Game 100: Minnesota vs. Bronx Bombers
Posted by ubelmann on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Slowey vs. Rasner
Slowey's got an edge of about 0.3 xFIP on Rasner.
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We will beat this Devil Rasner.
LEN3 reporting that Span is leading off and Gomez is batting 9th. Also, Punto at SS batting 8th. The rest of the lineup is standard (as of late, anyways) for a righty.
The Twins usually take longer to make these types of moves, but they usually get it right and do it so its not a shock to a player who is receiving the perceived demotion.
About friggin' time. Go Keiunta!
Oh so that's how you bat leadoff.
already a man at third
awesome
Darrell Rasner striking out Joe Mauer with an 86 mph fastball? Not what I would have expected.
Before I leave for a bbq, I shall make my prediction:
Gomez with 4 rbi from the 9 hole.
Batting average with RISP taking a nosedive in the 1st.
Has Gardy ever heard of advancing a runner with hits? With a runner already in scoring position, the sac bunt is such a wasted out..
but with no bunt you have to rely on Mauer or Morneau to get a hit, what are the odds of that?
Okay, I'm now officially, absolutely, unabashedly opposed to the bunt. Just say no to bunting.
Seth says Shooter Hunt is promoted to Beloit, I hope it works out for me to see him pitch sometime.
Shooter gets bumped up, but Revere has to work on his leadership and urgency. I mean throws from the outfield.
The problem with just looking at the batting stats for a hitter is that hitting is only part of the game. Fielding and throwing are very important too. How are his reactions to the batted ball? Is he getting a good jump? How are his routes? When he throws, is he making the right decisions? Is he hitting the cutoff man?
For a pitcher, pitching is pretty much all you have to do so the stats basically tell you everything you need to know.
Presumably, the managers and coaches in rookie league and low A ball are the best teachers of fundamentals. That is their main job. I certainly don't see any reason why they would keep him down in Beloit other than what they said.
Sorry, bodly, I forgot to apply the snark tag. I don' t see any reason to rush Revere before he's ready.
Just as I was hitting "Mail Your Letter" I realized you were probably being snarky. I read it as being a straight up comment at first. I should know better than that around here.
BTW, anybody know how you score it when a batter runs into his own bunt for an out?
"WW"
the automatic putout goes to the catcher [10.10(a)(1)]
I think the catcher gets a putout
Hello all,
Longtime lurker here. I like rhubarb, the Kinks, and Dr. Strangelove (as well as baseball and stats) so based on the avatars I am in the right place.
Went to last night's game with a pal who had great seats about a dozen rows up from first base. A few random observations:
1 - Almost without exception, any good looking woman in a baseball jersey was wearing Jeter's. Among all other jersey wearers, there was a much wider variety, from A-Rod to Munson to Abreu.
2 - There were a lot of people in Twins regalia, which was heartening. One guy had a Yankees hat and a Twins jersey. Perhaps he loves LaTroy Hawkins...
3 - As I recollected from a few visits in the 1990s, Yankee Stadium is underwhelming. Doesn't have the charm of Wrigley or Fenway or newer parks like Camden Yards or Coors Field. Probably because it was totally made over at the nadir of stadium architecture eras, the late 1970s.
4 - The exterior of the new stadium is not promising. Lavelle today wrote that it reminded him of the Bellagio, which is astute. To me, it called to mind an outlet mall.
Anyway, I have enjoyed basking in the wisdom among the posters on SABG and look forward to more of the same... and I just realized that the game is on television here in NY (I'm a little slow sometimes)...
welcome aboard!
A fellow New Yorker?
Kind of. Native Minneapolitan; lived in DC a number of years and still live there (on weekends) but am in NYC where I work during the week. So, yes, I do spend most of my time here. Are you here or upstate?
I am in Buffalo. Will be in NYC for the game tomorrow though.
Welcome aboard, Klaw!
This is not looking promising. Ass bats seem to be multiplying in the Twins dugout.
The Yankees broadcasters are talking about the Twins fans there who are doing the "circle me, Bert" thing and joking that they want to steal that idea.
I suppose I could mute the audio.
question is: do they have a circle machine?
They are welcome to it. But they have to take Bert as part of the deal.
