SB Nation User Blog: DJCahill

OT: Someone needs to apologize to Dr. Atkins

DJCahill — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:17:01 -0000

OT: Someone needs to apologize to Dr. Atkins

Here are the major findings of the meta-analysis:

-total fat intake is not associated with coronary heart disease
-higher trans fatty acid intake is linked to higher heart deaths and events
-saturated fatty acid consumption is not linked to heart deaths or events
-data on heart disease and polyunsaturated fatty acids are "inconsistent and unreliable"
-monunsaturated fatty acid intake was not associated with heart disease
-higher omega-3 fatty acid consumption (from fish oils or actual fish) is linked to lower risk of heart disease, although the data are not quite as strong as the authors would prefer

Kinsler to start his 2 day rehab start.

DJCahill — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:48:14 -0000

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4392571

I really want to know why they have already decided its a 2 day assignment. That seems fairly ridiculous to me in light of Hamilton's early return from the DL, and the slump Kinsler was in prior to his DL trip. In my opinion, the Frisco appearances should last as long as they need to last. If Kinsler is hitting the ball and seems like he is unaffected by the Hamstring, I see no reason not to bring him up in 2 games.

However, if he is still having issues, I see nothing wrong with using the whole 30 days if necessary. I'd just hate to see a repeat of the Hamilton fiasco.

William Shatner reads Sarah Palins tweets.

DJCahill — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:03:37 -0000

William Shatner reads Sarah Palins tweets.

William Shatner Reading the Poetry of Sarah Palin

DJCahill — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:42:24 -0000

William Shatner Reading the Poetry of Sarah Palin

Ranger Bats in July

DJCahill — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:13:55 -0000

NAME	GP	AB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Andruw Jones	17	62	0.226	0.333	0.677	1.011
Julio Borbon	2	2	0.500	0.500	0.500	1.000
Michael Young	23	89	0.360	0.414	0.573	0.987
Nelson Cruz	16	57	0.281	0.359	0.596	0.956
David Murphy	18	54	0.333	0.406	0.463	0.869
Hank Blalock	23	92	0.283	0.313	0.511	0.823
Marlon Byrd	23	86	0.244	0.313	0.395	0.708
Elvis Andrus	20	66	0.258	0.301	0.348	0.650
Omar Vizquel	6	19	0.211	0.318	0.263	0.581
J. Saltalamacchia	15	50	0.200	0.273	0.300	0.573
Ian Kinsler	21	89	0.157	0.200	0.348	0.548
Josh Hamilton	18	71	0.197	0.240	0.268	0.508
T. Teagarden	8	29	0.138	0.161	0.276	0.437
Chris Davis	4	11	0.182	0.182	0.182	0.364

Hopefully Hamilton and Kinsler can stop sucking so much. Its tough when the 2 guys who are supposed to be the bedrock of your offense turn into boat anchors.

Jon Stewart on Lenny Dykstra

DJCahill — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:50:07 -0000

Jon Stewart on Lenny Dykstra

I love listening to Dykstra talk, and thinking that folks actually gave him money.

Bionic Monkeys!

DJCahill — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:38:21 -0000

Bionic Monkeys!

Wait til these guys start flinging poop at AJM

47-36 Ranger Win Postgame thread

DJCahill — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:02:56 -0000

Huge win for the Rangers. The Rangers give Nellie and Ian and Salty the night off, and still crush the Angels with the help of a white Hot Andruw Jones (Ranger OPS leader and person who would be released if a lot of LSB had their way).

via www.fangraphs.com

11 games over 500! Your First Place Texas Rangers! Time for Seattle!

Your FanPost must be at least 75 words long. Right now it's only 60 words long.

Milton Bradley Drama

DJCahill — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:08:12 -0000

Milton apparently threw his helmet after he flied out in his AB in the 6th, and broke a water cooler. Pinella benched him, and there were words. They interviewed Pinella and he still seemed a little wound up.

So the question is, if the Cubs put Bradley up on the market for bargain prices and were willing to pick up some of his contract, would you be interested?

My suspicion is because of the Tom Hicks financial situation, it would be tough to make a deal work.

The Three True Outcomes of Chris Davis.

DJCahill — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:19:45 -0000

After watching Chris Davis put together some great three true outcomes games (games in which the hitter keeps the ball out of play all night long), lately, I was wondering how far advanced he was on the path to being a TTO monster. For his career, he has a TTO/PA of .445, which would put him #5 on the all time list.

However, this year he is just smoking along at a .542 clip, which is just awesome. It means over half his PAs, the defense can just pick dandelions. Hopefully he can pick up his walk rate, and even have less balls in play.

It's awesome that you really don't have to worry about his BABIP because he so rarely puts the ball in play. We might be able to see the greatest TTO player in the history of baseball.

From the Recondite Baseball Blog

Rank	Name	PA	SO	BB	HR	TTO/PA
1	Rob Deer	4512	1409	575	230	.4907
2	Adam Dunn	4098	1092	675	238	.4893
3	Jim Thome	8427	2043	1459	507	.4757
4	Mark McGwire	7660	1596	1317	583	.4564
5	Mickey Tettleton	5745	1307	949	245	.4353
6	Pat Burrell	4743	1137	683	218	.4297
7	Jay Buhner	5927	1406	792	310	.4231
8	Brad Wilkerson	3444	879	457	118	.4222
9	Gorman Thomas	5486	1339	697	268	.4200
10	Troy Glaus	5203	1165	701	277	.4119
11	Danny Tartabull	5842	1362	768	262	.4094
12	Don Lock	3116	776	373	122	.4079
13	Jose Canseco	8129	1942	906	462	.4072
14	Mickey Mantle	9909	1710	1733	536	.4016
15	Reggie Jackson	11416	2597	1375	563	.3972
16	Darryl Strawberry	6326	1352	816	335	.3957
17	Gene Tenace	5525	998	984	201	.3951
18	Pete Incaviglia	4677	1277	360	206	.3941
19	Eric Davis	6147	1398	740	282	.3937
20	Jim Edmonds	7307	1587	919	362	.3925