A's Lose Umpiring Travesty 6-1
by danmerqury on Jul 6, 2010 9:58 PM PDT
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PrintLet me say this as with as little hometown bias as I can: The umpiring in this game was a complete farce, in every sense of the word.
Trevor Cahill had his usual great stuff tonight. He breezed through the first two innings without even allowing a ball to get out of the infield. The problem? You guessed it. Umpire Mike Winters. Winters decided that Cahill needed to place the ball in a strike zone the size of his belt buckle. Cahill lives off of throwing a sinker that starts outside and falls in at the last second. It's what he does best. But when he's forced to neatly set a pitch right in the Yankees' collective wheelhouse, bad things are gonna happen. Like a grand slam to our least favorite centaur.
But that wasn't all. Down by four runs, the A's managed to load the bases in the bottom of the fifth. Sabathia had become rattled at that point, and had walked the last batter. Luckily, the A's had the ultra-patient Daric Barton up at the plate. With a full count and two outs, Sabathia threw a fastball that started outside the zone and ended up a full two inches outside. Strike three.
It doesn't help that for every Yankee game this year, the Coliseum has turned into Yankee Stadium West, but for once, that's the least of my worries.
The A's and Yankees do it again tomorrow at 7:05 PM. In other news, the umpiring crew will rotate. Praise the lord.
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Yankees lead the series 2-0
| Mon 07/05 | WP: Javier Vazquez (7 - 7) SV: Mariano Rivera LP: Ben Sheets (3 - 8) |
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| Tue 07/06 | WP: CC Sabathia (11 - 3) LP: Trevor Cahill (8 - 3) |
1 - 6 loss |
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New York Yankees Wednesday, Jul 7, 2010, 7:05 PM PDT Mostly clear. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 60. |
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I know A-Rod got the Kobe Bryant treatment by the umps
but he did walk the ninth place batter and left a total meatball for the mirror kisser to slam.
sigh
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by oaklandSMASH on Jul 6, 2010 10:02 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I hate the Yankees too.
And beer is good.
The overall umpiring sucked pterodactyl dicks tonight.
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
SINCE THE GAME ENDED URBAN AND BABBITT HAVEN'T FUCKING STOPPED TALKING ABOUT THE YANKEES
SIG SPACE AVAILABLE FOR SPONSORSHIP. INQUIRE WITHIN.
There’s no let up in the order, A-Rod is amazing, Sabathia is unstoppable, etc.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 6, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
What really infuriated me
was listening to them defend the ump for making the call because Barton isn’t a star player and hasn’t spent enough time in the league. I mean what effing side are you on?
Hey guys
A-Rod now has the record number of HR’s from a visiting player at the Coli, maybe we should get him!!!
/everyone throws half full cups and full bottles of beer at me.
-Yeah, I just posted that, but my opinion is apparently "wrong" a significant portion of the time though, so take it as you will.
OK, Facebook can go fark itself
I made a posting about despising A-Roid. I go to check later, and see this.
Bye bye, facebook.
BEER IS GOOD. BEER IS GOOD. BEER IS GOOD, AND STUFF.
Facebook is screwing me over. They haven’t updated my profile layout and I cannot edit my likes and interests.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 6, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
You're not allowed to change your interests
unless Facebook lets you.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I can’t edit my music, movies, books or television sections either since they’re all in the likes and interests section.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 6, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Facebook is the new Big Brother.
Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Eurasia has always been at war with Eastasia.......
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
I voted for Swisher many times.
I just like to pretend he’s not actually a Yankee these days.
www.zekeishungry.com
by thejd44 on Jul 7, 2010 6:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Someone rip the tarp with Reggie Jackson number off the top of the Coli!
If anything makes me sick, it’s how he panders to the Mankees everytime the two teams play!
UN RETIRE HIS NUMBER!!
Green and Gold Lantern Corps
This bothers me as well
The team has your fucking number retired and you wear a Yankees cap?
Just wear a neutral cap for cryin’ out loud.
I'm interviewing him (by phone) next Monday
Not sure I can work it into a question, though…“So do you think your tarp should be ripped up because you show up in a Yankees hat and appear to be a corporate sellout? The only sellout ever seen at the Coliseum, I might add?”
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
It's a New York-sized question
for a New York-sized sellout!
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by oaklandSMASH on Jul 6, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Very cool Neek Nak
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
He won 3 rings with Oakland
and 2 with the Wankees. Even when I was a kid, I didn’t like him, but loved his swing, even when he fell down afterwards.
Unretire!! Put up Rudi’s!
