Posted in Baseball, tagged MLB, PITCHf/x on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
This may be the biggest time-waster I’ve seen in the past month.
MLB tracks all pitchers using something called PITCHf/x. If you need a primer on PITCHf/x, then you’ll probably want to read up on this, but in short it’s a system for tracking pitches much more comprehensively than they’ve ever been tracked in the past.
Josh [...]
Posted in Astros, Baseball, tagged astros game recap, Houston Astros, houston astros 2008 on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
I’d planned on heading to the Juicebox around 5pm today for the 7pm start time because I wanted one of the team blankets. You know what they say about “the best laid plans?” Yeah, that totally applies here. Didn’t end up leaving the office until roughly 5:40, which meant we got to Minute Maid way [...]
Posted in Astros, Baseball, Sports, tagged 2008, carlos lee, detroit tigers, game recap, Gary Sheffield, Houston Astros, hunter pence, Jeremy Bonderman, Miguel Cabrera, miguel tejada, Wandy Rodriguez, Woody Williams on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m going to be attending a lot of Astros games this year. I work about 10 minutes away from Minute Maid park (not counting Houston drivetime traffic, of course), and it’s altogether too easy for me to get off work around 6 and head over to the Park for some baseball. Last year, I would [...]
Posted in Baseball, Sports, tagged 2008 houston astros, 2008 houston astros preview, Astros, houston, Houston Astros, MLB on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The offense is the one facet of the Astros that has the chance of being greatly improved.
I say “chance” because it really all depends on which version of Miguel Tejada shows up to play at Minute Maid this year. Will it be some variation of the MVP Tejada, or will it be the Miguel [...]
Posted in Baseball, Family, Sports, tagged Houston Astros, Nolan Ryan, texas rangers on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
In addition to my 2008 MLB Preview, I’ve decided to do an in-depth look at the Houston Astros. But before I get to that preview (which will likely be posted Friday or this weekend), I thought it would be nice to explain my history with the Astros and baseball in general to you. Some of [...]
Posted in Baseball, Sports, tagged alex rodriguez, jose canseco on March 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If a mythical list detailing the top scumbags in pro sports actually existed, Jose Canseco would likely rank somewhere in the top five. I never read Juiced, but even if the majority of his allegations ended up being true, it doesn’t mean the book deserved a sequel. As Phil Taylor says in his excellent column [...]
