The Hardball Times has set up a memorial fund for John Brattain's family. He left behind a wife and two teenage daughters.
Four years ago, I found from personal experience how generous the online community can be to its own in their hour of need. I am now literally begging you to be even more generous than you were to me.
*ADVERTISEMENT*
Look what people have to say about Larry Mahnken's commentary!
"Larry, can you be any more of a Yankee apologist?.... Just look past your Yankee myopia and try some objectivity." - Bernal Diaz
"Mr. Mahnken is enlightened." - cordially, as always,
rm
"Wow, Larry. You've produced 25% of the comments on this thread and said nothing meaningful. That's impressive, even for you." - Anonymous
"After reading all your postings and daily weblog...I believe you have truly become the Phil Pepe of this generation. Now this is not necessarily a good thing." - Repoz
"you blog sucks, it reeds as it was written by the queer son of mike lupica and roids clemens. i could write a better column by letting a monkey fuk a typewriter. i dont need no 181 million dollar team to write a blog fukkk the spankeees" - yan
"i think his followers have a different sexual preference than most men" - bob
"Boring and predictable." - No Guru No Method
"Are you the biggest idiot ever?" - Randal
"I'm not qualified to write for online media, let alone mainstream media." - Larry Mahnken
This site is best viewed with a monitor.
Disclaimer: If you think this is the official website of the New York Yankees, you're an idiot. Go away.
Free-agent infielder Morgan Ensberg has reached agreement on a one-year contract with the New York Yankees, and will join the competition for the team's first base job in spring training.
"I'm extremely excited about it,'' Ensberg said Thursday. "It's a great team and a great lineup. Most importantly, it's a team that's consistently playing for a World Series. After you've been in the league for a few years, you really start valuing that pursuit.''
Ensberg may be cooked, but this is a smart risk by the Yanks I think.
Here's Ensberg's range of CAIRO projections:
CAIRO
PA
AB
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
SB
CS
AVG
OBP
SLG
BRAA/650
OPS+
80%
604
509
141
30
3
31
92
97
96
5
2
.277
.405
.530
24
144
65%
587
494
131
26
2
27
84
89
99
4
3
.264
.383
.491
12
128
Baseline
431
363
91
17
1
18
58
61
77
2
3
.251
.361
.452
0
112
35%
400
336
80
14
1
15
50
53
76
1
4
.238
.339
.413
-12
97
20%
379
319
72
11
0
12
44
47
76
1
4
.225
.316
.373
-23
81
Assuming his 2007 struggles are just a blip, Ensberg should provide league average offense at 1B, and help the lefty/righty balance. He also helps the depth of the team considerably
