javy knows my name

"Somewhere, some bull paid the ultimate price for this" I love Brenly

Wow, that pitcher sucks mightily. Why would you throw anything close to the plate there? THANK YOU GEO

Dear Quade, This is why batting Soto 8th is horse [expletive]. Love, BB

There's one

He still hasn't thrown a pitch in the zone

GOD DAMMIT SORIANO

That's a little premature. Did you miss the crap their guy was throwing? He's got a lot more runs in him today.

Demp missing with fat ones in the zone. Bad, bad place to do that.

I don't think Boozer will play in the first half of game 2

What the [expletive] was that shot?

I'm like 1/2-watching right now. Are they shooting lights out or are we just not defending the perimeter at all?

But what if a poster is acting in a manner befitting a mentally challenged person? Would it not be right to call him a [expletive]?

Oh yeah...

http://twitter.com/#!/CarrieMuskat/status/59056646713905152 ONLY POST THINGS LIKE THIS, OK?

That doesn't mean it's not where he should be, and that's all I'm arguing. Lineup structure, to me, matters only in that the best hitters are getting the most at-bats/seeing the best pitches. Other than that, don't care.

Poop on that. Switch Soto and Barney and it looks infinitely better.

He's always been a pitcher (at least in pro baseball; I don't know about before that). Last year was just his second year in the minors; he was drafted in 2009. He came over from the Dodgers along with Smit and a position player, right? I, too, thought he was the position player

It's certainly not common, but that's how I would describe someone like Soto's game. He's a patient hitter, but really aggressive with anything in the zone. I would love Castro to force pitchers to stay in the zone more. He wouldn't need to hit a ton of homeruns to really rake if he could add a few more walks and make pitchers challenge him.

WOAHHHH JERSEY'S BACK

Yep. CSN+ is non-HD and an absolute formatting nightmare. Heh, I get CSN+ in HD but not WCIU, so I feel the exact opposite. Do you get where the screen is so effed up that you can't see the score/ticker/logo no matter what format you choose? Fury

Yep. CSN+ is non-HD and an absolute formatting nightmare.

Thanks. I was trying to find a way to make fun of that.

All the images are blocked at my stupid work :(

IBL

Putting statistics (Putts per GIR, Putts per round) can be very misleading. If you're into this kind of thing, check out this article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791704575114071142473884.html This stat actually confirms what many people have suspected for a long time. Ernie Els is a horrific putter, although traditional putting stats haven't always shown it. Mickelson actually ranked 149 in this stat last year. During the time of his dominance, Tiger Woods was by far and away the best putter around with this stat. Anyone who's watched a lot of golf in the past 13 years has seen Tiger Woods drain 10-20 footers with major championships and big tournaments on the line, over and over again. And 5 footers? Forget about it. Gimmes. Conversely, you can go back and count multiple majors where Phil Mickelson has come up just short, and missed many 4 footers along the way. He would've won the Masters a few years back when he blistered the front nine, he 3 putted a critical time against David Toms in the last round of the PGA, he could've won the US open against Payne Stewart. Those are just the majors I can think of off the top of my head, and I know there are more. Everyone remembers his drive on 18 at Winged Foot. But I honestly feel that his putter has probably let him down more than his driver in his career. Tiger has won a lot spraying his driver as well. Many of Phil Mickelson's ball striking woes (and he's a damn good iron player) are covered up by the fact that he has the best short game in the world. His short game dominance is almost on par with Tiger's putting dominance. I think it also has masked some of his poor putting in the past. He has worked on his putting a lot. But Phil is just not a great putter, and he used to be a worse. Tiger Woods, on the other hand, has won 14 majors because he's the greatest putter that has ever played the game. Yes, he hits it a mile, and hits incredible shots. But his putting was inhuman. If he gets back there, then he will be dominant again. Great post, and thanks for the link.