SI.com piece on Cot's

Nice article on one of my favorite baseball resources.

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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 0 recs

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 0 recs

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 0 recs

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 0 recs

Phelps to CWS.

"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter

by Denver Tribe Fan on Dec 2, 2008 1:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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

by Voltaire on Dec 2, 2008 1:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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 0 recs

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

by PatBordersHelmet on Dec 2, 2008 8:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs