That walk gives Gibson 23 walks in 45 innings. He's gotten away with it so far, but I don't really see it as the best strategy.
And he got away with it again in the first inning.
It's the strikeouts. His BB/9 was at 4.4 coming in to this game, a full extra walk per nine compared to the last two years. But, his K/9 jumped from 6.9 to 10.1. That 5.7 K-BB is enough to succeed.
Only allowing 6.4 hits per nine innings helps, too.
That assumes he gets strikeouts.
The Twins started batting Mauer first and Dozier second on May 4. Since then:
Mauer: .273/.347/.295
Dozier: .280/.327/.520
Don't go there. It was the right decision despite the results thus far.
I didn't say it wasn't. I just was curious what the numbers were so far, and thought others might be, too. And really, I give Molitor credit for sticking with it even when it didn't produce instant results.
Guess he should've walked Choi.
Pitcher's best friend!
No no-hitter tonight!
Second and third, no one out. Let's bring them both home!
I wonder how many other ballparks Kepler's double would not be a home run since it would in the vast majority of them. Maybe San Francisco. Pittsburgh possibly...
Hit that to the wrong spot.
And now two out and Adrianza up to bat. *sigh*
I know it happens, and I know the other team has big leaguers, too, but it still hurts to have men on second and third with none out and score zero.
O. Arcia sighting.
That's why I don't like interviews during the game. The crowd is cheering and I have no idea what happened because somebody's just blathering on about something other than the game.
Looks like it's bad Gibson tonight.
The results certainly are. I think there is definitely an element of bad luck for him tonight and maybe going to the well too often on inside pitches. The first home run was a bad pitch. The second home run was on a ball with a lot of movement to the up and inside corner. He's basically had 3 fly balls and 2 of them left the ballpark.
From the sound of it, though, they left the ballpark by a long way. I have a hard time attributing that to bad luck. Good batting, possibly, but not bad luck.
I love how fast Suter works.
Hey Dozier. You've taken three pitches. No need to wander around, adjust your shirt, etc.
sean: reset cookies, but still getting the shaft on chrome (sounds like DW too). is there a workaround i'm missing?
I don't know of any except to not use Chrome. I've never liked its caching behavior, though have never had major issues with it. There's a WordPress upgrade pending that I will do after the game that might help.
i can dig it. i'll try it out tomorrow and report. suppose i can blow the dust off firefox.
I am not having any problems in Chrome now.
Could be a Chrome bug too. They release a lot so I don't know if the two of you have the same version.
okay, so have we decided why almost no one bunts against the shift?
You mean besides they are idiots?
i can see it not being an appealing option for those less fleet of foot, and i know kepler ended up with a BB, but why not try the bunt there? even if you bunt it foul, you immediately get in the IFers heads.
They didn't shift Kepler until there were two strikes.
ahh, okay, that makes sense. still, the main point stands.
He did try to bunt earlier, but it went foul before he hit the double. Of course, being down 5 runs, you just need to get runners on base. I think batters are too afraid of not making it good enough so the pitcher gets to it and throws them out. Then they feel like they gave away an at-bat. However, a manager should encourage them to do it more often so they'll get better at it and get rewarded with hits.
The only thing I can figure is that it violates the unwritten rules.
Morrison did it recently but didn't bunt it far enough to get a hit.
I was surprised to see this guy's name is Brent, not Jeremy.
Ugh. When is Buxton going to start owning soft-tossing lefties?
This is a concerning development.
What is?
I'm assuming Mauer being pulled early?
Morrison hitting for Mauer in the fifth with Molitor coming out to talk to the umpire (and the umpire going to tell the Brewers) that it was some sort of injury (allowing Morrison more time to get loose). Any word on an injury anywhere?
Haven't heard anything on the broadcast or in Gameday.
Nothing on the radio, either.
Kiss Cam just featured that great Batgirl Haiku from years ago:
Kiss Cam, I beg you
Find a different couple
She is my sister
Can not be retired soon enough.
Yup, it's awful
I guess we have to start somewhere.
In Rochester tonight, Stephen Gonsalves struck out eleven in 5.1 innings as the Red Wings defeated Pawtucket 2-0.
Oh great. Dick and Bert want PED users to forfeit their contracts. So not only would the owners benefit from the performance enhancement, they would benefit from not having to pay those players. Good plan guys. #helptheonepercent
Dick'n'Bert GOMLawyering.
"Joe Mauer left the game with 'Neck Tightness'"
I don't think that actually exists.
I just talked to my cat and she's never heard of it.
She would at least know more than a dog. They can't look up.
Looks like I have missed a good ballgame
dazz says the injuries to santana, buxton, and sano were/are to "kind of front line players". kind of.
