Mike Crooker writes:
I’m watching the bottom of the 3rd inning of Cubs-Astros game today on
WGN and Steve Stone was going on (and on) about pitcher Roy Oswalt, who
just came off the D/L today. And that the Astros would be lucky/glad to
get six innings out of him and then turn it over to their bullpen which
has [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:29 pm | Broadcasts | Permalink | No Comments
May 31, 2003
Duel to the Death
The Cubs and Astros are tied 0-0 in the 14th inning. Astros pitchers are striking out everyone; the four have combined for 21 K, or two an inning.
Posted by David Pinto at 7:53 pm | Games | Permalink | No Comments
May 31, 2003
Disappointed Pitcher
Darrell May of the KC Royals has to be one disappointed pitcher today. He pitched well enough to win against the Oakland A’s, but three unearned runs in the 9th off Mike MacDougal caused the Royals to lose the game. Coming into today, Oakland had scored 27 unearned runs, fourth highest in the [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 5:10 pm | Games | Permalink | No Comments
May 31, 2003
Games of the Day
Given the pitching matchups I’m seeing out there, I think there are going to be a lot of runs scored today. If you’re looking for great matchups, however, the NL Central is the place to be. The Astros Roy Oswalt goes against Chicago’s Carlos Zambrano, and Kip Wells of the Priates [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 11:08 am | Games | Permalink | 1 Comment
May 31, 2003
Attendance Report
Attendance, through same period
2003
2002
Games
800
795
Attendance
25629
26694
Posted by David Pinto at 10:59 am | Attendance | Permalink | No Comments
May 30, 2003
On the Radio
Baseball Prospectus Radio will have a call in show tomorrow morning (Saturday). You can call at 9 AM EDT/6 AM PDT at 800-TALK-2-90. Get your hardest questions ready for Will Carroll to answer!
Posted by David Pinto at 10:15 pm | Broadcasts | Permalink | No Comments
May 30, 2003
Mets Win
I was just about to praise the Mets 5-0 victory over the Phillies last night (Trachsel beat Millwood) when I saw that Rey Sanchez was batting 2nd in the order. I’ll chalk that one up to luck.
Posted by David Pinto at 7:43 am | Games | Permalink | No Comments
May 30, 2003
Road Warriors
I was just looking at yesterday’s scoreboard, and I noticed that nine of the ten games yesterday were won by the road team. Road teams have won 47 percent of games this year, vs. 46% last year.
Posted by David Pinto at 7:41 am | Games | Permalink | No Comments
May 30, 2003
Attendance Report
Attendance, through same period
2003
2002
Games
785
780
Attendance
25611
26563
Attendance seems to be catching up a little this week. A friend of mine wondered how the Expos are doing. In San Juan, they averaged 14,282. In Montreal, they are averaging 11,338. They’ve had two crowds over 30,000, but six game in the 5,000s.
Posted by David Pinto at 7:25 am | Attendance | Permalink | No Comments
May 30, 2003
Kim on In
So while I’m at my mother’s wake, the Red Sox finally trade Shea Hillenbrand. In return, they get Byun-Hyung Kim from the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Baseball Crank does a good job of summing up the trade. I’m also waiting to see what Bambino’s Curse has to say about the move.
I have commented [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 7:04 am | Trades | Permalink | No Comments
May 29, 2003
Mo Vaughn Done
It looks like Mo Vaughn will not be returning to the Mets, according to this ESPN.com story. It’s a good news/bad news story. Mo’s knee is in really bad shape, and if he played he risks permanent disability. The good news is that he gets paid 15 million dollars next year to [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 1:21 pm | Injuries | Permalink | No Comments
May 29, 2003
Games of the Day
The White Sox travel north of the border to battle SARS and the Blue Jays. The powerful Blue Jays offense faces Esteban Loaiza, who is leading the AL in ERA at 1.92. He’ll be facing Cory Lidle, who has the 2nd highest run support per 9 in the AL, 7.88. Something has [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 11:05 am | Games | Permalink | 1 Comment
May 29, 2003
Exodus from the Times
Bronx Banter reports that Buster Olney is leaving the NY Times for ESPN. (Here’s the permalink, but it doesn’t work yet.) Looks like he’s leaving because of the way the Times is being managed. If you want to learn more about the scandal at the Times, you can try Instapundit and Andrew Sullivan.
Yesterday, [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:35 am | News Media | Permalink | No Comments
May 29, 2003
Vote of Confidence
The joke used to be that whenever a manager was given a vote of confidence by an owner, he was on his way out. Bruce Bochy has gotten such a vote of confidence, as reported by Tom Krasovic in the SD Union-Tribune.
