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2012 Graduate of St. John Fisher College. Journalist, writer and sponge for information.

WBC 2013 Projections: Dominican Republic Version 2.1

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It’s time for another round of projections for the Dominican Republic’s World Baseball Classic roster. Those that have already been confirmed fully by the World Baseball Classic organizers are italicized.

As usual, the rules I used in making this roster:

  • Any player coming off a major injury or who has a history of injuries is unlikely to participate. This is especially true for the pitchers.
  • Players that will be on new teams are less likely to participate, but shouldn’t be completely ignored, with the exception of pitchers.
  • Teams are made up of 28 players, of which 13 of them must be pitchers and two of them catchers.
  • The pitch count rules make relievers extremely important.

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New Year’s Resolutions

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So, what resolutions do people in baseball have this year? I have some thoughts…

Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals… play the whole season, and not be shut down during the stretch run.

Toronto Blue Jays… party like it’s the early 1990s.

Houston Astros… try not to lose 105 or more games.

Justin Verlander… throw a perfect game. For any other pitcher, that resolution would seem ridiculous.

Mike Trout… avoid any sort of sophomore jinx.

Albert Pujols… don’t take a month to get going this season.

R.A. Dickey… keep throwing that knuckler.

Cubs fans… be patient.

The Phillies… try to go on one last run.

The Orioles… try to keep the magic going.

The Yankees… it doesn’t matter what I say, I know your resolution is to win the World Series.

The Red Sox… finally make that Mike Napoli signing official. Seriously, what is taking so long?

EA Sports… resurrect MVP Baseball!

Brandon McCarthy… get this fixed.

The Seattle Mariners… try to get Felix Hernandez signed long-term.

Everybody… have a Happy New Year!

Images of 2012: Won’t be too long…

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Okay, so this is an Instagram image. But it’s a good one. It is of Opening Day in San Francisco this season. And, by the way, only about a month and a half until pitchers and catchers report, about two months until the WBC and about three months until we see stuff like this again:

Photo by Shaketini, used under a Creative Commons license.

 

Happy New Year!

 

2013 WBC Team USA projections Version 2.2

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It’s time for another round of WBC projections for Team USA! Like last time, players who have been absolutely super-confirmed to be playing are in italics. I note the changes from last time where applicable.

A refresher on my selection rules/assumptions:

  • Any player coming off a major injury or who has a history of injuries is unlikely to participate. This is especially true for the pitchers.
  • Players that will be on new teams are less likely to participate, but shouldn’t be completely ignored, with the exception of pitchers.
  • Teams are made up of 28 players, of which 13 of them must be pitchers and two of them catchers.
  • The pitch count rules make relievers extremely important.

Go after the jump for the projections:

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Images of 2012: Year of the Panda

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The 2012 World Series MVP, Pablo Sandoval.

Photo by Geekstinkbreath, used under a Creative Commons license.

Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 7:03 PM of Dec. 29, 2012

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The news tonight on people dropping in or out of the World Baseball Classic:

As always, go below the jump for the full list:

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Images of 2012: Year of the Trout

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Without further comment: Mike Trout.

Photo by Keith Allison. Used under a Creative Commons license.

Images of 2012: Oriole Magic

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Despite claims to the contrary, the Baltimore Orioles continued to win. And win. And win. Making the playoffs for the first time since 1997, defeating the favored Texas Rangers in the Wild Card Game and then going the distance against the New York Yankees before finally falling in the fifth game.

The Orioles had a habit for the dramatic, with close victories and walk-off wins, like the one below from September 12. That’s Nate McLouth getting lifted in the air.

(Image by Keith Allison, used under a Creative Commons license)

Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 9:43 AM of Dec. 29, 2012

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The latest news on participants in the WBC:

  • Martin Maldonado of the Brewers is like to play for Puerto Rico. So I’m putting him in as possibly/likely.
  • A rumor on an Orioles message board is that Adam Jones will play for Team USA. I found it because somebody in a reply linked to here. Yeah me. However, since even by the original poster’s admission there is no tweet, link or article, I’m not going to be putting him in the list. Just thought I should mention it, though, as it would make some sense if he was going to take part.

As usual, go below the jump for the full list:

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Coming Up in the final days of 2012

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In the final days of 2012 at the Baseball Continuum:

  • New projections for Team USA and Team Dominican Republic.
  • A look at the “Living Baseball Card” project.
  • Images from 2012.
  • And maybe the awaited return of “Bizarre Baseball Culture”.

Stay tuned!