Over at Hall of Very Good, you can find my latest “Wisdom and Links”. This week, I look at Buster Posey’s early Hall of Fame case and honor Oscar Taveras in the best way possible.
Headlines from around the Continuum (October 27, 2014)
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A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:
(Note that I try to copy the style of the paper as well, hence why some are in ALL CAPS while others aren’t. Also, I ignored extremely basic-and extremely common- headlines like “Giants win” or “Game 5 Tomorrow”. I’ll occasionally make an exception for the team’s “home” newspapers)
Headline: Giants win Game 5, one win away from WS Title
San Francisco Chronicle: World Class
San Francisco Examiner: Ace of October
Kansas City Star: DOMINATED
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock): Bumgarner does it again
Bakersfield Californian: MAD BUM
Enterprise-Record (Chico, CA): ROYALS BUMMED (this was in other papers too)
Oakland Tribune: SHOW-STOPPER (this was used in other papers too)
Merced (CA) Sun-Star: BUMGARNER IS PITCH PERFECT
Sacramento Bee: GIANTS FANS WATCH MAKING OF LEGEND
Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA): ONE TO GO
Marin Independent Journal (San Rafael, CA): BUMGARNER BRILLIANCE
Santa Maria (CA) Times: BRILLIANT BUMGARNER
The Record (Stockton, CA): MASTERFUL, MAGNIFICENT, MADBUM
Ventura County (CA) Star: MAD ABOUT BUMGARNER
Washington Post: Giants on verge
Lawrence (KS) Journal-World: ACE UP THEIR SLEEVE?
Salina (KS) Journal: Royals in trouble
Joplin (MO) Globe: SHUTOUT
St. Joseph (MO) News-Press: FACING ELIMINATION
Omaha World-Herald: A Giant step closer to the crown
Vanguardia (Saltillo, Mexico): BLANQUEADA LOS PONE A UN TRIUNFO (not entirely sure, something about “putting the bleach out” to win)
Headline: Oscar Taveras, Cardinals Super-Prospect, passes away after car accident
St. Louis Post Dispatch: TAVERAS KILLED IN CRASH
La Presse (Montreal): FIN TRAGIQUE POUR UNE ÉTOILE MONTANTE (“A TRAGIC END TO A RISING STAR”- note that Taveras spent parts of his childhood in Montreal)
Last Night’s Mister Octobers (October 26, 2014)
Madison Bumgarner is awesome. Seriously, there are no other ways to truly describe his performance.
Also, so is Brandon Crawford, who had 3 RBIs last night.
Standings (PP= Position Player, P= Pitcher, * means eliminated from playoffs):
P Madison Bumgarner 31
P Yusmeiro Petit 18
P Kelvin Herrera 15
P Greg Holland 15
PP Pablo Sandoval 15
PP Alex Gordon 13
PP Eric Hosmer 13
PP Brandon Crawford 11
PP Travis Ishikawa 10
PP Hunter Pence 10
PP Billy Butler 10
PP Mike Moustakas 8
P Andrew Miller 8*
PP Nelson Cruz 6*
PP Matt Carpenter 6*
P Wade Davis 5
PP Kolten Wong 5*
P Pat Neshek 5*
P Jeremy Affeldt 5
PP Lorenzo Cain 5
PP Buster Posey 5
P Kevin Gausman 3*
PP Delmon Young 3*
PP Joe Panik 3
P Jake Peavy 3
P Yordano Ventura 3
P Jered Weaver 3*
PP Brandon Belt 3
P Zack Greinke 3*
PP Matt Kemp 3*
P Bud Norris 3*
P James Shields 3
P Doug Fister 3*
PP Wilson Ramos 3*
P John Lackey 3*
PP Matt Adams 3*
P Trevor Rosenthal 3*
PP Bryce Harper 3*
P Ryan Vogelsong 3
PP Brandon Moss 1*
P Brandon Finnegan 1
Headlines from around the Continuum: October 26, 2014
A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:
(Note that I try to copy the style of the paper as well, hence why some are in ALL CAPS while others aren’t. Also, I ignored extremely basic-and extremely common- headlines like “Giants win” or “Game 5 Tonight”. I’ll occasionally make an exception for the team’s “home” newspapers)
Headline: Giants win Game 4 big, tie up series.
