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Everything beyond the first sentence is meaningless drivel in terms of what I am saying. There is a thread dedicated to discussing Crisp's injury/return timetable. That is where this belongs.

That's because a fly ball has backspin. When you hit a FB that has it's own backspin, the backspin the bat puts on the ball is in the opposite direction, which reduces the amount of spin you can put on the ball. When the ball comes in with no rotation, you get maximum backspin, with creates lift. This is why hanging curves go even further because they are rotating in the direction of the backspin you are putting on the ball.

This really belongs in the current When will Crisp return? thread. Despite your desire to draw maximum attention to any and all bad news for the Sox, not every news article on a subject warrants it's own thread.

If you can get that spin to be a forward tumble then yes, it will improve the dive a little. However, any non-spinning ball is going to have significant dive at the plate due to the acceleration of gravity and no magnus force in the opposite direction. Wake's KB usually comes in at ~65 mph, which is ~95 ft/s. Figure the distance traveled to be ~55 ft from the release point, meaning it takes the pitch about 0.58 seconds to get to the plate. The acceleration of gravity is -32 ft/s per second, so it is dropping ~19 ft/s at the plate.

Dead bird, dead bird, dead bird........ On a plate nonetheless, gotta love that.

Let this rule the day.... http://users.sdccu.net/hoggy/images/kb.jpg Be the ball, Timmy, be the ball.

Bedard is off to a hot start, and the Sox have been even more futile against top-flight lefties (0-3 vs. Kazmir and Lee). I'm glad that it's at least somebody they have had some success against because I'd be outright pessimistic if that weren't the case.

Aloha.

2 pitches, 2 outs = 100% efficiency

I'm watching the Sox on mlb.tv and the Braves on TBS. Anyone catching the implosion going on in the Braves game right now?

Sa-Wheat! I've got a scary man-crush on Papi.

Phew, I'll take it. Hell, it got the big man up with the sacks full.

Youks does the GGoW thing. Let's go Mark!

http://www.thenewpolitics.com/images/anger.gif Get mad, get angry, and put this f***ing pedestrian Josh Towers wannabe pitcher in his place. f***ing Rodrigo Lopez! Are you kidding me? Knock this complete crap pitcher out of the game. Way to go, Gonzo! ---- that is a first

Perhaps you should regard your comments about the sabermetric movement if you don't like my tone. I'm not in on the current research being done, but I understand and believe in the process. Calling this a basement geek thing is incredibly ignorant and very insulting.

'Tek has been on the money with his throws lately. That couldn't have been thrown better.

The beauty of wit is lost on a witless mind like yours. Pedro put his foot in his mouth with that comment, and Yankees fans took the freebie and ran with it. Unfortunately for Yankee fans, David Ortiz, aka George Steinbrenner Jr because he owns the Yankees, became the biggest killer for either side and Sox fans made a play on the Yankee chant. That is wit, but you don't get that. BTW, quit it with the "we're innocent, we only did what the player said" crap. Yankee fans chanted "1918" with no prompting from Sox players for years and years before Pedro even came to Boston.

I can't wait until pitchers think they have to come in on him.

Typical refers to the fact that since you don't like sabermetric analysis you insult those involved in the field. Why else would it be in the same paragraph where I defend/explain the process? But hey, I understand, it's over your head so the only way you walk away feeling good is to put it down. And, no, it isn't a scientific fact. Rate stats are nothing more than probabilites based on previous performance, and runs-based metrics are just a way of trying to show the context free value of a players performance. That doesn't mean the principles of the scientific process cannot be employed. Hypothesis, data, analysis, test, rinse, repeat. No, RISP doesn't account for score, but C&L does (close and late). C&L situations are as follows: -After the 6th inning -Up by no more than 1 -Down by no more than 2 I know, that doesn't account for every situation that could be considered clutch. That said, I trust it more than your or my ability to remember a players performance in each and every "clutch" situation for an entire season. It is entirely more likely that those split stats show a clearer picture than your memory does. You remember the dramatic walk-off homers/hits for a long time, but the anti-climactic outs fade from your mind rather quickly.

Typical. These formula's aren't dreamed up. They are developed by looking at all the data available and correlating statistical values to performance. The process is scientific, not fantastic. I laugh everytime someone incapable of understanding this process derides the "coolness" of those involved in it. Basement geeks? Give me a break. Besides, it's not like traditional stats show him to be clutch anyway. Career: .314/.375/.471 RISP: .292/.385/.400 C&L (last three years): .249/.352/.392 The C&L split was only for the last 3 years because that was the only duration I could find on the sports websites. The data from 1996-2002 is available on ESPN.com, but I didn't feel like manually entering each new year in the url and creating a spreadsheet to figure out his career rates. I doubt they are as low as the rates from the last 3 years, but I also doubt they are higher than his career rates. Derek Jeter is a very good player, but I can understand why he was voted as overrated by his peers. The guy gets Michael Jordan level hype. MJ is arguably the best basketball player ever. Jeter doesn't even make the top 10 for his position IMO.

A #1/#2 hitter will get at least 100 more PA than a #9 hitter during the course of a season, so I'd say it matters more than a little.

Maybe that's why you hate them, but don't project that on to everyone else. I just call it like I see it, and every Yankees Suck chant I've seen was in response to a prick Yankee fan. IMO, Yankee fans have just as much to do with the disdain fans of other teams have for them as Yankee success does. I mean, there are very few fans alive who had to watch every one of the Yankee's 26 championships, but everyone is reminded of them in the presence of a Yankee fan.

And you probably should have saved yourself the trouble.... Yankees Opponents - 4.68 R/G, .323 OBP Sox Opponents - 5.28 R/G, .343 OBP The Yankees started the season with 12 games against the 4 lowest scoring/lowest OBP teams in the league, so it's no surprise they are allowing less runs and less base runners as a staff at this point. EDIT: Typo, the Yankees opponents have averaged 4.68 R/G not 4.78.

Looked like the slider to me.

Dirty Watah!