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I agree, let the guy who is pitching well go out there for another inning, why take the chances that the other guy doesn't have it tonight. Of course the saber philosophy is that there is no such thing as having it, and so it doesn't matter.
Conradian Play []
Web Gem [ X]
1-2-3-4-5-6 inning [ X]
Strike Out of Side [X ]
2+ pitching changes in single half-inning [ ]
Dramatic late-inning homer [ ]
Stolen base [X ]
Blown call [ X]
Blown call costs game [ ]
Caught stealing [X]
Idiot runs on the field [ ]
Regular-season starter warms up in bullpen [ X] (Lincecum)
Game goes into extras [ ]
Shapeshifting strikezone [ ]
Replay review [ ]
Inning-Ending DP [ ]
Play at the plate [ ]
Baserunning blunder [X ]
Bunt [ ]
THIS TRAIN! [X]
Verlander in dugout [X]
Sabathia in dugout [ ]
Trout mentioned (fish or ballplayer) [ ]
Miguel Cabrera does something awesome [X ]
Ichiro does something awesome [ ]
A-Rod strikes out (assuming he even plays) [X ]
A-Rod PH for OR pinch-hits [ ]
Raul Ibanez is a effing clutch god [ ]
Image of Girardi looking at binder [ ]
Shutdown inning [X ]
TBS has typo [ ]
Game goes past midnight [ ]
Girardi's playing career mentioned [ ]
Anibal Sanchez's no-hitter talked about [X ]
Yankee Stadium has large swaths of empty seats [ X] (If it's beyond the Legends Seats [ X])
Prince Fielder goes deep [ ]
Announcers talk about Derek Jeter like he died or something [ ]
Valverde meltdown [ ]
Balk [ ]
Reggie Jackson is in the crowd [ ]
WILD BRIAN WILSON APPEARS [X ]
Cardinals crazy comeback retrospective [ ]
FREESE! [X ]
Pitcher gets a hit [ ]
Buster Posey does something awesome [ ]
Barry Bonds mentioned [ ]
FOX personality pointed out in crowd [ ]
NFL reference (beyond reference to NFL on FOX commercials) [X ]
Reference to McCarver's singing album [ ]
Mark McGwire mentioned by name [ ]
Willie Mays is in the crowd [ ]
Triples alley [ ]
Ball goes into McCovey cove [ ]
Pujols mentioned [ X]
"Catching Molina Brother" [ ]
FOX introduces us to a commercial that becomes a meme [ ]
God Bless America is shown on TV [ X]
Joe Buck and Tim McCarver spend extended amount of time talking about Jeter [X ]
"Torture" mentioned [ X]
Cardinals are behind at any point [ ]
Joe Buck arrives at AT&T late or JUST in time for the game [X]
I don't think that's right.
Agree with that. I'm sick of every sporting event I go to turning into a USA rally. Not sure why the fourth inning of every Red Sox game has to honor a soldier and why we can't honor from people of all walks of life, cops, firemen, teachers, nurses, EMTs, etc...plenty of admirable jobs out there.
Don't be silly, I was organizing the sock drawer during Rosenthal's inning. Wouldn't miss Mujica!
I'm not getting more runs, am I.
Not exactly, but close enough for government work.
The saber philosophy is other than homeruns, walks and strikeouts a pitcher has no control on what happens on balls in play. The reality is that as fans watching the game we can tell who is on or off, although the results don't always line up with that, as bloops can happen, as well hit balls can be snagged etc.
Got all three cards now.
This year FOX has the NL while TBS has the AL.
It's on the local fox tv instead.
That is correct.
That is correct.
Coke to Kjok.
He was distracted by the behind the umpire camera angle.
What about a pitcher who should be throwing pitches that are likely to induce a double play, but instead throws meatballs up there that get hit into play? In this case the outcome is less desirable as a direct result of the pitcher's poor performance and yet is not a HR, walk, nor K.
