Category Archive: Dan O’Dowd

Feb 08

Dan O’Dowd interviewed on Clubhouse Confidential

Dan O'Dowd

Clubhouse Confidential? Brilliant TV. Brian Kenny? Even better. He is 100% SABR and loves to sort of needle the guys on MLB Network that still believe RBI’s mean something, that some players are “clutch” and that starting pitchers deserve a team win. So when I heard that Dan O’Dowd and his obvious intentional avoidance of …

Continue reading »

Feb 01

Sorting Pitchers

Jhoulys+Chacin+New+York+Mets+v+Colorado+Rockies+MsS7lOwYwOml

On Monday, our esteemed commander-in-chief at the SweetSpot, David Schoenfield, declared the Rockies to be the hardest team to predict for the upcoming season. I completely agree. I have made no secret of the fact that I don’t particularly like the policy behind the decisions that have been made this off-season. I don’t think chalking …

Continue reading »

Jan 23

A slight reassessment of the off-season

I wouldn't call us friends, but we are back on speaking terms.

It’s amazing how one little trade can force you to take a step back and grab some perspective.  I’m not prepared to declare the Marco Scutaro trade as the deal that will put the Rockies over the top in 2012 – far from it, actually.  However, if you look at this lineup as it is …

Continue reading »

» Newer posts