What was ESPN thinking?

As I am browsing through my newest ESPN issue- The Analytics Issue (with a sweet pic of Paul George on the front- will attach cover picture below) They think Dwyane Wade is the worst three point shooter ever? Huh? In the modern day era (or since.. well 2007) Josh Smith is the worst three point shooter (in my opinion). His career three point average is 27.4%.  Why do they say Wade if Isiah Thomas' % is 0.1 lower?
I have more to complain about in the next blog post, but I have to find something else to complain about.

Wait.. what is Integral Vector Calculus? Some offensive linemen named John Urschel knows what that is. Wow smart guy.

1st TTM Success of 2014- Marcus Stroman

So pumped from yesterday's mail! Got 1/1 from Toronto Blue Jays Prospect Marcus Stroman
Will update tracker!

Twins Fans... It's Over. Start your engines for another year of no playoffs in Loserville, USA

Twins Fans- Our #2 prospect in the organization is having Tommy John surgery
Miguel Sano- It's Over.

Our bright future is lost for this season! It looks like we might make the Twins "good" again in 2015. Alright, this year- deposit it in the compost. It is OVER.

Spring Training 2014 TTM Tracker

I sent out 15 TTMs so far:

1. Gerardo Parra- 2/19
2. Lucas Duda- 2/19
3. John Danks- 2/19
4. David Robertson- 2/19
5. Jeremy Hellickson- 2/20
6. Andrelton Simmons- 2/20
7. Marlon Byrd- 2/20
8. Scott Kazmir- 2/20
9. Kurt Suzuki- 2/20
10. Andrew Cashner- 2/21
11. Phil Hughes- 2/21
12. Brett Jackson- 2/21
13. Tyler Pastornicky- 2/21
14. Xander Bogaerts- 2/21
15. Oscar Taveras- 2/21

Excited to track and see how long this takes! Will update once I send out more!

0/15 = 0% successes
Successes in Red!
Failures in Blue!
NO RESPONSE in Lime Green!

TTM Success- Tony Sipp

Yesterday, I got a TTM return from Gulfport, Mississippi. It's from Tony Sipp, the San Diego Padres reliever. Thanks Mr. Sipp! Only took about 450 days!

2 TTM Successes- Noah Syndergaard and Delino DeShields Jr.

Yes it's that time of year again! TTM Time! First two successes of February are from:
Noah Syndergaard- New York Mets Top Prospect
Delino DeShields- Houston Astros Top Prospect
I got one for my friend, Wilson, the founder of Pride of the Twins, and also one with a quirky note from Syndergaard- "LOCATE THE HEATER"
Whatever that means. I will keep a counting list of all the TTMS I'm sending and receiving throughout this spring training season. Peace.

Noah Syndergaard on the side; DeShields in the middle

Baseball Autographs- What is their purpose?

Baseball autographs share a great part of my life. Over my about 3 years of autograph collecting, I have about 300 different players, coaches, Hall of Famers, and prospects' autographs. My best current player autograph is Clayton Kershaw, a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The best coach autograph is Tony LaRussa, the former coach for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. My best Hall of Fame autograph is either Rollie Fingers or Bob Feller, both great pitchers back in their day (listen to me reminisce). Baseball autographs show my personality. It's who I am. I will list all my autographs that I've gotten from players over the years. Then, in my next post, I will explain how I got so many by a very clever method. My total count is so far about 322 autographs. Here are about 170 of them:

1.

