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  1. Cynosure
    I would but I've been drinking for awhile lol.
  2. Cynosure
    Breeeeeeeeeeve FIXD
  3. Cynosure
    Everything looks dry, no idea about field condition.
  4. Cynosure
    Homer in the Gloamin
  5. Cynosure
    And the rain begins.
  6. Cynosure
    The web cam shows everything starting to dry up which is kinda nice, I'd shudder to see the field though.
  7. Cynosure
    Then why was everyone soo upset when Neifi and Izturis went 1-2 in the lineup last year? If it wouldn't matter if they batting 7th 8th, or 1-2, I don't see what the uproar was all about. Because by having Neifi and Izturis at 1-2 you are giving them more ab's than what they would get if they were batting 7-8. So lineup construction does matter...similarly...I've got to think that, with all respect to Mr. James, the pitches that Lee/Soriano/Ramirez sees (with one or two other power bats behind him) are much better than they'd be if it was Ramirez followed by the pitcher, or some other non-hitter...Maybe its just me, but I think lineup construction does matter.... what's the difference between hitting your way on (because you see better pitches) or walking your way on (because you're being pitched around)? The end result is still a) getting on base and b) not making an out The people being pitched around have power, and that power turns singles or walks into more bases and more runs.
  8. Cynosure
    Wouldn't all #8 hitters have stud numbers then? No, because traditionally you have your worst hitter batting 8th (other than the pitcher).
  9. Cynosure
    Do you have any links that prove your first statement. It is a common myth in baseball that a good hitter behind you will make you a better hitter. I dont have any links but Bill James in his abstract back in the 80s concluded that it helps some hitters to have a better hitter behind them but hurts others. So you could not come to the conclusion that a better hitter behind someone automatically makes them a better hitter. It is more of case by case thing. No I don't have any "research" to prove my statement... but as I have used in the past... assume Cedeno is hitting behind Ramirez. If we had a non power hitter who really isn't that great hitting behind the best slugger on the team it is COMMON SENSE (not common knowledge I guess) that the pitcher would attempt to pitch around Ramirez in order to get to the easy out. Now... if we had Soriano hitting behind Ramirez, it would make more sense to go after Ramirez and try to get him out by any means possible (aka not walking him) In order to make sure Soriano comes up with less people on base. So if they are trying as hard as they can not to walk Ramirez because Soriano is up, that means there will be more strikes thrown and that also means more hittable pitches.
  10. Cynosure
    Then why was everyone soo upset when Neifi and Izturis went 1-2 in the lineup last year? If it wouldn't matter if they batting 7th 8th, or 1-2, I don't see what the uproar was all about. Because by having Neifi and Izturis at 1-2 you are giving them more ab's than what they would get if they were batting 7-8. So lineup construction does matter...similarly...I've got to think that, with all respect to Mr. James, the pitches that Lee/Soriano/Ramirez sees (with one or two other power bats behind him) are much better than they'd be if it was Ramirez followed by the pitcher, or some other non-hitter...Maybe its just me, but I think lineup construction does matter.... Yep this is what I said earlier.
  11. Cynosure
    they would complain because their idea of what a good lineup should be is so ingrained in them that they can't handle a little statistical analysis. Here's your "oh god what a horrible lineup" in terms of OBP: .150 (rough average of our starting pitchers' OBP) .404 .332 .366 .331 .368 .405 .350 .336 minus the pitchers spot, that lineup is barely different than the "traditional" lineup (and both, in terms of OBP, are poorly constructed) Never looked at it that way and that is pretty interesting and true. However, by having your best hitters hit earlier gives them more ABs per game and per season. And if it does only affect 1 or 2 games, that COULD conceivably be the difference of making it to the playoffs or going home come October. Therefore line-up order does matter.
  12. Cynosure
    Lose this series? I would be surprised if they don't get swept with how bad they've been playing. Arizona has been one of the hottest teams for over a month now and the Brewers one of the worst. Plus they're on the road. SWEEP PLEASE!
  13. Cynosure
    Sorry to be confusing, they should have been separated into different paragraphs. 2 thoughts strung together... Earlier in the thread someone said that the line-up order would only affect 1 or 2 games over the course of the season... well, that could make or break the playoffs so I find the line-up order very important. And when people say "line-up order doesn't matter" my question is how many people would not complain of a line-up of: Marshall P Kendall C Murton RF DeRosa 2B Jones CF Ramirez 3B Lee 1B Theriot SS Soriano LF
  14. Cynosure
    I don't buy into the whole "line-up order doesn't matter" thing. It is also a common knowledge of baseball if you have an awesome hitter behind you, you are going to see more fast balls or good pitches because the last thing you want to do is walk that batter. Also... if for one day, Lou flipped the normal order to go 9-1 instead of 1-9 I guarantee EVERYONE here would complain. Oh and even if it only affects 1 game... that could be the difference.
  15. Cynosure
    So if for some reason today's game was rained out would there just be a double header on one of the off days?
  16. Cynosure
    What a waste of GOOD Z. Fix'd
  17. Cynosure
    I'd rather not have him up here blowing games in a pennant race.
  18. Cynosure
    Cool opinion, I don't share it.
  19. Cynosure
    No. You already had jinxed it. Pretty sure something one person says over the internet is relayed to Zambrano via the bat signal making him give up a hit. :)
  20. Cynosure
    :lol: Honestly if he gets screwed over because of this I will be pissed as hell. It was 3 innings...come on. And he was dominating and had his best slider of the year AND was getting the nice calls on the corner.
  21. Cynosure
    Nap time for me as it's 4am, be back in an hour or so.
  22. Cynosure
    :lol: Honestly if he gets screwed over because of this I will be pissed as hell.
  23. Cynosure
    Well kiss Zambrano's awesome start good bye. This was his no hitter.
  24. Cynosure
    oh god
  25. Cynosure
    LaRussa has been hitting the pitcher 8th for 2 weeks now.
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