Category: Cooperstown

Padres GM Byrnes compounds mistakes by extending Quentin for 3 yrs/$30 million

July 23, 2012

Padres Josh Byrnes compounds earlier mistakes by signing LF Carlos Quentin to a 3 yr/$30 million extension In the middle of Vicky Santo’s stirring comments during the induction speech for her husband Ron here in Cooperstown a member of our front office leans over to me and says, “what is Byrnes thinking”?  Earlier in the … More Padres GM Byrnes compounds mistakes by extending Quentin for 3 yrs/$30 million

Open Letter to BBWAA Writers Voting for Hall of Fame Induction

December 31, 2010

Thursday December 30, 2010 This started as a response to ESPN’s Jim Caples article on Baseball Hall of Fame voting rules. In his article Caples says that steroids were not against the rules of baseball so he is going to vote for people that used steroids. Caples is completely wrong about that and that worries … More Open Letter to BBWAA Writers Voting for Hall of Fame Induction