Short answer: Yes, if it’s the Jason Bay deal (via the Marlins).
Long answer: Yes. Take a look at players A and B below:
player A: .282/.375/.519 (AVG/OBP/SLG), 29 years old, under contract for $7.5 million in 2009
player B: .299/.398/.529, 36 years old, club option for 2009-2010 for ~$20 million
Which player would you rather have? [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 31, 2008
Trade Manny?
July 25, 2008
Jonah stories
A couple of stories about my son, Jonah:
About six weeks ago I had the transmission replaced in my car (so much for German engineering–the reliability of BMW’s is a topic of a future post) and borrowed my parents’ 1989 Toyota Cressida. Some of you may remember that car–quite nice in its day (sort of [...]
July 22, 2008
Everyone should have a Nantucket…
Every year since 1991, my family (my parents and my aunt Rory and uncle Peter, that is) has rented a house on Nantucket for one to two weeks. I’ve been able to go almost every year (I didn’t go the year Jonah was born, for example). Santina, Jonah, and I will be leaving [...]
July 18, 2008
The poem that started it all
There is a reason someone once called me “Wayne Pitcher, Chemist and Poet.” I’ve been writing poetry since my senior year in high school. Here’s “the poem that started it all”:
Bury the Ghost
Dig the grave
Deeper and deeper.
Bury the ghost,
I’m not its keeper.
Pile the dirt
Higher and higher.
Burn her letters,
Fuel for the fire.
Forget the memories,
Forget [...]
July 16, 2008
All-Star Game
So I watched the All-Star game yesterday. Rather, I watched extra innings, as Jonah did not go to sleep until then. The game went on a bit long (santina went to bed before it was over), but it was not without excitement. As in many extra-inning games, one-run strategies dominate (usually for [...]
July 16, 2008
Call me Dr. P
I’m Dr. Wayne Pitcher, Chemist and Poet. Welcome to my blog. After talking about it, thinking about it, and having numerous friends suggest I do it, I am now blogging. I intend to use this space for random musings…well, maybe not so random. I have a lot of interests, from poetry to baseball to science [...]
