Winding The Wayback Machine: Derek Zumsteg Previews The 2001 Angels

I was poking around at BTF when I saw this thread about Dave Cameron's interesting long guest article at The Baseball Analysts, a history of the post-2003 Mariners' bad (and worse) decisions. Poster Blackadder asked, "Do people remember the pre-season projections for the 2001 Mariners?" That got me thinking about BPro, which has archives dating back at least that far. Yes, the M's were universally picked to finish fourth in the AL West (with no win totals, but let's say they were a bit off). But that, of course, was not what brought me here; it was instead Derek Zumsteg's 2001 Cactus League previews of the Angels, seeing his last game at Tempe Diablo. Despite being in familiar settings and sitting in good seats, I was uncomfortable waiting for the game to start, because Mickey Hatcher was out by the Angels' dugout before the... [read full story]