I want a run or two here. Make this feel really comfortable.

does he throw a split?

Be patient with this guy

MattS wrote:

gr wrote:throw blanton another inning?

i think i would. it's a judgment call though.

wait waht wherez da numbahs

I'd send him out there myself again too, so

MattS wrote:the worst analysis was their praise of joe blanton's league leading percentage of strike outs being on called third strikes. that shows such an incredible inability to analyze statistics that i almost wish announcers weren't allowed to see them, just because the numbers make them stupider than if they were just guessing.

Does that stat mean that his ptches are really hard to read out of his hand? Or does it mean nothing. When they said that it made me wonder if he has a larger than normal pct. of called strike 3s every year and what it means.

Maybe dopes like me are these guys' audience because I thought it was interesting -- although it doesn't mean Blanton is really good or anything.

blanton is painful to watch at the plate.

ok, here's the situation
(fresh prince style)

jimmy showed up today

Prince didn't know that was 3 outs

smitty wrote:

MattS wrote:the worst analysis was their praise of joe blanton's league leading percentage of strike outs being on called third strikes. that shows such an incredible inability to analyze statistics that i almost wish announcers weren't allowed to see them, just because the numbers make them stupider than if they were just guessing.

Does that stat mean that his ptches are really hard to read out of his hand? Or does it mean nothing. When they said that it made me wonder if he has a larger than normal pct. of called strike 3s every year and what it means.

Maybe dopes like me are these guys' audience because I thought it was interesting -- although it doesn't mean Blanton is really good or anything.

i'm sure that the guys who are last in the league in that percentage are hamels, santana, sabathia, peavy, etc. everybody who can pitch 197.2 innings can get 57 called third strikes. the fact that he only got 54 swinging/foul tipped third strikes in nearly 200 innings is indicative that he needs a pitch that hitters swing and miss at if he wants to be an above average pitcher.

still cant score off their pen

cy bullpen strikes again

well tanks for nuttin

Looked like Vic was safe there

What's our BA in the 5th thru 8th in this series? .029?

Eagles blowing it.

JFLNYC wrote:Eagles blowing it.

baseball season

MattS wrote:

smitty wrote:

MattS wrote:the worst analysis was their praise of joe blanton's league leading percentage of strike outs being on called third strikes. that shows such an incredible inability to analyze statistics that i almost wish announcers weren't allowed to see them, just because the numbers make them stupider than if they were just guessing.

Does that stat mean that his ptches are really hard to read out of his hand? Or does it mean nothing. When they said that it made me wonder if he has a larger than normal pct. of called strike 3s every year and what it means.

Maybe dopes like me are these guys' audience because I thought it was interesting -- although it doesn't mean Blanton is really good or anything.

i'm sure that the guys who are last in the league in that percentage are hamels, santana, sabathia, peavy, etc. everybody who can pitch 197.2 innings can get 57 called third strikes. the fact that he only got 54 swinging/foul tipped third strikes in nearly 200 innings is indicative that he needs a pitch that hitters swing and miss at if he wants to be an above average pitcher.

Right. That was my first thought. Wow. He doesn't get many strikeots to begin with but he really doesn't get very many swing and a miss Ks. But on the other hand, if he gets a lot of called strike 3s year adfter year, maybe that helps offset his lack of swing and miss stuff. It does look like hitters don't pick up his pitches all that well considering he doesn't throw great pitches and yet he doesn't get hit all that hard a lot of times. He gives up few HRs for example.

who still cares about the Eagles. This is a baseball town.

what the fuck kind of title for a bond flick is Quantum of Solace ?

that's half a a harry potter title for fuck's sake