I love Fangraphs. They have discovered the baseball equivalent of Hole in Zone.
Meet one of the guys who didn’t vote for Greg Maddux.
Deadspin, as usual, breaks the story. The author's ballot -- Larry Rocca is his name -- consisted of Jack Morris, Hideo Nomo, Alan Trammell, and Tim Raines. He took the "moral high ground" by insisting that nobody in the steroid era would get his vote. (Shh, nobody tell him that all of his candidates played during…
Top thirty crime procedurals, #20: Monk
IMDB link. Interesting fact: I had originally slotted Murder, She Wrote here. I did an IMDB search for that show, and it recommended Monk, which was somehow left off my list entirely. So, if you're a fan of Jessica Fletcher, sorry, but she missed the cut, since otherwise I'd have to reorganize the entire list. Plus,…
Remember when I said that was my last Hall of Fame post? I lied.
Although I still think it's more absurd that JT Snow got two votes -- TWO -- than Jacque Jones got one, I agree with Kevin's last post. I still think some of the people who didn't vote for Greg Maddux did so for strategic reasons (he'll get in anyway, I'd rather vote in this guy).…