Around the Majors: Padilla will have Tommy John surgery

by
March 14, 2006

1) Mets P Juan Padilla will have Tommy John surgery and will the season.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 27  -10   7.71   18   0   25.2   17  5.96 18.23   1   0   0   0   1  Yankees/Reds
2005 28   11   1.49   24   0   36.1   17  4.21  9.66   3   1   1   3   1  Mets         
CAREER     1   4.06   42   0   62     34  4.94 13.21   4   1   1   3   2 
LG AVG     0   4.32            62     45  6.59 12.85   3   3

2) The Dodgers got bad news on SS Cesar Izturis. Izturis had reconstructive elbow surgery and was expected to be out until the some star break. But, now he may be able to harm the team by playing much earlier.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23  -31  .282  .315  .597  .288   2.94  .251   1   40   10  158  Dodgers      
2004   24   -8  .330  .381  .710  .462   4.63  .288   4   62   25  159  Dodgers      
2005   25  -23  .302  .322  .624  .301   3.05  .257   2   31    8  106  Dodgers      
CAR       -100  .295  .338  .633  .336   3.36  .261  10  173   58  604 
LG AVG       0  .340  .430  .770  .500   5.13  .268  73  301   38 
POS AVG    -59  .318  .387  .705  .413   4.25  .264  40  232   54

Izturis ranks 2nd in Dodgers history for worst OPS vs. the league average (min: 2000 PA)–

OPS                             DIFF   PLAYER   LEAGUE   
1    Bill Bergen               -.286     .372     .658   
2    Cesar Izturis             -.140     .630     .771   
3    Otto Miller               -.114     .583     .696   
4    Alex Cora                 -.113     .666     .778   
5    Wally Gilbert             -.103     .693     .796   
6    Ivy Olson                 -.083     .620     .703   
7    Bill Russell              -.072     .648     .720   
8    Jose Offerman             -.071     .669     .740   
9    Mark Grudzielanek         -.065     .717     .782   
10   Steve Yeager              -.063     .657     .720

3) The Diamondbacks sent OF Chris Young and Ps Edgar Gonzalez, Tony Pena, Mike Schultz, Doug Slaten and Bill Murphy to the minors.

GONZALEZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 20    0   4.91    9   2   18.1   14  6.87 17.18   2   1   0   1   2  Diamondbacks 
2004 21  -25   9.32   10  10   46.1   31  6.02 18.45   0   9   0   2   7  Diamondbacks 
2005 22   -4 108.00    1   0    0.1    1 27.00 108.00  0   0   0   0   0  Diamondbacks 
CAREER   -29   8.58   20  12   65     46  6.37 18.55   2  10   0   3   9 
LG AVG     0   4.31            65     48  6.71 12.83   4   4

4) The Red Sox sent 1B Luis Jimenez and Josh Pressley, INF Rodney Nye, OFs Brandon Moss, David Murphy and Tyler Minges and Ps Abe Alvarez, Jon Lester, Edgar Martinez, David Pauley, Jermaine Van Buren, Tim Bausher and Franklin Nunez to the minors.

ALVAREZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 21   -2   9.00    1   1    5      2  3.60 23.40   0   1   0   0   1  Red Sox      
2005 22   -3  15.43    2   0    2.1    1  3.86 23.14   0   0   0   0   0  Red Sox      
CAREER    -5  11.05    3   1    7.1    3  3.68 23.32   0   1   0   0   1 
LG AVG     0   4.55             7.1    5  6.36 12.98   0   0

5) The Rangers traded P Clint Brannon to the cubs as the player to be named in a November trade that sent P Jon Leicester to the Rangers.

6) The Reds sent 1B Joey Votto, INF Ray Olmedo, C Miguel Perez and Ps Travis Chick, Phil Dumatrait, Elizardo Ramirez, Jimmy Journell and Ben Kozlowski to the minors.

