6/10/08 DLD: What did I learn?
by Jennifer on Jun 10, 2008 9:07 AM PDT
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HT to The Dogfather for this Brad Ziegler link in the Chron.
AN gets a mention:
A's reliever Brad Ziegler has pitched in only five major-league games, but he already has somewhat of a cult following because of his blog on Athleticsnation.com. "Getting Ziggy With It" has been appearing since January 2007.Ziegler said, "Apparently, it's given me a little fan base here, and it's fun because I love it when people approach me and feel like they have some connection with me."
I'm We're stalking you, Brad.
What did I learn?: Don't go out in a thunderstorm with Ziggy.
I wanted to do a Bobble Village project this week. (No link)
What did I learn?: There is an adult film star that goes by Ziggy, and it's best to turn on my Google Images filter while looking for "ziggy" photos at work.
Also from the Chron:
A voting update for the popularity contest All Star Game.
What did I learn?: People in the East have nothing better to do than sit at home and vote for the ASG.
What did I learn?: Tonight's game is actually IN Oakland, not NYC, making tonight's game on at 9:00 Central not 6:00 as I originally thought.
The Germans are after us: Swimmers to get fast new suit.
What did I learn?: All I need is a sparkly new swimsuit to be fast. And German.
What did I learn?: AN needs awesome animated gifs... and Jeff.<?I>
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And the Coliseum
needs more banners for Dandy House. From the illustrations, I gather they sell magical weight loss and good posture.
Don't blame me, I voted for Ice Cream
Go Rays!
What did I learn? I love seeing the Angel’s get pounded.
"The Athletics at Fremont" is obscene
WHAT A GAME!
go A’s.
"The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar, the other's convicted."
I know the Chron, like everyone else, has cut way back on the copy desk
But please—
And he knows the pain of laying with a skull fracture in the intensive-care unit while contemplating retirement.
Don't blame me, I voted for Ice Cream
well, to be fair to the Chron CEs ...
... if he’d been lying in the ICU [which really doesn’t need to be hyphenated in the full spelled-out form; who would mistake it for a care unit that’s intensive?], he could have been sitting on a gurney, telling the attending physician that his head was fine but he had a broken leg.
Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@
Fair/shmare -- so how do you even find the skull of an ICU, much less fracture it?
Calling Groucho… 
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 10, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Nick Swisher hit 2 HR's yesterday
I haven’t been missing him because he has really struggeled this year. But he is starting to heat up now (even before the multi-HR game). I miss the Swish.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I only missed him yesterday...
I miss him every day he has a good day, and am glad he’s gone every time he takes an o’fer…
"You have to have a catcher or you'll have all passed balls."- Casey Stengel
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 11, 2008 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Clemens was apparently looking for ways to fill out Giambi's lucky intimates..
And discovered some alternate ‘performance-enhancing’ side-effects..
What if the game lasts more than four hours?
I like the kicker—the guy who tried to warn the WADA about off-label uses of Viagra had his warning email discarded by a spam filter.
Don't blame me, I voted for Ice Cream
by Englishmajor on Jun 10, 2008 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I would think wearing a cup would be uncomfortable while taking the little blue pill.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Grace Slick knew all about this in the '60s
One pill makes you larger,
And one pill makes you small … 
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 10, 2008 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Is that Emil Brown playing OF for SEA?
The Stockton Ports pitching staff is better than the Orioles.
what?
is that another E. Brown or did AN’s fantasy come true?
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Nowhere in his career stats do they show him ever playing for the M's
by theblackpearl on Jun 10, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I know you didn't actually check his career stats
"The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar, the other's convicted."
Ah, we were talking about the video.
I get it now. Don’t mind me, just browsing :-)
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
funny link
I read this in Harper’s several weeks ago, and I laughed
The A's colors are green and gold.
"Possessing or controlling dead badger"
We don’t need no stinkin’ badgers!
And a dead badger is a stinkin’ badger.
"He's a misfit. He gets along with everyone." - Reggie Jackson, describing Joe Rudi
Nobody ever put anything over on Fred C. McFood
Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@
The UK is nuts...
