Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Barry Bonds has 36 intentionals. Let's put that into perspective. Throwing away all of his other walks, he would still be fifth in the league. Or how about this - the Arizona Diamondbacks as a team have 22 IBBs, and that's the most for any team that doesn't have Barry on their roster.
Now that it is June, let's update our look at Barry's OBP numbers. He currently stands a .616, and the Giants have 112 games left. Assume another 350 PA for Barry, and this is what he would have to do to hit certain OBP marks:
Target Needs Comments 600 590 Not impossible, but not too likely either 582 563 This is what he needs to break his own OBP record 553 520 This would beat out Thumper for #2 545 508 This would beat out Ruth for #3 536 500 If he can maintain a .500 OBP it's good for #4 in the Modern Era 512 459 This is Mantle, the first non-Bonds/Ruth/Williams in the Modern Era 500 441 He seems to have a lock on 500 at this point in the season 400 293 That could be done on his walks alone
Finally, the LA Lakers have reached the NBA Finals. Once again, the NBA has a team from one of the three biggest media markets in the country. When was the last time we didn't see an NBA Finals with either New York, LA or Chicago? 1995 when Houston played Orlando. In the past 25 years, those three markets have been missing four times. Some may say that baseball has a large market problem, but it's much worse in hoops.
posted by David 10:41 PM