That walk gives Gibson 23 walks in 45 innings. He's gotten away with it so far, but I don't really see it as the best strategy.
And he got away with it again in the first inning.
It's the strikeouts. His BB/9 was at 4.4 coming in to this game, a full extra walk per nine compared to the last two years. But, his K/9 jumped from 6.9 to 10.1. That 5.7 K-BB is enough to succeed.
Only allowing 6.4 hits per nine innings helps, too.
That assumes he gets strikeouts.
The Twins started batting Mauer first and Dozier second on May 4. Since then:
Mauer: .273/.347/.295
Dozier: .280/.327/.520
Don't go there. It was the right decision despite the results thus far.
I didn't say it wasn't. I just was curious what the numbers were so far, and thought others might be, too. And really, I give Molitor credit for sticking with it even when it didn't produce instant results.
Guess he should've walked Choi.
Pitcher's best friend!
No no-hitter tonight!
Second and third, no one out. Let's bring them both home!
I wonder how many other ballparks Kepler's double would not be a home run since it would in the vast majority of them. Maybe San Francisco. Pittsburgh possibly...
Hit that to the wrong spot.
And now two out and Adrianza up to bat. *sigh*
I know it happens, and I know the other team has big leaguers, too, but it still hurts to have men on second and third with none out and score zero.
O. Arcia sighting.
That's why I don't like interviews during the game. The crowd is cheering and I have no idea what happened because somebody's just blathering on about something other than the game.
Looks like it's bad Gibson tonight.
The results certainly are. I think there is definitely an element of bad luck for him tonight and maybe going to the well too often on inside pitches. The first home run was a bad pitch. The second home run was on a ball with a lot of movement to the up and inside corner. He's basically had 3 fly balls and 2 of them left the ballpark.
From the sound of it, though, they left the ballpark by a long way. I have a hard time attributing that to bad luck. Good batting, possibly, but not bad luck.
I love how fast Suter works.
Hey Dozier. You've taken three pitches. No need to wander around, adjust your shirt, etc.
sean: reset cookies, but still getting the shaft on chrome (sounds like DW too). is there a workaround i'm missing?
I don't know of any except to not use Chrome. I've never liked its caching behavior, though have never had major issues with it. There's a WordPress upgrade pending that I will do after the game that might help.
i can dig it. i'll try it out tomorrow and report. suppose i can blow the dust off firefox.
I am not having any problems in Chrome now.
Could be a Chrome bug too. They release a lot so I don't know if the two of you have the same version.
okay, so have we decided why almost no one bunts against the shift?
You mean besides they are idiots?
i can see it not being an appealing option for those less fleet of foot, and i know kepler ended up with a BB, but why not try the bunt there? even if you bunt it foul, you immediately get in the IFers heads.
They didn't shift Kepler until there were two strikes.
ahh, okay, that makes sense. still, the main point stands.
He did try to bunt earlier, but it went foul before he hit the double. Of course, being down 5 runs, you just need to get runners on base. I think batters are too afraid of not making it good enough so the pitcher gets to it and throws them out. Then they feel like they gave away an at-bat. However, a manager should encourage them to do it more often so they'll get better at it and get rewarded with hits.
The only thing I can figure is that it violates the unwritten rules.
Morrison did it recently but didn't bunt it far enough to get a hit.
I was surprised to see this guy's name is Brent, not Jeremy.
Ugh. When is Buxton going to start owning soft-tossing lefties?
This is a concerning development.
What is?
I'm assuming Mauer being pulled early?
Morrison hitting for Mauer in the fifth with Molitor coming out to talk to the umpire (and the umpire going to tell the Brewers) that it was some sort of injury (allowing Morrison more time to get loose). Any word on an injury anywhere?
Haven't heard anything on the broadcast or in Gameday.
Nothing on the radio, either.
Kiss Cam just featured that great Batgirl Haiku from years ago:
Kiss Cam, I beg you
Find a different couple
She is my sister
Can not be retired soon enough.
Yup, it's awful
I guess we have to start somewhere.
In Rochester tonight, Stephen Gonsalves struck out eleven in 5.1 innings as the Red Wings defeated Pawtucket 2-0.
Oh great. Dick and Bert want PED users to forfeit their contracts. So not only would the owners benefit from the performance enhancement, they would benefit from not having to pay those players. Good plan guys. #helptheonepercent
Dick'n'Bert GOMLawyering.
"Joe Mauer left the game with 'Neck Tightness'"
I don't think that actually exists.
I just talked to my cat and she's never heard of it.
She would at least know more than a dog. They can't look up.
Looks like I have missed a good ballgame
dazz says the injuries to santana, buxton, and sano were/are to "kind of front line players". kind of.
Yes, but can any of them run a little bit?
well that was several inches outside.
I see it was Retro Gibson this evening.