San Francisco Chronicle: After the rain, Giants pour it on
Kansas City Star: FRISCO MELT
Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA): Fit to be tied
Modesto Bee: On the big stage, little things count
The Herald (Monterey, CA): EVENING IT UP
Oakland Tribune: GIANTS 2-2 GOOD (also the headline in San Jose and other affiliated papers)
Sacramento Bee: Bochy goes with gut, brings Giants back from the brink
Marin Independent Journal (San Rafael, CA): MAUL BALL
Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel: GIANTS’ BATS COME ALIVE TO TIE SERIES
The Record (Stockton, CA): Ushering his way to a dream (on a SF Giants usher from Stockton)
The Hawk Eye (Burlington, IA): Royals flush
Lawrence (KS) Journal-World: REDEMPTION TONIGHT
St. Joseph (MO) News-Press: ROYALS LET THE GIANTS SLIDE BY IN CRUSHING DEFEAT
Vanguardia (Saltillo, Mexico): IMPONEN RESPETO EN SU CASA (Something along the lines of the “Imposing respect in their house” or “Command respect at home”, referring to the Giants)
Check back throughout the series for more headlines!
Last Night’s Mister Octobers (October 25, 2014)
In last night’s game, the Giants did work, scoring 10 unanswered runs! Who are the Mr. Octobers? I say they are Pablo Sandoval and Yusmeiro Petit. Really, the Giants have a thing with P. There’s Pablo/Panda, Petit, Posey, Pence, Panik…
Standings (PP= Position Player, P= Pitcher, * means eliminated from playoffs):
P Madison Bumgarner 21
P Yusmeiro Petit 18
P Kelvin Herrera 15
P Greg Holland 15
PP Pablo Sandoval 15
PP Alex Gordon 13
PP Eric Hosmer 13
PP Travis Ishikawa 10
PP Hunter Pence 10
PP Billy Butler 10
PP Mike Moustakas 8
P Andrew Miller 8*
PP Nelson Cruz 6*
PP Matt Carpenter 6*
P Wade Davis 5
PP Kolten Wong 5*
P Pat Neshek 5*
P Jeremy Affeldt 5
PP Lorenzo Cain 5
PP Buster Posey 5
P Kevin Gausman 3*
PP Delmon Young 3*
PP Joe Panik 3
P Jake Peavy 3
P Yordano Ventura 3
P Jered Weaver 3*
PP Brandon Belt 3
P Zack Greinke 3*
PP Matt Kemp 3*
P Bud Norris 3*
P James Shields 3
P Doug Fister 3*
PP Wilson Ramos 3*
P John Lackey 3*
PP Matt Adams 3*
P Trevor Rosenthal 3*
PP Bryce Harper 3*
P Ryan Vogelsong 3
PP Brandon Crawford 1
PP Brandon Moss 1*
P Brandon Finnegan 1
Famous for Something Else: Urban Meyer
Did you know that Urban Meyer, head coach of Ohio State’s football team and former coach of the Florida Gators, had a brief minor league career? It’s true! He played two seasons in the low minors in the Braves organization.
Here are his stats:
| Year | Age | AgeDif | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 17 | -2.9 | Braves | GULF | Rk | ATL | 20 | 61 | 53 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | .170 | .267 | .245 | .512 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | -2.0 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | Rk | ATL | 24 | 77 | 57 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 15 | .193 | .365 | .281 | .646 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | -2.4 | Pulaski | APPY | Rk | ATL | 15 | 41 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .250 | .400 | .406 | .806 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | -1.5 | Braves | GULF | Rk | ATL | 9 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | .120 | .324 | .120 | .444 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 Seasons | 44 | 138 | 110 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 24 | .182 | .321 | .264 | .585 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Now, as you can see, he didn’t do very good, but, according to a recent episode of Real Sports, it was a defining moment for him. Frustrated by his struggles, he told his father he was going to quit and come home, enraging his father, who told him that he would have no losers in his family. This would fuel a long obsession with winning that would define his career for years and ended up forcing his family to have him sign a contract to make sure he didn’t essentially abandon them for coaching.
