Oh You ah So Taguchi

After the mighty powers of So Taguchi last night I decided it was about time I learned more about the man the myth the legend. And the first place to explore, why his very own website of course. Translated courtesy of Google Translate which is blatantly in Beta. And here are some wonderful stories for you to enjoy, dude is 37. Did you have any idea he was 37, I think he was late 20s at the most, damn he's old. The Japanese pronunciation of the Mississippi River is Mishishitsupi which I could imagine being hilarious when said but and Authentic Japanese man. And of course the glorious art displayed on the right. But finally his Mail from So section which makes little to no sense when translated but is pretty humurous. Here is a classic segment:

If with say, it does not win finally, the meaning releasing. When tomorrow, it wins, because of the world series to Detroit. When it is defeated, with season off thrust to St. Louis. The american intersection ultra quiz they are the straw raincoat choices.
There is no air which of course for a while returns to St. Louis.

Carry on My Wayward So There'll be peace when you are done.

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M E T S = Mercifully End The Season

Do it before David Wright gets Hurt!

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Numbers On Steroids: Mickey Mantle

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. This week it's throwing a curve ball and looking at All Time Great Yankees. Players that we know did not take steroids to see if this gives a defense to any of the players 'convicted' by Numbers on Steroids. Time to look at my dad's favorite athlete of all time, Mickey Mantle. Averages Say: What's with the mysterious dip at 27 and then the uptick? At Bats Per Home Run Says: That's a mighty jump from 22 to 24 Explaining As If It Was the 90s If you take a look at the numbers there are two time frames which in the 1990s would be questioned. First would be the incredible leap he took from his first year in the big leagues to his first MVP season in 1956. His batting average jumped 50 points. His slugging percentage jumped 90 points and he hit 15 more homers than his previous high. This wouldn't merrit a conviction nowadays though because the young age he...

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Guest Post: Thoughts on Sabathia Signing

I asked Grutt what his thoughts were on the Sabathia signing and I thought his response pretty much nailed it. So here it is. I don’t know. Every year I get a little more disenchanted with baseball. Yea, it’s great we signed the top pitching free agent. But we were supposed to. No team was even in the ballpark of the Yankees offer yet they still needed to jump from the already ridiculous price of $140 million to $160 million to close the deal. Now I hear we are going to sign more pitchers who will also get large contracts and the position player gaps are still glaring. Each new, large contract just adds to the feeling that the Yanks are supposed to win it all. “I think we have a good chance this year.” That is a lost feeling. If they don’t win I’ll wonder why, like there has to be some other reason besides that it’s a sport you can never predict how things will work out and some years just aren’t yours to be won. If they win I will be pleasantly smug. It gets a little more...

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