Ken Griffey, Jr. hits a two-run homer in the first to put the Reds up 2-0 (Bruce singled in front of Griffey). That gives Ken 599, and Fox will cut into his plate appearances to see if he hits 600. Phillips followed with a big fly of his own, and the Reds lead [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 4:21 pm | Sluggers | Permalink | No Comments
May 31, 2008
Rocky Rotation
Glendon Rusch pitched a poor outing against the Cubs today, lasting just 4 2/3 innings while giving up five earned runs. Over their last nine games, the Rockies received only one good start. Including Rusch’s number from today, the Rockies starters in that time are posting an 8.10 ERA. They’ve allowed 24 [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 2:52 pm | Pitchers | Permalink | No Comments
May 31, 2008
Games of the Day
For the third day in a row, the White Sox and Rays present a good pitching matchup. Javier Vazquez takes on Scott Kazmir in the Scrabble game. Lefties are hitting .314 against Javier, and the Rays can put five lefties up against him. Kazmir has yet to allow a home run in [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 11:26 am | Matchups | Permalink | No Comments
May 31, 2008
Matsuzaka Strained
The Red Sox placed Daisuke Matsuzaka on the disabled list Friday with a strain in his rotator cuff:
“There was no structural changes, which is really good news,” Francona said. “The final diagnosis is a mild deltoid rotator cuff strain. The best way we can see to attack this is we’ll DL him, take the time [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:49 am | Injuries | Permalink | 3 Comments
May 31, 2008
Chipper Jones Graph
Here’s a graph of Chipper Jones’s probability of hitting .400 after each day the Braves play. The X axis show day number, of if the Braves play a double header, both games are rolled into that day. For example, 50 isn’t the 50th day of the season, it’s the 50th day the Braves played. [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 9:48 am | Players | Permalink | No Comments
May 31, 2008
What I Missed
Yesterday was pretty much the first day of the season I didn’t pay attention to what was going on during the games. Here’s what I missed.
The Chicago Cubs came back from an 8-0 deficit to defeat the Rockies 10-9. The ball was flying out of Wrigley as the two teams combined for seven [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 9:08 am | Baseball | Permalink | 1 Comment
May 31, 2008
Happy Graduation!
My daughter Melinda graduated from high school Friday night. I just wanted to say congratulations! We’re very proud of you, Melinda.
Posted by David Pinto at 7:58 am | Other | Permalink | 3 Comments
May 31, 2008
Saturday Update
The Day by Day Database is up to date.
Posted by David Pinto at 7:55 am | Statistics | Permalink | No Comments
May 30, 2008
Sweet Spot
Luke Scott gives Tyler Kepner a visual lesson on the sweet spot.
Posted by David Pinto at 11:23 am | Equipment | Permalink | 1 Comment
May 30, 2008
Replays on the Way
The top umpire in baseball talked with the Houston Chronicle about using replays in baseball:
“Replay is coming,” Rieker wrote. “If done properly we have an opportunity to set the gold standard in replay, learning from pros and cons from other sports. But we must do so in a fashion that will not delay the game [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:56 am | Umpires | Permalink | 13 Comments
May 30, 2008
Games of the Day
The big NL East showdown starts tonight in Philadelphia as Florida comes to town. I hope Phish phans aren’t conphused. The Marlins lead the Phillies by 1/2 game in the NL East, with Florida losing two in a row and Philadelphia on a four game winning streak. Mark Hendrickson opposes Brett Myers. [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 8:42 am | Matchups | Permalink | 2 Comments
May 30, 2008
The Three Run Win
The Giants completed a sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks Thursday night. Randy Johnson out-pitched Barry Zito, The Big Unit leaving with a 3-2 lead after seven innings. San Francisco, however, scored a single run in the 8th on a bases loaded walk and then Winn homered in the ninth to seal the victory.
Giants [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 8:16 am | Team Evaluation | Permalink | No Comments
May 30, 2008
Everything but the Runs
The Cubs defeated the Rockies 8-4 Thursday night, and now own the best record in the major leagues. Chicago is the only team playing .600 ball, with a current winning percentage of .600. What’s interesting to me about the win, however, is that the game wasn’t close. Both teams picked up eleven [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 8:05 am | Games | Permalink | 4 Comments
May 30, 2008
Friday Update
The Day by Day Database is up to date.
Posted by David Pinto at 7:26 am | Statistics | Permalink | No Comments
May 29, 2008
The Big Five
The Mets 1-5 batters hit tonight like New York fans expected all year. Reyes, Castillo, Wright, Beltran and Delgado all recorded multi-hit games, going 11 for 21 with a walk. Wright’s two hits were both home runs, and he drove in half the Mets runs as they took down the Dodgers 8-4. [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 11:38 pm | Games | Permalink | 1 Comment
May 29, 2008
This One Goes to Eleven
They Twins extended the Royals losing streak to eleven tonight, 5-1. Only two doubles in the bottom of the ninth prevented the game from ending in a shutout. It’s the sixth time during the streak that Kansas City was held to one run or less.
