Author: Mark Timmons

Press Release

January 18, 2022
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DODGERS ANNOUNCE BASEBALL OPERATIONS MOVES LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Damon Jones as Vice President, Assistant General Manager & Baseball Legal Counsel, and the promotions of Alex Slater to Vice President, Assistant General Manager, Brandon McDaniel to Vice President of Player Performance and Thomas Albert to Head Athletic Trainer. Jones joins the Dodgers after serving the last two seasons as the Washington Football Team’s General Counsel. The…

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Girls Rule!

January 14, 2022
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It seems that I have contracted Omicron. I told you I was going for the trifecta. Compared to the other bouts, this is a vacation. I had a fever for a couple of hours and felt a little fatigued. Omicron is the end of the pandemic. It will peak soon (if it hasn’t already) and be gone. It will be next years’ flu shot! BTW: to all those who told…

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Open Discussion

January 5, 2022
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Several people have e-mailed me and asked for me to keep the discussion open, so here it is. Ask and you shall receive! Have at it! Cuss and Dis-Cuss Whatever…

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Out of Business…

January 4, 2022
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Until further notice… like whenever MLB and MLBPA reach an agreement. This horse is dead! I refuse to beat it! Find something productive to do.

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Zips Mean Zip

January 2, 2022
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Fangraphs has their ZIPS Projections while Baseball Prospectus has their PECOTA Projections. These are systems that take a player’s past performance and try to project the most likely outcome for the following season. It allegedly looks at all of the numbers, and all the numbers that make up the numbers, and the numbers underlying those numbers, to see which players are more likely to repeat their success and which ones…

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Happy New Year

January 1, 2022
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May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

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I Have Nothing to Add

December 29, 2021
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Until MLB and the MLBPA start talking, there is nothing to say. Both sides are selfish, greedy, pampered buffoons. I am not going to embarrass myself like some blogs who just try and invent stuff to talk about. There’s nothing to say that hasn’t been said… ad nauseam. I’m out. Feel free…

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Let the Catman Do

December 24, 2021
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Tony Gonsolin is 27 years old and played his first Minor League Game in 2016. In 2019, he made his first appearance in the Show when he pitched 40 innings with a 4-2 record and sported a 2.93 ERA. For every pitcher that makes the major leagues and starts like this, there are probably 25 or more who really struggle. In the COVID-19 year of 2020, the Catman pitched 46…

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Looking at the 2022 Season… If there is one!

December 19, 2021
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I am not confident that we will see the 2022 Baseball Season start on time… or that there will even be a season. I am extremely confident that the players and owners are fully capable of “killing off this grand game of baseball.” When players like Max Scherzer are paid $43 Million a year and players like Julio Urias are paid $3.6 Million, baseball has a huge problem and it…

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