|
< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 816 OF 914 ·
Later Kibitzing> |
Aug-02-16
 | | WannaBe: A fan got ejected by home plate ump in tonight's SFG/PHI game, and this is nothing new. http://www.baseball-fever.com/showt... |
|
Aug-02-16
| | WannaBe: In other news, Ichiro PH and went 0-1... At this rate, he'll get his 3K hit on Boxing Day. |
|
Aug-02-16
 | | Penguincw: Wow, the 2 cities with the 2016 NBA finalists, SF (technically Oakland) and CLE, both lose. But the Jays win. And watch out for the Tigers! Just 1 GB the 2nd wild card spot. ---
Random question: say runner on 1st, one out. Runner takes off, batter hits line drive (caught) to/by SS, SS throws to first base but throw goes into the stands or whatever. What happens. |
|
Aug-03-16
| | WannaBe: Umpire put a new ball in play. That other ball will be used for batting practice. |
|
Aug-03-16
 | | saffuna: Runner goes to second. But he needs to touch first base again.. |
|
Aug-03-16
 | | OhioChessFan: <Like for instance, let's say the Mets host the Yankees. Yankees take the lead, and half the stadium is cheering (must be pretty awkward for the home players, as it removes that feeling of playing at home).> Cheering is okay, but I've noticed the last couple of years some serious breaches of fan decorum per the visiting team. There was a group of Cardinals fans at the Reds game last night who kept trying to chant "Let's go Cardinals!". Fail. Fail. Fail. Spontaneous cheering of play on the field, fine. Orchestrated chanting in the other team's stadium? Wrong. Massively wrong. |
|
Aug-03-16
 | | Phony Benoni: If this is to be David Ortiz's last year, he's putting together a good one: .316 aver, 25 HRR, 87 RBI, leading the league in double and OPS, and Boston is in the pennant race. If no slam-dunk candidate arises, how about a sentimental MVP choice? Don't think if that's ever been done. Sandy Koufax, in his last year, was narrowly beaten out by Roberto Clemente. |
|
Aug-03-16
| | saffuna: I may be wrong, but I don't think Koufax had announced his retirement at the time of the vote. Koufax came in second in 1965 and 1966 and was MVP in 1963. |
|
Aug-03-16
| | Phony Benoni: Yes, Koufax officially announced his retirement a few days after the MVP award came out. |
|
| Aug-03-16 | | saffunaa: As I remember, when Clemente was named MVP he was sort of bitter, saying he should have been MVP back in 1960 and maybe another year. It's funny because his teammate Groat had similar offensive numbers but played shortstop vs. Clemente playing rightfield. Now as far as Clemente finishing behind two other teammates, Don Hoak and Vern Law, he does have a legitimate complaint there. |
|
Aug-03-16
| | WannaBe: Good news for Detroit, Twins are leading at Cleveland!!! |
|
Aug-03-16
| | Phony Benoni: Better bew fir Detroit: J. D. Martinez is back after six weeks on the DL with a fractured elbow: http://m.tigers.mlb.com/det/video/t... |
|
Aug-03-16
| | Penguincw: The M's are leading 1-0 over the R. Sox. If the Red Sox lose, the Tigers will hold sole possession of the 2nd wild card spot. The first wild card spot is held by the: Jays. :O Dodgers and Giants both lose, so deficit remains at 2 games for the Dodgers. ---
Just found this article, looks like good news for all of baseball: http://www.12up.com/posts/3560386-b... That's nice to see. Unfortunately, the Olympics are right during the MLB season, so I don't know if they would allow MLB players to compete. Would be nice to see MLB players compete, because unlike basketball, I know Team USA would not like, crush everyone. |
|
Aug-04-16
| | saffuna: Albert Pujols hit (yet another) walkoff home run last night and did something I had not seen before: slid into home. http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/700875... |
|
Aug-04-16
| | saffuna: You'd think Joe Maddon could tell his players that they don't really have to be trailing by two or more runs behind in the ninth before winning. It's possible to get the lead earlier and just hold onto it. Walkoff wild pitch last night.
