Michael White is on the masthead
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2010 3:38 PM PST
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PrintTBLA recently hit the 2,000 member mark, and with the mark comes the responsibility we have to 2,000 members to keep you abreast of what is happening in Dodger baseball. Last year at this time we brought in Brendan Scolari who did a wonderful job in adding to the content of this site during the spring and summer. Brendan was able to use his writing here at TBLA to springboard into other writing gigs and thus no longer has the time to write regulary for TBLA.
Several weeks ago we added long time commentator David Young to the masthead of TBLA, and today we are happy to announce that Michael White (aka mwhite06) will be joining our masthead as an editor. We welcome Michael into the fold, and as we wait for his first TBLA story, let's take a look at the first column from the past/present staff of TBLA writers.
Michael Nicks starts TBLA on March 30, 2006
Andrew Grant says hello way back in Aug of 2006
Phil compares Meloan to Ghame Over in the summer of 2007
Eric with Walk this Way in December of 2008
Brendan with a look at the 2009 catching class in March 2009
David Young takes a look at Donny Baseball in Nov 2009
TBLA has come a long way since Michael Nicks kick started this blog on SB Nation four years ago. I've never met Michael Nicks but luckily I met all the other writers who have worked on TBLA and I'm richer for it. Brendan was our youngest writer so adding the youngish Michael White will help balance the scales between the crusty old (Phil and Dave) to the prime of his life Eric, to the post umbilical cord generation that Mr. White would represent. We still need a younger writer then Michael to rep those readers who glaze over when Maury Wills is mentioned and hopefully the future will present an opportunity for such a person if they are interested.
Even if you are not on the masthead, keep kicking out those great fanposts. The fanposts and fanshots are what separates TBLA from other Dodger blogs. All the Dodger blogs provide great content but we are the only platform that can handle community participation other then comments. If you have something to say then by all means say it. Don't waste a two paragraph comment and watch it get buried never to be seen again, create a fanpost.
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Thanks Eric. Maybe that will be my first post, why x-FIP is THE pitching statistic.
by Michael White on Jan 20, 2010 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
After I write my post on x-FIP (and my Shawn Green post) I think I’ll use these new front page privileges to write a post on why college football does not need a playoff. And then I will delete every comment that you write arguing otherwise. And then Phil and Eric will realize they made a huge mistake giving me these privelages as I have abused my power and that I inexplicably wrote a post on TBLA discussing college football (since there is like 10,000 places on SBNation where you could argue about the BCS until you are blue in the face) and I will be relieved of my duties.
And I won’t show any work!
by Michael White on Jan 20, 2010 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
Don't worry about that
soon I’ll be putting up a Gonzaga post about why they are the best basketball program in the history of college sports.
Random stat of the day
I posted this in the comments on Dodger Thoughts, but I thought I’d put it here too:
All-Time Dodgers w/ exact same HR & RBI in back to back years
Carl Furillo: 18 HR / 106 RBI (1949-50)
James Loney: 13 / 90 (2008-09)
Chris Gwynn: 5 / 22 (1990-91)
Jim Lefebvre: 4 / 44 (1969-1970)
Billy Maloney: 0 / 32 (1906-07)
Lee Lacy: 0 / 8 (1973-74)
…and some others at 0 /5 and below.
I was just going to say at DT
if only you had a blog where you could post that kind of information:)
congratulations, Mike
this gives you even greater bragging rights than being drafted just a couple of rounds behind Russell Martin! ;)
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/teams/draft/los-angeles-dodgers-2002.shtml
Congrats Mike! Looking forward to your writings and observations in the time to come. By the way, did you notice that SB Nation finally started a blog exclusively for the LA Kings?
2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!
by DodgerBlueBalls on Jan 20, 2010 4:15 PM PST reply actions
Thanks DBB
Ya, I saw that the Kings got their own blog. That’ll give me a place to go to read the recaps and previews (even if I don’t watch the Kings enough any more to really comment on them.)
by Michael White on Jan 20, 2010 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
I got a chuckle, reading this from TBLA's first ever post:
“Even though I’m going through some pain (losing Choi, Perez, and Bradley; not getting any front-line pitching….”