OLMEDO
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   22  -19  .280  .274  .554  .206   2.45  .239   0   17    1   79  Reds         
2004   23    0  .500  .000  .500  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    8  Reds         
2005   24   -5  .282  .338  .620  .292   3.32  .221   1    4    4   54  Reds         
CAR        -24  .282  .289  .571  .228   2.67  .234   1   21    5  141 
LG AVG       0  .340  .430  .770  .500   5.13  .269  10   43    5 
POS AVG     -7  .323  .393  .716  .429   4.43  .265   7   34    7 

PEREZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   21   -1  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    2  Reds         
CAR         -1  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    2 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   0    0    0 
POS AVG      0  .314  .385  .699  .385   3.94  .248   0    0    0 

RAMIREZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 21   -1   4.80    7   0   15      9  5.40 13.80   0   0   0   0   0  Phillies     
2005 22  -10   8.46    6   4   22.1    9  3.63 18.13   0   3   0   1   2  Reds         
CAREER   -11   6.99   13   4   37.1   18  4.34 16.39   0   3   0   1   2 
LG AVG     0   4.26            37.1   28  6.64 12.79   2   2 

JOURNELL
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   -2   6.00    7   0    9      8  8.00 21.00   0   0   0   0   0  Cardinals    
2005 27   -3  10.38    5   0    4.1    5 10.38 22.85   0   1   0   0   1  Cardinals    
CAREER    -5   7.43   12   0   13.1   13  8.78 21.60   0   1   0   0   1 
LG AVG     0   4.27            13.1   10  6.62 12.79   1   1 

KOZLOWSKI
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 21   -1   6.30    2   2   10      6  5.40 20.70   0   0   0   0   0  Rangers      
CAREER    -1   6.30    2   2   10      6  5.40 20.70   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.47            10      7  6.26 12.83   1   1

7) The Tigers sent P Kyle Sleeth to the minors.

8) The Royals signed P Luke Hudson to a minor league contract, with an invitation to spring training, and sent 1B Chris Richard, 2B Donnie Murphy, SS Angel Sanchez, C Adam Donachie and Ps Brian Bass, Juan Cedeno, Luis Cota and Ryan Baerlocher to the minors.

HUDSON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 25    0   4.50    3   0    6      7 10.50 16.50   0   0   0   0   0  Reds         
2004 27    8   2.42    9   9   48.1   38  7.08 11.73   4   2   0   4   2  Reds         
2005 28  -18   6.38   19  16   84.2   53  5.63 15.31   6   9   0   5  10  Reds         
CAREER   -10   4.92   31  25  139     98  6.35 14.12  10  11   0   9  12 
LG AVG     0   4.25           139    102  6.64 12.78   8   8 

RICHARD
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2001   27   -1  .335  .435  .770  .489   4.63  .265  15   61   11  136  Orioles      
2002   28   -6  .292  .381  .673  .350   3.43  .232   4   21    0   50  Orioles      
2003   29   -2  .300  .444  .744  .289   3.52  .222   1    3    0   19  Rockies      
CAR         -6  .324  .452  .777  .472   4.63  .258  34  122   18  267 
LG AVG       0  .338  .432  .770  .500   5.13  .269  30  124   17 
POS AVG     17  .353  .458  .812  .548   5.79  .275  36  142   17 

MURPHY
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   21   -3  .185  .296  .481  .068   1.17  .185   0    3    1    7  Royals       
2005   22   -9  .241  .260  .501  .108   1.52  .156   1    8    0   32  Royals       
CAR        -12  .228  .269  .497  .097   1.44  .163   1   11    1   39 
LG AVG       0  .333  .427  .760  .500   4.96  .269   4   16    2 
POS AVG     -1  .325  .411  .735  .469   4.63  .267   3   14    3

9) The Brewers sent P Manny Parra to the minors.

10) The A’s sent OF Javier Herrera, Hiram Bocachica and Danny Putnam, C Raul Casanova and Ps Adam Johnson, Alex Santos and Mac Suzuki to the minors.

