Author: Mathew Brownstein

MMO Exclusive: Six-Time All-Star, Moises Alou

Throughout his 17-year major league career, Moises Alou was one of the most dangerous hitters at the plate. A six-time All-Star with five different teams, Alou posted a career slash of .303/.369/.516 with 2,134 hits and 332 home runs. He twice finished in the top-3 of M.V.P. voting (1994, 98), and took home Silver Slugger Awards in those same seasons. Alou, 53, is one of nineteen players in...

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MMO Exclusive: One-on-One With Ruben Amaro Jr.

Take a peek at Ruben Amaro Jr.’s resume and you’ll find an individual who’s experienced a multitude of roles in Major League Baseball. From spending parts of eight seasons as an outfielder for the California Angels, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies, to serving as assistant general manager for the Phillies for 10 seasons before taking over as GM in November 2008, to...

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MMO Exclusive: Howie Rose, Radio Voice of the Mets

Through the competitive seasons to the many lean years the New York Mets have had, one constant has remained: The team employs one of the top broadcast crews in the entire sport. With the television crew featuring the animated trio of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling, Mets fans are treated to a mixture of tremendous baseball acumen and insightful anecdotes. For fans listening to the...

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MMO Exclusive: Mark Simon of Sports Info Solutions Talks Defense

Sports Info Solutions has been an industry leader of in-depth data and analysis for almost two decades, with their flagship defensive stat, Defensive Runs Saved (DRS), being one of their most well-known contributions. DRS attempts to measure how many runs a player saved on defense, and has been one of most utilized statistics when looking to quantify a player’s value defensively. Sports...

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MMO Exclusive: Former Closer, J.J. Putz

From 2006 through the 2013 season, right-handed reliever J.J. Putz was one of the more dominant back-end relievers in baseball. Among qualified relievers during that stretch, Putz was sixth in fWAR (10.5), 14th in FIP (2.74), tied for 13th in K-BB% (21.1) and recorded the 8th-most saves (179). His best season came in 2007 with the Seattle Mariners, where he appeared in 68 games posting the...

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