One interesting thing to note, by the way, is that Urban Meyer played alongside Ron Gant and Mark Lemke during his 1983 stint in the Gulf Coast League.
So, anyway… now you know!
Last Night’s Mr. Octobers (October 24, 2014)
Last night’s Mr. Octobers, for Game 3 of the World Series, are Greg Holland and Eric Hosmer (who’s excellent AB made it 3-0, and in hindsight proved the biggest run of the game).
Standings (PP= Position Player, P= Pitcher, * means eliminated from playoffs):
P Madison Bumgarner 21
P Kelvin Herrera 15
P Greg Holland 15
PP Alex Gordon 13
PP Eric Hosmer 13
PP Travis Ishikawa 10
PP Hunter Pence 10
PP Billy Butler 10
PP Mike Moustakas 8
P Andrew Miller 8*
P Yusmeiro Petit 8
PP Nelson Cruz 6*
PP Matt Carpenter 6*
P Wade Davis 5
PP Pablo Sandoval 5
PP Kolten Wong 5*
P Pat Neshek 5*
P Jeremy Affeldt 5
PP Lorenzo Cain 5
PP Buster Posey 5
P Kevin Gausman 3*
PP Delmon Young 3*
PP Joe Panik 3
P Jake Peavy 3
P Yordano Ventura 3
P Jered Weaver 3*
PP Brandon Belt 3
P Zack Greinke 3*
PP Matt Kemp 3*
P Bud Norris 3*
P James Shields 3
P Doug Fister 3*
PP Wilson Ramos 3*
P John Lackey 3*
PP Matt Adams 3*
P Trevor Rosenthal 3*
PP Bryce Harper 3*
P Ryan Vogelsong 3
PP Brandon Crawford 1
PP Brandon Moss 1*
P Brandon Finnegan 1
Headlines from around the Continuum: October 23, 2014
A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:
(Note that I try to copy the style of the paper as well, hence why some are in ALL CAPS while others aren’t. Also, I ignored extremely basic-and extremely common- headlines like “Royals win” or “Game 3 tomorrow”. I’ll occasionally make an exception for the team’s “home” newspapers)
Headline: Royals win Game 2
San Francisco Chronicle: Sweep talk swept away in big inning
San Francisco Examiner: Roasted rookie (on Hunter Strickland)
Kansas City Star: GAME ON
Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA): Great start, rough finish for Giants
Monterey Herald (Monterey, CA): ROUGHED UP
Oakland Tribune: NO RELIEF (also the title for the San Jose Mercury News)
Sacramento Bee: Giants lose their edge
San Mateo (CA) Daily Journal: A ROYAL PAIN
Marin Independent Journal (San Rafael, CA): ROYAL REVENGE
Loveland (CO) Reporter-Herald: 1 AND 1
Miami Herald: THE MARLINS’ MR. OCTOBER (On Laurence Leavy, AKA “Marlins Guy”, who has a habit of going to World Series games in full Marlins regalia even though they aren’t playing)
The Hawk Eye (Burlington, IA): Back in the game
Lawrence (KS) Journal-World: ROYAL SMACKDOWN
Ottawa (KS) Herald: ROYAL BLUE (for a story on local Royals fans)
Joplin (MO) Globe: ROYAL ROUT (The same headline was used in Springfield)
Bozeman (MT) Daily Chronicle: ALL EVEN
Poughkeepsie (NY) Journal: A FAMILY’S JOURNEY (On Joe Panik, who grew up and went to High School not far from Poughkeepsie)
News & Advance (Lynchburg, VA): A ROYAL REVIVAL
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Pride of Clintonville (on Royals 3B coach Mike Jirschele, a Clintonville, WI native)
El Universal (Cartagena, Colombia): BUENA REACCIÓN (“Good reaction” or “Good Response”)
El Norte (Monterrey, Mexico): UNA REACCIÓN REAL (“A Royal Response” or “A Royal Reaction”)
Check back throughout the series for more!
