Who cares I say!!! Well before you slam me via e.mail or Digg let me say that I could care less the color of Jackie Robinson’s skin, Roberto Clemente’s, Ichiro Suzuki’s, Dave Nilsson’s or even Larry Walker’s. Now, my examples are thoughts of “non-Americans” but the measure is the same. It’s about their abilities. Clemente [...]
“Everywhere I play, even now, people still yell, ‘Bartman! Bartman!’ I feel really bad for the kid,” Alou told Associated Press columnist Jim Litke. “You know what the funny thing is?” he added a moment later. “I wouldn’t have caught it, anyway.” Via ESPN
I’m a big fan of Moneyball, the excellent book by Michael Lewis. One of the big factors or stimulus’ of the book deals with Bill James. Bill is a founding member of Sabermetrics. I’m also a big fan of Freakanomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. In many ways the two books are [...]
Yes it’s time to gloat, because even if the Cards didn’t win at least the Cubbies lost. So without further ado I would like to introduce you to an annual ritual or statement that I make every year and usually after the first game of the year. “Well, the Cubs lost today, so I hear [...]
Yes it is folks. Get your opinions, stereotypes, and grudges out and dust them off. For today we enter six months of “crack of the bat”, “BEER HERE!”, and “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Life is good. Life is very good. Here are some words heard on the radio or television that symbolize [...]
Welcome to Brockabrella.com. Your home for Cubs Bashing, Cardinals information, Baseball talk, and general discussion and love for the beautiful game of baseball. I’m never going to have the insight and intelligence of Rob Neyer, but my views and comments won’t cost you a monthly fee either. Why Brockabrella? That’s for later. What can you [...]
