Comments on: WS Coverage: Girardi Screws Up The Line-Up

By: thefatkid

thefatkid — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:42:08 +0000

Care to explain why, if catching doesn’t matter, almost every single Yankee pitcher has pitched better to catchers not named Posada for the duration of Posada’s career? Is this some sort of magical decade-plus aberrant coincidence?

Bad defensive catching negatively impacts pitching. The fact that you haven’t figured out how to quantify catching doesn’t somehow make it unimportant.

By: Daniel B

Daniel B — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:55:57 +0000

prove it wrong.

By: bflaff

bflaff — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:08:33 +0000

Are you suggesting that in the span of 3-4 ABs, both players will revert to their mean? Surely not.

By: Wally

Wally — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:23:38 +0000

What would be his motivation for lying?

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:11:43 +0000

Probably part of the reason why the Tigers are watching from their couches.

By: Typical Idiot Fan

Typical Idiot Fan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:59:57 +0000

Prove it.

By: aj

aj — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:01:02 +0000

As a Tiger fan, I would like to say:

Girardi starting Hairston for his 10-27 line is much better than Leyland starting similar players for no reason at all, other than they’re a player and therefore they can play. Leyland would’ve batted Hairston third just to show him he believes in him.

By: Joe R

Joe R — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:53:40 +0000

Yankees escape via talent, in the process hellbent on turning Nick Swisher into the new SSS villain of NYC.

Look at how well “playing the hot guys” went for Torre in the NLCS, Girardi.

By: Rob in CT

Rob in CT — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:40:41 +0000

I thought the bunt was a bad idea, before any pitches were thrown. I knew it was coming, because even if Girardi hadn’t called for it, Jeter would have done it on his own. He’s like that with bunting.

Anyway, to me there are pros and cons to a sac bunt there. Pro is that getting even one more run, with Mo on the mound for the 9th, would be huge. Getting two runs would be massive. Con – Chan Ho Park was pitching, and I don’t think much of Chan Ho Park. He had just given up a line drive single to Posada. Jeter is a good hitter, albeit a righty (I assume Park is tougher on righties?). I felt pretty good about his chances of turning that rally into something big. Instead, he “gives himself up” and hands the Phillies an out. Worse, obviously, was his decision to bunt with 2 strikes, as he didn’t even advance the runners.

By: Rob in CT

Rob in CT — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:35:13 +0000

Jeter is usually a smart player. But he has some sort of mental defect when it comes to bunting. I think he believes bunting to be some sort of moral good thing to do, and feels honor bound to do it. To the point of utter stupidity.