BOCACHICA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   -4  .045  .091  .136  .000   0.00  .045   0    0    0    6  Tigers       
2004   28   -2  .337  .400  .737  .446   4.21  .244   3    6    5   50  Mariners     
2005   29   -3  .105  .105  .211  .000   0.00  .105   0    0    0    9  A's          
CAR        -19  .271  .364  .635  .338   3.26  .217  13   32   12  231 
LG AVG       0  .337  .432  .769  .500   5.10  .268  15   63    8 
POS AVG      1  .340  .428  .768  .505   5.18  .272  14   59   12 

CASANOVA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2001   28   -1  .303  .484  .787  .476   5.11  .260  11   33    0   71  Brewers      
2002   29   -8  .270  .227  .497  .138   1.78  .182   1    8    0   33  Brewers/Orioles
2005   32   -1  .200  .200  .400  .000   0.00  .200   0    0    0    6  White Sox    
CAR        -46  .300  .369  .669  .329   3.60  .232  28  113    2  338 
LG AVG       0  .344  .436  .780  .500   5.30  .271  33  136   19 
POS AVG    -25  .326  .401  .727  .411   4.41  .258  28  126    5 

JOHNSON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2001 21  -10   8.28    7   4   25     17  6.12 18.00   1   2   0   1   2  Twins        
2003 23   -6  47.25    2   0    1.1    0  0.00 60.75   0   1   0   0   1  Twins        
CAREER   -16  10.25    9   4   26.1   17  5.81 20.16   1   3   0   1   3 
LG AVG     0   4.48            26.1   19  6.43 12.93   1   1 

SUZUKI
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2000 25   16   4.34   32  29  188.2  135  6.44 13.93   8  10   0  10   8  Royals       
2001 26  -15   5.86   33  19  118.1   89  6.77 15.44   5  12   0   6  11  Royals/Rockies/Brewers
2002 27   -9   9.00    7   1   21     15  6.43 17.57   0   2   0   1   1  Royals       
CAREER   -41   5.72  117  67  465.2  327  6.32 15.15  16  31   0  20  27 
LG AVG     0   4.75           465.2  330  6.39 13.42  26  26

11) The Pirates sent INFs Javier Guzman and Craig Stansberry, OF Andrew McCutchen and Ps Jonah Bayliss, Mike Johnston, Josh Sharpless and Matt Peterson to the minors.

BAYLISS
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 24    0   4.63   11   0   11.2   10  7.71 10.03   0   0   0   0   0  Royals       
CAREER     0   4.63   11   0   11.2   10  7.71 10.03   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.36            11.2    8  6.16 12.63   1   1 

JOHNSTON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 25   -1   4.37   24   0   22.2   18  7.15 18.26   0   3   0   1   2  Pirates      
2005 26   -4  36.00    1   0    1      2 18.00 36.00   0   0   0   0   0  Pirates      
CAREER    -5   5.70   25   0   23.2   20  7.61 19.01   0   3   0   1   2 
LG AVG     0   4.31            23.2   18  6.73 12.84   1   1

12) The Padres sent 1B-OF Paul McAnulty, INF Matt Bush, OF Freddy Guzman, C George Kottaras and Ps Jared Wells, Sean Thompson, Kenny Baugh, Cesar Carrillo, Mike Thompson, Erick Burke to the minors.

MCANULTY
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   24   -1  .321  .208  .530  .278   2.70  .208   0    0    1   22  Padres       
CAR         -1  .321  .208  .530  .278   2.70  .208   0    0    1   22 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   1    3    0 
POS AVG      0  .350  .456  .805  .556   5.73  .269   1    4    0 

GUZMAN
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   23   -6  .250  .250  .500  .188   2.18  .211   0    5    5   20  Padres       
CAR         -6  .250  .250  .500  .188   2.18  .211   0    5    5   20 
LG AVG       0  .341  .437  .778  .500   5.26  .270   3   11    1 
POS AVG      0  .335  .432  .766  .489   5.12  .265   3   10    3

13) The Giants sent INFs Travis Ishikawa and Derin McMains, OF Fred Lewis, C Todd Jennings and Ps Kelyn Acosta, Jon Coutlangus, Jesus Reina, Alfredo Simon, Erick Threets, Jeff Miller, Billy Sadler, Jonathan Sanchez and Brian Wilson to the minors.

14) The Rangers sent Ps Ryan Bukvich, Wes Littleton and Armando Galarraga to the minors.

BUKVICH
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   -5   9.58    9   0   10.1    8  6.97 18.29   1   0   0   0   1  Royals       
2004 26    1   3.68    9   0    7.1    7  8.59 13.50   0   0   1   0   0  Royals       
2005 27   -3  11.25    4   0    4      4  9.00 18.00   0   0   0   0   0  Rangers      
CAREER    -9   6.94   48   0   46.2   39  7.52 16.59   2   0   1   0   2 
LG AVG     0   4.50            46.2   32  6.25 12.87   3   3

15) The Blue Jays sent Ps Ryan Houston and Vince Perkins to the minors.

