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Archive for October 5th, 2006

The Hunter Misplay; The Kotsay HR

This play may be remembered as the turning point in the ALDS, when the A’s went from being “dark horses” who managed to win a rare one against Santana, to acknowledged title contenders.
Aaron Gleeman has a great write up of the reasons behind the misplay, and why it happened to Hunter.
Failing to make a spectacular […]

Why does ESPN pick on Milton?

I was watching SportsCenter tonight, and the highlights from the A’s-Twins ALDS game came on. I watched, expecting to see Mark Kotsay’s inside-the-park HR off of the poorly thought out Torii Hunter dive replayed about 10 times.
They did show that play, but what they chose to devote more airtime to disturbed me.
They showed Milton Bradley […]

A Retraction for Mr. Mihlfeld

Some time ago, I followed Deadspin’s tip about Chris Mihlfeld being the name named in Jason Grimsley’s affadavit.
Well, since it’s not him, I’d like to follow Deadspin’s lead again, and offer a retraction and apology to Mihlfeld.
This site is one of the top google results for his name, and I want to make it clear […]

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