But Larry the Cable Guy . . . now THAT'S entertainment.
Thanks.
May your favorite team lick the sweat off their opponents' testicles.
Good point. I always seem to forget stuff like that. I'll remember for next posting of the list.
On a seasonal level fip etc is accurate, but on a per game basis it's not a good tool to use, a scout is a better tool than relying on babip predictions.
Looks like Sandoval is #2.
Well the first point of Dips is that at the major league level, it's study was done with major league pitchers, and the original study was pitchers with a significant number of innings pitched. If you are not a major league pitcher any more, the batters are going to destroy your babip
It's probably not a coincidence that the Cards and Giants have won the last two World Series.
Tied for 3rd...Felipe Crespo?
Despite some of those prospects not being so heralded. Like Freese, Lynn, Jay, Craig, Boggs, Motte. ( Yadier, Wainwright with an assist from the Braves, Pujols ofcourse. ). And for this series, even Descalso and Kozma.
Is a pretty good validation of Mozeliak and his crew. Might be a good sign for the Astros too.
also he's not White
sigh
LH hitting backup catcher in the early years of the park, iirc.
Kozma's pretty much been a bust for a #1 draft choice (except for the last month and a half)
I want the Cardinals and Tigers to win so we can see a Kozma-Porcello PA.
As somebody who grew up in D.C. and the future state of Northern Virginia I must point out that the area is fairly highbrow, so don't hold the antics of the few against the rest of us.
This is not NFL/NBA. Most first round picks don't make it as full time players to the Major leagues. That in itself is a success.
Guts : Thanks for the check on Lynn. Don't follow the minors as closely as before. So I beg ignorance on that. But he was never one of those "uber prospects". And he has handily outperformed many such names.
Only if you don't count opposing players. Carlos Delgado has three, and so does Adam LaRoche (!)
My part time job was doing inventory at Wal-Marts. On occasion this year in the over-the-counter medication department there would be a Larry the Cable Guy/Prilosec display with ads running CONSTANTLY. Hell is listening to Larry the Cable Guy repeat the same ad pitch ad infinitum for an hour.
Fully expect Heyward to replace him on that list.
And Tyler Greene was Luhnow's very first draft pick ever, so not everything has come up roses for him.
Ichiro would be on the list if he wanted to. And he was in the NL.
I was thinking the Blue Jays guy
Ichiro! had his chance, and he went for an inside-the-parker instead.
Because he is a SELFISH SHOWBOAT.
Not sure that Astros fans would consider that a bust, posted a 97 ops+ for them this year.
I would think you would have just visited the gun department and availed yourself of the inventory there to make the suffering stop. You are a better man than I.
Great win. Take HFA away, and we have the Unsinkable Chris Carpenter going tomorrow.
Over roughly the same time Kozma posted a 157. I wouldn't bet on either sniffing 100 OPS+ over a full season.
