The Swamp

Posted: **Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:31 pm**

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:48 pm
tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 5:53 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:39 pm
tennbengal wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 5:36 am All of a sudden I am remembering what it is like to care about baseball in July.
Let's not get cocky. Y'all could be 11 back when July rolls around. (And still with the 3rd-best RD and 3rd Order Win Pct in the National League.)
I just want to have a reason to care , that’s all.
Agreed. Pretty sure Steve has been in our shoes.

Yeah, I seem to recall something like that. There were 3 or 4 years in a row where I had a big trial in the spring, and by the time that was done and I was able to pay attention to baseball, the Cubs' season was over.

I have to say, I've been pretty lucky most of the past 15 years, because when the Cubs were terrible, Real Salt Lake was really good and gave me something to follow during the summer. Then RSL went downhill just when the Cubs got good.

Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:08 pm**

The London Red Sox-Yankees game is now over three hours long. They are in the top of the fifth and there have been no weather delays. Good thing Brits are used to watching cricket.

Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:19 pm**

Gonna have a score like a cricket game too.

Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:21 pm**

Rams Fanny wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:08 pm The London Red Sox-Yankees game is now over three hours long. They are in the top of the fifth and there have been no weather delays. Good thing Brits are used to watching cricket.

Both pitchers got knocked out during the first inning. Makes me wonder if the the SPs need to be over in England a few days earlier than the rest of the team.

Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:21 pm**

Is it because the fence is only 385 ft?

Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:30 pm**

I had the Yankees to score over 5.5 runs. Didn't take long to cash.

Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:34 pm**

degenerasian wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:21 pm Is it because the fence is only 385 ft?

Neither SP could control their stuff. Not sure if it was the timezone differential or not. SSS and all that.

Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2019 5:08 pm**

The Red Sox and Yankees having the three longest nine-inning games in history is just <kisses fingers>.

Posted: **Sun Jun 30, 2019 11:03 am**

Encarncion played on three continents this year.

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:05 pm**

Jesus, Tyler Skaggs (Anaheim) died sometime today during a road trip to Texas.

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:06 pm**

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:05 pm Jesus, Tyler Skaggs (Anaheim) died sometime today during a road trip to Texas.

Jeebus - have been off Twitter - and this is first I have seen of it. That’s beyond awful.

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:07 pm**

I assume in the rush to report, the first one I saw was a very quick "The Angels announced Tyler Skaggs died earlier today" and I read it like 3 times before I realized it was actually saying what I thought.

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:14 pm**

Horrible.

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:19 pm**

Enjoy every sandwich.

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:43 pm**

A professional athlete was found unresponsive in his hotel room.

Did he have any serious health conditions? Cuz this is looking like a rockstar overdose.

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:44 pm**

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:43 pm A professional athlete was found unresponsive in his hotel room.

Did he have any serious health conditions? Cuz this is looking like a rockstar overdose.

Or he took his own life.

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:46 pm**

Darryl Kile was natural causes, and he was only 33.

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2019 5:04 pm**

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:46 pm Darryl Kile was natural causes, and he was only 33.

He was complaining of pain and numbness in his arm and shoulder days before his death though. Had he gone to the hospital, he’d have been diagnosed with a heart condition (and maybe saved his life if they saw something to intervene to prevent the blockages).

It’s a good point though. What kills you could lead to the diagnosis.

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2019 5:11 pm**

brian wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:44 pm
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:43 pm A professional athlete was found unresponsive in his hotel room.

Did he have any serious health conditions? Cuz this is looking like a rockstar overdose.
Or he took his own life.

I mean, yeah it’s possible. But the dude was otherwise engaged in social media, his teammates, etc. Just doesn’t fit the mold. Not that there ever is one.

Posted: **Wed Jul 03, 2019 7:45 am**

Love me some Puig.

Posted: **Wed Jul 03, 2019 8:00 am**

Man do I want them to sign him for four years. Not sure if 4/70 would get it done, but that's what I would aim for.

Posted: **Wed Jul 03, 2019 2:38 pm**

Posted: **Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:17 pm**

That's amazing--there's always someone.

Posted: **Wed Jul 03, 2019 4:39 pm**

I'd love to know if he ever subsequently wrote a "mea culpa" follow-up. Probably not.

Posted: **Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:50 pm**

Really like this guys videos.

Posted: **Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:20 pm**

Nl central is wildin

Posted: **Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:23 pm**

My Cards loving brought in law was saying that.

Posted: **Fri Jul 05, 2019 7:25 pm**

30 years ago today:

The most underrated thing about this play is the timing of the TV camera switch. It's pretty basic and very good luck, but a filmmaker could not have edited that sequence better.

Posted: **Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:07 pm**

I haven't followed MLB much this season, but I saw Verlander got the start for the AL and had to look twice at his stats because I figured it was a mistake, but nope.

IP H R ER HR BB
126.2 76 43 42 26 27

With a 0.81 WHIP? He's given up 26 homers, but only 42 earned runs? 26 of the 76 hits he's given up have been homers? He's only walked 27 guys, but given up 26 homers? That's gotta be pretty unlikely.

