tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post3392503794676510324..comments2024-03-28T07:19:18.670-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: G14: Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 7allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-14522960497890757302017-04-19T09:51:27.962-07:002017-04-19T09:51:27.962-07:00Just want to say I appreciate your game recaps. I ... Just want to say I appreciate your game recaps. I really can't stand Dave O'Brien. Every time he opens his mouth I'm reminded of the ABC's of the real estate floggers--always be closing. In his case, it's simply ABSS--always be selling something.<br /> I have one observation on your critique of Diaz' strike zone. I think counting all the pitches is misleading because a lot of them a 12-year old could get right. If you just took a ball's width (3-inches) on either side of the zone box, the outcome would be way different. I figure the ump misses half of those per game. And an ump peering over one shoulder of the catcher can make an accurate call on a close pitch on the other side? Really? Automating the calling of balls and strikes can't come soon enough for me. The home plate ump would still have plenty to do.<br /> Keep up the good work.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823533424819242663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-2797132166961983082017-04-19T08:02:17.413-07:002017-04-19T08:02:17.413-07:00Damn. I forgot to post this last night. When home ...Damn. I forgot to post this last night. When home plate umpire Laz Diaz blew 2 of the 7 ball/strike calls in the top of the first, I decided to see how many pitches he called wrong. NESN's strike zone graphic is not completely accurate, but that is what I used. If even a portion of the dot touched the border of the strike zone, I called that a strike. Diaz called 167 of 190 ball/strike pitches correctly (87.9%). He was wrong 12% of the time. (That's actually better than I expected.)allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-41078137243177095572017-04-18T11:27:27.357-07:002017-04-18T11:27:27.357-07:00Craig Kimbrel's batter outcomes from last 3 ga...Craig Kimbrel's batter outcomes from last 3 games:<br />K, K, 5-3, P2, K, K, K, K, K.<br /><br /><a href="http://deadspin.com/this-baseline-hugging-kyle-schwarber-bunt-defied-logic-1794402899" rel="nofollow">Nice bunt</a>!<br /><br />STL Carlos Martinez's line on Saturday: 5.1-4-3-<b><a href="https://twitter.com/MLBStatoftheDay/status/853325644263956482" rel="nofollow">8-11</a></b>, 118.<br />allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-35137328496072360322017-04-18T10:31:57.247-07:002017-04-18T10:31:57.247-07:00MLB agrees it was 4 ER on 4.1 innings and disagree...<a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2015_07_21_bosmlb_houmlb_1&mode=classic" rel="nofollow">MLB agrees</a> it was 4 ER on 4.1 innings and disagrees with <a href="https://www.mlb.com/gameday/red-sox-vs-blue-jays/2017/04/18/490297#game_state=preview,lock_state=preview,game_tab=,game=490297" rel="nofollow">MLB's assertion</a> to the contrary.<br /><br />Only three of the runs scored before Johnson left the game, but Masterson let an inherited runner score. Even if that were a proper quibble, however, there's no way to spin that Johnson left with one out in the fifth inning.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421785398444449007noreply@blogger.com