I’m pretty sure that wherever Mr. Nicks is, whatever he may be doing, he has probably gotten over losing Perez and Bradley by now! :)
I love occasionally reading through some of those old posts. The comments from when Andrew first started running the site are awesome.
Me either
I was really pulling for the guy. Top 10 game in my life was the Radke three home run game with a chant made for Dodger Stadium.
I too have met all the TBLA writers sans the original Michael
It was great spending time at the game of the LA team Mike really roots for, your Los Angeles Clippers. (JPG doesn’t get nearly into it like Mike does).
Why so many alter egos anyway?
Just here you use two – or is it three? – different names, for some reason (maybe there are more?). Maybe you occasionally want to appear as if just a commenter? Or why meercatjohn? Then at DT you’re JPG but used to be ToyCannon (and referred to as TC). Is TC no more, or still appears somewhere else?
Sometimes I think it must just be how you happen to log in that day, or if you have different identities on different computers, and that’s it. It’s very, very odd, especially when one identity lays claim to something said by another one – why bother then? Inquiring minds want to know.
The AP report on the Ethier signing (now finalized) does not mention any incentives, but does mention $500k in incentives for 2011 for Broxton (deal not yet finalized).
Closer Jonathan Broxton is the Dodgers’ last remaining player in arbitration. Los Angeles was close to finalizing an $11 million, two-year deal that would pay him $4 million this year and $7 million in 2011. The salary in the second season could escalate to $7.5 million
Welcome Mike
(and Dave, who I missed having joined the banner).
mlbtraderumors
RT: @SI_JonHeyman: #angels get pineiro. good job by davidoff. deal is for about $16 mil and 2 years, sources say.
The remaining mid-level pitchers should sign quickly I would think. I am thinking Sheets to Mets and Padilla to the Dodgers. Not sure where Looper and Garland end up.
From Braves’ scout Brian Henricksen:
play for SP Jon Garland is heating up #sfgiants #mets #twins after Pineiro signing with #angels the #dodgers are looking at Looper & Padilla
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2010 6:43 PM PST up reply actions
Jayson Stark chimes in too:
With Pineiro gone, Dodgers expected to turn to their old amigo, Vicente Padilla. But Garland, Looper also possibilities http://tiny.cc/u5mOW
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2010 6:45 PM PST up reply actions
i would rather have garland then padill
garland is consistent… and we need someone consistent in the back of the rotation to back up the higly inconsistent kershaw bills and kuroda
I lean
slightly towards the Garland side (all things being equal). I think you will likely get the same value out of each pitcher. Garland’s consistency probably tilts the scales in his favor, but not by much. In the end, I’d probably go with the pitcher willing to sign for less. If that’s even then I would go with Garland.
vr, Xei
Agreed.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Jan 21, 2010 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Always nice...
to bump a near replacement level starter out of the rotation and replace him with an above average one. There’s a good chance that Pineiro’s 2009 season was not quite the outlier that it looks to be, due to the new pitch he started throwing last year. I see this signing as putting the Angels back on even footing with the Mariners again.
vr, Xei
Congrats
A good addition based on what I saw this year. Looking forward to seeing more.
Other than the Clipper angle, of course, but that seems to be a bit rampant amongst some of you lot!
the nightmare
from SI’s Heyman: "Andruw Jones is said to be in the best shape he’s been in for a decade. This could wind up being the best $500,000 the White Sox ever spent."
hahaha
I dunno
that sounds kind of scary. it’s hard for us to remember how good he once was, given how bad he was for the Dodgers. Personally, I have no problems rooting for Pierre, but the thought of a potentially rejuvenated Andruw Jones makes the weather outside seem even drearier.
“… is said …”
By whom? His agent?
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Jan 21, 2010 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
Congratulations Mike - looking forward to reading your stuff in longer form
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Congrats Mike
Love your arguments. It was you who really got me into the crazy statistics baseball has out there..
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