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  1. ORS
    Call it a hunch, but just from looking at him, I'm guessing JP Howell isn't waiting for his MENSA card to arrive in the mail.
  2. ORS
    It's appropriate that Sonnenstine pitches for a Florida team. Might as well keep "Rocket Shows" something special about the state. How this guy made it through the whole year as a starter on a division leading team is a complete mystery. The CWS have lashed about 4 balls in 2 innings today, with nothing to show for it.
  3. ORS
    I will be like JHB like this. If you want the data parsed out like that, do the research yourself. I've given you the url of the site, go there and figure it out. I think they break it down to that level. Or, you could trust my "eyes". You know, those magnificent f***ing things you think trump all else. Here's what my eyes told me. He had no problem throwing the fastball down in innings 1 and 2. I know this because it was the low strike that got me to go to brooksbaseball.net to see where the pitches were coming in. He had a bad night. He couldn't locate the fastball. Who gives a s*** if you played, umped, or shoved baseballs up your ass for fun? You don't need a polished resume of "experience" to discuss the game intelligently. Your point need only make sense and be verifiable by some form of data.
  4. ORS
    He sucked. He couldn't locate his FB last night. The curve was fine. Not his best, but I've seen him successful with worse. If you want to blame that on his oblique, about the only thing that makes sense after seeing him and looking at the data, is that the oblique made him wait 12 days between starts and he wasn't sharp after sitting.
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    The vertical and horizontal break on his pitches was no different than in Sept. There would be measurable differences if your "likey" occurred at all.
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    Furthermore, the pitch/fx tool at brooksbaseball.net shows no deviation in Beckett's lateral movement on his FB, from his previous outdoor starts in September. His typical September FB had armside run of about 7.60 inches. Last night it was 7.96. That's only 3/8", something you can't discern over the TV, I don't care how good your HD is. I actually thought he had a decent curve last night. Brooksbaseball confirms that it wasn't his best, but the movement and location of it are similar to good September starts.
  9. ORS
    This fails basic physics. The lateral movement of a fastball, the "armside run", is from the magnus force that is dependent on velocity and spin frequency. If the pitch is tailing more, he's getting more finish on it, not less. When a FB isn't finished, it has less angular velocity. The fingers come off early and don't follow through to snap that extra bit spin imparted at the end of the release. This is an incorrect application of baseball jargon. I don't care how many times you credit yourself with this attribute, it doesn't make it so.
  10. ORS
    I'm geniunely curious, what does "his pitches were tailing" imply to you? I don't doubt that you think you saw something there, but I question the connections you make to what you see and what really is.
  11. ORS
    Re: Bunting in the 5th - Uh, it was the 5th, you don't play for one run there. Re: The Angels "proving" why bunting is so good - They got what you need after having a RISP, the bloop with eyes. The Sox pounded balls in consecutive innings with RISP, it just went at someone. That's why the better teams still lose 40% of the time. There's a tremendous amount of luck that decides many ball games. We go tomorrow with our best pitcher for the series win. Rest easy, folks.
  12. ORS
    When the zone has been as tight as it's been all night, how does he get that call when he misses that badly?
  13. ORS
    Smoked again.
  14. ORS
    Look at me, I'm part of the show too!!! Guys, why aren't you looking at me? Why don't you love me?
  15. ORS
    Not even close, worse than strike 2.
  16. ORS
    BS, Kerwin. That's been a ball all game.
  17. ORS
    How's Weaver do at controlling the running game? Part of his effectiveness is deception with the long delivery.
  18. ORS
    Ball 4, again. Lots of chasing up and down the order tonight.
  19. ORS
    Did you get one of those Webster's dictionaries with the word "difference" in it?
  20. ORS
    Strikes, Mr. Riverdance.
  21. ORS
    Smoked. That sucks.
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  23. ORS
    Awful call.
  24. ORS
    There went the cookie. Let's hope he throws another.
  25. ORS
    Or Kotsay, he can play 1B.
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