Archive for July, 2009

Bruce Bochte

Monday, July 6th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York City

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And don’t forget to vote for the 2009 Nerd All-Star Team.

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Not to be confused with Bruce Bochy, the manager of the San Francisco Giants. In researching the nerds that I post, I rarely find a player whose career takes more than a few minutes to digest. However, in the case of Mr. Bochte, there is a LOT going on. He made the all-star team in 1979. His career OPS+ is 113, over the course of almost 6000 plate appearances. However, Mr. Bochte off the field seems to be a fascinating character.

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Nerd Baseball All-Stars 2009 Voting

Saturday, July 4th, 2009 by Prof. Nerdtron 3000

The real All Star game is coming up in a little over a week. To celebrate, we will announce the 2009 Nerd All-Stars, based on voting here. Our team will be a regular, NL nine player starting line up (no DH, the game is in St. Louis after all). The team will be selected based on overall nerd rating, so get your votes in.

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Cowherd-ality

Friday, July 3rd, 2009 by I Love Nerd York City

Since my satellite radio is currently out of my car, I’ve been forced to listen to a lot of AM/FM radio lately…which is why I found myself listening to Colin Cowherd’s radio show on Thursday afternoon, and hearing the following commentary (all quotes paraphrased from memory):

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Jamie Easterly

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 by I Love Nerd York City

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Wow (again)…

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 by I Love Nerd York City

Fun fact courtesy of Buster Olney:

Number of Albert Pujols home runs as of July 1: 30 (NL Leader)
Number of Albert Pujols strike outs as of July 1: 32

Your American League home run leader?  Carlos Pena with 23 HRs and 100 K’s.