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
The Yankees gave him a job after he retired
I think that has a lot to do with his pro-Yankees shenanigans.
@WorldBLee
That, and he wanted to buy the A's and was rebuffed
In retrospect, it would have been some interesting years with Reggie in the owners’ box…
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 7, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
You'll also want to
tear off Catfish Hunter’s number. Actually, maybe the tarp isn’t a very good idea in the first place.
"Bochy said there was nothing wrong with Buster Posey. He thought Eli Whiteside had a better chance of scoring on a gapper...Bochy said he might have had Whiteside try to steal second"
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jul 7, 2010 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
The Phillies and Red Sox
are just going to wait for Utley/Pedroia to return. It’s not like they’re out for the season.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Anything is better than what they will get by not trading him
which is nothing.
I mean if we keep him then we can vest his way above market value option, which wouldnt be very smart. If we trade him the option dies and we can re-sign him to more market-friendly contract. I mean if Orlando Hudson gets $5MM then no way is Ellis worth more than $3MM. Trading him gets us a player and we can just get him again anyway. We win regardless.
-Yeah, I just posted that, but my opinion is apparently "wrong" a significant portion of the time though, so take it as you will.
Longest serving 2B
Since Dick Green- resign, make him captain.
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
If they trade him the option dies? Huh?
It’s completely possible that the team that acquires him picks up the option, is it not?
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by thejd44 on Jul 7, 2010 6:58 AM PDT up reply actions
My takes...
- The pitch in the 1st inning to Jeter called a ball was a clear strike. Ridiculous.
- A-Rod got helped to the 3-1 count before the grand slam, but there were about half a dozen other times before that where Cahill got squeezed.
- The pitch to Barton was a little outside, but in a vacuum I’d characterize it as “borderline” and wouldn’t go ballistic over it out of context. In context, I’m glad Barton reacted the way he did.
- The bottom line, however, is not umpire based: The 3-1 pitch to A-Rod was a terrible, terrible pitch to throw in that situation. Ken Korach nailed it on the broadcast: There are worse outcomes than to walk in a run. Expensive lesson, but maybe a good one for a 22 year old pitcher.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
it's only fair to mention that there were a couple clear strikes at the knees by CC that were called balls
Those were more than made up for by ridiculous outside strikes and squeezing Cahill, but just saying…
I saw a different game I think
1) The A’s shortstop was little sluggish on a DP ball. Cahill plunked a batter. Then he gave Rodriguez a batting practice pitch on a 3-2 count. He had a lot of first pitch balls all game long.
2) Barton gave the umpire a dirty look on a called third strike in the first inning. The ump has a reputation as a hot head. Then in the fifth, Barton assumes that the ump is going to be a perfect angel and give him a walk with the bases loaded just because he has a good eye. What a dope. What planet is this kid on? He has to grow up.
3) There were far, far more Yankee’s fans than A’s fans. Only 20K total showed up. It was a depressing evening to hear all those a-hole NY ex-pats act like they owned both the field and the stands.
4) The A’s couldn’t hit worth a damn. Then again CC had some good stuff out there. Got to give the man his props. The rest of the Yankees can go to hell. Their obnoxious fans –
who don’t know how to drive in a stadium parking lot and spend more time on their stupid cell phones than they do watching the game – should all be bitten by rabid dogs.
Re: #2
Assume?! It was outside. That’s a ball. It doesn’t matter if you’re Brandon Wood or Derek Jeter, his holiness.
She lives by the wall, and waits by the door.
She walks in the sun, to me.
You don't piss off an ump
and expect fairness the rest of the game. Barton is a dope.
If an umpire changes the way he calls a game due to a dirty look,
he should not be umpiring professionally.
OK so now you're down to 7 umpires
and there are 15 games/day…
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Alright, let me revise my statement.
If an umpire changes the way he calls games due to a dirty look, he should not be umpiring A’s games.
They can be as inconsistant and temperamental as they want in all those other games.
(Alternately, think of all the frequent flyer miles they’d get from doing eight games a day!)
They could get from one city to another
during one of the 57 trips to the mound by the catcher!
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I sort of agree with Pero
But I think it needs to be narrowed down. If an umpire intentionally fucks over a player for ANY reason, he should be kicked out of the sport. It’s an incredibly hard thing to prove, but if it can, it takes into question every single call he ever made.
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by thejd44 on Jul 7, 2010 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions
That's utter crap.
If Mike Winters is making calls based on his personal feelings of a player, then Barton has every right to complain.
She lives by the wall, and waits by the door.
She walks in the sun, to me.
