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  1. jad
    The difference is that Vlad could actually hit those pitches 2 feet out of the strike zone. Pablo can't hit anything, and the last couple of weeks of tape he's provided to opposing pitchers doesn't give any of them reason ever to throw him a strike.
  2. jad
    1. Baseball gods are defined as those than whom no greater force in the sport of baseball could be imagined. 2. If the baseball gods did not exist, then we would be able to imagine something of greater force in the sport of baseball: gods who do exist. 3. Therefore, baseball gods exist.
  3. jad
    that was a horrible at bat by Sandoval. Waving wildly at balls out of the strike zone and missing the one right down the middle. Good thing RS pitching is keeping it close.
  4. jad
    Try drugs.
  5. jad
    Yup. Those meatballs right down the middle of the plate are clearly the fault of the umpire.
  6. jad
    I agree entirely. They'll just waive him.
  7. jad
    Oops.
  8. jad
    Wow! Not sure whether sports itself or discussion of sports is more exhilarating: the logic of that last sentence has my mind reeling!
  9. jad
    Now that clutch/non-clutch is exhausted, I think it's time to renew discussion of this myth. I don't have the reference, but a couple of years ago I did read a statistical analysis of "protection" and it completely debunked this notion, showing that a hitter's performance had no relation to the quality of the hitter behind him. (Next up: the bunt, advancing the runner, the pernicious influence of the "save" and the way Fenway Park is bad for left-handed hitters).
  10. jad
    Fortunately, it's easy to find a stream with the RS announcers.
  11. jad
    Thanks. One of the tragedies of living in this post-fact world is that it's no longer possible to say anything outrageous enough to be marked as parody.
  12. jad
    This is ironic, right? (sorry if I'm missing the reference).
  13. jad
    JBJ diagnosed with "sprained ligament." That is not good. (Then again, listening to Seattle blow a 6 run lead in the bottom of the 9th was an amusing reminder that baseball has a very very very long season, and no one game, injury, or series is critical).
  14. jad
    I must be out of touch with the rules and conventions of modern baseball. What does it take to get a balk called? Did he not step directly toward home and throw to first?
  15. jad
    Wow. That Selsky at bat was the worst of the season (and let's hope remains that).
  16. jad
    At a minor league game, where I was attempting to explain the basics of the game to a non-fan, the first two plays: (1) catcher interference (2) baserunner called out when hit by batted ball.
  17. jad
    Oh, well yeah. There was that. But ... I mean ... still ...
  18. jad
    I take full credit for expressing my concerns about JBJ last week, which clearly was the reason he found his swing the last few days.
  19. jad
    Interesting scenario though: since this (that is, my reading of articles XIX and XX until I got a head-ache) looks as if a team could pressure a player into the dreaded 'restructuring' of a contract. i.e., you're not worth 15mil/year to us, but maybe 5-10. How about we waive you, and if you become a FO, we re-sign you at 7, maybe for a few more years. ... Wouldn't other teams and the union object to such deals? And wouldn't the amount of money in the original deal count against the lux. cap?
  20. jad
    Right. But you made another good point earlier. The players' union will not let him leave that money on the table for a chance to play in the bigs. Isn't that how the RS ended up with Manny rather than Arod?-- CBA will not allow players to 'restructure' [nice euphemism!] contracts, i.e., to take less money to improve (in their minds) their situation.
  21. jad
    Hmm. Probably not 'grey' but 'so obscure it might as well be'. Maybe something that should be addressed in the new CBA? A number of provisions seem designed to prevent situations like this: e.g., a rich team should not be able to sign prospects (or veterans for that matter) just to keep another team from getting them, then 'parking' them in the minors. If Castillo has become a legitimate .300 hitter, I want to see him play (either for the RS or for someone else).
  22. jad
    Loved him back when ... way back when. But let's not get carried away. He was a .270 hitter, who often led the league in errors (the announcers ... must have been Curt Gowdy, no? ... explained that this was because he got to so many balls), and had a curious weakness of letting balls hit directly at him go through his legs. For some reason, that image, of him looking over his right shoulder at one of these rolling slowly out to Williams is permanently burned into my mind.
  23. jad
    Oh right. I dimly recall that now. But if that's what they're concentrating on, they may be overlooking the most important factor. Even if he gets his grip 'right' and even if the ball has the same number of rotations (I forget--I think most k-ballers have said one or two--if there are none, it's impossible to control), the ball is not going to act as it does on low humidity days and is likely going to be a lot easier to hit. He and his coaches are spinning their wheels uselessly if they don't factor this in.
  24. jad
    I'm probably missing some esoteric joke here, but I'll play dumb and note that humidity isn't really a 'test' for knuckleballers, it's simply a meteorological fact. The air is less dense, has less resistance, and consequently a knuckleball moves less (curveballs likely have less action as well). Also, contrary to what is generally assumed, hit balls should travel farther. Most commentators claim balls don't travel as well--if they're right (and maybe they are, since I don't know whether it's been tested), it's the result of factors other than air density, which is the one they usually cite (do the balls absorb moisture? does the covering get less resistant?)
  25. jad
    Except that there's no "law of averages" that requires such a hot streak as he had last year, nor does one waste hits by getting them in spring training. You can't keep throwing a .170 hitter out there assuming that there is an MVP-like month in the near future.
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