Moores has said Bochy’s job is safe. Further endorsements came yesterday from Towers and [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 7:20 am | Management | Permalink | No Comments
May 29, 2003
Attendance Report
Attendance, through same period
2003
2002
Games
775
771
Attendance
25695
26624
Posted by David Pinto at 7:08 am | Attendance | Permalink | No Comments
May 28, 2003
Red Sox vs. Yankees
With all the problems they’ve had over the last few weeks, the Yankees have won when it counted, beating Boston four out of six. Yes, the Red Sox are still in first place, but the Yankees redeemed themselves from their dreadful showings vs. Texas and Toronto by bending but not breaking tonight. One [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:52 pm | Games | Permalink | No Comments
May 28, 2003
MVP?
Rafael Furcal is three for three tonight with two HR. He’s now batting .342 with a .408 OBA and a .568 slugging percentage. Plus, he’s a pretty good shortstop. Seems like he’s the leading candidate at the moment for NL MVP.
Posted by David Pinto at 8:54 pm | Players | Permalink | No Comments
May 28, 2003
Games of the Day
The best pitching matchup today is in Chicago where the Pirates send Jeff D’Amico to the mound vs. Mark Prior. Both are undefeated in their careers vs. their opponent. D’Amico is 6-0 with a 1.44 ERA against the Cubs, and Prior is 2-0 with a 1.71 ERA vs. the Pirates. The Bucs [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 11:24 am | Uncategorized | Permalink | No Comments
May 28, 2003
Attendance Report
Attendance, through same period
2003
2002
Games
760
756
Attendance
25728
26711
Posted by David Pinto at 11:16 am | Attendance | Permalink | No Comments
May 28, 2003
Mom Obit
My mother’s obituary from the Connecticut Post. At the moment, her name is misspelled. It should be Jacqueline, and they are in the process of fixing that. Thanks again for all the support all of you have sent my way these last few weeks.
Posted by David Pinto at 10:26 am | Other | Permalink | No Comments
May 27, 2003
Called Bonds
In case you haven’t noticed, Barry Bonds is back in the Giants lineup tonight.
Posted by David Pinto at 10:30 pm | Sluggers | Permalink | No Comments
May 27, 2003
Bye Nomar, Hello Kenny
Pettitte ends Nomar’s hit streak at 26, but Lofton went 3 for 5 to extend his hit streak to 25. We’ll see how far Kenny can take his now.
Posted by David Pinto at 10:06 pm | Hit Streaks | Permalink | No Comments
May 27, 2003
Yankee Fans and Clemens
I’m not sure how many Yankee fans feel this way, but Michele at A Small Victory is a Yankee fan that does not like Roger Clemens. My uncle Anthony feels the same way. I wonder if this is common among Yankee fans?
Posted by David Pinto at 9:19 pm | Fan Rant, Pitchers | Permalink | No Comments
May 27, 2003
Edgar’s RBI
Edgar Martinez has two HRs tonight, a two-run and a three-run shot, giving him five RBI. If he can hit a solo and a slam tonight, he’ll hit the for the cycle in HRs. An impressive season for a 40-year-old, or for any age.
Posted by David Pinto at 9:07 pm | Sluggers | Permalink | No Comments
May 27, 2003
Broken Machine?
The Reds and Braves are tied 2-2 in the bottom of the 4th. The Reds could have a big lead, however, as they’ve gone 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position tonight.
The Braves lineup continues to impress me. The lowest batting average in the lineup tonight is Lopez’s .282, and the lowest [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 9:04 pm | Games | Permalink | No Comments
May 27, 2003
Giles vs. the Cubs
Brian Giles has walked twice and scored twice vs. the Cubs tonight. He’s had great sucess vs. the Cubs in his career, scoring 48 runs and driving in 48 runs in 60 games. Coming into tonight, he had a .471 OBA and a .703 slugging percentage vs. the Cubs. The slugging hasn’t [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 8:52 pm | Players | Permalink | No Comments
May 27, 2003
Zeile of Approval
Todd Zeile breaks the solo HR streak with a 2-run shot for the Yankees.
Posted by David Pinto at 8:35 pm | Sluggers | Permalink | No Comments
May 27, 2003
Al’s Walks
Al Leiter is up 4-0 in the fourth. He’s having an interesing game, as he’s walked 4 through three innings, but has only allowed 1 hit and struck out five. Leiter has walked a lot of batters this year, (31 in 60.1 innings coming into tonight). All last year he only walked [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 8:31 pm | Pitchers | Permalink | No Comments
May 27, 2003
Pettitte Poised
Andy Pettitte seems to think the answer to the Yankees losing streak is to pitch a great game. Through four innings tonight, he’s given up 1 hit and struck out 4. He’s also averaging 16 pitches per inning. With two solo HR tonight, the last 10 HR by the Yankees have all [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 8:15 pm | Games | Permalink | No Comments
May 27, 2003
Evenly Matched
As the Angels face Baltimore, I notice both are scoring 5.0 runs per game. I was surprised by this, because on the surface it looks like the Angels have better hitting stats. Both team hit very well with runners in scoring position, but the difference is less than their overall averages. For [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 7:58 pm | Games | Permalink | No Comments
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