Now he is the Winters of our discontent.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I thought about doing a Winters pun in the title.
But, eh, figured the direct route was the better way to go.
She lives by the wall, and waits by the door.
She walks in the sun, to me.
I'm glad you saw the same game I did
One which, I might add, Mike Winters missed.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
In heaven maybe
authority figures are fair and unbiased. In this world they can and do hold a grudge. You don’t piss off cops. You don’t piss off your boss. You don’t piss off your umpire.
Barton is a young guy. I hope he learned something about human nature today.
An ump is supposed to be impartial
A ball is a ball; a strike is a strike. I’ve seen umps squeeze Cust because he’s trolling for a walk - but calling an outside pitch a strike as this ump did, after earlier squeezing Cahill, that’s just wrong. Generally I’ve seen umps, after blowing one call, giving a later one. This ump didn’t even have to give it - it was a ball.
Making it personal with Barton when there’s a game at stake is putrid and bush-league.
Umpires are not cops or bosses or authority figures.
They are impartial arbitrators paid by Major League Baseball to be nothing more than impartial arbitrators.
She lives by the wall, and waits by the door.
She walks in the sun, to me.
by danmerqury on Jul 6, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
If you "piss off" a cop (by doing something annoying, but legal) and he takes action against that, he's in trouble.
At least, you know, legally he should be.
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by thejd44 on Jul 7, 2010 7:04 AM PDT up reply actions
But in so many minor situations,
which are the ones where people like you and I are more likely to encounter a cop, they have wide discretion to overlook or enforce strictly. Things like speeding tickets or trespassing. They also have some discretion in how much force they feel is necessary when they do need to detain someone. In both such cases, being polite is likely to serve you well and being confrontational is not.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
No
The umpire is the stupid one here. He’s not there to mete out favors and punishments based on who does or does not offend his delicate sensibilities. As a professional, he ought to be able to discern balls and strikes not only properly but consistently.
umps with egos
need to be destroyed. umpires need to be never seen nor heard, nor play a significant part in the outcome of any game.
-Yeah, I just posted that, but my opinion is apparently "wrong" a significant portion of the time though, so take it as you will.
Yeah, absolutely
The moment an umpire inserts himself into a game in a way other than making a call he should be making, he’s stepped over a line. I’m not paying money to go to a game to watch an umpire.
the sooner the umpires can be replaced by RFID, PitchFX, and a leaguewide video review center,
the better.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 7, 2010 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Any umpire who purposefully screws a player should really be barred for eternity from the sport
That’s not any better than what Tim Donaghy did in the NBA. That’s crooked, bad officiating.
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by thejd44 on Jul 7, 2010 7:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Looking at the gameday
(although I’m not a huge fan of taking Gameday as law) Barton looks like he was helped as much as he was hurt in that at-bat, as ball 1 was right in the zone, and ball 3 easily could’ve been a strike too.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2010_07_06_nyamlb_oakmlb_1&mode=wrap
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by Rebuilding Season on Jul 7, 2010 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions
The 5th inning AB that is
the 1st inning AB strike three was probably a ball, but no so bad a call as to get that incensed over. When you look at as many close pitches as Daric does, some of them aren’t going to go your way—mistakes happen.
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by Rebuilding Season on Jul 7, 2010 12:40 AM PDT up reply actions
good point
still madding though
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
ball 3 was a 2 foot slider
gameday shows a 2 inch break. it was a close pitch but it crossed the plate inside.
I didn't watch the game but followed via MLB Gameday a bit
Pitch F/x says blue got the call right on the Barton’s 3rd strike in the 5th. Sabs painted the black on that pitch and while it may have been a generous call in comparison to the way Winters had been calling the game… ’twas a strike.
The monster at the end of this blog.
I think you actually did see a different game --
In the one I watched A-Rod never had a 3-2 count.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
3-1, whoops
Bad, bad pitch. Thought the other pitch A-Rod hit out was actually pretty good, but he hit it out anyway.
Mr. Cahill seemed to get quite a few inside strikes called his way
10 of those vs. 8 low strikes called balls.
"Bochy said there was nothing wrong with Buster Posey. He thought Eli Whiteside had a better chance of scoring on a gapper...Bochy said he might have had Whiteside try to steal second"
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jul 7, 2010 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Not really surprised.
MLB is by far the worst sport when it comes to making sure the “superstars” get off every night.
have to agree here
after watching kobe get his way night in and night out
and lebron carrying the ball to the rim from the 3 point line.
