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Friday, October 02, 2009Mr. LaRussa, say goodbye to Mr. McGrawYesterday, I noted Tony LaRussa tied John McGraw for most games managed by someone not named Connie Mack. With tonight's game, LaRussa passes McGraw. Congrats. This is an amazing achievement. Passing up John Frickin' McGraw??? Damn! Will Billy Wagner’s value be impacted by arbitration?One of the bigger plot lines in the trade that sent Billy Wagner to Boston was the question of arbitration. Wagner wanted the Sox to pledge not to offer him arbitration, something the Sox were not willing to do. Eventually, Wagner capitulated on the caveat his $10 million option was declined. Since then, I've been hearing how the arbitration issue will impact Wagner's free agent hopes. ESPN's Buster Olney touched on this during an informal poll of six 'sources' -- all agreed that Wagner being offered arbitration as a Type-A free agent would pose problems: Six of six predicted that Boston will offer arbitration. And five of six of those polled believe this will greatly impact Wagner's market value. "He's an older guy coming off surgery," said one person polled, "and there are going to be a lot of closers available this winter. You'd rather go after a guy who doesn't cost you a draft pick." Said another executive: "This is going to be really interesting to watch. If I were his agent [Bean Stringfellow], I'd be going to the Red Sox early on and trying to unwind this and see what you can do." Click for more... Rivera’s sequencingI always wanted to be a fly on the mask of Jorge Posada's catching gear, just so I could see and hear his interactions with Mariano Rivera. This is how I imagined his trips to the mound going: Jorge: So how do you want to approach this guy? And that's it. Well it seems there's more to it than that, according to Dave Allen. Rivera apparently gets bored throwing the cutter high and tight on literally every single pitch, so he decides to mix it up on occasion by throwing the cutter to **gasp** a different location. What will he think of next, a different pitch?! In all seriousness though, it's a good piece in an under-researched area of the game. Go give it a read. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||