...and they play baseball all wronglike, too, with wooden wickets instead of a catcher, and you don’t have to run, either, if you don’t want to, and they drink tea instead of Gatorade, and they smell funny because they eat a lot of fish…
"You have to have a catcher or you'll have all passed balls."- Casey Stengel
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 11, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Helpful reading
for ohad as he prepares for college.
Perhaps he could even email Sal about bus accommodations.
The A's colors are green and gold.
I believe the vulgarity is [fornication] truck.
Recall that I was an undergrad at your current institute, and that the sociological phenomenon in your link is for undergraduates.
Apparently, it is not uncommon to see young women get off the bus with pillows in hand. Why they would fish downstream of the reactor is beyond me.
stat-addled alien overlord
This is amazing
FanGraphs now has Win Probability statistics for 1974 onward, with the exception of 1999. They are also now park adjusted with the exception of this current year. I’m working on that….
Barry Bonds leads all batters in WPA with 124 wins. The next best batter is Rickey Henderson with 67 wins.
Barry Bonds has been almost twice as good as any other hitter in the last 34 years. That’s insane.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
yet, no team is willing to employ him.
I can understand the A’s-after all, we already quite a few DH’s on the team (Cust, Thomas, Sweeney, Barton), and Thomas was hitting well ever since we acquired him before going on the DL. We got him for League Minimum, which is probably not what Bonds would agree to. But still, how is he out of a job still?
So many teams (Tigers, Mariners, even now the RedSox) could use him. Hell, the DRays can use him, can’t they? Even the A’s, if we somehow put him in the OF and created the worst defensive outfield ever could use him.
"Jason Giambi Growth Chart Day"
Aside from that one detail, though, FAIL for 7 points.
Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@
This Kid Is On Fi-AH!!!
Craig Italiano
Pride And Poise!!!
by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Jun 10, 2008 1:09 PM PDT reply actions
But, but... he gave up, like, actual RUNS yesterday
His ERA is back over 1.00!
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
yeah, what's up with that?
Fire Italiano Now!
"You have to have a catcher or you'll have all passed balls."- Casey Stengel
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 11, 2008 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
What did I learn?
mmmm… maybe some grilled salmon at AN-Day tailgate?
Foolsh, the most insane regular poster on AN since oaktoon left - salb
Well, as long as they're not using explosives to take those fish...
AN 3.0's Search Function is *hawt*!
[buzzer noise]
Sorry, that’s ‘handling salmon in suspicious circumstances’.
"JOAN! Are you watching Bombast? Did you see Lack Bust drop that fly call?"
Those Mariner clips are awesome
I know we had some shaky defense earlier this season, but to think that all of those plays happened in the same game is just mind-blowing.
Might as well Jump! - Van Halen
What did I learn?
D-Train forgot how to pitch, and he’s being sent down. Like, all the way down. He needs to lose about 40 pounds, too.
Might as well Jump! - Van Halen
I think this season should pretty much end any discussion of Dombrowski
as being one of the best GMs in the game.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
Please post
link to where PaulThomas informs us that the Tigers-Marlins deal would land Willis in the minors, Cabrera with a career low .790 OPS (previous 3-year avg around .960) to date and the Tigers with 3rd worst record in the AL.
"The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar, the other's convicted."
That's absurd
I didn’t call the Tigers out as made of paper (get it?) prior to the season, but I didn’t think they were going to win their division, either. Mostly because I thought their rotation was very average for a contender.(Although I thought Cleveland would, so whatever…) I certainly thought the Willis contract was appalling, although I didn’t foresee him ending up in A-ball. Cabrera is Cabrera; there’s nothing wrong with him, just a slow start.
In any event, it’s not like I added “and put me in that discussion instead”...
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
just making sure Paul
"The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar, the other's convicted."
I think most of us figured the Tigers would be able to slug themselves into contention ...