Eric Sogard			2/17/2012
Brett Sinkbeil			2/17/2012
John Axford			3/14/2012
Carlos Santana			3/14/2012
Matt Garza			3/14/2012
Dee Gordon			3/14/2012
Curtis Granderson			3/14/2012
Javy Guerra			3/14/2012
Daniel Hudson			3/17/2012
Madison Bumgarner			3/19/2012
Desmond Jennings			3/19/2012
Chris Sale			3/19/2012
Casey Janssen			3/19/2012
Logan Forthsye			3/19/2012
Shaun Marcum			3/19/2012
Brian Matusz			3/21/2012
Jon Jay			3/21/2012
Bobby Bonilla			3/22/2012
Ian Desmond			3/24/2012
Joe Benson			3/26/2012
Jeff Niemann			3/26/2012
Rick Porcello			3/27/2012
Lars Anderson			3/28/2012
Cameron Maybin			3/28/2012
Jason Kipnis			3/29/2012
Howie Kendrick			3/29/2012
Josh Hamilton			3/29/2012
Drew Stubbs			3/30/2012
Ryan Zimmerman			4/9/2012
C.C. Sabathia			4/9/2012
Mark Buehrle			4/9/2012
C.J. Wilson			4/9/2012
Heath Bell			4/9/2012
David Hernandez			4/9/2012
Joey Votto			4/9/2012
Adrian Gonzalez			4/9/2012
Danny Espinosa			4/9/2012
Edinson Volquez			4/9/2012
Dave Righetti			4/9/2012
Vance Worley			4/17/2012
Mariano Rivera			4/17/2012
Dustin Ackley			4/17/2012
Gio Gonzalez			4/21/2012
Chone Figgins			4/21/2012
Phillip Humber			4/22/2012
Trevor Cahill			4/22/2012
Greg Maddux			4/22/2012
Jamie Moyer			4/22/2012
A.J. Pierzynski			4/22/2012
Clete Thomas			4/22/2012
Shelby Miller			4/22/2012
Alex Presley			4/22/2012
Adam Jones			4/22/2012
Clayton Kershaw			4/22/2012
David Wright			4/22/2012
Josh Collmenter			4/22/2012
Jarred Cosart			4/22/2012
Peter Bourjos			4/22/2012
Cody Ross			4/24/2012
J.J. Putz			4/24/2012
J.D. Martinez			4/24/2012
Tony Sipp			4/27/2012
Jordan Schafer			4/27/2012
Tim Hudson			4/28/2012
Mike Napoli			5/7/2012
Anthony Rizzo			5/7/2012
Luke Gregerson			6/8/2012
Matt LaPorta			6/8/2012
Dan Haren			6/8/2012
James Loney			6/8/2012
Johnny Giavotella			6/11/2012
Matt Downs			6/11/2012
Hank Conger			6/11/2012
Chili Davis			6/11/2012
Austin Kearns			6/11/2012
Chase Headley			6/11/2012
Eric Byrnes			6/19/2012
R.A. Dickey			6/25/2012
Mike Leake			6/26/2012
Julio Teheran			6/26/2012
Kyle Gaedele			6/26/2012
Jarrod Parker			6/26/2012
Donavan Tate			6/26/2012
Alex Liddi			6/26/2012
Chris Coghlan			6/26/2012
Deven Marrero			6/26/2012
Ryan Dempster			6/26/2012
Jon Niese			6/26/2012
Tim Federowicz			6/29/2012
James Fuller			6/29/2012
Ryne Sandberg			6/29/2012
Blake Beavan			6/29/2012
Daniel Descalso			6/29/2012
Xavier Avery			6/30/2012
Jack Cust			6/30/2012
Carlos Corporan			6/30/2012
Jordan Pacheco			6/30/2012
Dellin Betances			6/30/2012
Will Lamb			7/2/2012
Kyle Hudson			7/2/2012
Paul Goldschmidt			7/2/2012
Andrew Brackman			7/2/2012
Ben Sheets			7/2/2012
Casey Kotchman			7/2/2012
Fernando Abad			7/2/2012
Brad Peacock			7/2/2012
Raul Alcantara			7/2/2012
Nick Delmonico			7/2/2012
Barry Larkin			7/7/2012
Dennis Eckersley			7/7/2012
Dale Murphy			7/7/2012
Wade Boggs			7/7/2012
Brandon Phillips			7/7/2012
Antonio Bastardo			7/7/2012
Sean Ochinko			7/7/2012
Joe Nathan			7/8/2012
Dexter Fowler			7/8/2012
Hector Noesi			7/8/2012
Gavin Cecchini			7/11/2012
Alan Trammell			7/11/2012
Jonathan Sanchez			7/11/2012
Jose Tabata			7/12/2012
Gordon Beckham			7/13/2012
Wade Miley			7/13/2012
Jim Johnson			7/13/2012
Albert Almora			7/14/2012
Derek Holland			7/14/2012
Jordan Zimmermann			7/14/2012
Evan Longoria			7/23/2012
Will Venable			7/23/2012
Mike Minor			7/23/2012
Koji Uehara			7/24/2012
Mike Cameron			7/24/2012
Nyjer Morgan			7/24/2012
Luke French			7/24/2012
Mike Sweeney			7/24/2012
Jason Kendall			7/24/2012
Tom Gorzelanny			7/24/2012
Jim Thome			7/24/2012
Ben Revere			8/6/2012
Grady Sizemore			8/6/2012
Jamey Carroll			8/6/2012
Jonathan Broxton			8/6/2012
Mat Latos			8/6/2012
Mark McGwire			8/6/2012
Clint Barmes			8/6/2012
Liam Hendriks			8/6/2012
Bobby Parnell			8/6/2012
Justin De Fratus			8/6/2012
Eric Young Jr.			8/13/2012
Nick Kingham			8/22/2012
Zach Duke			8/22/2012
Brandon Brown			8/22/2012
Matt Joyce			8/22/2012
Matt Moore			8/22/2012
Ben Zobrist			8/22/2012
John Jaso			8/22/2012
Alexi Ogando			8/22/2012
Mitch Moreland			8/22/2012
Neil Walker			8/22/2012
Bobby Doerr			8/28/2012
Yu Darvish			9/25/2012
Chris Iannetta			9/26/2012
Yoenis Cespedes			9/26/2012
Jonny Gomes			9/26/2012
Carlos Correa			9/26/2012
Jair Jurrjens			9/27/2012
Mike Trout			9/29/2012
Mark Trumbo			9/29/2012
Michael Young			2/14/2013
Chad Qualls			2/14/2013