On Monday ESPNNewYork.com’s Adam Rubin made some vague comments about Wally Backman’s candidacy during a live chat that, in my opinion, displayed extremely poor judgement.
If Rubin has something to report, then report it. If not, his commentary is not only unprofessional, but completely unacceptable for a journalist of his stature. Rubin has always been a meticulous writer, who has always had my respect for the perspective and thoroughness of reporting on the Mets as an organization, rather than just focus on the major league team. He has always been very accessible and polite.
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Sparky Anderson is in hospice care due to dementia. I wish Sparky and his family well during this rough time.
Sparky was one of those managers who was smarter than he sounded during interviews. I remember listening to him during the early 1990s, when the Tigers were an offensive powerhouse. The host asked how the team could be leading the league in runs when they were last in batting average (they were near the top in OBP and slugging percentage). Mistakenly thought Sparky would talk about the team’s power or patience, but instead said it was a result of the team’s character. That also showed up in this classic Bill James bit on Sparky loving Enos Cabell’s attitude:
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Clyde King, whose baseball career as a player, coach, manager and front-office man spanned six decades, has died in North Carolina. He was 86.
Wayne Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Amy Cain said King died Tuesday in Goldsboro, N.C. He was hospitalized two weeks ago with several problems, including heart trouble.
King pitched with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds during a seven-year big-league career, compiling a 32-25 record and an ERA of 4.14. His best season was in 1951, when he went 14-7. He was 3-6 in his only season at Cincinnati.
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Amazin - STOCK DOWN - The problem with analyzing Allen's season is that just about everything he did needs to be viewed through the lens of a pretty significant injury as he hurt his back in April and felt the effects all the way through August when he was shut down due to the pain. This makes it very tough to evaluate his performance as he himself said the injury threw off his mechanics making it hard to finish pitches, affecting everything from velocity to command. In that sense it's almost unfair to criticize Allen too much for his poor results this season but we can't completely throw them out, as some highlight trends and others are just impossible to ignore (more walks than strikeouts, yuck). For example, both his K/9 & BB/9 have been regressing each year since his debut in '08. His BABIP (.301) was right in line with career totals, his HR/9 (.53) was nearly identical to last season and his FIP (4.88) was not far from his ERA. Again, you've got to take 2010 with a grain of salt but considering I already felt that the perception of Allen wasn't quite aligned with his OK stuff, definitely didn't like what I saw this year.
The bullpen isn't simply a hole -- it's a gaping hole. Even assuming that Francisco Rodriguez and Bobby Parnell come back strong from the injuries that ended their 2010 seasons, the Mets have no one else at the back end of their bullpen and little else in the middle. They may lose both Hisanori Takahashi and Pedro Feliciano to free agency, with nothing of note in the Minors to replace them. So look for the Mets to do what they did last year: sign cheap middle relievers in bulk, in the hopes that one or two of them catch fire.
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