No one could have foreseen the utter collapse of including I-Rod and Sheffield and disappointing seasons from everyone else aside from Ordonez and Guillen …
The rotation was obviously pretty mediocre … Verlander’s poor performance comes as a surprise but, otherwise, the rotation has pretty much pitched to its ability … bothering to acquire Willis at all was a very hopeful move … signing him to a big extension was a very stupid move. There are plenty of quotes from PT, myself and a number of others at the time making that point.
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
The signing was a stupid move, but nobody had him with the Zito like ERA
"The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar, the other's convicted."
You know, I really doubt anyone had Zito with a 7 ERA either
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
If I predict a guy having a 5.5 or so era ...
and he ends up have a 10.5 era … I’m still going with: I was right …
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
when don't you go with that
"The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar, the other's convicted."
The rare occasion that I'm not right ...
it’s rare … but I’ll admit it when it happens …
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
I watched that Indians-Tigers game
last night. It was positively painful to watch Willis pitch. He looked like he didn’t have a clue how to throw the ball, and looked terrified. It was so bad I felt sorry for him.
Wow, Class A
They must really like the pitching coach down there.
It’s ironic that the D-Train derailed in Detroit. Didn’t they have that rookie of the year, Mark Steven “The Bird” Fidrych, that flamed out after a couple seasons?
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Probably want him to enjoy success -- get his head together ...
while working on whatever he needs to work on …
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
They Igawa'd him
Speaking of which, Kei Igawa is now no longer the minors’ most overpaid player!
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
Giraffe meat: now Kosher!
As is giraffe milk!
(Wow: the Internets seem to have no record of the Durazo-Kielty giraffe-burrito ad from several years back.)
Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@
I was worried that googling "giraffe taco" would turn up some really weird pr0n
Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@
Chien Ming Wang
Gotta swing early
0-0 count .321
0-1 count .345
1-0 count .324
1-1 count .273
1-2 count .136
gotta get to that sinker early.
small sample size but everbody’s favorite Emil Brown 4-9 and I would think this is due to his swinging early. No others on any note except Mark Ellis is 0-6. I guess it’s like a lot of good pitchers in that you get behind and you are in the crapper
Most pitchers don't get worse after throwing a first pitch strike ...
but that’s almost certainly a SSS issue …
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
You should always take the first pitch, according to the data
I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball
According to this specific data, yes
If you have a better chance of hitting him with a 1-0 or 0-1 count than you do with a 0-0 count….
..am I missing something? It’s entirely possible.
I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball
Well,
you can’t tell what you should do with that data. Basically, if you get a good pitch, you should swing, and if not you shouldn’t. But never swinging at first pitches is a really bad idea.
And single season stats like that for a particular pitcher are pretty worthless.
The A's colors are green and gold.
Ah, didn't know it was such a small sample
Either way, I’m kinda talking out of my rear. I was sort of being facetious, or at least purposefully naive.
It seems logical that average against would go down dramatically with two strikes, since you have to have two to strike out.
I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball
He's been worse on 0-1 than 1-1 by a good bit for his career though,
so…. If he throws a ball on 0-1, swing!!!
The A's colors are green and gold.
Not really
All I am saying is if its a strike then you have to go after it. If it’s a ball on 0-1 then of course you take it. I get pissed off when hitters get a pitch to hit and take it trying to A) run the pitch count up and B) trying to walk their way on base.
The A’s always have trouble with pitchers who throw strikes. The playoffs illustrate this when we have seen far better pitching of course.
Naturally if the guy is not throwing strikes then they can be patient but if he’s throwing that sinker for strikes then nothing is worse than getting in a hole and then pounding that sinker into the ground for an out(s).
Obviously that goes for any pitcher who is throwing strikes.
I agree
I was saying there that that particular stat is sort of silly, not anything about what you were saying.
The A’s generally (though it doesn’t make much sense to talk about it on a team level) have run into big problems this year taking too many pitches (in pretty much all counts) against strike-throwers, which you have not been shy to note.
The A's colors are green and gold.
Well, Let's hope that Wang is not on again tonight
and we can batter him about the yard.
I am hoping Eveland gets it together tonight after 2 awful starts. He just needs to go after these guys and we get a W.
