Mike Piazza’s autobiography “Long Shot” is unusual for baseball autobiographies in that Piazza and his author Lonnie Wheeler truly cover EVERYTHING in a player’s career- it’s a whopping 350+ pages that covers his family, childhood, road to the big leagues,…
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NOT GUILTY: Put Roger Clemens in the Hall of Fame…NOW
Roger Clemens has always said he never did steroids. Never. Ever. He said his former trainer Brian McNamee lied and damaged his reputation. Reporters and talking heads demanded that Clemens prove his innocence. So the Rocket got on national television…
How Good Was Gary Carter? [REAL Good]
My condolences to Gary Carter’s family and friends. He was my “first catcher” as a baseball fan. I knew he was the best and all other catchers were to be judged by his example. He was great with the bat,…
JESUS Montero Scouting Report and Personality Profile
Yankees rookie JESUS Montero made his major league debut on 9/1/2011 and is currently batting .286/.359/.571 with 3HR as a semi-DH vs lefties (39 plate appearances). He’s not allowed to catch (the only game in which he did was because…
Casey Stengel Overrated by Steven Goldman
Stat head Steven Goldman wrote a biography called Forging Genius: The Making of Casey Stengel, which is about how Stengel was a managerial God, who learned from and expanded upon the teaching of John McGraw. Goldman is an Enneagram Type…
Larry Walker Hall of Fame? The Case For and Against
Larry Walker received only 20.3% of the Hall of Fame votes on the 2011 Hall of Fame ballot, yet he is third in career WAR on the 2012 HOF ballot, behind Jeff Bagwell and Barry Larkin. Walker was pegged as…
Barry Larkin Hall of Fame? The Case For and Against
Barry Larkin was considered by the peers, baseball media, and fans to be the most athletic and complete shortstop while he played for the Reds. He was constantly compared to his older peers- Ozzie Smith and Cal Ripken Jr- yet…
Jeff Bagwell Hall of Fame? The Case For and Against
Jeff Bagwell: Hall of Fame or Hall of Very Good? According to some prominent sportswriters who have Hall of Fame voting rights, Bagwell belongs in the Hall of Infamy because of his steroid use that no one could prove in a court…
2011 Baseball Retirements (Offseason)
Andy Pettitte: The Yankees icon had a press conference and the national news covered it, much to the chagrin of Stat Heads, who hate Andy. There is still a chance Pettitte will come back in 2012. I admit Pettitte is a borderline Hall…