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How could I forget my other Least Favorite Sportswriter: Bruce Jenkins
Yesterday's news from the weird: the Oakland A's cut home run/OBP poster boy Jack Cust after signing him to a $2.65M contract in the off-season. Cust is one of the most extreme players in recent years: he's the biggest all-or-nothing hitter we've seen in years. Every year, he is among the league...
Prospect Retro: Jack Cust
Prospect Retro: Jack Cust Jack Cust was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round in 1997, 30th overall, out of high school in Somerville, New Jersey. His bat was considered to be excellent, but doubts about his poor outfield defense, speed, and lack of athleticism kept him from...
Bay, Lowrie lead Sox in 2-1 extras win
I think he likes Boston. (via d.yimg.com) I love this team. Just watching Jason Bay and Jed Lowrie jumping around after winning the game made me so happy. This is a team that wants to play baseball and wants to win. That was obvious in the later innings. But after Bay crossed the plate for the...
Staturday: Jack & Ichiro: Still Two of a Kind?
Back in March I commented on the similarity between the way Ichiro Suzuki and Jack Cust produce very, very dissimilar results. Ichiro has confounded PECOTA for years because he is a truly unique player. Jack Cust, with his limited MLB experience, had not had the chance to prove whether his own...
Was Picking Up Frank Thomas a Mistake?
I know, I know, people hate it when there is premature speculation (isn't there a pill for that these days?). But I'm wondering if the A's might've made a mistake in picking up Frank Thomas. The reason? I'm thinking that Mike Sweeney is just a better hitter right now and Thomas' presence has put...
Jack Cust Named AL Player of the Week
The send-Jack-Cust-packing Club on AN has simmered down a bit recently and that's because Spartacust has been back to his 2007 ways recently. So much so that it earned him the AL Player of the Week honors . What I find fascinating about this is that Cust claims in the above linked article that...
Staturday: Jack & Ichiro: Two of a Kind
Two of a kind, for your information, we're two of a kind Two of a kind, it's my observation, we're two of a kind Like peas in a pod And birds of a feather Alone or together, you'll find That we are two-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo of a kind <!--[if...
Open Game Thread: Game 76 - A's at Cleveland (cont.)
Dan Haren exits and Casilla enters in the bottom of the 7th with the bases full, as the team tries to hang on to a 4-3 margin over the Cleveland Indians. Meanwhile, Mark Ellis appears to have taken good notes from today's meeting, and is leading the team with 2 extra base hits, including a 2-run...
Desperately Seeking Closure
Moneyball theory says that the closer position is basically interchangeable. For years, whether it was Billy Taylor, Jason Isringhausen, Billy Koch or Keith Foulke, the pitcher given the task to close out the 9th inning of games for Oakland didn't really seem to belabor the issue. Then came Arthur...
Open Thread: Game 39 - A's vs. Royals (cont.)
The A's makeshift lineup had us all worried the team could end up being part of history tonight, with Odalis Perez (of all people) posting five no-hit innings. Even more improbable than a Perez no-no? The following phrase: Jason Kendall, hitting machine. Kendall broke up the no-hit bid in the 6th...
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