Comments on: WS Coverage: Victorino Playing Through Pain

By: DavidCEisen

DavidCEisen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:15:35 +0000

all that playing time != leading the league in PA’s

A lot of players warrant a lot of player time, but that doesn’t equate to leading the league in PA’s.

By: Joe R

Joe R — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:27:34 +0000

“Obviously that’s a by-product of being an average OBP’r and good enough in his other skill sets to warrant all that playing time, but it’s still not exactly a stat you want to rank that high in.”

Not sure how else that’s supposed to be interpreted…

By: DavidCEisen

DavidCEisen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:56:22 +0000

No, Joe, you said that he lead the league in outs. I said he lead the league in PA’s. That those two mirror each other kind of makes sense.

By: DavidCEisen

DavidCEisen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:53:49 +0000

Hell the Amish could have built a barn at home plate and Francisco would have missed it.

By: Joe R

Joe R — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:51:00 +0000

I said that, David.

By: BATTLETANK

BATTLETANK — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:38:58 +0000

the umpire also points to check down with the third baseman to see if he pulled back. umpire said he didn’t.

By: don

don — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:24:10 +0000

Here is the video. He’s in the process of pulling the bat back when he gets hit.

https://secure.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200911027115045&c_id=phi

By: phorever

phorever — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:09:41 +0000

a) for those who don’t know, werth is an experienced cf.
b) in game 6, the offensive dropoff is the big one from victorino to bruntlett/mayberry, not the small one from victorino to francisco. francisco is easily the phillies best bench option. when they need a dh, he’s in the lineup, leaving total dreck to replace victorino, especially against pettitte. stairs and dobbs bat left (and the latter is sick), bruntlett is one of the worst hitters in the league. if victorino can’t go, the best hope, and not a particularly good one, is that they dh dobbs and activate mayberry.

By: pounded clown

pounded clown — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:39:49 +0000

Yep. the Amish raise barns in the time it took Francisco’s throw to get to home plate.

By: pounded clown

pounded clown — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:32:41 +0000

he’s also been struggling at the plate…instead of a pop up, dp, or strike out, a bunt would at least be a productive out .Also if Rollins was going to steal it impedes the view of the catcher for a split second….I thought it was a good idea esp. with the offensive lineman behind the plate.