Mr. Octobers of Last Night (October 22, 2014)
Last night’s Mr. Octobers? Why, Billy Butler and Kelvin Herrera! Butler for his go-ahead single, and Herrera for his excellent 1.2 innings of relief.
Standings (PP= Position Player, P= Pitcher, * means eliminated from playoffs):
P Madison Bumgarner 21
P Kelvin Herrera 15
PP Alex Gordon 13
PP Travis Ishikawa 10
PP Hunter Pence 10
PP Billy Butler 10
PP Mike Moustakas 8
P Andrew Miller 8*
P Yusmeiro Petit 8
PP Nelson Cruz 6*
PP Matt Carpenter 6*
P Wade Davis 5
PP Pablo Sandoval 5
PP Kolten Wong 5*
P Pat Neshek 5*
P Jeremy Affeldt 5
P Greg Holland 5
PP Lorenzo Cain 5
PP Buster Posey 5
P Kevin Gausman 3*
PP Delmon Young 3*
PP Joe Panik 3
P Jake Peavy 3
P Yordano Ventura 3
PP Eric Hosmer 3
P Jered Weaver 3*
PP Brandon Belt 3
P Zack Greinke 3*
PP Matt Kemp 3*
P Bud Norris 3*
P James Shields 3
P Doug Fister 3*
PP Wilson Ramos 3*
P John Lackey 3*
PP Matt Adams 3*
P Trevor Rosenthal 3*
PP Bryce Harper 3*
P Ryan Vogelsong 3
PP Brandon Crawford 1
PP Brandon Moss 1*
P Brandon Finnegan 1
Headlines from around the Continuum: October 22, 2014
A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:
(Note that I try to copy the style of the paper as well, hence why some are in ALL CAPS while others aren’t. Also, I ignored extremely basic-and extremely common- headlines like “Giants win” or “Game 2 tonight”. I’ll occasionally make an exception for the team’s “home” newspapers)
Headline: Giants win Game 1, 7-1
San Francisco Chronicle: To start, a royal drubbing
San Francisco Examiner: Giants strike early, often
Kansas City Star: BUMMER
Bakersfield Californian: DETHRONED (w/ image of sad Royals fans)
Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA): Giants deliver Royals pain in Game 1
Modesto Bee: S.F. OFF TO A GIANT START
Monterey (CA) Herald: ROYAL CRUSH (was also used in other papers, too)
Oakland Tribune: ONE GIANT STEP (the San Jose Mercury News had the same headline, as did others)
Sacramento Bee: A GIANT STATEMENT
San Mateo (CA) Daily Journal: ONE DOWN, THREE TO GO
The Record (Stockton, CA): SF fans gather to watch glory
Tampa Bay Times: WHAT A SHAME IN GAME 1 FOR BIG GAME JAMES (Note that James Shields got his start as a Ray)
The Hawk Eye (Burlington, IA): Royally Disappointed
Lawrence (KS) Journal-World: PUT AWAY YOUR BROOMS
Joplin (MO) Globe: ROUGH START
News-Leader (Springfield, MO): FEE-FI-FO-FUM (because Giants, get it?)
Omaha World-Herald: SERIES BEGINS, STREAK ENDS
El Universal (Cartagena, Colombia): SERIE GIGANTE (Giant Series)
Novedades de Quintana Roo (Quintana Roo, Mexico): Gigantes da el primer golpe (“Giants tee off” or “Giants land the first blow” or something along those lines)
Vanguardia (Saltillo, Mexico): GIGANTES ROMPEN RACHA (“Giants break streak”)
La Prensa (Managua, Nicaragua): Bumgarner estuvo gigante (“Bumgarner was giant”)
El Nuevo Dia (San Juan, Puerto Rico): PALIZA GIGANTE A KANSAS CITY (Could range, depending on translation, from simply saying that the Giants beat Kansas City to something like “Giant beating of Kansas City”)
Check back throughout the World Series for more headlines!
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