Major League Baseball

George Steinbrenner died today. ESPN will more than likely be running a tribute all day to his passing. The word that has come up the most when people describe him is 'colorful'. Saying George Steinbrenner is colorful is like saying water is wet. He was twice banned from MLB, once for two years and once for life (he was reinstated 3 years later). In his first 17 years as owner, he hired and fired 17 managers. Shoot, he fired Billy Martin 5 times.

During his tenure as owner, he changed ...

Sam LeCure was called up to the Reds for his Major League debut this season when Homer Bailey was placed on the 15 Day DL. He is a prospect, not a big one, the kind of guy who might make it as a 5th starter. Good to have in case of emergency, but not the guy who will pitch game 7 in the World Series. He does probably regularly post on FML as his luck just isn't great. Yes, he got called up, but he is taking bullet after bullet for the injured Bailey.

After tonight's game against the ...

MLB.com has a poll up asking fans to vote for who they'd like to see in the annual Home Run Derby, with results "in no way" determining which players actually take part in the event. It's a start, I guess, that they let us vote for this, seeing that we can't even vote for pitchers in the All-Star game.





Now if you want to vote for the .176-hitting Carlos Pena, go right ahead. If you want to vote for the ...

Yes, it's seven starts and it's only May, but no matter what happens from here on out, this kid has been great and delivered beyond expectations.

He had some trouble nailing down the MLB strikezone, but from his third start out he has only walked 8 batters. He's only allowed 36 hits in 46.2 innings pitched. He has 6 quality starts in 7 attempts. Leake's GB-FB ratio has been great (77-60.) And he has pitched 7 innings in his four of his starts, with the lowest thrown being 6 innings. ...

This statistic I created is exactly what its name says it is: a ratio between bases made and runs scored. The formula is:

BRR = (SLB + SB) / R
...SLB = Slugging Bases = (1*1B) + (2*2B) + (3*3B) + (4*HR)
...SB = Stolen Bases
...R = Runs Scored

Let's look at Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez and their BRRs, with BRRPAs (BRR per Plate Appearance) in parentheses, over the last four years.

JETER
2006 - 2.839 (0.024)
2007 - 2.980 (0.029) ...

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