The amount of time I have to give to the Juice Blog I suspect will become less in the near future, so I'm looking for Toaster readers who have ideas for baseball pieces that feature the type of edginess you would expect here. I'm not looking for a partner at this point, but I guess it could develop into that if I can find the right person to grow the site. I see this as an opportunity for some of the best muckrackers who comment here to get more recognition for their talents. This is specific to baseball, as I don't feel I n... lire la suite
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Felix Salmon submits: The Ultimatum Game, in game theory, has two players. It's very simple: The first player proposes how to divide a sum of money between themselves, and the second player can either accept or reject this proposal. If the second player rejects, neither player receives anything.
Explain this: Jason Bartlett has an 83 OPS+. on-base percentage and has struck out three times more than he has walked. Jason Bartlett has a . slugging percentage and has hit 1. home runs this season. Jason Bartlett has missed 32 baseball games, which accounts for his relatively unimpressive total of 43 runs scored [.
It was a long but very interesting weekend with the SABR Detroit Chaper’s Baseball Race and Integration Symposium. I learned a ton about the Negro Leagues as well as baseball in the 1950s and 1960s. Deacon Jones joined us for the bus tour and he was a wealth of information and interesting stories.
Baseball Musings Fund Drive
The amount of time I have to give to the Juice Blog I suspect will become less in the near future, so I'm looking for Toaster readers who have ideas for baseball pieces that feature the type of edginess you would expect here. I'm not looking for a partner at this point, but I guess it could develop into that if I can find the right person to grow the site.
I appear on local sports radio on a regular basis and I try to prepare some specific material for each market. One thing I've noticed over the past couple of years is how little baseball is discussed. Outside of strong traditional baseball towns like New York, Boston, St. Louis and Cincinnati, very rarely is MLB the topic, unless the steroids thing is being discussed or the playoffs are happening.
Two of America's Top Music Critics have offered up their Top 10 Lists for 2007 exclusively for the Juice Blog. I'm talking about Will Carroll and Mark Donohue. Will and I have been making these lists for awhile and I asked Mark, who has been writing on music for the great website, Nude as the News.
I'm currently swamped with a bunch of projects that actually pay me money. I know I have slacked here at the Juice Blog, so I wanted to create some activity while I'm finishing up my obligations. Since this site features any type of subject matter, I'm soliciting points of view on sports, music, television, movies, politics, candy bars, etc.
I have very limited time right now, but will be performing at the Comedy Forum in the St. Louis area this week, so I have Saturday afternoon to do a draft.
Netflix pushed out a box today that downloads movies and shows them on your TV. Ok, that's nice. My Tivo does the same thing, albeit that I have to buy/rent them through Amazon's Unbox service (which I haven't found compelling enough to use aside from a one-time trial. I can't figure out if there's HD content on them (looks like no, but I can't figure it out for sure.
The Juice Blog: Actual Baseball Thoughts
Vote: MetsBlog vs. Baseball Prospectus thanks to your voting, No. MetsBlog. com defeated No. With Leather in the Sweet Sixteen of this year’s Sports Blog Of The Year tournament at Busted Coverage, ‘a blog about booze, ladies and football. … In the Elite Eight, MetsBlog is matched up against No.
Most people, given the opportunity, would like to have a say in what other people earn. If someone is nice to me, throw a little extra Christmas bonus their way. If they are rude and surly, how about a 3 percent pay cut? So I find it interesting that the Baseball Writers of America (BBWAA) recently approved a rule which says that any player who has an incentive clause based on an award voted by the BBWAA (e.
Good Thing For Josh Hamilton There Aren’t Any Jews Blogging About Baseball Posted in Baseball at 12: am by GC Sports agent Matt Sosnick’s name has popped up on CSTB on a few prior occasions, usually with a negative reference to Jerry Crasnick’s fluffy “License To Deal”, the agent’s lame posturing in dumping dick-swinging Mets prospect Scott Schaefer, or his protracted feud with Marlins exec / Accujack enthusiast David Samson.
I was happy to see that one of the best sports blogs, FireJoeMorgan, has lifted the veil by exposing who its main writers at the site are. I am a real purist on the subject of how writers should be transparent at their sites. If you are going to rip either the rich and famous or the 4th estate, it is only fair that the reader should have some background on why the blogger might come up with their particular spin.
My guess is that those who gravitate towards writing blogs are politically similar to those who are journalists or those who have chosen to go into to into the entertainment field. actors, screenwriters, musicians, etc. When you choose to go into a creative field, I don't think it's a stretch to say that you are someone with a large ego---someone who thinks that their talents need to be consumed by a larger audience.
If you were looking for genuine baseball tunes without the Terry Cashman schmaltz, check out The Baseball Project's Harvey Haddix. This link brings you to a live version at MLB. com.
We talk about music more than baseball here at The Juice, so when we find a new album we love, we usually talk about it. Instead, I'm going to tell you about a new web service at Lala. com that looks to be the online iTunes. It's more fun to explore and find all the features, but here's the key ones:
The Juice Blog: Time to Drug Test the Hall of Fame Writers
This is the kind of joy we should all feel about baseball starting up again. Those that are curious should know that this was my daughter at her initial game at US Cellular.