Cup of Coffee: June 14-15, 2008
Posted by SBG on Saturday, June 14th, 2008 at 7:12 am
This month is half gone already.
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playing with the formatting again, boss? I noticed nesting and avatars missing at times in some of the postings.
I was. There are some bugs in this template which kills AJAX. I'm hoping that at some time in the future I'll have this thing converted to my new template. But, alas, not much time to do that.
Beloit news:
Ben Revere won co-player of the month for the Midwest League in May.
His line for the month - .433/.469/.633 11 doubles, 5 triples, 8 BB, 8 SO (in ~130 PA)
His line for the year - .411/.459/.561 12 doubles, 6 triples, 14 BB, 15 SO (in 197 PA)
He's 22 for 33 in stolen bases, and currently on a 15-game hitting streak.
I'm a little disappointed in his SB%, but that's kind of nitpicking at this point. The kid's got the second-best OPS in the Midwest League right now, and he's only 20.
Ultimately I suspect that Revere is going to be insanely scrutinized because the Twins supposedly overdrafted on him, but given his performance so far, isn't it reasonable to think that the Twins really did see something special in the kid and that it was a good idea not to risk having another team take him?
I find this to be an interesting situation because a lot of people who generally value performance over scouting ranted and raved 'til the cows came home about how the Twins made an awful decision with Revere, but now we have a prototypical SABR player (if such a thing exists) who has done nothing but produce even if some scouts really don't think he's for real.
The one thing I've heard that worries me about Revere is that he apparently has a really weak arm. So he might have to keep hitting like crazy since he's probably going to be a corner player or the second coming of Johnny Damon's defense in CF.
He's made a lot of errors (5 or 6?) in the outfield this year, but I don't know if they were throwing errors or something else.
Another example of why trading of draft picks should be allowed in MLB. It would have been nice to move back a few spots and pick up an extra pick or player.
I see in Saturday's Beloit box score that Revere made his 7th error (fielding) last night. He was also 2-4 with a 2B and 2 runs scored (hitting streak = 16).
Garrett Olson had a big night: 4-5 with a 3B, a solo HR and 4 RBI as they won 8-6
you know you are having a good season at the plate when you go 2-4 and your b atting average goes down
So what do you think of this strategery, ubelmann?
It's the CWS, and Stanford has a 1-0 lead on FSU in the sixth. The #2 hitter leads off the inning with a homer, followed by a double for the #3 batter. Stanford then has the CLEANUP hitter sacrifice the runner to third on the first pitch. (It's successful.)
The #5 batter proceeds to strike out on 3 or 4 pitches in a pathetic AB. Stanford lucks out when the #6 hitter dumps one right in front of the LF to plate the run.
Ultimately, Stanford went up 5-2 and FSU rallied to tie it up going into the ninth. Then Stanford exploded for 11 in the top of the 9th (on only 6 hits!) and should go on to win.
I'm not ubelmann, but I can play one on TV.
That's pretty bad strategery. No outs and man on 2nd vs. one out and man on third, with a 2-0 lead late? Yes, that third run makes a difference in the odds of winning the game. But I'm guessing that the expected runs are lower, not higher, in the 3rd and one sitch. And I'm guessing that the increase in win probability from 2-run lead to 3-run lead at that stage in college is pretty small.
In 2005 for the Majors, the expected runs for 2nd and zero was 1.14; 3rd and one, only 0.98.
I agree. Adding to that, the offensive environment in college is higher than it is in MLB. When it's easier to get a hit, it makes less sense to give up an out.
Not to mention, your cleanup hitter up after the first two had XBH. And on the first pitch, no less.
Hell, they didn't even wait to see if FSU would have considered the IBB!
But yeah, college is higher-scoring. Playing for one run there is a crime against baseball. It's terrible strategery, of course. But they escape....
One of Moss' friends is at Miller Park this weekend. He sent this eyewitness report by text message:
"Prince Fielder is fat."
The Boss is messin' wit da site again.
so Im watching this Water Polo match on MSNBC of all channels. I have never watched water polo before, but I am liking this.
I knew someone who played some water polo in college. It looks "fun" until you hear that some guys sharpen their toenails.
Happy Fathers Day! To all you other fathers, enjoy the day. To everyone who still has the option, call your dad.
Reusse on the radio this morning: "I'm pulling for the Lakers because I don't want to see Garnett celebrate a championship."
I'm pulling for the Celtics because Reusse's a d!ck.
WTF? When did KG pee in Reusse's pool?
Light Rail makes the front page of yahoo with 4 strike outs.
Tiger Woods lips in a putt to force an 18 hole playoff tomorrow at the US Open. Unbelievable.
Great drama the entire back nine. Tiger is simply an amazing competitor and the greatest golfer of all-time. He's the only reason I watch golf, actually. Still, It'll be tough to root against Rocco tomorrow. Besides being a HUGE underdog, he comes off as an extremely likable cat.
Mrs. Runner: "I can't believe I'm watching golf!" But she didn't change the channel. And I was watching from the other room, so I wasn't holding a gun to her head or anything.
Lee Westwood was all over the course on the back nine, yet still had a chance to make it to the playoff. Just missed his putt.
Fantastic finish