Comments on: WS Coverage: Game Four Thoughts

By: aaron

aaron — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:52:11 +0000

fox noted during the telecast that starters on short rest have a 12 – 35 (make that 36 i guess) record vs fully rested starters in WS history.

i know wins and losses aren’t very sabrmetrical, but…

By: cardsfan

cardsfan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:14:42 +0000

cdcd

By: NF

NF — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:05:53 +0000

I can’t believe someone actually wrote this article.

Manuel HAD NO OTHER OPTIONS? REALLY, DAVE? Hey, how about that Ryan Madson guy? Or how about anyone else? Brad Lidge was one of the worst pitchers in history this season, explain to me how it was his ONLY CHOICE.

Also every Phillies and Yankees fan I know was suicidal over the respective managers bringing in Joba and Lidge. It appears the only people that were shocked that they failed were Joe Girardi, Charlie Manuel, and Dave Cameron.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:03:51 +0000

By my math, Fuqua had in excess of 150 better options as “closer,” because Lidge had the worst season of any reliever, and basically any pitcher since young Roy Halladay.

By: chuckb

chuckb — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:01:53 +0000

longgandhi’s absolutely correct. The likelihood of a hit there was much greater than the likelihood of a wild pitch, particularly w/ Ruiz behind the plate. At that point, if Lidge decided not to throw the slider simply b/c Damon was on third, he made a colossal mistake. He has to make the pitches and have faith that Ruiz will block the ball. The concern over wild pitches that the media has when there’s a runner on third is overblown. Though they happen, it’s much more likely that a batter will get a hit when the pitcher’s not throwing his best pitch.

By: BIP

BIP — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:21:57 +0000

-1 for misuse of “sour grapes”

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:29:16 +0000

the only way you know he “executed” is if you know the location where those pitches were supposed to be. which you don’t.

are you suggesting the catcher “called” for a HBP on Teixeira? of course not.

he threw Alex a cookie. that’s not executing.

what a silly argument.

By: dorsal

dorsal — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:49:40 +0000

Thanks for that longgandhi. Shouldn’t we also take into account passed balls? I looked for that that myself, I must be a poor searcher of stats.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:30:37 +0000

“Meltdown” means is not executing. He executed the pitches that were called, which were the wrong pitches, whether they came from the catcher, the dugout or Tim McCarver.

By: DavidCEisen

DavidCEisen — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:15:54 +0000

Pedro is coming off of more rest than Andy. Plus I believe you’ve both missed my realist side.