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Why R.A. Dickey is still a spring chicken
At the newest blog in this here SNY.tv blog network, Mike Salfino provides some reason for optimism about 36-year-old R.A. Dickey’s future in baseball.
Here is your annual dose of Matt Stairs love
Man I hope he makes the Nats. <3 Matt Stairs. Via Deadspin.
David Wright working on his defense
Andy McCullough at NJ.com details David Wright’s defensive struggles over the past couple of seasons and what the third baseman is doing to work on them. Wright also seems to like hitting.
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Bryce Harper is going to make his Spring Training debut here on Monday, which means I’m totally going to see Bryce Harper make his Spring Training debut. I understand the Nats veterans have convinced him to ditch the eye-black, which I suppose is good in this case because I’ll be significantly less tempted to heckle him from the press box.
I have seen the Amazin’ Avenue Annual and lo, it is good
If you read this site there’s a good chance you also read Amazin’ Avenue, but if you’ve somehow missed the opportunity to pre-order the Amazin’ Avenue Annual, you should. I got to check out a review copy this week and it’s predictably excellent. I mean hey, I’m in there. Also Joe Posnanski.
The Best Damn Sports Site Ever
I mean, I’d say second best, but that’s picking nits. I meant to link to these fellas yesterday; they’re the ones that tipped me off to that Pippen/sandwich porn I passed along, and they’re doing some excellent sports tumbling. Worth a daily visit or two.
People still don’t get Moneyball
Over at Rob Neyer’s old haunt, Bill from the Platoon Advantage explains, for like the billionth time, that Moneyball was not just about stocking up on players with high on-base percentages. It was about identifying quantifiable market inefficiencies and exploiting them, which is, when you do it successfully, just good business.
Weiner unconcerned
Hahaha Weiner, get it? Seriously, though: MLBPA head Michael Weiner does not think the Mets will not willfully interfere with Francisco Rodriguez’s vesting option doing just so. Obviously the Mets would never say otherwise, but it will take a neat trick from Terry Collins to keep Rodriguez active and pitching late in games without having him finish 55 of them. Let’s cross our fingers; that $17.5 million option is brutal.
The 24 best NYC sandwiches under $6
Brad passes along this link from Serious Eats, a slideshow of the 26 best sandwiches in the city under $6. A lot of intriguing-looking options here.
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