

I remember a lot of optimism after 2006 and heading in to 2007 because the team was young and was expected to improve.

Sometimes it just doesn’t work out that way.

By: MudCat

MudCat — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:10:52 +0000

sane, you didn’t ask me, but I believe that is something that Livan, Lamb and Everett contributed last year. They were aged and we improved, LOL!

(also, Howard’s Cooperstown blog has some funny ones towards the end)

By: sane

sane — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:57:38 +0000

JC,
Is it more likely that an aging team will improve, than it is that a young team will improve?

I think I know the answer to that.