WHAT MAKES ME SO SPECIAL?
Somebody asked me what is going to set my weblog apart from the others. I'm not really entirely sure how to answer that but I'll attempt anyway. I think the difference between mine and others is that I am currently employed by a Major League organization (the Milwaukee Brewers) and although not anywhere near the top of the food chain, I'm in enough to know a lot of the inner workings of what goes on within the club.

Also, I am currently playing baseball at a higher level (California JuCo) which for those of you who don't know, is estimated to rank somewhere between Division II and low-end Division I college baseball (at least in the conference that I am playing in). Also, I used to be hardcore "old school". For an example, I walked twice my Junior year of high school (in about 35 games) because I wanted to be "aggressive" and because "you don't walk your way out of the sticks into the big time" (similar to not being able to walk your way off the island). I discovered Rob Neyer, Bill James, and others early in my senior year in high school and parlayed my new-found knowledge into leading my conference in walks the next season.

So what will set apart my weblog from others is that I am currently playing baseball, so I am confronted with the dogmatic teachings from within the game, but I am armed with the knowledge to challenge and defeat some of those teachings. I have an edge over the traditional baseball guys because I understand SABRmetric teachings like the importance of OBP and SLG over AVG and all of that. I feel I have an advantage over the SABRmetricians because I actually played baseball, and still play it to this day. All of this while being connected to a Major League organization and having relationships with players and management within the game and being able to put my own unique spin on news inside and outside of the game. Plus my Grandma always told me I was special, and she wouldn't lie, would she?