Kuzul

I’m not real big on statistics.Sure, they have their place in the game, but when it comes to evaluating a player’s career, I’m one of those people that feel certain statistics can be bent, massaged and manipulated to say whatever the person using them wants them to say, thus at times creating unnecessary debate.You know what I’m talking about. Instead of just accepting what the stats say about a player, some folks with an agenda in tow will trot out variance explanations to make their case, such as, "I know so-and-so only hit .281, but his OPS on the road in night games was such and such and he shouldn’t be penalized for playing in so many day games."To me this is evident at times during Hall of Fame voting.Every now and then, largely fueled by the statistical manipulating I referenced earlier, some guy gets in that makes me say ...

I see your Albert Pujols and I raise you… Prince Fielder? In what is quickly turning into a Boston-New York AL West, the Angels and Rangers are in the process of engaging in a high-stakes arms race in an effort to establish themselves as the top dog in the AL West. Various reports list the Rangers as one of the potential suitors for free-agent slugger Prince Fielder.  This on top of the fact that they were recently awarded exclusive negotiating rights with Japanese pitching phenom Yu Darvish.  If they do manage to sign both players (which will probably cost them upwards of $300 million, including the $51 million posting fee for Darvish), then they will have essentially wiped out the gains the Angels made when they signed Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson. And that would be disastrous for Los Angeles. The Angels, flush with cash after reportedly inking a 20-year, ...