I didn’t believe the Yankees’ silence on Mark Teixeira was an indicator that they weren’t interested. Signing him made too much sense, within both the Yankees’ free-spending approach and in more pragmatic terms, as well.
Contrary to what some might think following my recent rant, I’m not generally opposed to seeing the Yankees’ sign top [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Yanks Add Mark Teixeira to the Pile
Posted in Baseball, Sports, The Yankees on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Neglect: A History of the Yankees’ Mistreatment of their Farm System
Posted in Baseball, Sports, The Yankees on December 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Unlike many Yankee fans I run into these days, largely people who signed on as bandwagoners since the mid-1990s or younger fans who came of age only knowing perennial playoff appearances (until this year, at least) I have been a fan long enough to vaguely remember the 1981 World Series and acutely recall the competitive [...]
The 2009 MLB Hall of Fame Ballot
Posted in Baseball, Sports, tagged Baseball, hall of fame on December 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Player
Years on the Ballot
2008 Vote %
2007 Vote %
2006 Vote%
Jim Rice
15
72.2
63.5
64.8
Tommy John
15
21.9
22.9
29.6
Dave Parker
13
15.1
11.4
14.6
Bert Blyleven
12
61.9
47.7
53.3
Dale Murphy
11
13.8
9.2
10.8
Jack Morris
10
42.9
37.1
41.2
Don Mattingly
9
15.8
9.9
12.3
Andre Dawson
8
65.9
56.7
61
Alan Trammell
8
18.2
13.4
17.7
Lee Smith
7
43.3
39.8
45
Harold Baines
3
5.2
5.3
n/a
Mark McGwire
3
23.6
23.5
n/a
Tim Raines
2
24.3
n/a
n/a
Jay Bell
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ron Gant
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Mark Grace
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rickey Henderson
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Greg Vaughn
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Mo Vaughn
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Matt WilliamsÂ
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
David Cone
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Jesse Orosco
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Dan Plesac
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Players need 75% of the vote to get inducted and 5% to remain on the ballot for next year. After 15 years on [...]
Gallery of Obsolete PCs
Posted in Technology on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are a number of cool novelties at the Obsolete Technology Website, including a collection of old computer ads. I wasted a bit of time today on the archive of old PCs.
Who would have known that the laptop is almost as old as the pre-assembled personal computer? The GRiD Compass 1101 debuted in [...]
