Overshadowed Oswalt

Brian Goff at The Sports Economist considers how the lack of media attention has diminished, at least from a national perspective, the understanding of the greatness of Roy Oswalt. Funny that Goff cites an earlier article from the Cincinnati Post, a town all too familiar with Roy O's talents, as the Wizard is 14-0 lifetime against the hometown Redlegs.

Unfortunately, the larger media markets, while not appropriately recognizing and/or hyping the talents of guys like smaller market stars like Oswalt and Cincinnati's own Adam Dunn, do manage to hype them up when free agency comes calling, attracting the big-market teams' fans' attention to the availability of a young, underrated star (see Carlos Beltran), and sadly (from the little guy's perspective, at least), the big-market teams end up breaking the bank to lock up the "unknown" stars. If only the Astros, Reds, Royals and Co. could keep the hype down for a few months post-arbitration eligibility, maybe the tunnel vision of Big City Media would blind Big Stein and Friends enough that they would not know to scratch a blank check to acquire the services of such talented young players.