Baseball Oddities
I'm thinking of starting a new Wednesday feature about baseball history on Lookout Landing. Each week, I'd like to cover one oddball event, occurrence, statistic, or some other piece of information...
Around Major League Baseball
Chone Figgins Gets It Perfect
Chone Figgins has signed a minor-league contract with the Miami Marlins, which sounds about right.
Why Steroid Use is Bad
This isn't about any one player, or really about any players at all. It's about the culture it can foster and what effects that could create on the next generation of players.
Updating The Double Play Twins' Timeline
Checking in once more with ex-Seattle Mariners Jose Lopez and Yuniesky Betancourt, and also Ronny Cedeno for good measure. (There is a reason for this.)
Ex-Mariner, among things, Bedard Signs with Astros
Erik Bedard has signed a minor league contract with the Houston Astros. That's pretty much the end of the story for now.
John Jaso Can't Hit Lefties, Except Maybe He Can
It's been said long and often that the two fatal flaws of John Jaso were that he's bad at catching and that he can't hit lefties. Is the lefty one true?
Always Tinkering Baseball Changes Rules Yet Again
Boy, when will baseball just leave stuff alone and try and build some traditions? Is nothing sacred?
The Hamilton Process, And The Hamilton Result
Josh Hamilton didn't sign with the Seattle Mariners in the end, but at least according to the Mariners, they made a hell of an offer that Hamilton simply turned down in favor of the Angels.
Josh Hamilton Signs With Mariners(' Direct Rival)
Josh Hamilton is not a Seattle Mariner. Josh Hamilton is a Los Angeles Angel of Anaheim! For five years and $125 million.
The Royals And The Last Godawful Trade
Talking about Sunday's trade between the Royals and the Rays, involving James Shields, Wade Davis, Wil Myers, and others.
What Scott Cousins Is
You don't care even a little bit about Scott Cousins, but the ex-Mariners outfielder represents a pretty important concept in sabermetrics.
Mariners Do Not Make Huge Trade, Other Teams Do
In the sense that the Toronto Blue Jays will sometimes play the Seattle Mariners and the Florida Marlins will sometimes but less times play the Seattle Mariners, then those two teams trading...
Ichiro Allegedly Has Friend
According to a source, Ichiro is very interested in re-signing with the New York Yankees in 2013, maybe on a cheaper one- or two-year contract.
World Series Preview
Previewing the 2012 World Series between the Detroit Tigers and the San Francisco Giants.
A Short Series Preview for the World Series
The San Francisco Giants will face the Detroit Tigers between 4 and 7 times.
Forward Goes Ichiro
The Orioles may have lost to the Yankees, but that means that the Yankees advanced past the Orioles, and the Yankees are playing one Ichiro Suzuki in the outfield.
Ichiro Is Still A Wizard
What has Ichiro been up to lately with the Yankees? Oh, nothing, just getting singles on grounders trapped in people's shirts.
The Draft Standings
The reverse standings and a protected draft pick no more
Red Sox and Dodgers Mega Deal Thread
Red Sox and Dodgers deal players, commitments.
Checking In On Two We've Lost
Catching up with ex-Mariners and current Yankees Ichiro and Michael Pineda, whose stories presently occupy opposite ends of the pleasantness spectrum.
Twins Once, Twins Forever
Yuniesky Betancourt and Jose Lopez have been designated for assignment on back-to-back days. haha
Trading Deadline Open Thread
Here is your free-for-all, go nuts. Please keep the rosterbating, speculative trade talks to this thread. Any actual Mariners transactions will get their own posts.
Take Heart
Hey, turns out the Oakland Athletics are an all-right baseball team. This could be interpreted as a reason for pessimism or optimism.
Roy Oswalt Signs with Rangers
Roy Oswalt Signs with Rangers
Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude
The Odd Course Of Baseball
Justin Smoak is mired in another deep deep slump, and elsewhere in the country, Bryan LaHair is flipping the fuck out.
