Mr. Stiwell, I just saw your bio and you certainly seem like an intelligent musician. I too share your lifelong love affair with baseball. I saw the 1st game in Riverfront. I also saw the last game in Crosley, etc, etc, etc.

Hello Old Friend! I see that you have taken quite the hiatus on writing articles although you're still active in the comments sections. I myself didn't write anything for the longest time either. Anyways, how about that World Series? Did it go as you thought it would? I would have loved for my all-time favorite player Nolan Ryan to finally get his World Series—even if it wasn't as a player. That game 6 was one for the ages though.

Well said.

Hey Jonathan, I thought you might be interested in some number crunching I did last week:

http://www.wahooblues.com/2011/01/07/hall-of-shame-the-problem-with-bbwaas-secret-ballots.html/

Bert got in. I'm sure it has everything to do with your argument for his case.

Hey Jonathan, I'd love to get your opinion on this:

http://www.wahooblues.com/2011/01/04/let-my-people-dope-why-baseballs-hall-of-fame-must-accept-steroid-users.html/

thank you for showing some cognitive reasoning when making a comment on my article.. Too many people these days are childish and throw insults and angry rhetoric rather than engage in intelligent debate about a subject. Color me a fan! Plus baseball is my sport too!

John,
Seeing as you're among those who enjoy a good debate, and have one of the top statistically evaluating minds on this website, I thought you might like to take a look at the heated discussion going on in one of my articles. Someone actually has the gall to debate that 500 homers and 3,000 hits will not grant admittance to the Hall of Fame. If you have the time, I could use some help convincing this guy to rethink his idea of baseball immortality, or to at least get himself checked into a good mental hospital.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/529933-baseball-hall-of-fame-why-rafael-palmeiros-candidacy-is-the-most-important-yet
Warm holiday wishes,
Evan

Hey Jonathan,

The A's $100,000 infield of the 1910s immediately came to mind..

The Dodgers group of Garvey, Lopes, Russell, and Cey was also worhy of a look.

The Big Red Machine with Perez, Morgan, Concepcion, and Rose should also be on there.

More recently, the blue jays group of Olerud, Alomar, Fernandez, and Gruber/Sprague was solid both offensively and defensively.

And the current Phillies and Yankees have to be brought into the argument as well.

Those are the groups, along with the Cubs, that immediately jump to mind for me and should be part of the 9.

Hey Jonathan

Here are the 30 best rookie seasons in the past decade: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/518945-buster-posey-and-the-thirty-best-rookie-seasons-of-the-past-10-years

thanks!
DA