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11-22-2001, 09:51 PM
1) czar bud called an owner's meeting on Tuesday, with the exact agenda unknown. He had attempted to keep the meeting a secret.
2) The Redsox signed CF Michael Coleman to a 1 year contract.
Coleman has 22 games of major league experience, with the 1997 & 1999 Redsox & 2001 Yankees.
3) The Rangers hired Jamie Quirk as bullpen coach.
4) Some accurate comments about Suzuki winning the joke of an award, from Baseball Prospectus's Joe Sheehan--
"I know I'm supposed to be really worked up over Ichiro Suzuki being voted the American League MVP by the Baseball Writers Association of America, and initially I was. Ichiro, for all his positives, wasn't the best player on his team this year, wasn't one of the five best players in the AL, and got the award as much because of his backstory as anything else.
"Still, after the initial burst of irritation, I'm left to conclude that it just doesn't matter. The voters for the AL MVP have made it clear that they're not going to use any standards we can recognize, and are going to give the award to whomever they damn well please. From Mo Vaughn in 1995 through the multiple shunnings of Alex Rodriguez and Pedro Martinez, the AL MVP award has become an annual joke, and I'm left to treat it as such.
"You know, there are a lot of awards no one cares about any longer. The Associated Press and The Sporting News still hand out honors each year, to the sound of one hand clapping. The Topps All-Rookie Team used to be a big deal. The Silver Sluggers are pretty much forgotten. Is it really that hard to see a world where the BBWAA's input, from the annual awards to the Hall of Fame, isn't regarded as essential?"
5) An interesting article about czar bud's inability to do math is located at
http://www.baseballprimer.com/articles/mccracken_2001-11-20_0.shtml
6) The Mariners re-signed OF Eugene Kingsale to a 1 year contract and sent 3B Ryan Minor outright to the minors.
7) The BlueJays sent OF DeWayne Wise outright to the minors.
2) The Redsox signed CF Michael Coleman to a 1 year contract.
Coleman has 22 games of major league experience, with the 1997 & 1999 Redsox & 2001 Yankees.
3) The Rangers hired Jamie Quirk as bullpen coach.
4) Some accurate comments about Suzuki winning the joke of an award, from Baseball Prospectus's Joe Sheehan--
"I know I'm supposed to be really worked up over Ichiro Suzuki being voted the American League MVP by the Baseball Writers Association of America, and initially I was. Ichiro, for all his positives, wasn't the best player on his team this year, wasn't one of the five best players in the AL, and got the award as much because of his backstory as anything else.
"Still, after the initial burst of irritation, I'm left to conclude that it just doesn't matter. The voters for the AL MVP have made it clear that they're not going to use any standards we can recognize, and are going to give the award to whomever they damn well please. From Mo Vaughn in 1995 through the multiple shunnings of Alex Rodriguez and Pedro Martinez, the AL MVP award has become an annual joke, and I'm left to treat it as such.
"You know, there are a lot of awards no one cares about any longer. The Associated Press and The Sporting News still hand out honors each year, to the sound of one hand clapping. The Topps All-Rookie Team used to be a big deal. The Silver Sluggers are pretty much forgotten. Is it really that hard to see a world where the BBWAA's input, from the annual awards to the Hall of Fame, isn't regarded as essential?"
5) An interesting article about czar bud's inability to do math is located at
http://www.baseballprimer.com/articles/mccracken_2001-11-20_0.shtml
6) The Mariners re-signed OF Eugene Kingsale to a 1 year contract and sent 3B Ryan Minor outright to the minors.
7) The BlueJays sent OF DeWayne Wise outright to the minors.