What in God's name is Coomer talking about?
yeah, frustrating so far
but we stil have at bats to work with
but we stil have
at@ss bats to work withFixed that for you, dw
Young works the count and then pops out. Dammit. Get that average back over three hundred!
we need some positive karma going here
Where in the Bert did this Rasner guy come from?
Remember how Livan held the Rangers to 2 runs the other day? This is less of a mismatch.
I am amazed at how often Twins' batters can make a mediocre pitcher look like a cy young candidate. It's been less true this season than last, but this is 3 games in a row now.
It happens to everyone. I'm sure Rangers fans were pissing and moaning about that the entire series against the Twins. Just last night, Jarrod Washburn held the Red Sox to 2 runs over 5.2 IP.
I thought Rasner was one of the better pitchers for the Yanks this year. I have not looked at his stats lately though
and I bet everytime a Glen Perkins or a Nick Blackburn shut down opponents, thier fans same the same thing
or a Baker or a Slowey. Cuz most fans don't know much about opponents.
GoGo hit!
Jimi has good karma.
purple haze!
That's how you turn the lineup over!
wow, The Chicago Cubs fined $500,000 because they broke a couple rules about draft players
YES!!!
tied up
W00T!
Speed kills
W00T!!! I love it when Gomez gets on base!
It's a rarity, so you have to savor it.
My dream of GoGo stealing home won't happen this inning, it appears, but I will settle for the run...
Scoring on a ball that was hit about 80 feet seems pretty close to stealing home. (My dream is to actually be there when Gomez steals home.)
SSS: in 301 PA this year, Rasner has allowed 303/350/474 with a .341 BABIP. 6.18:2.42 K:BB per 9, 7 HR, 21.9 pct LD.
so, uh, he has sucked. So he should kill us.
4.43 xFIP is essentially leage average for a starter. He's decent.
so far, the league-average hitting line is 264/333/411. The average line against relievers is 253/334/394. His line looks to be significantly worse than the average line against starters. Just sayin'.
Looks significantly worse, but is not significantly worse.
Well, then the defense behind him must be worse than average. Which I'm willing to believe.
Could be some of that and some bad luck. Plus, over 12 starts, you don't necessarily see a typical cross-section of the league.
Hey, tie game! Speed thrills.
oy Dazzle confuses me
'Little flair over Jeter... and its in. Keeps the inning alive'
I thought to myself 'wait, there are no outs'
then he says 'runners on first and second and no out'
I should stop paying attention to him
Please let Rasner "work out of this jam".
C'MON KUBES!!!
The Dude is due.
Walking Tall.
Bust it open, Kubes!
well, that scores a run
kuuuubel
Kubel looked out to me- Thought I must say that I prefer this outcome.
Gotta tip the cap. Giambi has made a couple of nice stops this inning.
I did not think Kubes was going to make that.
speed kills.
You always hear about hitting being contagious--is speed contagious??
Kubel to Rasner: The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request for the double play
I love it when announcers slow the play down to like two frames per second before they can tell whether it should have been safe or out, and then complain about the call going the wrong way.
then you would have loved the yankees announcers analysis of Kubel's non-DP...
oh, right. nevermind.
Man, Jeter almost jumped right on top Kubel there. Jeter always the consummate pro...
1-run cushion--who could ask for more??
Delmon must have wanted to get Slowey back out there before he cooled down too much.
He's always one step ahead, that Delmon.
A real team player, no doubt.
It should be a contest to see who can post "UNO!" the quickest after a one-pitch Delmon out.
That might kill the server.
It's almost dead already.
Just a flesh wound.
I think we should try anyway.
YES mentioned Jeter with a 3-game "hitting streak" coming into the game. Seems kind of desperate.
Crap.
BERT
ooopsies.
And then, depression set in.
Well, Mauer couldn't have made a more accurate throw.
quick look at Rochester
Liriano: 6IP, 1 H, 1BB, 0R, 9K
Wings up 9-0 in the 6th
Damn. I'm almost (but not quite) thinking it's possible that Liriano might get back to his 2006 form.
I guess he had 5 k's in the first two inning
They are playing Toledo
the minor league scoreboard seems to be stuck, cause its been on the 6th inning for 10 minutes now, but Liriano had 80 pitches, 50 strikes