Dan Port
Around the Diamond - Weekly Linkage
Friday April 22nd, 2011
Around the Diamond looks at our favorite baseball articles and observations throughout the internet. Here's what we're reading this week.
-Brandon Wood was designated for assignment by the Angels this week. Our own Dan Port laughed until he cried; then cried some more.
-Brandon Wood was designated for assignment by the Angels this week. Our own Dan Port laughed until he cried; then cried some more.
-The
College Baseball World Series has a new home in downtown Omaha. Aaron
Fitt of Baseball America has all the details on the new stadium.
-Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports tells us why Aroldis Chapman's alleged 106 mile-per-hour fastball was bogus and why ballpark radar guns are blurring our perception of pitch speed.
-A Mississippi high schooler did his best Neo impression in amazingly avoiding a tag at the plate this week.
-Deadspin shows us how Dallas Observer columnist Richie Whitt made an ass of himself this week by chiding Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis for missing a start to attend the birth of his second child. Also, what kind of man above the age of ten calls himself "Richie"?
-A good pickoff move is hard to perfect, and no one proved that more this week than Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander , who committed one of the most memorable balks in big league history. Fangraphs has the breakdown of what the heck happened.
-The Phillies had a robot designed by engineers from the University of Pennsylvania toss out the first pitch prior to a game versus the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday. The video shows us that Philliebot isn't replacing Cliff Lee or Roy Halladay anytime soon.
-The infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal is pretty well known, but Associated Press writer Don Babwin has uncovered some evidence and poses an interesting question: Did the Cubs throw the 1918 World Series too?
-A Yonkers woman is claiming that her uncle created the New York Yankees famous bat-and-hat logo and is suing the club... 70 years after it was first adopted.
-Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports tells us why Aroldis Chapman's alleged 106 mile-per-hour fastball was bogus and why ballpark radar guns are blurring our perception of pitch speed.
-A Mississippi high schooler did his best Neo impression in amazingly avoiding a tag at the plate this week.
-Deadspin shows us how Dallas Observer columnist Richie Whitt made an ass of himself this week by chiding Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis for missing a start to attend the birth of his second child. Also, what kind of man above the age of ten calls himself "Richie"?
-A good pickoff move is hard to perfect, and no one proved that more this week than Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander , who committed one of the most memorable balks in big league history. Fangraphs has the breakdown of what the heck happened.
-The Phillies had a robot designed by engineers from the University of Pennsylvania toss out the first pitch prior to a game versus the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday. The video shows us that Philliebot isn't replacing Cliff Lee or Roy Halladay anytime soon.
-The infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal is pretty well known, but Associated Press writer Don Babwin has uncovered some evidence and poses an interesting question: Did the Cubs throw the 1918 World Series too?
-A Yonkers woman is claiming that her uncle created the New York Yankees famous bat-and-hat logo and is suing the club... 70 years after it was first adopted.
-Ike Davis
of the New York Mets had a solid week at the plate. Brian Smith of Pro Fantasy Baseball examines Ike's hot start and informs fantasy owners what they can expect going forward.
-After tying the state record with four consecutive no-hitters, California high school pitcher Steven Perry allowed just a single hit in a five-inning mercy rule victory Thursday night. The feat is specially impressive because Perry is much more highly-touted as a batter.
-After tying the state record with four consecutive no-hitters, California high school pitcher Steven Perry allowed just a single hit in a five-inning mercy rule victory Thursday night. The feat is specially impressive because Perry is much more highly-touted as a batter.
Dan Port and Reggie Yinger contributed links to this article.
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