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16) The Diamondbacks sent SS Justin Upton and OFs Jarred Ball and Marland Williams to the minors.

17) The Twins sent Ps Jason Miller, Glen Perkins and Julio DePaula to the minors.

18) The Angels sent Cs Brenton Del Chiaro and Brett Martinez and Ps Nick Adenhart, Jose Arredondo, Bob Zimmerman, Matt Hensley, Tim Bittner, Dan Davidson, Tommy Mendoza, Alex Serrano and Steven Shell 

HENSLEY
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 25   -1   4.88   16   0   27.2   30  9.76 13.34   0   2   0   1   1  Angels       
CAREER    -1   4.88   16   0   27.2   30  9.76 13.34   0   2   0   1   1 
LG AVG     0   4.64            27.2   20  6.45 13.15   2   2

19) The Dodgers sent Ps Kurt Ainsworth, Justin Orenduff and Jose Diaz to the minors.

AINSWORTH
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 23    5   2.10    6   4   25.2   15  5.26 12.27   1   2   0   2   1  Giants       
2003 24    1   4.08   14  11   68.1   52  6.85 13.17   5   5   0   5   5  Giants/Orioles
2004 25  -17   9.68    7   7   30.2   20  5.87 18.78   0   1   0   0   1  Orioles      
CAREER   -13   5.19   29  22  126.2   90  6.39 14.57   6   8   0   7   7 
LG AVG     0   4.34           126.2   93  6.62 12.86   7   7

20) Shane Nance retired.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 24    0   4.26    4   0    6.1    5  7.11 11.37   0   0   0   0   0  Brewers      
2003 25   -1   4.81   26   0   24.1   25  9.25 16.64   0   2   0   1   1  Brewers      
2004 26   -2   5.84   19   0   12.1    9  6.57 24.81   1   1   0   1   1  Diamondbacks 
CAREER    -3   5.02   49   0   43     39  8.16 18.21   1   3   0   2   2 
LG AVG     0   4.27            43     32  6.69 12.80   2   2

21) Today’s birthdays–

KEVIN BROWN, AGE: 41
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1996 31   53   1.89   32  32  233    159  6.14  9.12  17  11   0  22   6  Marlins      
1999 34   40   3.00   35  35  252.1  221  7.88  9.84  18   9   0  18   9  Dodgers      
2000 35   43   2.58   33  33  230    216  8.45  9.27  13   6   0  14   5  Dodgers      
CAREER   304   3.28  486 476 3256.1 2397  6.62 11.38 211 144   0 218 137 
LG AVG     0   4.30          3256.1 2270  6.27 12.88 183 182 

BILL HOLBERT, 1855-1935
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1878   23  -20  .199  .197  .395  .149   2.21  .185   0   12    0   45  Cream Citys  
1882   27  -20  .218  .203  .421  .225   2.54  .183   0   23    0   71  Trojans      
1884   29  -20  .235  .227  .462  .238   2.83  .208   0    0    0   65  Metropolitia 
1887   32  -22  .248  .267  .515  .251   3.56  .227   0    0   12   69  Metropolitia 
CAR       -183  .228  .232  .460  .245   3.00  .208   0   86   16  623 
LG AVG       0  .293  .340  .633  .500   5.63  .257  10  127   41 
POS AVG    -73  .269  .305  .574  .412   4.62  .238   7  126   25 

BOBBY JENKS, AGE: 25
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 24    8   2.75   32   0   39.1   50 11.44 11.44   1   1   6   1   1  White Sox    
CAREER     8   2.75   32   0   39.1   50 11.44 11.44   1   1   6   1   1 
LG AVG     0   4.36            39.1   27  6.16 12.63   2   2 

