Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 24, 2002

Peter Gammons has a list of 25 things wrong with baseball. Well worth reading. Here are my comments on the 25 items:


  1. No brainer agree.

  2. Aboslutely agree.

  3. I think they work with someone like Cal Ripken, who you want to keep forever. But those players are rare.

  4. I'd say the same apply to NL teams. Unless it's the pitcher batting, don't bunt.

  5. 100% Agreement. I've never understood the roster expansion.

  6. Same as #5.

  7. This is something wrong with a few players, not baseball.

  8. Regular readers know how I feel about the Expos and Bud Selig.

  9. Reminds me of an old Bill James essay, where he shows that only triples have less relevance to winning than SB.

  10. Goes without saying.

  11. I'm not passionate about this. I think the occasional tie adds a little bit of fun.

  12. The season is long enough. If you want to go to seven games division series, then shorten the regular season with 7 double headers during the year.

  13. I think that baseball has the least prejudice against short players, so I don't think this is a big problem.

  14. Yes.

  15. Agree.

  16. The problem with this is that so many outfielders move around, it's hard to peg them.

  17. I didn't know they didn't take infield practice every day!

  18. One thing at a time. If MLB wants to get rid of arbitration, then they will have to free players sooner.

  19. Agree, although this could be fixed by not awarding first base to players hit leaning over the strike zone.

  20. Love the quote here from the GM. Some of us figured that out in the 1980's!

  21. I think this depends, but in general I agree.

  22. K per 9 is the best measure, but my guess is that K per 9 is pretty well linked to how hard you throw. Speed on the gun is a good first measure, but it shouldn't eliminate someone who has a good K per 9 anyway.

  23. If you read the rule book, you find that uniform rules are not worth the paper they are written on.

  24. This is an interesting idea. But if teams are willing to walk Bonds with the bases loaded, I don't think it will make that much difference. Why not just go all the way and eliminate the IBB?

  25. Yes!


Posted by David Pinto at 03:37 PM | Baseball