The way the NBA treats its superstars its as if theyd be able to call their own balls and strikes
Work as if everything depends on you and Pray knowing that everything depends on God. - Michael Taylor
by supermarc589 on Jul 7, 2010 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, this.
I don’t know if Winters was giving “superstar” calls. I think he just kinda sucks.
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by thejd44 on Jul 7, 2010 7:05 AM PDT up reply actions
The best thing that could have happened or should happen
is Geren snorts some crack and then goes out and decks the umpire after he gets ejected for arguing balls and strikes. He should level the ump and then get suspended for life.
This would solve several problems.
by Trainman on Jul 6, 2010 10:32 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
But would we hire the cokehead?
Noooooo.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Hey, its working in Texas
:/
-Yeah, I just posted that, but my opinion is apparently "wrong" a significant portion of the time though, so take it as you will.
too real
Work as if everything depends on you and Pray knowing that everything depends on God. - Michael Taylor
by supermarc589 on Jul 7, 2010 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions
JaneMLB
Cahill admitted being a little too amped up at start of game, said it fatigued him in later innings. #Athletics
3 minutes ago via web
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 6, 2010 10:41 PM PDT reply actions
A's baseball: The two RotoWorld updates
are about two of our most important pitchers playing catch.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
In other good news
none of our players spontaneously combusted today. Well, except Travis Buck and he isn’t technically a player since he doesn’t, well, “play”.
And it wasn't that spontaneous
in that it’s been happening over about 3 months to 3 years.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Mike Winters is a petulant manchild.
LINE OF BOTTOMS
I went to the game tonight.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
Here's proof:
I cut out the guy sitting next to him. Anyways, it was awesome. Me and Steph got in line for beers, and Bloom says, “Where’s the Saag’s stand?” It had been 4 years since he last stepped foot in the Coli, and the man wanted his hot link. I think I might have enjoyed watching him eat it more than he actually enjoyed eating it.
Nah.
Bloom lives!
I'm here to talk about the past.
Damn you, Marquez...
I had sixteen hundred dollars on me in the “Who meets Bloomie first in person” pool.
Now, how the hell am I going to pay for all the strippers for Saturday’s tailgate?
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 7, 2010 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions
That's what happens when you gamble.
Plus, y’know, you should always bet on black. Wesley Snipes taught me that.
"You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig."
I had an ace up my sleeve, G_S.
The lesson: never bet against Steph.
I'm here to talk about the past.
this.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 7, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
we need tickets.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 7, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It was....good and bad.
Good: hot links with the onions and the peppers, Don and Steph, Coliseum, many more A’s fans than I’m used to.
Bad: Yankees, Yankees fans, A-Rod, and WTF is up with those little ass video monitors they have now? Didn’t we used to have a big one out there? And live dot racing sucks—they just kinda wander around the right field.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 7, 2010 12:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Big ass video > little ass video
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
agrd.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 7, 2010 2:33 AM PDT up reply actions
A thing about dot racing...
Those who know me know what I think of the piss-poor marketing that the A’s do and the many things that they could do without spending money that would improve things
One would be to change dot racing to a GREEN DOT, a YELLOW DOT, and a WHITE DOT. But if we can’t do that and we must stick with red, white, and blue, then how can blue ever, ever, ever win when the Yankees are in town? Same with red and the Red Sox or Angels.
Sigh.
by Dr Pez on Jul 7, 2010 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
At first I thought it read GEREN DOT
and I was seeing the possibilities.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
A GEREN DOT?
Sure:
A Beane dot, a Forst dot, and a Geren dot race around the field – whomever gets hurt first wins.
by Dr Pez on Jul 7, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
F'n brilliant!
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 7, 2010 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Close:
It’s Beane dot, a Forst dot, and a Geren dolt.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Three legged race...
…between the Beane dot, the Forst dot, and the Geren dolt.
I agree with this so much.
Stupid red white and blue. It’s bad enough we have to see those hideous wrong-colored hats every time it’s a holiday.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I have to disgree about live dot racing
I really enjoyed the live dot racing, maybe just because I enjoy watching people in big akward costumes trying to run across the field, but I thought it was a fun play on the original.
And hoorary for LB making it to the Coliseum for a game!
I haven't seen the game
(I do, sometimes, sleep at night).
According to the Pitch F/X data the number of missed strike/ball calls was rather evenly distributed this time. A’s were on the receiving end, but not by more than one or two calls. However the closer look tells a bigger story. Cahill was given a wider zone than Sabathia, but the bottom of it has been taken away from him – not a recipe for success if you live on throwing sinkers. This is a pattern I’ve seen many times this year — shifting a zone up — as it seems to be very trendy among umpires. Somehow it always seems to affect A’s pitchers more.
