Archive for the ‘news’ Category
Friday, July 18th, 2008
Well, everyone, I am writing from my home computer for the last time in this apartment, as nearly everything else (except clothes) are packed for my move cross-town from Lake City to Ballard. My birthday is today (I'm 25), my bachelor party spans this weekend, and then I'm getting married ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
I'm Nick Mueller and I too am one of the new writers here at Driveline Mechanics thanks to Kyle and I'll be focusing on the performance/mechanics of mostly prospects or the "hot" rookies. For a little about me:
I guess to put it bluntly, my official qualifications/experience are nill. I'm a ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Well, sort of. Driveline Mechanics will soon be a partner in the SB Nation Network, host of team blogs such as Athletics Nation and DRays Bay in addition to some great independent baseball blogs like Minor League Ball and Beyond the Box Score.
What does this mean for you? Well, for starters, ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
I am proud to announce that I've added three new writers to Driveline Mechanics! Here they are, along with their primary duties:
Josh Kalk - Pitch f/x Analyst
Nick Mueller - Performance Analyst
David Golebiewski - Transactions Analyst
You may know some of these authors - Josh writes for The Hardball Times and David ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Hey everyone! The response to our post looking for writers and interns has been amazing - the emails are still pouring in, and I haven't had the chance to respond to all of them. Rest assured, however, that I am poring over all the responses and picking out the best ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Driveline Mechanics writer Chad Gonczy is taking a leave of absence due to his work and med school hours eating up all of his free time. Though he was only here for a short period of time, he is a friend of mine and I miss his insights on player ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Sorry for the lack of updates recently, folks - real life has been getting in the way of both the authors of the blog. Chad is going through some rigorous med school tests and is taking a well-deserved vacation to Vegas, and I'm going through the final stages of planning ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Mariners' closer J.J. Putz is mentioned in Will Carroll's latest Under the Knife column (subscription required) at Baseball Prospectus. Since the article requires a paid subscription (which is worth every penny), I won't talk at length about what he says, but I did want to mention this part of what ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
We're trying to expand and reach more and more people - as you have probably noticed, the under-used Digg buttons are gone and now at the bottom of posts we have a variety of buttons to share the content on Facebook, Digg, Google, Technorati, and other social networking sites.
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
As of the end of games on Tuesday, June 3rd, Chipper Jones had 85 hits in 208 AB, which is a 40.9% success rate. Put another way- Chipper Jones is chasing .400. Let's get a few objections out of the way first:
"Hey, who cares about batting average, what an archaic ...
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