Comments on: I’m Just Sayin’ http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/ Your Daily Source for Half-Baked Crap Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:02:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SBG http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145775 SBG Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:54:18 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145775 He's alive!!!!! He's alive!!!!!

]]> By: frightwig http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145750 frightwig Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:19:44 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145750 Is there any reasonable defense for using Bass there, at all? Like, was everyone else just dog-tired for a tough weekend, or something? Even at the start of the inning, the move didn't seem to make any sense. Baker's just pitched a superb 7 innings. It's a taut, scoreless game, where 1 run could well decide the outcome. You're on the road, in a tough venue with a loud crowd, facing a good team, the defending champs, which is running neck-and-neck with the Twins in the wild card standings, so there's a lot of pressure in that spot. So of course the manager would want to tap... a rookie who's also the worst pitcher in the bullpen!? I guess that's what makes Gardy the best manager in baseball, hey, JoePo? Is there any reasonable defense for using Bass there, at all? Like, was everyone else just dog-tired for a tough weekend, or something?

Even at the start of the inning, the move didn't seem to make any sense. Baker's just pitched a superb 7 innings. It's a taut, scoreless game, where 1 run could well decide the outcome. You're on the road, in a tough venue with a loud crowd, facing a good team, the defending champs, which is running neck-and-neck with the Twins in the wild card standings, so there's a lot of pressure in that spot. So of course the manager would want to tap... a rookie who's also the worst pitcher in the bullpen!?

I guess that's what makes Gardy the best manager in baseball, hey, JoePo?

]]> By: ubelmann http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145107 ubelmann Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:34:13 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145107 Thanks. Yeah, that time stamp was right. I'm on the west coast, so it was just 2:34am local time. The last couple of nights I just haven't gotten to bed very early. Thanks. Yeah, that time stamp was right. I'm on the west coast, so it was just 2:34am local time. The last couple of nights I just haven't gotten to bed very early.

]]> By: twayn http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145079 twayn Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:54:33 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145079 I agree with Ubelmann. Gardy's bullpen management last night was, um, Bass-ackwards. I agree with Ubelmann. Gardy's bullpen management last night was, um, Bass-ackwards.

]]> By: twayn http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145067 twayn Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:06:26 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145067 The WGOM server hates me. After serving up several White Screens of Death last night, it just decided not to acknowledge my existance. Sort of like my kids. I'll make a sacrifice to the tube dieties tonight and see if that helps. The WGOM server hates me. After serving up several White Screens of Death last night, it just decided not to acknowledge my existance. Sort of like my kids. I'll make a sacrifice to the tube dieties tonight and see if that helps.

]]> By: Yickit http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145052 Yickit Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:54:29 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145052 Ubelmann, nice Strib post. Was the time stamp right? 4:34 am? Ubelmann, nice Strib post. Was the time stamp right? 4:34 am?

]]> By: brianS http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145040 brianS Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:07:50 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145040 I will re-post as an Aside. That link deserves to be preserved for posterity. I will re-post as an Aside. That link deserves to be preserved for posterity.

]]> By: ubelmann http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145037 ubelmann Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:55:04 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145037 I can't tell exactly from <a href="http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/statpages/glossary/#fip" rel="nofollow">the description in their glossary.</a> My guess is that if you plug in a league average strikeout rate, walk rate, and home run rate into the first term, and then subtract it from the league average ERA, you will get the constant that they add to the (HR*13+(BB+HBP-IBB)*3-K*2)/IP term. I am too lazy to check that right now, though. I can't tell exactly from the description in their glossary. My guess is that if you plug in a league average strikeout rate, walk rate, and home run rate into the first term, and then subtract it from the league average ERA, you will get the constant that they add to the (HR*13+(BB+HBP-IBB)*3-K*2)/IP term. I am too lazy to check that right now, though.

]]> By: ubelmann http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145036 ubelmann Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:51:30 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145036 That is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. That is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

]]> By: brianS http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145033 brianS Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:24:12 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145033 OMG. Fantastic. I wonder if Reusse wrote the script for the Dr. Stat thing? here's the link: <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/tb/fan_forum/dotg.jsp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Defenders of the Game</a> OMG. Fantastic.

I wonder if Reusse wrote the script for the Dr. Stat thing?

here's the link: Defenders of the Game

]]> By: GreekHouse http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145032 GreekHouse Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:09:25 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145032 Have you all heard that <a href="http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2008/07/stunned-silence.html" rel="nofollow">Dr. Stat</a> has a brother? His name is Dr. Save and he uses his save gun to make managers incapable of using their bullpens correctly. Have you all heard that Dr. Stat has a brother? His name is Dr. Save and he uses his save gun to make managers incapable of using their bullpens correctly.

]]> By: DK http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145022 DK Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:49:56 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145022 Hey ubelmann (or anyone), can you direct me to where/how this season's FIP adjustment factor is derived? I sat here for about 15 minutes trying to figure why the FIPs I have on the charts I've kept this season are all higher than Hardball Times', until I realized I'd been using 3.20 all season and it looks like the adjustment for the AL is closer to 3.04. Hey ubelmann (or anyone), can you direct me to where/how this season's FIP adjustment factor is derived? I sat here for about 15 minutes trying to figure why the FIPs I have on the charts I've kept this season are all higher than Hardball Times', until I realized I'd been using 3.20 all season and it looks like the adjustment for the AL is closer to 3.04.

]]> By: Rhubarb_Runner http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145021 Rhubarb_Runner Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:28:33 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145021 Good call, ubes. And boy, that Breslow guy could be a closer on any other team. D'oh! SBG, can I change my Gardy Poll vote? Good call, ubes. And boy, that Breslow guy could be a closer on any other team. D'oh!

SBG, can I change my Gardy Poll vote?

]]> By: greenmachine http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145019 greenmachine Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:20:04 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145019 No, I got it: the Sox ditched Julian Tavarez earlier this season, so now it's Gardy's job to drag a mediocre-to-poor reliever into any Boston series. No, I got it: the Sox ditched Julian Tavarez earlier this season, so now it's Gardy's job to drag a mediocre-to-poor reliever into any Boston series.

]]> By: greenmachine http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145018 greenmachine Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:17:05 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145018 You think Gardy's trying to get Bass DFA'd too? Just kidding, but still, a mildly ostentatious move. Can something be mildly ostentatious? You think Gardy's trying to get Bass DFA'd too? Just kidding, but still, a mildly ostentatious move. Can something be mildly ostentatious?

]]> By: SBG http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/07/07/im-just-sayin/#comment-145004 SBG Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:18:47 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=6259#comment-145004 I was putting BabySBG to bed and missed the scoring in the eighth. I came back down and saw that Bass was in. I was perplexed! I was putting BabySBG to bed and missed the scoring in the eighth. I came back down and saw that Bass was in. I was perplexed!

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