MATT KATA, AGE: 28
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25  -10  .315  .420  .736  .390   4.50  .257   7   29    3   78  Diamondbacks 
2004   26   -6  .301  .364  .665  .373   4.07  .247   2   13    4   42  Diamondbacks 
2005   27   -3  .286  .297  .583  .195   2.45  .189   0    0    0   40  Diamondbacks/Phillies
CAR        -19  .308  .392  .701  .370   4.19  .248   9   42    7  160 
LG AVG       0  .341  .433  .773  .500   5.18  .269  16   66    8 
POS AVG     -5  .338  .406  .744  .466   4.82  .273  11   53    9 

DAVE MCKAY, AGE: 56
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1977   27  -29  .222  .266  .488  .113   1.58  .197   3   22    2   95  Blue Jays    
1978   28  -26  .268  .351  .619  .290   2.72  .238   7   45    4  145  Blue Jays    
1979   29  -14  .256  .276  .532  .160   2.03  .218   0   12    1   47  Blue Jays    
CAR       -107  .266  .313  .580  .271   2.58  .229  21  170   20  645 
LG AVG       0  .328  .390  .718  .500   4.38  .263  47  242   39 
POS AVG    -26  .320  .357  .677  .446   3.95  .260  27  194   55 

MARTY MCMANUS, 1900-66
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1921   21  -25  .308  .367  .675  .317   3.75  .260   3   64    5  121  Browns       
1927   27  -15  .332  .431  .763  .389   4.67  .268   9   69    8  108  Tigers       
1932   32  -13  .317  .374  .691  .362   4.04  .235   5   24    1   93  Red Sox      
CAR        -27  .357  .430  .787  .488   5.43  .289 120  996  126 1831 
LG AVG       0  .359  .413  .772  .500   5.42  .292  89  910  111 
POS AVG   -146  .348  .379  .727  .432   4.68  .279  55  811  122 

KIRBY PUCKETT, 1960-2006
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1986   26   35  .366  .537  .903  .638   7.07  .328  31   96   20  161  Twins        
1987   27   38  .367  .534  .900  .669   7.02  .332  28   99   12  157  Twins        
1988   28   47  .375  .545  .920  .696   7.40  .356  24  121    6  158  Twins        
1992   32   35  .374  .490  .864  .661   6.63  .329  19  110   17  160  Twins        
CAR        254  .360  .477  .837  .602   6.09  .318 207 1085  134 1783 
LG AVG       0  .331  .403  .734  .500   4.63  .263 181  848  133 
POS AVG     43  .333  .414  .747  .515   4.86  .269 179  825  260 

JACK ROTHROCK, 1905-80
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1927   22  -20  .302  .360  .662  .339   3.61  .259   1   36    5  117  Red Sox      
1928   23  -12  .333  .343  .676  .385   4.04  .267   3   22   12  117  Red Sox      
1934   29  -14  .336  .399  .734  .436   5.12  .284  11   72   10  154  Cardinals    
CAR        -87  .336  .370  .706  .418   4.54  .276  28  327   75 1014 
LG AVG       0  .353  .413  .766  .500   5.39  .289  50  458   49 
POS AVG     43  .360  .433  .793  .535   5.84  .298  59  484   53 

BUTCH WYNEGAR, AGE: 50
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1978   22  -10  .307  .308  .616  .408   3.34  .229   4   45    1  135  Twins        
1980   24  -12  .339  .335  .675  .411   4.14  .255   5   57    3  146  Twins        
CAR        -31  .348  .347  .695  .469   4.24  .255  65  506   10 1301 
LG AVG       0  .328  .395  .723  .500   4.45  .264 107  532   86 
POS AVG    -75  .314  .370  .684  .431   3.88  .250  97  515   27

The 2006 edition of the sabermetric baseball encyclopedia is available and is now shipping. Also, for the first time, there will be a subscription package available to get the encyclopedia updated every day during the 2006 season. The encyclopedia can be ordered at http://www.baseball-encyclopedia.com

“Lee Sinins’ Sabermetric Encyclopedia is best reason yet developed to own a computer. I think I must own a copy of every baseball encyclopedia there is or ever was, and occasionally I find that I still need to pull out one of the others, but not very often; the Sabermetric Encyclopedia covers 97% of my needs. Whether I’m working or playing, calculating or daydreaming, the Sabermetric Encyclopedia pops up to help out. I turn it on in the morning; I turn it off when the house is on fire. Otherwise, I’m using it.”–Bill James


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