The Giants batted around in the 2nd without making an out. Two bad they didn’t make any productive outs in scoring their seven runs. And after all that, after the Marlins show they can’t get an out, Alou has Neifi Perez sacrifice. Of course, they don’t score another run after the bunt. [...]
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April 30, 2004
No Hit Friday?
Through three innings, DougWaechter is perfect, and Randy Wolf has not allowed a hit. Through four, Javier Vazquez is perfect with four strikeouts.
Update: These three are over. I saw Vazquez give up a HR, then I switched to the Tampa Bay game and saw the replay of Waechter giving up a single.
Update: Durazo [...]
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April 30, 2004
Games of the Day
Two 1 on 1 matchups tonight. The Angels head to the land of 10,000 lakes to face the Twins. Not a great pitching matchup (Ortiz vs. Silva), but the two teams are tied for 2nd in runs scored (Twins have played 1 fewer game) behind the Tigers (who would have thought I would [...]
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April 30, 2004
Strikeouts
Bryan at Against the Grain brings strikeouts into the unproductive outs argument.
Strike outs are the worst thing a hitter can do, because even if you ground out weakly or hit a soft-fly you have somechance of getting on-base. Watch a game and see how many jam-shot singles there are. Not every hit is a line-drive. [...]
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April 30, 2004
First Time at Fenway
I attended last night’s game with my old friend Jim Storer and two of his New Haven cohorts, Ken Papa and Dave Spiro. I’ve known Ken since Jim’s days at UConn Law School, but Dave I just met recently. Last night was Dave’s first visit to Fenway. He really loved the park. [...]
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April 30, 2004
Productive Outs
Daniel Shamah writes:
Hope you’re enjoying the game. Buster Olney posted another article on ESPN.com about so-called “productive outs.” I’ve noticed in every game ESPN calls, they not only talk about this bogus stat, but they make a point of talking about the Marlins won the Series with “productive outs.” John Kruk went so far as [...]
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April 29, 2004
Road Trip
I’m off to Fenway for the DRays-Red Sox double header. Look for audio posts from the Back Bay.
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April 29, 2004
Game of the Day
They were down and out. They weren’t hitting. Their pitching was weak. They were overrated, overpaid and just plain evil. And at the bottom of their weakness, they had to face Oakland’s three aces.
Well guess what. The Yankees slump seems to be over. Jose Contreras pitched a good game [...]
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April 28, 2004
The Pen is Mightier
Nice job by the Philadelphia bullpen tonight. Myers had a rough start giving up eight hits in four innings. But Madson came on for four innings and only allowed 1 hit, while Wagner pitched the 9th for his 6th save. Combined they gave up 1 hit, 0 BB and got four strikeouts. [...]
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April 28, 2004
Squeezing Out a Win
The Brewers Bill Hall lays down a perfect squeeze bunt to defeat the Reds in the 10th 10-9. The Reds were up 9-0 in the third, but Wilson, Reith and Jones combined to give up nine to the Brewers by the eighth. It’s the largest comeback in Brewers history, according to the broadcast.
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April 28, 2004
Cheers for Schilling
Schilling did exactly what the Red Sox are paying him to do; he shut down the DRays for 7 1/3 innings with eight strikeouts and no walks. The Red Sox limited him to 106 pitches which I think is a fine idea. Schilling is getting old, so extra rest won’t hurt. And [...]
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April 28, 2004
Maroth Madness
I had the Game of the Day assigned to me to score this evening. I’m very impressed with Mike Maroth. He’s working quickly, going after hitters, and getting a lot of weak fly balls and pop ups. He’s quite a contrast to Colon, who slows the game down to a crawl when [...]
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April 28, 2004
One Base at a Time
The Yankees picked up where they left off last night, scoring runs on singles and walks. Three singles, two walks and a sacrifice fly gives Contreras a 3-0 lead in the 2nd.
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April 28, 2004
Breathing Room
Hee Seop Choi just hit a three-run HR in the top of the 9th to give the Marlins a decent cushion in Coors field, 9-4. Choi is doing exactly what you want a first baseman to do. He’s getting on base (.409 OBA), and he’s hitting for power (.673 slugging pct). He’s [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 5:49 pm | Sluggers | Permalink | 2 Comments
April 28, 2004
Opening Day Impressions
You can read all the opening day impressions here.
Bill Young attended the Expos real home opener on April 23rd and sends this report.
I did it again, I went to yet another last first game of the Expos. They held their real, albeit unofficial, home opener on Friday, April 23. (The official home opener, so-called, took [...]
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April 28, 2004
Worth the Riske?
The Cleveland Indians blew an 8-2 lead, allowing seven runs over the last three innings, including five in the ninth to lose to the White Sox 9-2. David Riske was the biggest culprit, allowing three runs on three hits and a HR in 1/3 of an inning. Betacourt, with the help of a [...]
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April 28, 2004
R-ON-nie
Ronnie Belliard has become a great leadoff man for the Indians. He’s been on base four times for the Indians today, and his OBA now stands at .511. It’s a huge leap for him; his career OBA was .348 coming into today. He’s drawing walks like the 2000 Belliard, which is just [...]
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April 28, 2004
Game of the Day
The Angels continue their series with the Tigers, sending Bartolo Colon to the mound against Mike Maroth. Maroth lost 20 games last year, but is 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA to start the season. He’s striking out more and walking fewer than he has in the past. And there’s some evidence his [...]
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April 28, 2004
Hardball Pitching
The Hardball Times now has some interesting pitching stats on their site to go along with their batting stats. I like that they are listing DER for each pitcher, so you get a feel for how much the defense is helping or hurting the hurler.
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April 28, 2004
Catching a Record
Mike Piazza tied Carlton Fisk last night for most HR as a catcher. Appropriately, he did it in the place where he became famous, Dodger Stadium, against a former battery mate, Hideo Nomo. And more importantly, the HR gave the Mets a lead they would not relinquish. Congratulations to Piazza on the [...]
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April 27, 2004
Cycling
Congratulations to Chad Moeller who hit for the cycle tonight. He did it as part of a 9-7 slugfest win for the Brewers, who are now 11-10.
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