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Final fWAR iteration
We have done the best fWAR for pitchers for this decade and the last ten years. We have done the best fWAR for hitters for this decade, so now it is time to do best in the last ten years. This will be my post on the work that Bobby Down did with fWAR. Time …
TC – 7 – Fleetwood Mac – Bare Trees / Heroes are hard to find
Tape Chronicles: Here we go, this is why I’m doing this. Tape seven is Fleetwood Mac but these albums were before Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined them. Most people have never heard any Fleetwood Mac prior to that duo but let me tell you, those prior iterations were great and possibly better than the …
Baseball America Dodger Prospect Centric chat
Baseball America did a top 100 prospect chat several days ago. Since the Dodgers have numerous prospects in the top 100 let’s see what they had to say specifically about the Dodger prospects. Could they be any more giddy about Bellinger? Tony (Lakeland, FL): Who is the most likely of the top 100 to hit …
TC – 5/6 – Neil Young – Decades
Tape Chronicles: Yeah, another Neil Young tape which now makes three of the first five having something to do with Neil Young. Decades was released in 1977 as a triple album. Thus I have used two ninety minute tapes to record the complete package. This package includes all the work that Neil had done up …
The Mike Trout decade
Once again going to the well and using data provided by Bobby Down to show the best fWAR for position players this decade. Clayton Kershaw owns the decade for pitchers and Mike Trout for hitters. How lucky have Los Angeles fans been to have the two best players in baseball playing for them? Trout skipped …
TC – 4 – Buffalo Springfield / Neil Young / Poco
Tape Chronicles Tape four was a major disappointment as the tape was unplayable. Side A was Buffalo Springfield Retrospective one of my favorite 60 bands. So much great stuff, Mr. Soul one of my favorite songs 50 years ago and today. Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing is something I’ll always sing with when I put …
Jim Bowden goes bold
In a recent ESPN insider column, Jim Bowden predicted that Cody Bellinger would be the Dodgers starting left fielder. This led to some twitter ridicule but to be fair the headline for the column is “Bold Spring Training Predictions” so the predictions are supposed to be outside the lines. If your bold predictions don’t get …
Pitching fWAR last ten years
A couple of weeks ago I reviewed fWAR for pitchers in this decade courtesy of Bobby Down’s research. Today we will take a look at the last ten years and once again it was Bobby Down who did the heavy lifting. I’m just here to make pithy comments about the list. There was no doubt …
Rotational depth
I wonder how the rotational depth is going to play out among the 10 rotational options. They removed a key player in 2017 by trading Jose De Leon for Logan Forsythe but they still have many options. When we did the roster a few days ago you couldn’t help but notice that the Dodgers could …
TC – 3 – Bob Seger – Nine Tonight
Tape Chronicles: Bob Seger was a fav back in the 1980’s but I don’t listen to him much anymore though as I’m listening to this tape maybe I should. Tape number three has his live album Nine Tonight that was recorded in 1981 and contained most of his good stuff. The Detroit rocker could play …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 