SI’s Tom Verducci recently proposed some radical changes designed to improve Major League Baseball. His suggestions stem from the NFL’s emergence as the most popular American sport.
Verducci writes:
The entertainment beast that is the National Football League — where a stinking, meaningless week two preseason game was the most watched show of [...]
I recently received an email asking me why I ignored Tom Verducci’s recent article on pitcher workloads and his highlighting of Joba Chamberlain as a pitcher at risk in 2010. I felt that response would be better served by a full post. There are a number of reasons for my disinterest:
1) His premise [...]
Tom Verducci recently ran an “efficiency” study to determine which MLB teams get the biggest bang for their buck. Essentially, he figured out cost per win (Opening Day payroll divided by wins) and used that number as his starting point. From there, it got a bit more complicated:
Cost Per Win is good, but [...]
He’ll be on today and will discuss the revelations and accusations in his new book.
Three quick bits to cap off the night:
1. Hal Steinbrenner spoke on WFAN today and discussed a variety of topics, although he didn’t speak at length about The Yankee Years, Joe Torre’s new book that’s due out next month.
2. Also, the new Yankee Stadium continues to cause controversy. This time, [...]
Joe Torre spoke with Jack Curry (NY Times) about the recent controversy regarding he and Tom Verducci’s book, The Yankee Years. In Curry’s interview, Torre manages to tap dance around all of the questions and doesn’t provide much in the form of an apology (I think his comments crossed the line). Instead, in the [...]
Michiko Kakutani (NY Times) has an excellent review out on the new Verducci-Torre book, The Yankee Years. In the book it seems that Verducci, with Torre’s insider knowledge and expertise, has crafted an insightful text about an evolving franchise and one that experienced (and some could argue is still experiencing) an “identity crisis.”
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