Posted: **Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:25 pm**

35 pitchers since Jackie have given up more HR than BB, minimum 20 HR:
Josh Tomlin (2016): 36 HR, 20 BB, +16
Carlos Silva (2005): 25 HR, 9 BB, +16
Brian Anderson (1998): 39 HR, 24 BB, +15
Phil Hughes (2015): 29 HR, 16 BB, +13
Josh Tomlin (2018): 25 HR, 12 BB, +13
Brad Radke (2005): 33 HR, 23 BB, +10
Josh Tomlin (2017): 23 HR, 14 BB, +9
Scott Sanderson (1994): 20 HR, 12 BB, +8
Bartolo Colon (2018): 32 HR, 25 BB, +7
Robin Roberts (1956): 46 HR, 40 BB, +6
Carlos Silva (2006): 38 HR, 32 BB, +6
Rick Reed (2002): 32 HR, 26 BB, +6
Mike Leake (2019): 23 HR, 17 BB, +6
Tommy Hunter (2012): 32 HR, 27 BB, +5
Josh Towers (2001): 21 HR, 16 BB, +5
Brad Radke (2003): 32 HR, 28 BB, +4
Ken Dixon (1987): 31 HR, 27 BB, +4
Josh Geer (2009): 27 HR, 23 BB, +4
David Wells (2003): 24 HR, 20 BB, +4
Bronson Arroyo (2017): 23 HR, 19 BB, +4
Jon Lieber (2006): 27 HR, 24 BB, +3
Lew Burdette (1962): 26 HR, 23 BB, +3
Josh Tomlin (2011): 24 HR, 21 BB, +3
David Wells (2004): 23 HR, 20 BB, +3
Don Mossi (1963): 20 HR, 17 BB, +3
Greg Maddux (2004): 35 HR, 33 BB, +2
Jose Lima (1998): 34 HR, 32 BB, +2
Jordan Zimmermann (2018): 28 HR, 26 BB, +2
Jon Lieber (2004): 20 HR, 18 BB, +2
Bronson Arroyo (2011): 46 HR, 45 BB, +1
Rick Reed (1998): 30 HR, 29 BB, +1
Gary Nolan (1976): 28 HR, 27 BB, +1
John Danks (2013): 28 HR, 27 BB, +1
Bartolo Colon (2015): 25 HR, 24 BB, +1
Randall Delgado (2013): 24 HR, 23 BB, +1

Posted: **Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:26 pm**

What about the ratio of HRs as a percentage of total hits? Or ratio of ERs to HRs?

More homers than walks is a little weird, though that's not what strikes me as the strangest.

ETA: 60 percent of all of the ERs he gives up are on HRs, some of which were presumably not solo homers. That means the number of runs he's given up on any other kind of hit would likely have to be extremely small.

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:38 am**

Computer/ball tracking used to call balls and strikes in Atlantic League ASG.

This technology should have been implemented by MLB a decade ago frankly. There's no excuse for humans to be calling balls and strikes with the availability of the Hawkeye-type equipment used in tennis, cricket and other sports.

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:34 am**

Thanks to the Orioles and Nationals, bullpens have finally caught up (down) to starters.

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:35 pm**

Not really about the current baseball season, but I guess I'll drop this, here.

Yesterday a good friend and his wife came over to eat dinner and hang out. This guy is a big baseball fan, about six years older than I am. We were musing about how baseball has changed over the years. Specifically about how batting average, in isolation, is not valued the way it used to be. As Alex Bregman was quoted some time ago (paraphrased), "I could hit .330, but OPS is my focus, so I hit .270 with more power and help my team to a greater extent." So, you don't have guys in baseball anymore like Matty Alou, who consistently hit for a high BA, but with very few extra base hits. (Neither of us were complaining about this trend, mind you, just noting the change in the game over the course of our fandom. We are both fans of data analytics.)

But this does present a problem for my friend. He has been in a big money dynasty fantasy baseball league for 20 years. A bunch of semi-rich retired guys risking significant dollars. It is and has always been predominantly focused on batting average, with some kickers for league leaders in other traditional stat categories. Everybody in his league recognizes that it is kind of backward nowadays to focus on a stat that teams and players don't emphasize. But in a dynasty league where each team owns rights to numerous minor leaguers acquired for their expected batting averages, he wondered aloud how can they ever change to OPS. The guys with the most successful teams will never agree to any change to the system, because they are set up to win money, now. So, they soldier on this way. Kind of funny, really.

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:45 pm**

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:35 pm Not really about the current baseball season, but I guess I'll drop this, here.

Yesterday a good friend and his wife came over to eat dinner and hang out. This guy is a big baseball fan, about six years older than I am. We were musing about how baseball has changed over the years. Specifically about how batting average, in isolation, is not valued the way it used to be. As Alex Bregman was quoted some time ago (paraphrased), "I could hit .330, but OPS is my focus, so I hit .270 with more power and help my team to a greater extent." So, you don't have guys in baseball anymore like Matty Alou, who consistently hit for a high BA, but with very few extra base hits. (Neither of us were complaining about this trend, mind you, just noting the change in the game over the course of our fandom. We are both fans of data analytics.)

But this does present a problem for my friend. He has been in a big money dynasty fantasy baseball league for 20 years. A bunch of semi-rich retired guys risking significant dollars. It is and has always been predominantly focused on batting average, with some kickers for league leaders in other traditional stat categories. Everybody in his league recognizes that it is kind of backward nowadays to focus on a stat that teams and players don't emphasize. But in a dynasty league where each team owns rights to numerous minor leaguers acquired for their expected batting averages, he wondered aloud how can they ever change to OPS. The guys with the most successful teams will never agree to any change to the system, because they are set up to win money, now. So, they soldier on this way. Kind of funny, really.

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:46 pm**

Could be in the random politics thread.

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:47 pm**

Giff wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:45 pm Sir, this is a Wendy's.

I laughed.

(Wasn't sure where to put it.)

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2019 1:50 pm**

wouldn't you change to OBP from BA and not to OPS because of the crossover between HR in a traditional 5x5 league?

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2019 1:52 pm**

Makes sense. We switched to OBP from BA about 10 years ago in my main league without a problem. I guess with a keeper league, a bigger deal switching, I suppose.

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2019 2:27 pm**

All leagues should just be cumulative wOBA on the hitting side.

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