http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/114932... |
|
Aug-04-16
| | saffuna: I've always thought it's usually a bad idea intentionally walking the batter with men on second and third in a close game in the ninth. It does set up the force and double play, but it also makes a walk as bad as a hit, and puts extra pressure on the pitcher. (If the batter is Trout and the next batter is Mendoza it might make sense.) That strategy bit the Marlins last night. Leading by one, Cubs on second and third, Rizzo at bat, Zobrist to follow. Rizzo batting average .288. Zobrist on-base pct. .385. Which do you prefer as Miami? They walked Rizzo intentionally. Walked Zobrist unintentionally. Wild pitch. Cubs win. |
|
Aug-04-16
| | Phony Benoni: Just think how history might have changed if Ralph Houk had walked McCovey and pitched to Cepeda. It's the percentage play in many ways. One run lead, right-handed Terry facing a left-handed hitter with a right-hander on decker. Neither had been hitting well in the series, but McCovey (.200) was doing better than Cepeda (.158). And, to top it off, the shortstop, Kubek (6' 3") is much taller than the second baseman Richardson (5' 9"). Very hand for catching line drives. Yes, Houk got lucky. |
|
Aug-04-16
| | saffuna: Disagree.
First of all, batting average over seven games isn't as good an indicator as hitting over the entire series. But McCovey's BA vs. Cepeda's is not the correct comparison. Correct is McCovey's BA (.293) vs. Cepeda's OBP (.347), as a walk to Cepeda would bring in a run. Now there's the left-right to consider as well. But in that case maybe Houk would have had a lefthander to bring in. (And stick Terry in leftfield?) He certainly had well-rested lefthanded relievers ready, as before game 6 there had been a five-day break due to a rainstorm. But looking it up, the Yankees really didn't have a good lefthanded reliever. The main one was Marshall Bridges, plus Bud Daley and Luis Arroyo. None had been especially good during the year. Whitey Ford had started the day before, so he probably wasn't a good choice. So I think Houk's error wasn't so much pitching to McCovey as not having a reliable lefthanded reliever on the roster. |
|
Aug-04-16
| | saffuna: Or maybe Houk just figured, "The odds against it happening twice are huge." Terry had given up a series-losing hit in the 1960 World Series, and he was in a position to give up a second one. |
|
Aug-04-16
| | Phony Benoni: Or maybe they didn't think about such things in 1962. Terry had been the Yankees' ace all year and Houk probably thought he was the best option. From his years as the Tigers' skipper, I remember him more as a "Do Your Job" type rather than a master strategist. I'm not sure I buy the OBP argument here. Yes, you want to avoid walking the next guy with the bases loaded to tie the game, but it's also important to stop anybody from getting a hit and scoring two for a win. Let's say bottom of the ninth, one run lead, fast runners on second and third, and two outs. The hitter is Ted Williams, batting .350. In the on deck circle is Eddie Yost with an OBP of .400. Do you pitch to Williams because you're afraid of walking Yost with the bases loaded? I'm not particularly disagreeing with you here. While such things need to be thought about by managers -- and the game is better when they think about them -- I don't like it when the decision is either formulaic or overthought to the point of absurdity. |
|
Aug-04-16
| | WannaBe: This Day in History (courtesy of ESPN):
N. Ryan gave R. Ventura some facial massage. Ryan didn't asked for money! Waddaniceguy! |
|
Aug-04-16
| | saffuna: I admit my scenario works better if the score is already tied, so there's no thought about the second run scoring. And as I said, my strategy goes out the window if the first hitter is much, much better than the second. (Say it's the 1967 Giants and Tom Haller is at bat with Hal Lanier on deck.) The most argued case is Tommy Lasorda choosing to pitch to Jack Clark in game six of the 1965 playoffs. Men on second and third, Dodgers leading 5-4 in the top of the ninth, two outs. Clark hit a home run and was roundly roasted by just about everyone, including Cards manager Whitey Herzog. But there were two outs and St. Louis absolutely had to score one run. Clark's chance of driving in that run with a hit were .261. If they'd walked him van Slyke's chance of driving in the run with a hit or a walk were .360. It made sense to pitch to Clark, though it most certainly didn't work out. |
|
| Aug-04-16 | | Party Animal: The Cubs vs The Tigers in The World Series!! ; P |
|
Aug-04-16
| | saffuna: Say your a manager and you have a catcher who's a good hitter, both average and power, calls a good game, blocks pitches well, throws out baserunners. But he gets dizzy on popups, can't catch them.
Can he still play? |
|
Aug-04-16
| | WannaBe: I, too, have a baseball question, but it's on scoring. How do you mark a runner taking a base on a throw? Example, a runner taking second or third, on a throw home? |
|
 |
|
|
< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 816 OF 914 ·
Later Kibitzing> |
Kibitzing
