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Blind Squirrel

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

On the day of the draft, one of the worst picks of the day (excluding Gottsegen’s entire draft of course: “Byrnes is the poor man’s Sizemore!”) was when Bleak picked Adrian Gonzalez in the first round. Seriously? A Padre? A first baseman that we all thought would be there 5 rounds later? And you won […]

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Tags: First Round · HareBrained Drafting Methods · House Rules · How To Be Last After The First Round · Ian Snell · Players Actually Drafted · Remember 06 · Someone actually made a good move · consulting charts

Blown Saves Answer

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments

According to the MLB Rulebook, a pitcher can get a save when:
10.19 Saves For Relief Pitchers
A save is a statistic credited to a relief pitcher, as set forth in this Rule 10.19.
The official scorer shall credit a pitcher with a save when such pitcher meets all four of the following conditions:
(a) He is the finishing […]

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Tags: Players Actually Drafted · There's No Crying In Baseball · Why do I own Aaron Heilman in the first place?

Projections *

March 18th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Courtesy of Nine Bo Jacksons, I present to you projected results for the 2008 La Ruina season (* excluding Total Bases, OPS, K/BB, and Blown Saves). You can find an explanation for how these results were tabulated at the link, and I’m pretty sure the 2008 individual projections came from RotoAuthority.

Congratulations to Justin (Made […]

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Tags: Draft · I guess the draft doesn't really matter · I think I'm going to win the league this year · Last · Managers · Over/Under · Players Actually Drafted · Portents · Shmota · laruinametrics

Answer: Barry Zito

March 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Question: How does Justin screw up A-Rod, Utley, Ramirez, and Carlos Lee?
Barry Zito lowered his spring ERA to 14.92 by limiting the Mariners to a mere seven runs in 5 1/3 innings on Saturday.
And picked up a win in the process. Zito was OK after giving up a grand slam to Kenji Johjima in the […]

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Tags: New York Giants Are Better · Players Actually Drafted