Comments for The League of Nations

Comment on Not a Jock – Jeremy Guthrie by Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:04:50 +0000

I went to High School with Jeremy, and I am proud to say, Mormon or not, good pitcher or not, he is a STAND – UP guy. He was always friendly, outgoing and nice to anyone who ever approached the guy. I am especially proud of him for upholding the Oregon way of life so many of us appreciate…”one less car” is a way of life, man…I was a pedestrian until I was 30…and even then, only because work and family required me to get with the vehicular masses. Way to go Jeremy!

Comment on Mets Trade 2008 Bullpen for Half-Eaten Plate of Pasta, Striped Sock, and Blurry Photo of What Looks Like Tina Youthers by smitty

smitty — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:07:49 +0000

A) Duh.
B) Doesn’t mean we can’t complain about shitty ads.

Comment on Mets Trade 2008 Bullpen for Half-Eaten Plate of Pasta, Striped Sock, and Blurry Photo of What Looks Like Tina Youthers by Somebodys got to pay

Somebodys got to pay — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:04:59 +0000

The banner ads you loathe pay for the salaries, web servers, and other costs of the websites you visit for free.

Somebody has to pay for the yahoo developer’s prius. Somebody has to pay emc and dell for the servers.

The banner advertisers are paying, for that, not you. They’re donating your free lunch. You’re not paying, they are.

So realistically, when you surf the web for free, you are essentially living in the digital verison of your parents house. The person who pays calls the shots

Broadcast tv – advertisers call the shots, HBO – you call the shots

Complaining about banner ads is like complaining about your mom’s cooking when you are getting it for free.

Comment on Proper Met Homage to Pat Burrell by Danny

Danny — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:01:16 +0000

Saw this via metsblog.com.

your ghost-writing 1-line summaries are awesome. made me laugh.

Comment on Proper Met Homage to Pat Burrell by MetsBlog.com » Links: Rosters, Megatron, Wright, and Lil Wayne

MetsBlog.com » Links: Rosters, Megatron, Wright, and Lil Wayne — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:01:03 +0000

[...] guys at League of Nations would rather see Megatron at the plate than Pat Burrell, and give their reasons [...]

Comment on Blyleven, Dinosaurs, and My Dad’s Distate for DVRs by The Baseball Zealot

The Baseball Zealot — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:23:23 +0000

just saw the BBWAA site for the first time. Yikes. Blinding green.

Comment on Albatross Contracts and Baseball Wisdom in Recessions by waka25

waka25 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:48:08 +0000

Touche, sir. Though I guess the point about public transportation was what I was driving at – people are more apt to drive to Dodger Stadium (I guess by virtue of the city, not necessarily the specific neighborhood locale) than Ebbets Field.
But yes, Anaheim is a better example.

Comment on Albatross Contracts and Baseball Wisdom in Recessions by vicecommish

vicecommish — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:38:40 +0000

Although there was a well-documented shift in ballpark construction away from downtown centers to highway-accessible, multi-purpose, cookie-cutter arenas, the example of Chavez Ravine is perhaps not the best illustration of the phenomenon. Dodger Stadium is located just north of Downtown Los Angeles, a little over a mile from its admittedly anemic skyline, in one of the city’s oldest residential districts–Echo Park. It is very much an urban park, though the driving culture of Southern California and the relative lack of public transportation options to the stadium combine to force the vast majority of fans to take their cars to games.

A better example of MLB’s flight to the suburbs would be in Anaheim, where the Los Angeles Angels established their home in 1966 and became the California Angels. After sharing the Dodgers’ Chavez Ravine home for years, the “Singing Cowboy,” Gene Autry, moved his team within slingshot distance of Disneyland, where they immediately saw a huge increase in attendance over their previous season, drawing over 1.4 million to the Big A (they had drawn a paltry 566,727 in their swan song at Dodger Stadium).

Comment on Amateur Middle Infielders by Baseball Bob

Baseball Bob — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:58:16 +0000

Great writing and great information – I’m one of the prospectors that you describe trolling the HS, College and minor league ranks for future talent (drafted Alonzo, Weeks, and Beckham this year) – the statistics you mention will probably have me looking a little differently at deep prospects or at least evaluating them a bit differently – our leage is 15 owners up to 25 players kept from year to year – Have to build somewhere – thanks for the great article and drop me a message anytime to talk B.Ball – bob.baseball@gmail.com