CHECKLIST:
Conradian Play []
Web Gem [ X]
1-2-3-4-5-6 inning [ X]
Strike Out of Side [X ]
2+ pitching changes in single half-inning [ ]
Dramatic late-inning homer [ ]
Stolen base [X ]
Blown call [ X]
Blown call costs game [ ]
Caught stealing [X]
Idiot runs on the field [ ]
Regular-season starter warms up in bullpen [ X] (Lincecum)
Game goes into extras [ ]
Shapeshifting strikezone [ ]
Replay review [ ]
Inning-Ending DP [X ]
Play at the plate [ ]
Baserunning blunder [X ]
Bunt [ ]
THIS TRAIN! [X]
Verlander in dugout [X]
Sabathia in dugout [ ]
Trout mentioned (fish or ballplayer) [ ]
Miguel Cabrera does something awesome [X ]
Ichiro does something awesome [ ]
A-Rod strikes out (assuming he even plays) [X ]
A-Rod PH for OR pinch-hits [ ]
Raul Ibanez is a effing clutch god [ ]
Image of Girardi looking at binder [ ]
Shutdown inning [X ]
TBS has typo [ ]
Game goes past midnight [ ]
Girardi's playing career mentioned [ ]
Anibal Sanchez's no-hitter talked about [X ]
Yankee Stadium has large swaths of empty seats [ X] (If it's beyond the Legends Seats [ X])
Prince Fielder goes deep [ ]
Announcers talk about Derek Jeter like he died or something [ ]
Valverde meltdown [ ]
Balk [ ]
Reggie Jackson is in the crowd [ ]
WILD BRIAN WILSON APPEARS [X ]
Cardinals crazy comeback retrospective [ ]
FREESE! [X ]
Pitcher gets a hit [ ]
Buster Posey does something awesome [ ]
Barry Bonds mentioned [X ]
FOX personality pointed out in crowd [ ]
NFL reference (beyond reference to NFL on FOX commercials) [X ]
Reference to McCarver's singing album [ ]
Mark McGwire mentioned by name [ ]
Willie Mays is in the crowd [ ]
Triples alley [ ]
Ball goes into McCovey cove [ ]
Pujols mentioned [ X]
"Catching Molina Brother" [ ]
FOX introduces us to a commercial that becomes a meme [ ]
God Bless America is shown on TV [ X]
Joe Buck and Tim McCarver spend extended amount of time talking about Jeter [X ]
"Torture" mentioned [ X]
Cardinals are behind at any point [ ]
Joe Buck arrives at AT&T late or JUST in time for the game [X]
I disagree, but at least Greene has shown something at triple A, Kozma hasn't been able to do even that.
Carps performance wasn't that good last time, he got lucky. But I'll take that luck if it continues.
Kozma is 24 years old. Must these guys be total brutes right out of the gate? I count myself among those who thought Ian Desmond was a wash-up, but he blossomed this year. He's 27 this season. Some guys blossom later. I can't predict it, maybe there are indicators of this, but writing him off at age 24 seems short-sighted.
Carp-Vogelsong
Lohse-Cain (Cy Young contenders)
Wainwright-Someone
Playing in the PCL as a 23 and 24 year old is not really that young for that league, and being just over .600 OPS combined says he might "blossom" into a good enough hitter to get called up every once in a while...
Lynn didn't go 5 innings, so they have to give it to someone. It wouldn't be Motte since they can give him a save, so it's scorers choice between Rosenthal, Mujica and Boggs.
Apparently the Giants' scorer (or MLB, whoever governs during the playoffs) deemed Mujica's 1-2-3 all K inning the most effective.
And mujica pitched the most impressive 3 batters faced, 3 strikeouts.
MLB has Lohse as tomorrow's probable - did Carpenter get announced and I missed it?
ESPN has Carp, and they were talking about his start tomorrow during the telecast. I have no idea beyond that.
I don't think people are writing him off, as much as being cautiously negative about his future performance. He's guaranteed a shot at making the team next year, if not outright starting the season as the starter, but there is nothing in his development to indicate that he is major league ready other than the last month and a half of play.
I thought we were discussing the probabability of MLB performance being maintained. When talking about young players, unless they have over 2,000 or so MLB Plate Appearances you'd better be looking at their minor league numbers also.
Wait... this means a couple years ago, the Padres traded for Jim Edmonds? Why did they do that?
Well I'll be damned, you search for Jim Edmonds on Google, and he comes up wearing a Padres uniform. I have no memory of that at all. That's worse than Wikipedia leading a generation of youngsters to associate John Olerud with the Red Sox.
God Bless America, to me, suggest that people think America needs some sort of continued divine blessing to remain great.
The Star Spangled Banner, to me, is about the best of America still flying high and strong, even after the darkest hour.
There's a sad irony to the fact that GBA found favor over tSSB after 9/11, when tSSB was already the perfect song.
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