* this comes with standard “for what the Pitch F/X data is worth” caveat. giving a pitch to one team in a crucial situation and to the other on a 3-0 count is a not going to be weighed differently by such analysis, either.
by elcroata on Jul 7, 2010 1:03 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Thank this guy
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100503&content_id=9765206&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp
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by Rebuilding Season on Jul 7, 2010 1:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Thanks for posting this
In terms of game context (and I admit I didn’t take detailed notes when I looked at the Pitch F/x date last night) Cahill seemed to get his bonus strikes after the Yankees were up 5-1. The key to me where the early inning ball calls on Cahill’s pitches low in the zone… that seemed to force him to aim higher the rest of the night. Like you said, he needs that low strike to be called a strike.
The monster at the end of this blog.
.
giving a pitch to one team in a crucial situation and to the other on a 3-0 count is a not going to be weighed differently by such analysis, either.
I really hate A-Fraud
I hate how he looks into the dugout after hitting a HR. I hate his stupid smirk and his stupid big dumbo ears and his stupid purple lips.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I was at the game last night
Way too many Yankee fans. They’re all ugly and loud.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
yep
Well except the one in front of me. She was quiet. And kind of cute. I feel dirty just saying that.
I'm here to talk about the past.
It's OK, Don.
Your love for attractive women exceeds your hate of Yankees fans.
That’s how it should be.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
she had a VERY nice bottom, too.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 7, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh no.
What did you do now, Don?
She lives by the wall, and waits by the door.
She walks in the sun, to me.
I just think that people shouldn't post pics to their page at a ball game.
You just never know who might be lurking.
I'm here to talk about the past.
or stalking.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 7, 2010 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
PLEASE tell me that stands for "Facebook"
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
"Hello. I snurfed you at the game last night. Your scent was delicious."
Nah, that’s not creepy at all.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 7, 2010 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Tell her that her skin was a golden delicious color. And she smelled like sunshine.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 7, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Bleh, sunshine.
I want a girl who smells like morning rain.
But seriously, I’m not sure I’m following this. You did actually speak to her during the game, right? Because if you didn’t, then her first reaction to getting a FaceBook message is surely going to be, “You spent three hours sitting behind me, why are you contacting me now instead of then?” and it’s a good question. That’s creepy.
But if you did say hello and you’re following up, then that’s cool and not creepy.
The lesson here, for anyone following along: Always say hello when you’re actually there in person.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
But the point was to be creepy.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 7, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was working on a project last night
And totally forgot to listen to the game. Can’t believe that! But in retrospect, it may have been a good thing for my mental health.
@WorldBLee
Right after Ass-Roid hit the grand slammer, I turned it off and let my sweetie watch Dr. Who
So, according to my calculations,
the A’s won the game 7-6 on a six-run homer by the tenth Doctor.
Doctor Who is probably my favorite fictional character, although most episodes of the actual show don’t do it for me.
New mind-warping, stomach-churning Pilots songs are now online... follow the link if you dare (don't say you weren't warned!) NSFW!!!
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 7, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow, an umpire calling in the favor of the Skankees??
Bud selig would surely approve. . . .
I doubt anyone here watched the Twins/Yanks LDS, or the ALCS, but if you had, THE BLATANTLY OBVIOUS nature of the unfair League that we love would be crystal clear. It know longer upsets me, because time and again, WHEN THE CALL REALLY COUNTS (the Barton AB), they will show their bias. 3rd inning nobody on, everything is Kosher, but when it is a pivotal point in the game . . .
As for all the Nasty Skanks that invade your stadium, perhaps if management didn’t market the games differently. . . same at Angel’s stadium. They ENCOURAGE them to come.
Living far from the Big A, I will be visiting the Coliseum this weekend. But I know I am a visitor, and I enjoy the hospitatility that is always shown by the A’s faithfull.
I think our Croata friend had special mojo this year.
Isn’t pretty much every single game going his way?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
What about the "sandman" montage before bottom 9th commerical break Tuesday?!
Why in the world is the home team TV station showing a “sandman” video montage prelude to Rivera’s 9th inning entrance?! What the hell?!!! For a minute there, I thought I was watching the YES network. I understand that there are a lot of Yankee’s fan’s in the bay but this is the A’s broadcast!!! I’m an A’s fan….always have been, always will be. I am so fucking sick and tired of our storied franchise being treated, internally and externally, like a 2nd rate bush league team. This is just unnacceptable!!!!!
All I wanted was a Pepsi
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