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  1. AlexanderTheGreat13
    I stopped reading after this. I coulda swore I DIDNT say Velocity was immaterial. Lets take a look back: I think I just said "obv it matters". For a power pitcher like Schilling IT MATTERS, my overall point was he wasnt getting his splitter over which was the greater problem. According to Schilling himself it was the greater problem.
  2. AlexanderTheGreat13
    excellent point, the yankees if you look at the stats were outplayed. It was kinda like the 1960 Yankees-Pirates series. The Yankees destroyed the Pirates in 3 of those games but the Pirates were able to pull out 4 games.
  3. AlexanderTheGreat13
    You can look at it a couple of different ways. One way is If the infield was playing back its an easy flare to Jeter. I doubt the Yankees were "getting too happy". This is the same team that won the 4 titles prior to that so they were around the block a few times.
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    Believe it or not but not everyone is blessed with that kinda of stuff. There are more people with the stuff of Glavine or Moyer then Clemens. Thus makes movement and location more important.
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    ORS here is what Schilling said after one of his starts: In postgame interviews Schilling said "Tonight was a night I had the stuff to win and I didn't execute," saying he had a good fastball, felt good physically, but failed to command his pitches when he needed to. He also said he didn't throw his first splitter until the ninth hitter of the game, something he believes cost him, and he pointed to it as a pitch he must improve on and regain confidence in moving forward. He got hammered but had good velocity. What was the problem then? http://www.masslive.com/weblogs/leftfield/index.ssf?/mtlogs/mass_outofleftfield/archives/2005_08.html
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    When it comes to pitching velocity is the last thing that matters(obv it matters but its not the most important thing). Its all about location and movement. As guys like Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Jamie Moyer etc about that. As for your splitter question he could throw 100 MPH but if he cant get that splitter down the hitter will sit on his fastball and he will get hammered. Mike Mussina throws a splitter around 83 MPH and hes pretty good i'd say.
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    haha yeah
  8. AlexanderTheGreat13
    Yeah I did, I have the baseball package. I saw the White Sox game, Blue Jays, Tampa. He got hammered when he hung his splitter. Schilling said it himself.
  9. AlexanderTheGreat13
    he was still among the league worst in other defensive cats such as PB, FPCT(I dont even like that stat) and others. Here take a look: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/fielding?groupId=9&season=2005&seasonType=2&split=78&sortColumn=fieldingPct
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    According to the doctors he will be fully healed by ST. I'm more intrested to see how his 39 year old body responds to that plus I dont believe that surgery was proformed on other players(Outside of Jamal Lewis of the NFL I havent heard of anyone else having that surgery) so the doctors estimates on when Schilling will be back that just that....estimates. They dont know for sure. As for Nixon, hes not as bad as I thought once I took a closer look at his defensive stats so I'll give you that one.
  11. AlexanderTheGreat13
    The Gold Glove is a popularity contest. As someone said on this board Orlando Caberea could have easily won the GG over Jeter. Pudge Rodriguez was clearly better then Varitek this year(he always is better then everyone). The most famous example of this award being a popularity contest is when Palmerio won the GG over Tino Martinez when he only played like 10 games at 1st base.
  12. AlexanderTheGreat13
    What good is a rocket arm if your not throwing anybody out? I dont think Varitek is a "poor" defensive cather I just dont think he was as good as everybody was making him out to be. One thing I do like about Varitek is how he deals with pitchers. Thats a major plus in my book.
  13. AlexanderTheGreat13
    Your right, the point I was going to make was that at his age he can just flat out retire.
  14. AlexanderTheGreat13
    I never took any of those guys to task.(except Youkilis who I said I've never seen him play) They are a given. I was just pointing out that they maybe better then the Yankees but it doesnt make them that good.
  15. AlexanderTheGreat13
    Yeah it is when your among the worst in CS%.
  16. AlexanderTheGreat13
    I have a few gripes with this. 1. just because the Red Sox defense might be better then the Yankees it doesnt make it good. You have statues in the corner OF positions. I've never seen Youkilis play first and believe it or not Varitek isnt as good behind the plate as his gold glove might suggest. (look at the stats) 2. Just because Curt Schilling throws 95 mph it doesnt mean hes back at all. Last year his velocity wasnt the big issue. It was the fact that his splitter was consistantly flat. You know that if his splitter is flat that takes away his K pitch and allows people to sit on his fastball. If he gets his splitter back he will be fine but I have too see it first.
  17. AlexanderTheGreat13
    2 things that are wrong with this: 1. OBV Wells wants to be traded to the west coast 2. If the Mets refuse to trade Milledge for Manny is highly unlikely they are going to waste a big time prospect on a player whos 40+ years old and wants to be on the west coast, a big up infielder and an injury prone OF.
  18. AlexanderTheGreat13
    I actually think thats a pretty fair projection.
  19. AlexanderTheGreat13
    In this day and age if the Sox offered more money then the Yankees and he went to the Red Sox it would not bother me at all.
  20. AlexanderTheGreat13
    Pettitte didnt seem to think this was his home when he left after the 03 season. He would be 34 by opening day of 07. Hes not the faired haired kid I remember back in 96. You also have to look at his injury history that certainly wont get better with age. Hes not a strong bet for 3 years(which I'm assuming he would want) when you have guys like Zito and Mulder out there.
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    I love Pettitte but that ship has sailed IMO. I'd rather sign Zito or Mulder. We need to get younger in the roto.
  23. AlexanderTheGreat13
    I got into a huge argument over this. I'm glad I found someone else that sees what I see.
  24. AlexanderTheGreat13
    I'm not as worried with Wang about his K numbers. His gb/fb is outstanding because of his outstanding sinker. If he gets his K numbers up to around 120-150 I think he will be a very productive pitcher.
  25. AlexanderTheGreat13
    I dont think I said they didnt. I acknowledge there are question marks before Rivera. Do you acknowledge Foulke is a question mark?
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