Will The Cubs Resemble Hoyer’s Padres? 147 Comments
Those of us who follow the Cubs a little too closely know by and large what to expect from the 2012 version: mediocrity will hold sway. Bountiful and unabated mediocrity. The question ...
Worst Moves of the Epstein Era 214 Comments
Since opening day is here (well, not here, but somewhere), it seems like an appropriate time to catalog the numerous failures of the Cubs under The Epstein Regime. Sure, no actual games ...
Big Ten Revenue Sharing Isn’t Working No Comments
I have an article up on the former WV23's new website, The Daily Big Ten, about revenue sharing in the Big Ten and SEC.
Discredited Fantasy Baseball II: Attack of the Chones 6 Comments
I've reopened our ESPN fantasy baseball league for another season. The draft is tentatively set for Tuesday, March 20 at 8:00 CST. It is a 12 team, 5×5 Roto league (NOT head ...
Fun with Photoshop No Comments
Actually it's fun with GIMP as I didn't buy Photoshop, but I thought I'd share this in an unOV so I don't derail your regular conversations about politics and Game of ...
Luke Scott is racist No Comments
We already knew Luke Scott was a dumbass and probably already assumed he was racist, but now we have proof of it.
The article stresses Scott’s relationship with his teammates, ...
A contest for folks who like scrap and heart 2 Comments
Hey guys, thought I'd share this in an un-OV blog so it doesn't intrude with the normal discussions about fatty acid polymerization or Breaking Bad stuff. We're having ...
Obstructed View on WordPress Wish List 22 Comments
I know several people have already mentioned things they’d like added to the site. We’ll try to add some of those features. Some of them we may not be able to add. Some ...
Joe Paterno speaks 3 Comments
Paterno contends that ignorance was the context with which he heard McQueary’s disturbing story in 2002. McQueary, sitting at Paterno’s kitchen table, told him that he ...
Cubs Con 2012 11 Comments
I figured I would set this up as a thread to document my experiences at Cubs Convention 2012. Had to deal with tons of loud obnoxious Cubs fans and huge crowds for a few moments of ...
Projected Hall of Fame Results No Comments
Chris Jaffe has a fantastic method he uses to project the Hall of Fame Results. Check them out. It’s good news for Barry Larkin.
THT looks at the Jed Hoyer era in San Diego No Comments
The Hardball Times takes a look at the short two year tenure that Jed Hoyer had as GM in San Diego. I’ll quote a bit of the summary here.
Hoyer’s lasting impact on the ...
Cubs sign Jason Jaramillo and Andy Sonnanstine 4 Comments
The Cubs have signed Jason Jaramillo and Andy Sonnanstine. Jaramillo, a 29 year old back-up catcher, has a little MLB experience and will fight it out to be Geovany Soto‘s ...
So the Marlins are spending money that isn't actually theirs 1 Comment
Patrick Hruby has an article up on The Postgame that pretty much talks about how the Marlins are spending and likely to get rich off the taxpayers’ dime without any reciprocation. ...
Linear Weights Primer No Comments
Here’s a great introduction to Linear Weights that is worth reading.
Dempster exercises option to stay with Cubs 1 Comment
Not too surprisingly, Ryan Dempster has elected to stay with the Cubs. He’ll earn $14 million next year in what should be a bounce back season. Many of his stats this year were ...
World Series: 1975 Game 6 vs 2011 Game 6 2 Comments
Chris Jaffe came up with a scoring system to evaluate how exciting World Series games are. It’s extensive, but simple and very easy to understand. You can read about it here.
Yesterday ...
Phil Rogers has been drinking again 6 Comments
This is just a bizarre column.
Ricketts’ hiring of Epstein directly affects three other franchises, and that doesn’t count the White Sox or anyone else who lost Gonzalez to the ...
So John Henry Walks Into a Radio Station… 1 Comment
Apparently the Boston radio duo of Felger and Massarotti were doing their show on 98.5 FM when they got word that Boston owner, John Henry had come into the station and wanted to come ...
Interview with Tom Tango (aka tangotiger) 4 Comments