SB Nation User Blog: hauldog

Moneyball Script

hauldog — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:51:33 -0000

Moneyball Script

So I was reading the moneyball script and I got through 101 pages of it, but it was pulled off of the net. Did anyone download it? Thanks.

Lackey Extends Deadline for an Extension

hauldog — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:11:51 -0000

John Lackey has changed his tune evidently. He now says that opening day was not the deadline for the Angels to reach an extension with him. That is good news. I am very curious what his contracts demands are. If he is looking for Carlos Zambrano or Burnett money that is reasonable, but CC money is not.

Personally I would like to see to the Angels resign him, but that is probably based on emotion and not logic. He has been an integral part of the franchise.

Here is the link

Angels offered Sabathia $100MM over 5

hauldog — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:41:54 -0000

S.L. Price's fabulous Sabathia feature in the Sports Illustrated baseball preview issue contains this nugget: The Angels offered Sabathia a five-year contract for $20 million a year with a 24-hour window. I don't know exactly what Sabathia thought of this offer, but he did tell me at one point that the interest from his home state California teams "wasn't what you think," meaning it was less.

Jon Heyman

I am not really sure what the Ninja was thinking on this one. I guess he was going for the hometown discount. It seems to me that quick strike strategy is not effective with the highest caliber stars. Those signings seem to always drag on.

Anyhow I thought this was interesting and I had not seen it reported elsewhere.

Oakland can forget about San Jose

hauldog — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:30:28 -0000

Oakland can forget about San Jose

Maybe they can find some other location with a BART station. That is the determining criteria is it not?

Torii has a blog

hauldog — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:59:09 -0000

Torii has a blog

I thought you guys would like to know that Torii started a weekly blog. He has one of the more entertaining personalities on the team so this should be a good read.

New Ace Same Result in Choakland

hauldog — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:00:21 -0000

If the A's specialize in anything, it certainly is not OBP, it is injury riddled aces. Same story different name here. Justin Duchscherer is scheduled to have his sore right elbow examined by a doctor today. Not very good news for a very inexperienced rotation that is looking to make good on the one year rentals of Holliday, Giambi, Orlando Cabrera and Nomar.

This is like their own special little version of groundhog day. Pitchers and catchers report. Their ace gets injured.

Link

A's Move to Fremont Hits a Snag!

hauldog — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:24:52 -0000

A's Move to Fremont Hits a Snag!

The horror!

"We didn't want to run into a lot of people screaming and yelling at the president of Major League Baseball," A's co-owner Lew Wolff said.

(I did not know they had fans) They can probably just put a tarp over these plans.

Time to move onto plan f?

hauldog — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:39:38 -0000

In this little blurb from the OC Register, Reagins is quoted as ruling out basically every bat on the free agent market. So I would not hold your breath waiting for any kind of significant offensive improvement via free agency.

This of course does not rule out the trade market, but to be honest with you I do not see much out there. I doubt Fielder is in play, and I am thinking that the Votto rumor was the stupidest rumor I have heard in quite sometime.

Any way here is the link to Reagins quote

What do you guys see as being available on the trade market?

Ridiculous Racist Bash in Article in OCR

hauldog — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:08:19 -0000

Jeff Miller should be ashamed of himself. This is a terrible piece of journalism. Why even bring race into it? Perhaps the fans do not appreciate the fact he yells and poses after every save? Then he points to sky, which is of course a tribute to his late grand father, but not everyone knows that.

His assertion that this has to with his skin color and accent is laughable.

So if the average LAA fan wants Tex instead of Frankie that makes them racist?

Nice work Jeff Miller. What a douche bag.

Part of it, no doubt, isn't baseball at all. We know what it is. And so do you.

It's that Rodriguez doesn't look or talk like most people who sit in the stands at Angel Stadium. His skin is darker, his voice accented.

Angels table contract talks with Vladimir Guerrero

hauldog — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:23:53 -0000

Angels table contract talks with Vladimir Guerrero

"I think both sides have to be in a comfortable range as far as what an extension may or may not entail," Reagins said. "We're a ways away."

This does not make me very pleased.