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January 8, 2013 BP Daily PodcastEffectively Wild Episode 114: The One Where We Talk About the Hall of Fame Ben and Sam discuss the Hall of Fame voting and what their own ballots would look like.
Ben and Sam discuss the Hall of Fame voting and what their own ballots would look like.
January 7, 2013 BP UnfilteredTime to Push the Reset Button AChange.org petition to ask the Hall of Fame Board of Directors to change their voting process
I know the results from the latest Hall of Fame voting aren’t in yet, but it’s already clear that the process is deeply flawed. It was always imperfect, but its flaws are now deep, possibly mortal. The voting process is not equipped to handle the messy challenges of our day, and the Hall of Fame is suffering as a result. Wezen-BallThrough the Years: Curt Schilling A peak back at contemporary accounts of Curt Schilling's rise to stardom.
With the Hall of Fame announcement scheduled for this week, now is a good time to look back at the early careers of some of this year's most talked-about nominees. (And with the early exit polls looking as they do, it might be nice to remember just how great some of these players were.) This post was originally written (mostly) in 2009. If this year's Hall of Fame ballot weren't explicitly designed by the baseball gods to ruffle a serious amount of feathers, one of the most intriguing new names would almost certainly be Curt Schilling. He's been in the news recently for many non-baseball reasons, but, as a player pitching for the World Champion Diamondbacks and Red Sox who struck out more than 300 batters three separate times, he was a great regular season pitcher whose postseason success may legitimately boost him into Cooperstown. With the hoopla at the top of the ballot, however, it might be a while before voters give him his fair due. Wezen-BallThrough the Years: Mike Piazza A look at contemporary accounts from Mike Piazza's early career.
With the Hall of Fame announcement scheduled for this week, now is a good time to look back at the early careers of some of this year's most talked-about nominees. (And with the early exit polls looking as they do, it might be nice to remember just how great some of these players were.) Let's take a look back at some contemporary accounts of Mike Piazza's at-one-time obvious Hall of Fame career. It's a famous story now that Piazza was drafted in the 62nd round and only as a favor to Los Angeles manager (and Piazza's godfather) Tommy Lasorda. It's a catchy story, after all. A man drafted that low isn't expected to amount to much of anything, let alone become a twelve-time All-Star or the career leader in home runs for a catcher. Today, for example, the draft doesn't even go to 62 rounds. BP Daily PodcastEffectively Wild Episode 113: Three Trade Rumors We Read This Weekend Ben and Sam break down three trade rumors that surfaced over the weekend.
Ben and Sam break down three trade rumors that surfaced over the weekend.
January 5, 2013 BP UnfilteredTop Prospect Compilations 2009 - 2012 Top prospect compilation spreadsheets from the past several years
Over the past several years, I've put together top prospect compilations from sources across the Internet. As I get set to begin work on the 2013 version of the file (to be available on Google Docs and as a stand alone Excel workbook), I thought it might be fun to take a look back at the compilations from their inception. I have linked to the files below. The Excel workbooks contain tabs at the bottom representing each of the league’s divisions as well as a tab for top 100 lists and positional analysis. As usual, if you find any errors or omissions, would like to recommend a ranking source for 2013, or have any other comments or suggestions, please email me at jhamrahi@baseballprospectus.com. 2009-2010 Top Prospects Compilation 2010-2011 Top Prospects Compilation January 4, 2013 BP UnfilteredRemembering Jim Sandoval Hudson memorializes a friend who helped him become a better scout.
Jim Sandoval passed away last week. Jacob Pomrenke wrote a bit about Jim's life at SABR's website, but Jim was a friend of mine, so I want to offer a few words of my own about a great baseball man. BP Daily PodcastEffectively Wild Episode 112: The Kyle Lohse Quandary Ben and Sam reflect on one of the slowest days of the offseason and then discuss the lack of movement in the market for Kyle Lohse.
Ben and Sam reflect on one of the slowest days of the offseason and then discuss the lack of movement in the market for Kyle Lohse.
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