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Some evening stuff

A few things I wanted to throw out there...

Evan Grant is doing a chat session at the DMN tomorrow at 11 a.m., so if you have any (good) questions, you can send them by clicking here, and join the chat by clicking here.

T.R. Sullivan has a piece on Brad Wilkerson and Hank Blalock, with Ron Washington professing not to be worried about either one.

Sullivan also suggests that Kam Loe may get the start on Sunday.  He says Loe wanted to go today, but Washington decided to hold him back as a precautionary measure.

SI has a preview of the Rangers up, predicting that the Rangers will be the 22nd best team in the majors this year.  They also have Sammy Sosa hitting cleanup, and say that Kenny Lofton and Sosa should be platooning at DH, with Freddy Guzman playing centerfield.

And speaking of Sosa, Jayson Stark's latest column includes input from a couple of scouts on how he looks this spring.  I'll let you peruse the piece for yourself...

More injury problems for Anaheim, as Chone Figgins has a broken middle finger on his right hand.

And at BP, in their "free" section today, Dan Fox has a neat piece up on double steals, how often different managers use the double steal, how successful they are, and what the "breakeven" point is to make trying a double steal a worthwhile venture.

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Blalock prediction
He's hitting .219 but his on-base avg. is .359.  I suspected he was still working on things and that's why his slugging and avg. are down right now.  It will take him a while to get into a groove--which is why I am making this prediction:

This will be the first year that Blalock has a better OPS after the all-star break, as he gets comfortable and becomes a doubles machine.

by t ball on Mar 22, 2007 9:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Straight from the Stark article:
"Sosa will win comeback player of the year and MVP this season.  AJM will be wrong about him."

by Agreen07 on Mar 22, 2007 10:40 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Angels 2nd best team?
That SI prediction is insane...

by JBImaknee on Mar 23, 2007 12:00 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Staff Project
Rangers section by Chris Ballard.

Chris Ballard doesn't get it

http://tinyurl.com/yvccsg

Ballard is primarily a basketball writer.  

http://www.ereader.com/author/detail/12682

Whether or not that matters when a ranking type piece is done on baseball, I don't know.  In fact I don't know if he authored the Rangers part of the piece, composed and edited it, or simply had a researcher pull it for comment, cut, and paste.

Or, writing for SI might just be a fun sideline

http://tinyurl.com/22q98l

or

http://www.youngelaw.com/chris_ballard.htm

"When you're riding in a time machine way far into the future, don't stick your elbow out the window, or it'll turn into a fossil."

by Ed Coffin on Mar 23, 2007 12:25 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Worse yet...
The Angels are SI's pick to win the World Series...

Not that I think it is needed, but, hopefully this will lead to an Angels cover jinx.

by ghostofErikThompson on Mar 23, 2007 12:49 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Adam - check out cbssportsline.com
...for your morning entry.  Scott Miller wrote a few pieces & blog entries on Wash & the team.  Good stuff.   Except the two buffoons discussing Texas in a "rant & rave" bit, terrible.

by AZranger on Mar 23, 2007 1:03 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Chone's Fine
Sounds very minor, probably won't miss any real-season time.
ScoutingBook: Top Prospects, Closer Updates and more!

by scoutingbook on Mar 23, 2007 4:08 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Two broken fingers
And 5-6 weeks fine?  Yikes ........
"When you're riding in a time machine way far into the future, don't stick your elbow out the window, or it'll turn into a fossil."

by Ed Coffin on Mar 23, 2007 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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