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Amazin' Avenue Book Club: Moneyball, Chapter Six
It's been awhile since our last meeting, what with the holidays and my discovery of PaperBackSwap. Join the site (for free!) to send away your read or unwanted books and receive new selections in return. I put down Moneyball in favor of some of Roger Angell's baseball works, namely The Summer Game...
Amazin' Avenue Book Club: Moneyball, Chapter Five
Take a break from the hot stove season and Jets destruction for some AA Book Club! Here is Chapter Five: The Jeremy Brown Blue Plate Special. The Oakland A's prep for the 2002 MLB Draft is covered in Chapter Two. Chapter Five details how the Moneyball Draft unfolds. The A's plan to avoid high...
Amazin' Avenue Book Club: Moneyball, Chapter Three
Before we begin discussion of Chapter Three I'd like to say somethin' -- here is my brief advice for Terry Collins: 1. Defend your players. Don't throw them under the bus. 2. Keep the sacrifice bunting to a minimum. No sac bunting in the first inning. 3. Try to bat your best hitters at the top of...
Amazin' Avenue Book Club: Moneyball, Chapter Two
Checklist: ____ Comfy couch ____ Sweatpants and old school Mets t-shirt jersey (Edgardo Alfonzo? Cliff Floyd?) ____ Glass of your favorite beverage ____ David Sanborn smooth jazz playing softly in the background ____ Copy of Moneyball and a pen for taking notes No better way to spend a...
Saturday Applesauce
In Arizona: Josh Thole went 1-for-4 with a walk and two runs batted in. Jason Vargas allowed a hit and a walk while striking out two in three innings of relief. Tobi Stoner allowed a hit and struck out two in two innings. In Hawaii: Ruben Tejada went 1-for-5 and was caught stealing. Roy...
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