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posted 2 days ago by Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) to dugout, ed walsh, history | 19 comment(s)

Pittsburgh Gazette Times, May 24, 1913:

Excessive use of the spitball has injured Ed Walsh’s digestion and has thus affected his condition, so that he has not yet reached his best form of this year, according to Dr. James H. Blair, club physician of the Chicago Americans, in a report made today on the pitcher’s condition.
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According to the doctor saliva needed for Walsh’s digestion has been used on the ball, but with care the pitcher may be in his old time form in a month.

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1. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on March 04, 2013 at 07:22 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Excellent top of the rotation on today's Birthday Team. They've got the wrong Bob Johnson, though.

C: Emil Gross
1B: Al McCauley
2B: Cass Michaels
3B: Jack Hannahan
SS: Bob Johnson
LF: Lefty O'Doul
CF: Red Murray
RF: Bruce Aven

SP: Dazzy Vance
SP: Jeff Pfeffer
SP: Johnny Enzmann
SP: Cory Luebke
SP: Jack Fisher
RP: Sergio Romo

Manager: Sam Perlozzo
General Manager: Tom Grieve
Fun Names: Hiram Bocachica, Rubby De La Rosa

2. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on March 04, 2013 at 07:23 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm still working on getting Birthday League III up and running. Should be within a day or so.

3. Dag Nabbit has the talking pillow posted on March 04, 2013 at 09:19 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Up at THT: Five questions: Chicago White Sox. It's part of the site's annual series of preseason columns on each team. I'm kinda proud of the fact that I found something to say about new GM Rick Hahn - not so much about Hahn himself, but something to put him in context.

4. Rants Mulliniks (formerly Cold Prosimian) posted on March 04, 2013 at 09:30 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Rabbit Powell's nickname must have been tongue in cheek, given that for the years of his career for which we have CS data he stole 21 bases and was caught 56 times. I wonder what would have happened if Joe Morgan had been born 60 years earlier and wrote Moneyball in 1910?

5. Eric J can SABER all he wants to posted on March 04, 2013 at 09:52 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Trivia:

There are three players who have been active for at least 5 years, and whose career totals for walks and extra base hits both exceed their career totals for strikeouts. Name them.

6. Misirlou is bad, he's nationwide posted on March 04, 2013 at 09:59 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Pujols?

7. Misirlou is bad, he's nationwide posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:00 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Votto, Braun, Cabrera, and Helton.

Now to check and see how I did.

8. Eric J can SABER all he wants to posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:02 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Pujols?

Yes. Not extremely shocking in his case. (He only makes it because of his 267 IBB, though - he has 20 fewer UBB than strikeouts.)

9. JJ1986 posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:03 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Jeff Keppinger?

10. Rants Mulliniks (formerly Cold Prosimian) posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:04 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Do you mean they are all still active?

Edit: Of course you do.....

11. Eric J can SABER all he wants to posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:05 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Votto, Braun, Cabrera, and Helton.

None of these. At least two of them were also guys I guessed when I was asked this question.

Helton qualifies on walks, but not XBH. If he'd had a few more years like 2000...

12. Rants Mulliniks (formerly Cold Prosimian) posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:06 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Martin Prado? Keppinger is correct.

Edit:
Prado is not even close.

13. Eric J can SABER all he wants to posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:06 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Jeff Keppinger?

And of course someone gets the ridiculous answer almost immediately. 179 walks, 176 XBH, 173 strikeouts. (He also wouldn't qualify on UBB - he's been intentionally walked 8 times. The other answer doesn't need his intentional walks.)

14. Eric J can SABER all he wants to posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:07 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Martin Prado?

Nope.

15. JJ1986 posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:10 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

And of course someone gets the ridiculous answer almost immediately.

He's the only guy in the league right now who I know has an extremely low number of strikeouts.

16. Eric J can SABER all he wants to posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:15 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

He's the only guy in the league right now who I know has an extremely low number of strikeouts.

There are a few others, but Keppinger is one of the better hitters of the group, hence the walks and extra-base hits.

17. Der_K posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:19 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

reposted from the last dugout, though the clip itself is old by now and already went viral

I imagine most people have already seen it, but did anyone ever link to this catch? 'Cause, holy smokes - and right after missing a year with a knee injury (Brett Williams, NC State).

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Pedroia

18. Eric J can SABER all he wants to posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:19 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Pedroia

Pedroia is the third answer. (Well, I thought of him as the second answer, but he was guessed third.)

19. AROM posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:28 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

That's one way the sport has objectively declined over the decades. Nobody today is nicknamed Rabbit.

20. BourbonSamurai, vassal of the Harpsburg Empire posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:36 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

We do have a big donkey though

21. Edmundo got dem ol' Kozma blues again mama

posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:48 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Placido Polanco isn't that close. Surprisingly, his XBH are a fair bit closer than his walks. 507>470>406

22. Eric J can SABER all he wants to posted on March 04, 2013 at 10:51 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Placido Polanco isn't that close. Surprisingly, his XBH are a fair bit closer than his walks. 507>470>406

Juan Pierre was one of my guesses when I was doing the guessing. He pulled it off in a few individual seasons ('01, '03, and '04), but his power has proved to be more limited than his strikeouts (353 XBH vs. 452 K). He's only one walk short, though.

23. BDC

posted on March 04, 2013 at 11:51 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm moderately surprised to see that Joe Mauer has more walks than strikeouts, but not nearly as many XBH. I must have been fooled into thinking he hits 28 home runs every year :)

B-Ref also tells me that a journeyman relief pitcher named Brandon Lyon has two big-league plate appearances, with a walk and a double, for a 1.000/1.000/2.000 career line.

24. spike posted on March 04, 2013 at 02:46 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

@5, shame Chipper retired - I'd have gotten one of these last year anyway. More walks (1512) than K's (1409) over a 19 year career is pretty danged impressive.

25. SoSH U at work posted on March 04, 2013 at 03:02 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

@5, shame Chipper retired - I'd have gotten one of these last year anyway. More walks (1512) than K's (1409) over a 19 year career is pretty danged impressive.

He didn't have more XBH than Ks though.

26. Der_K posted on March 04, 2013 at 03:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

jason michaels stay in the nats org as a player/coach for a minor league club. man, has he lost it at the plate.
angels cut kobayashi.

27. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on March 04, 2013 at 06:59 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Thing I just learned as I continue to build the rosters for Birthday League III: Terrmel Sledge and Garvin Hamner share a birthday.

The Sledge-Hamner combo is sure to strike fear into the hearts of...fans of their team.

28. Der_K posted on March 04, 2013 at 07:12 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Now now, Dan, don't be rasche.

29. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on March 04, 2013 at 07:23 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Trust me. I know what I'm doing.

30. Der_K posted on March 04, 2013 at 07:36 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Favorite show as a kid

31. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on March 04, 2013 at 07:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Yep, mine too. Was totally crushed when ABC canceled it - hadn't quite grasped that it doesn't matter how great a show is, it's doomed if nobody watches.

32. Der_K posted on March 05, 2013 at 01:21 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

fish prospect charlie lowell arrested for reported attack on cheating girlfriend

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