Go A’s
Let's hope the A's whack the Yankees' Wang all over
I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball
Beat him off the mound!
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
What you think is "a pitch to hit" is not necessarily what the batter thinks
For reasons that should be pretty obvious, it’s neither necessary nor a good idea to attempt to protect the entire strike zone with the count empty. If you’re looking low inside and the pitch is high away, the correct move is to take the pitch.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
YEAH, AND?!?
THE A’S SHOULD BE SWINGING EARLY AGAINST EVERY PITCHER!!! DUH.
Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@
There is actually a discussion of this in a book.
It’s called moneyball, and it’s by a guy named michael lewis. The book actually has developed a cult following in certain parts of the american west – sort of like the book of mormon, but fewer wives. Anyway, in one chapter he tells the story of a guy who is known in the cult as st. hatteberg. It seems that in his early days his evil masters kept hounding him about the fact that his ba against first pitches was higher than his stats against later pitches, so why the hell wasn’t he swinging at more of them? He knew in his heart that they were evil, and that they didn’t understand that the reason his ba against first pitches was so high because he could be more selective against first pitches. The a bunch of other stuff happened.
Sometimes watching the a’s i think that they might have heard about this. Anyway, check it out.
then there's the perhaps apocryphal tale ...
... of how a salamander appeared to Hatteberg in a dream and told him to always take the first pitch.
Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@
Hey - there's kids listening! How about
...and that’s why to this day, all good children take the first pitch!
+1
classless jokes about sexual orientation and race are bad, but ones against specific religions are somehow okay
(more directed towards the Mormons-have-lots-of-wives drivel than the salamander comment)
I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball
mine was too obscure (and convoluted!) to be offensive
Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@
Actually, props to you for that
Pretty obscure
I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball
It's all good. :)
I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball
Yeah, who in her/their right mind/s would marry a Moran?
/cue the Cardnuls fan—Go USA!
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 11, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Does Staturday still need an intern?
I’d be interested in getting some practice with some data compiling and would like to help contribute to AN. Let me know Staturday guys, thanks.
i got your email.
I’ll be on the road for the next week, so ping me again late next week.
stat-addled alien overlord
Will salb get to see Montana ...
... and eat rabbits?
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 11, 2008 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
...or two.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 11, 2008 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I applaud this fellow's thrift and cast-iron stomach ...
... but I’m also afraid the he will soon be hired by the Coliseum Aramark management.
Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@
i hope these mutant bacteria don’t develop bionic arms…
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
"yet another poke in the eye for anti-evolutionists"
Fortunately, anti-evolutionists have evolved eyes that can close extremely tightly.
Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@
A's wasting no time signing draft choices, highest being Jessie's
A’s agree to terms with 10 players from first-year player draft
Went to Quizno's for lunch...
And they’ve stopped using tomatoes in their salads and sandwiches for the time-being.
What did I learn? I miss tomatoes already. But I guess it beats potentially getting Tim-Salmonella.
#1 Angel of all time
According to HalosHeaven
"The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar, the other's convicted."
minorleaguesplits.com has stats for this year's picks for this season
Weeks:
AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IW HP K BA OBP SLG SB CS GDP SH SF GO AO
vs. LH 70 31 29 8 2 5 25 11 0 0 7 0.414 0.494 0.800 6 1 0 0 0 10 22
vs. RH 149 44 50 8 3 6 32 19 0 4 29 0.336 0.424 0.550 13 1 0 9 0 40 36
In that scouting video he appeared to swing harder from the right side and be more of a slap hitter from the left, which fits with these numbers (sss, of course).
http://aluminum.minorleaguesplits.com/index.html
The A's colors are green and gold.
Miami's game days for Round 3 of the NCAA tournament
Saturday, 4 PM
Monday, 11 AM/4 PM
and if necessary
Wednesday, 4 PM
Friday, 11 AM
Saturday, 11 AM/4 PM
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
A question for anyone with Directv
If you get the Sports package that gives you all of the regional networks, do they black out games?
i learned the NBA is fixed
oh wait i already knew that…
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
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