The Twins are now 18-9 against their central opponents, [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:45 pm | Streaks | Permalink | 2 Comments
May 29, 2008
Missed Opportunity
The Astros fell to the Cardinals tonight 3-2. The offense carried Houston to the best record in the National League in May, but they could not come up with enough runs to support Oswalt in a well pitched game. The eventual winning run came on Roy’s bugaboo all year, the home run. [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:34 pm | Games | Permalink | 2 Comments
May 29, 2008
Slump Busted?
Paul Konerko is one of the players responsible for the power outage in the American League this season. Over his previous fifteen games, Konerko was not only batting .169, his ten hits turned out to be all singles. He finally showed some life tonight against the Rays, going two for four with a [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:18 pm | Sluggers | Permalink | No Comments
May 29, 2008
Dumatrait Finds His Control
Over his previous three starts, Phil Dumatrait walked 13 batters while striking out eight. His ERA was okay, however, allowing eight earned runs in 16 1/3 innings. Tonight against the Reds, however, he turned that around. Dumatrait struck out nine and walked just two over seven innings, holding the Reds to two [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:02 pm | Pitchers | Permalink | No Comments
May 29, 2008
The Fall of Troy
Troy Percival goes on the disabled list with a strained hamstring:
Percival, 1-0 with 14 saves in 16 chances and a 2.95 ERA, limped off the mound during the ninth inning of Wednesday’s 5-3 victory over the Texas Rangers. An MRI exam revealed no significant damage, however the AL East leaders don’t want to take any [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 6:41 pm | Injuries | Permalink | 3 Comments
May 29, 2008
On the Radio
I’ll be on The Night Shift, Sports Radio 610 in Houston at 7:20 PM EDT (6:20 PM CDT).
Posted by David Pinto at 6:38 pm | Broadcasts | Permalink | No Comments
May 29, 2008
No Man is an Islet
Ryan Langerhans is back with the Nationals and just made a possible game saving catch in San Diego. With the score tied at two in the bottom of the eighth, Kevin Kouzmanoff launches one to the stand in leftfield. Ryan leaped, got his glove over the railing, and pulled the ball back in [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 5:53 pm | Defense | Permalink | 4 Comments
May 29, 2008
Blue Jays Breakout
The Blue Jays are pounding the Athletics this afternoon, off to a 10-0 lead in the sixth inning. It the first time the Jays reached double digits in runs in a game since April 15th when they scored eleven against Baltimore. Six of the starters collected multi-hit games so far.
Litsch is making another [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 5:37 pm | Offense | Permalink | 1 Comment
May 29, 2008
Campillo Out
The Braves made short work of the Brewers today, defeating them 8-1. The Braves had two pitchers on today. Starter Jorge Campillo pitched five strong innings in his third start of the season after a stint in the bullpen. He walked none and struck out six, bringing his K total to 33 [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 5:27 pm | Games | Permalink | No Comments
May 29, 2008
Misusing Matsuzaka
During my radio show Wednesday night, I discussed the Red Sox pattern of use of Daisuke Matsuzaka. Looking at his log with pitch counts, the Red Sox seem to be more interested in limiting his innings than his pitches. In two of his best starts, he lasted seven innings. In one of [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 3:53 pm | Pitchers | Permalink | 4 Comments
May 29, 2008
Weekly Blog Poll
The latest Blog Poll is up, this week looking at National League awards.
Posted by David Pinto at 3:48 pm | Awards | Permalink | 1 Comment
May 29, 2008
Chipper Jones Update
A week ago I looked at the probability of Chipper Jones hitting .400 for the season based on what he already accomplished, and posted a spreadsheet for future calculations. Last Thursday the probability stood at .000095. Chipper is still well over .400 at .418. He went 9 for 18 on the week [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 11:49 am | Predictions | Permalink | 1 Comment
May 29, 2008
Pedro Ready to Return
MetsBlog.com posts video of Pedro in his rehabilitation start. He’ll likely start next week against San Francisco. That’s a good team for a comeback, since they’re not very strong offensively.
Posted by David Pinto at 10:29 am | Pitchers | Permalink | 1 Comment
May 29, 2008
Even Stevens
Bleed Cubbie Blue notes that after the Cubs sweep, the Dodgers and Cubs are .500 over 118 years, 1010-1010.
I thought about this and these two franchises have traded periods of dominance. When the Cubs were a great team in the early years of the 20th Century, the Dodgers were horrid. When the Dodgers were winning [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:25 am | History | Permalink | 4 Comments
May 29, 2008
Games of the Day
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The Blue Jays and Athletics finish up their low scoring series with another good pitching matchup as Jesse Litsch faces Dana Eveland. Litsch represents another good example of how a low walk rate can compensate for a high home run rate. Eight of the nine home runs he allowed came [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 8:44 am | Matchups | Permalink | No Comments
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