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Syd Thrift

 

Syd Thrift, the former GM of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles is considered an “old school” baseball scout and executive. Instead of relying upon various statistical analysis of minor and major league players, Syd instead relies on measurement such as speed, throwing strength, and general athletic ability. The Game According to Syd showcases this and many other theories on how a baseball organization should be run.

 

Syd Thrift formely played in the New York Yankees minor league system, but he never caught on in any great capacity. He later became a scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates and his first major postion of was that of director of the Kansas City Royals baseball academy. This is the first major baseball subject that Syd covers in his book (after a quick bio). The Royals Baseball Academy was created in 1970.

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YouTube Baseball Comedy

  

 

Today we are going to take a look at some of the best baseball comedy on YouTube and Google Video. Check back often, as we add new videos on a regular basis. Now let me tell you, there are literally thousands upon thousands of videos to shift through on youtube, so this collection of four videos is just a small sample of what’s available. If you have videos to add please include a link in the comments section.

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Futures Market: Travis Snider

 

Travis Snider was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays with the fourteenth overall selection in the 2006 amateur draft. Snider played his High School baseball at Jackson High, in the state of Washington. The selection of Snider broke a long running trend set by General Mangers JP Ricciardi, who in pure money ball fashion prefers to draft college players in the early rounds of a draft. In fact, outside of the selection of Snider, JP’s highest pick used on a high school player was 206th overall, in 2002.

 

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In my very humble and often flawed opinion, I have to say the greatest single-season pitching performance of all time belongs to Hall of Famer Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals in the year of 1968 when he was 32 years old.  In today’s day and age, often times we call a pitcher a “horse” if he pitches over 200 innings.  It is a number all starters shoot for as it means they are pitching late into games for the entire season, it is a number that starters hang their hat on. Round the bases and read the rest of The greatest single-season pitching performance of all time

Dummy Hoy

 

In 1886 a diminutive ballplayer appeared in the outfield of the National League Washington Senators.  He stood 5’5” (shortest regular OF in history?) and hailed from northern Ohio.  He broke in the majors at the age of 26 and would become one of few players to play in 4 different major leagues during his 14 year ML career.
He would become a standout fielder and base runner and is enshrined in the Cincinnati Reds hall of fame.  He was born in 1862 and would live to see the Reds lose to the Yankees in 1961 World Series.  In fact, he was able to throw out the opening pitch at Crosley Field in 1960 – the Reds Centennial Year - at the age of 98!
“Dummy” Hoy, as he was known, was also the first known deaf player in Major League history.  He was discovered in his early 20’s playing pick-up ball during breaks from his cobbling job.  He went on to play a couple years with various mid-western minor leagues before making his debut with Washington. 

 

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