Looking at the Game of Baseball from all ends of the Spectrum
The University of Illinois baseball squad went 3-0 this weekend down in Texas at the Al Ogletree Tournament.
Their pitching carried them as they allowed only two earned runs for the 27 innings. Also, frosh 2B Josh Parr went 7 for 10 for the weekend.
You can read my full story over at the Illinois Baseball Report.
If you’re interested, The Biz of Baseball (becoming one of my favorite blogs on topic of what goes on in the ivory towers of baseball) has compiled a Final Payroll by Year of each MLB team.
The list is sorted and goes back to 2002.
This has been getting a lot of attention especially among Reds’ bloggers…
Brandon Phillips of the Reds:
“I don’t believe that on-base percentage stuff. That’s overrated to me. If you get hits, you’ll be on base. That’s what it’s about.”
Some of Baker’s influence there??
Many have mentioned that while they don’t doubt Phillips is a talented player, he HAS led the Reds in outs in the past two seasons. And while he does have some tasty stats, his OBP is not one of them. Last year, it was an abysmal .312 and the year before it wasn’t much better at .331.
Hmm. Baltimore Oriole and former Cub Rich Hill was scratched from his start today.
It was due to “stiffness in his left elbow” and it’s “just precautionary”.
And so begins his time with the Orioles. Any bets on how long before he sees time with their farm teams?