Recent content by AZBlue

  1. AZBlue

    The Red Sox have fired Chaim Bloom

    Some of Bloom's decisions about free agents puzzled me. Eovaldi and Wacha performed well for the Sox. I was very disappointed that it did not appear the Red Sox saw value in re-signing them.
  2. AZBlue

    Extraordinary article about Peter Gammons

    Peter Gammons: The life, times and miracle of the legendary baseball writer (sportsbusinessjournal.com)
  3. AZBlue

    2021 Draft

    Peter Gammons knows a thousand times as much about baseball as you 2 clowns who think it is cool to insult him. Turn your attention toward some real facts and ideas.
  4. AZBlue

    Super Benintendi

    Benintendi's grandfather passed away. The service will be held today. https://www.cahallfuneralhomes.com/notices/Donald-Brookbank
  5. AZBlue

    What’s it all about, Rafi?

    My observations of Devers' swing is that he does not remain balanced and in control when he swings. He flies open and does not keep his eyes on the ball all of the way to the bat. Before he has completed his swing, his weight is often on his heels. When he makes solid contact, he seems to...
  6. AZBlue

    Ted Williams and the Cloudbuster Nine

    I received this message from a friend (an 85-year-old doctor who attended the UNC Medical School in the late 40's) who read the Keene story: "My sister-in-law worked at Chapel Hill Pre-Flight. One of the tests required of all consisted of a solid round wheel like object. On its edges were...
  7. AZBlue

    The Cloudbuster Nine

    The author's father, James P. Raugh, Jr., around age 9, getting batting lessons from Ted Williams and Johnny Pesky while Williams was in Chapel Hill training to be a World War II fighter pilot. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Louis Round Wilson Library In 1943 in Chapel...
  8. AZBlue

    Dana LeVangie named pitching coach

    Norm Sherry, Dave Duncan and now Dana. A short list of non-pitchers who became major league baseball pitching coaches. Anyone remember another one? http://m.mlb.com/news/article/2534616//
  9. AZBlue

    Yawkey Way now Jersey St again

    The comments by Tom Yawkey's biographer disgusted me. Tom Yawkey may have kept his racist views out of the newspaper, but he hired and enabled a series of racist General Managers, like Pinky Higgins, who were the direct actors in the refusal to sign future Hall of Fame players (we all know the...
  10. AZBlue

    MLB investigating Padres Over Pomeranz Trade

    "Growing up in Rome, New York, Rob Manfred was a fan of the New York Yankees: (from his Wiki page). I am SURE that none of his passion for the Yankees was a factor in his decision to wrist slap the Padres for withholding medical information (which was a repeat offense) or the boulder that he...
  11. AZBlue

    MLB Investigates Red Sox Over International Signings

    The issue isn't so much who the Yankees sign THIS signing period (because the warning has been sounded), it is the previous IFA signing period when the Yankees went on a spree. It would be interesting to know how much bundling of highly rated prospects and non-prospects were signed by the...
  12. AZBlue

    Red Sox Select LHP Jason Groome 12th Overall

    The "top 3 money" and "top 5 money" statements were made before Groome dropped from possible 1/1 to No. 12.
  13. AZBlue

    Red Sox Select LHP Jason Groome 12th Overall

    The rumors that Groome was kicked out of IMG have been refuted. He left because he was homesick and wanted to spend his senior season with his life-long friends and wanted to win a state championship with his buddies. The rumor about Vandy dropping Groome has also been refuted. The biggest...
  14. AZBlue

    Pitching Targets

    "Rubby de la Rosa In exchange for Sandoval, Castillo, Buchholz, and Rutledge." Let's be realistic. You would have to pick up $250,000 of the money due to Sandoval, wouldn't you? ;)
  15. AZBlue

    Use of weighted bats in on deck circle

    Many of you probable saw the CBS series Sports Science segment a few months ago regarding the use of weighted bats by batters in the on deck circle in an attempt to increase their bat speed in their upcoming at bat. I was fascinated by the science that showed the use of donuts and other weights...