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Baseball Toaster: Mike's Baseball Rants

The State of the Hall 2009. Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world—and never will. 151;Inscription under Mark Twain's bust in the New York University Hall of Fame. Henderson was arguably the best player eligible not. In Hall. It would be difficult to argue against. That assertion given he is the all-time leader in stolen bases, times caught stealing, runs, and leadoff home runs (and walks when he retired) and he had 3000 hits and 535 Win Shares. Some wil...

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Baseball Toaster: Humbug Journal

My Final Take-It-Or-Leave-It Offer. Because I'm retaining Scott Boras. I'll hold out, and not join the chorus. With new homes online. If you want me to sign,. Bid a mil and a golden thesaurus. Rescue the Yankees from third-place finishes, emulating the Carpathia,. So they also signed CC Sabathia. May or may not know where the. Next season will see him play,. But at any rate won't say. Didn't know at all. Before signing with the Dodgers board. In a manner which was entirely above-the-board. Makes me need a.

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Baseball Toaster: The Griddle

You did a good job, but it's time to go. All good things come to an end. So too is this blog. You can judge for yourself whether or not the second sentence is a subset of the first. It's been a lot of fun writing here with my small, but strangely devoted readership. I want to thank Ken and Jon for giving me the opportunity to write here and share with people what was on my mind. And surprisingly, few people ran in fear once they found what was inside. To tide you over until pitchers and catchers report.

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Baseball Toaster: Fairpole

Baseball Toaster To Be Unplugged, Disassembled For Scraps. If you've been paying attention lately, you've noticed that Baseball Toaster has had a bunch of its knobs and switches and dials and wires fall off in recent months. Today, with the largest part of our engine leaving to join the Los Angeles Times. We are officially sending the Toaster to the scrap heap. Here's a list of where the Toastmasters are scattering to:. Updated 17 Dec 2011). Will Carroll (The Juice Blog), Sports Illustrated. Ember Nickel...

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Baseball Toaster: Dodger Thoughts

I'm not a big drinker, but I always wanted to be a regular at a bar. I guess you could thank Cheers. For that, although I think the dream transcends a single origin. The dream of belonging, of being recognized, of being heard, being appreciated. And I'm not just a regular. I'm Sam Malone. It might seem arrogant for me to write that, but believe me, it feels humbling. Because without the good grace of my customers, I'd still be the guy talking to himself in the tiny room. Tonight, Dodger Thoughts. Was mor...

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Baseball Toaster: Cub Town

The Toaster's shutting down today, but Cub Town has been dead for quite some time. I joined Cub Town at scarcely 18 years old, bustling with enthusiasm for blogging about the Cubs. But sometime between then and now, the enthusiasm faded, though my support for the team never did. Blogging the daily minutiae of the team, which consumed most of my evenings in high school, lost its appeal. And into the black we go. So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish. Finally, of course, I'd like to thank anyone who ever st...

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Baseball Toaster: Catfish Stew

And So To Fade Away. To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it. This blog entry is my white whale. It has been my nemesis since the genesis of this blog. I have never been able to tame it or capture it. My goal in starting the Catfish Stew. Blog was not, like so many other baseball blogs, to second-guess The Management, but to express. What it feels like. It Wuertz Me To Say This, But.

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Baseball Toaster: Cardboard Gods

Reggie Jackson, 1976. Note: The following is my farewell to the disbanding Baseball Toaster; the ongoing travelogue-in-cardboard “Somewhere I lost Connection” will resume at the new location of Cardboard Gods. Had moved on, traded to Baltimore, the regal joy of the card’s blazing gold uniform a lie. The most magnificent team of the Cardboard God era became an empty golden shell for the remainder of my childhood. About the growing divide between old-school newspaper writers and bloggers:. Skaggs appeared ...

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Baseball Toaster: Just A Bit Outside

Aaaaand, We're Off! Trade deadline season officially kicked off today with a head-scratcher of a blockbuster between Texas and Milwaukee. The Rangers get: Carlos Lee; Nelson Cruz; PTBNL. The Brewers get: Kevin Mench; Laynce Nix; Francisco Cordero. Hard time believing Melvin couldn't have done better for Lee, even if he had to wait until after Alfonso Soriano got dealt to do it. If Jon Daniels can follow this up with a trade to get some pitching (maybe by flipping Cruz? As Alfonso Soriano trade talks reac...

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Baseball Toaster: Bad Altitude

Pitcher News; I Dump My Tickets. By Mark T.R. Donohue. The only five teams that matter are on ESPN constantly anyway. League Pass seems to present me with at least one and often two games I want to watch every night. Baseball? What's the point any more? To see the guys the Yankees are going to overpay in three years' time today? How good was Holliday last year? How on earth could that happen? I guess Huston Street's around. I keep forgetting about that. Even though Street is overrated and mostly ...Thank...