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Bobby Valentine On The John Olerud-Rickey Henderson Rumor
I almost forgot about this, but at 9pm tonight the MLB Network is airing a new episode of Studio 42 with Bob Costas featuring an interview with Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine, during which Bobby V expounds on all things baseball. Of significance to Mets fans, he talks about losing Game 6 to the...
The 1994 Rotisserie League Baseball Official Rule Book and Draft-Day Guide
A year ago ago, I came across a curious find in my in-laws' house: The 1994 Rotisserie League Baseball Official Rule Book and Draft-Day Guide. My in-laws are not huge sports fans, so finding this in their possession was an oddity in and of itself. But beside that, this book provides an interesting...
Let's Go to the Videotape: 1999 ESPN Playoff Intro
With signings and TRAIDS and so forth in a holding pattern, I figured now was as good a time as any to revisit a feature from last offseason: Let's Go to the Audiotape, wherein I highlight as much Mets-related video as the litigious MLBAM will allow. At this point, it should be obvious to everyone...
John Olerud Hall Of Fame Roundup
John Olerud, the former Met and personal favorite of many on this site, is on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time this year, the results of which will be announced on January 5, 2011. From 1997 to 1999, Olerud compiled one of the best three-year stretches of any player in franchise history*,...
Starting Early -- The John Olerud Hall Of Fame Case
Anyone who reads about baseball on the Internet is likely experiencing Hall of Fame burnout. Before moving on with our baseball lives, I wanted to highlight a player who will be on the Hall ballot for the first time during the next voting cycle, John Olerud. His Met tenure was too brief (1997-1999)...
Cycle, Repeat
Baseball events are weird things. Not the individual events -- singles, doubles, etc. -- though those can often be interesting as well. I mean baseball events like hitting four doubles in a game, which has happened 24 times, most recently by the Jays' Alex Rios a little over a week ago. Or hitting...
Onpacefers
Hitters David Wright is on pace for 126 RBI, which would best Mike Piazza's franchise-best mark of 124 in 1999. Carlos Beltran is on pace for 98 walks, which would be second all-time behind John Olerud's ridiculos 125-walk season of 1999. Jose Reyes is on pace for 56 stolen bases, which would...
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