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Lots of sites have written chapter and verse on the just-started season. Player projections, won-loss predictions, awards prognostications. Here at the VORG, we give you roster analysis based upon the Scrabble-acceptability of the names on the Opening Day ledger for each team. If the player’s first or last name can be found in the Official … Read more2012 VORG Season Preview - Scrabble-style
My preseason picks for the 2012 awards were included in ESPN’s Sweet Spot blogger network tabulations. Here is my full ballot as I submitted it: Top 5 AL MVP 1. EVAN LONGORIA 2. JACOBY ELLSBURY 3. ALBERT PUJOLS 4. IAN KINSLER 5. ERIC HOSMER Top 3 AL Cy Young 1. JERED WEAVER 2. MATT MOORE … Read moreVORG’s 2012 Preseason Award Predictions
Tonight marks the beginning of Passover, the celebration of the Israelites’ freedom from slavery in Egypt. This year, Passover happens to fall on the Sabbath, which itself is a period for rest and reflection. As we mentioned in our initial “Sabbathmetrics” piece, for Jewish professional athletes, this can sometimes cause some conflict. In that first … Read moreIan Kinsler and “Sabbathmetrics”
Last season, the VORG handed out the inaugural “Pi Young Awards” in each league, given to the pitchers who compiled ERAs closest to 3.14. Who do you think will win the awards in 2012? Leave your guesses in the comments, as follows: 1) AL (qualifier for ERA title, generally 162+ IP) 2) AL (non-qualifier for … Read moreWho will win the 2012 “Pi Young Awards”?
You can tell a bit about the health of a franchise by looking at the rate of change in their Opening Day lineups. If you see the same names over and over, that generally means a stable (good) ballclub with a productive one through nine. If you see names changing from year to year, that … Read moreHistorical Opening Day Lineup Turnover Rates
512 names, 514 polls, 21,092 votes cast . . . and in the end, it was the 5 foot 7, 154-pound catcher pictured above, with a career line of .223/.268/.283 in 654 plate appearances that walked away with the 2012 March Moniker Madness title. Congrats to William Martin Dillhoefer, better known as Pickles Dillhoefer! Thanks … Read moreAnd the 2012 March Moniker Madness Winner Is . . .
One semifinal was a runaway and the other was a nail-biter. In the end, Pickles Dillhoefer and Astyanax Douglass emerged victorious, and will now meet in the 2012 March Moniker Madness finals. *PDF of 64-name bracket to date* Here are the Madness finals. Voting will be open until early Tuesday morning.