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Nice article on one of my favorite baseball resources.

about 3 years ago Hand_tiny ClarkM 17 comments 0 recs  | 

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I haven’t read the article yet, but I have to imagine Cot’s and B-Ref are two of any baseball writer’s greatest resources.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Dec 1, 2008 9:09 PM EST reply actions  

They are for me, but the beat writers still rely on media guides, I would bet, and they only consider contract issues when a team official takes the time to explain something to them.

by Jay on Dec 2, 2008 12:17 AM EST up reply actions  

I once e-mailed Jeff @ Cot’s asking him if he would be able to pull off a list of pitchers who had signed 5+ year contract when thinking about the CC thing. He said that his spreadsheets weren’t really set up like that, but he’d see what he could pull together.

Not long after, he sent a list of players he remembered getting more than 5 years and over the course of a few e-mails we thought we compiled a pretty exhaustive list.

It was a tremendously nice thing for him to do for someone he didn’t know from Adam.
Nice to see him getting some well deserved recognition for the work he does.

by The DiaTriber on Dec 1, 2008 10:03 PM EST reply actions  

Circleoftrusts?

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Dec 1, 2008 10:18 PM EST reply actions  

Phelps to CWS.

"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter

by Denver Tribe Fan on Dec 2, 2008 1:07 AM EST up reply actions  

I remember the CWS part. What did a guy named Phelps have to do with it?

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Dec 2, 2008 1:35 AM EST up reply actions  

A guy named Phelps was playing in the College World Series.

by Voltaire on Dec 2, 2008 1:38 AM EST up reply actions  

I figured that’s what it was — why was it relevant to us? Was he the one people were excited to watch bc we drafted him?

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Dec 2, 2008 1:48 AM EST up reply actions  

That’s the reason it got fanshotted, by an overzealous individual who did not consider the ambiguous headline.

by Voltaire on Dec 2, 2008 3:23 AM EST up reply actions  

Yeah. those are only cool when the ambiguity is intentional.

by PatBordersHelmet on Dec 2, 2008 8:27 AM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, but if we clicked on a fanshot expecting to weigh in about the consequences of Josh Phelps being traded to the White Sox, well, maybe we’re the overzealous ones? Maybe we’ve got problems??

It’s comical that there’s any ambiguity about this at all. We’re obsessed.

I mean, Josh Phelps.

LGFT.

Helium Watch: Chuck Lofgren, OF

by jhon on Dec 2, 2008 12:44 PM EST up reply actions  

I actually remember thinking, absent logic, that it was our draft pick that had somehow been moved to the White Sox. Not that it makes any sense.

by NickFantana on Dec 2, 2008 2:00 PM EST up reply actions  

I don’t do that much thinking. If there’s a fanshot with comments, I’m clicking, even if it’s titled something like O/T Dancing W/ Stars thread.

I can think of some titles that I won’t click on, but they’re all against the groundrules. Any groundrules.

Helium Watch: Chuck Lofgren, OF

by jhon on Dec 2, 2008 4:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, this is all about the 3 seconds (or longer if you still use dialup) of panic between seeing, clicking and reading more.

by NickFantana on Dec 2, 2008 5:36 PM EST up reply actions  

whats dialup?

Anti-Ben Fran before it was cool.

by Gradyforpresident on Dec 2, 2008 6:29 PM EST up reply actions  

Kids today! Somebody wake up Chuck…

"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Dec 2, 2008 8:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Here.

"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter

by Denver Tribe Fan on Dec 2, 2008 1:20 PM EST up reply actions  

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