Moneyball

After looking at this Salary vs. Performance diagram you really have to wonder who the heck are the Mets and Cubs paying all that money to?!?

As of yesterday the Yanks have paid $136,149,920 for the 4 extra wins than the Twins. I’m not saying, I’m just saying!

Winners of the Avon Lakers’ raffle

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you everyone who bought bought a ticket!

$500- Bev klien

$200- Paul Froncak

$75- Diane Alderson

$75- Jim Wunderlich

$50- Trent Bienek

$50- Jeff Laing

$- Quinn Gibson

Flip Flop Fly Ball

This is what happens when you combine a passion for baseball and info graphics.

My favorite: Assembling & Dismantling the World Series winning team

Torry Holt’s Finger

I think Torry was giving us the bird but not sure…checkout this video of his finger.

Marshall added to our schedule

A game with the Marshall A’s was added to the 2009 schedule. The date is Friday, May 29th @ 7:30 in Marshall. Last years trip down was a great time and we are looking forward to it again this year.

I can’t spell so good

A collection of uniform goofs

My favorite:

When Steve Garvey joined the Padres in 1983, the team’s uni supplier initially provided jerseys with "Gravey" on the back, although none of the misspellings ever made it onto the field

Hitting lessons from a … blind guy?!?

Cue the Hellen Keller jokes! Mark Wetzel is a hitting instructor who is blind. Amazing!

2009 Black Sox Tournament Bracket

Avon will again be a co-host for the 3rd annual Freeport Black Sox Tournament. The tournament kicks off Friday, May 16th with the Upsala Blue Jays coming to town. In Freeport, the Opole Bears will take on the Black Sox.

View the entire bracket

BO on parenthood

We’d like to welcome ex-Laker Brandon Overman and his blog, Minneapolis Fatherhood Examiner, to our homepage. Follow BO through the trials and tribulations of parenting and fatherhood.

3 Nights in August

Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager

  This book gives a behind the scene look at Tony La Russa and the Cardinals during a 3 game series with the Chicago Cubs. To help soak up the subculture, author Buzz Bissinger (Friday Night Lights) was given full access to La Russa’s squad for the entire 2003 season. This helps build out the characters of the players and how La Russa manages.

La Russa is a passionate, old school manager that has no concerns about calling out superstars for not playing the game right. This book contains inside stories from some of the outstanding teams he managed including the Canseco-Henderson Oakland Athletics days.

Favorite Quote: “Go find somebody who’s going to give you the four or five hundred at-bats and I hope they’re in our division so we can play against you.”

La Russa to Kerry Robinson who told Tony he thought he should be an every day player.

 

 

Coming Soon: Lincoln’s review of The Yankee Years