5/17 vs. Milwaukee Brewers - Game 1

[One Red Seat]

So, when do they start calling the "attempt to avoid getting hit" rule? Kendall leans in and lets it hit him worse than Biggio ever did. Oh, and Hall was out.

[a700hitter]

How does the ump miss that call at 2nd. It was right in front of him. The guy's foot was a good 6 inches away from the base when the tag was applied and the runner thought he was out.

[The Prodigy]

That was a strike, i mean come on he owes us>..

[a700hitter]

The effin inning should be over.

[The Dustball]

Originally Posted by Jayhawk Bill

Dana DeMuth owes Boston an out.

And he owes Dice-K 10 pitches.

[The Prodigy]

at a boy

[One Red Seat]

At least it only cost him about 10 pitches. He's at 80 through 5. A quick 6th and he could give 7 in the first half of the double dip.

[One Red Seat]

That said, they need to run Soup from the game this inning, and get into that weak 'pen.

[The Prodigy]

Way to hustle Ortiz!!!!!!\




He is so slow

[The Dustball]

Originally Posted by One Red Seat

That said, they need to run Soup from the game this inning, and get into that weak 'pen.

Not only to help win this game, but to gas the pen for the next two games as well.

[One Red Seat]

Need a dagger shot here, JD. Knock him out.

[Jayhawk Bill]

Originally Posted by One Red Seat

There has to be some kind of mechanical flaw in Ellsbury's swing for him to popup to SS as frequently as he does.

I ran reports on POPUP% (IF/FB %) for all AL batters with 150+ PA and all Boston Red Sox. AL POPUP% ranged from 21.9% for Mark Ellis to 1.5% for Delmon Young, with a median of 7.6%. For the Red Sox, here are the stats:

NAME	POPUP%
Joe Thurston	57.10%
David Ortiz	13.00%
Mike Lowell	10.60%
Coco Crisp	10.30%
Jacoby Ellsbury	9.30%
Jason Varitek	7.00%
J.D. Drew	6.90%
Kevin Youkilis	6.00%
Dustin Pedroia	6.00%
Alex Cora	5.60%
Manny Ramirez	3.40%
Jed Lowrie	2.80%
Julio Lugo	0.00%
Sean Casey	0.00%
Kevin Cash	0.00%
Brandon Moss	0.00%
Jonathan Van Every	0.00%

Flaw? Yeah, he's worse than average this year, and he was a bit worse in 2007, but it's not enough for me to worry about given his high LD%.

We can't all be Manny Ramirez.

[One Red Seat]

Ahh, fack, the weak dribbler to the right. Patented JD at-bat.

[One Red Seat]

Originally Posted by Jayhawk Bill

I ran reports on POPUP% (IF/FB %) for all AL batters with 150+ PA and all Boston Red Sox. AL POPUP% ranged from 21.9% for Mark Ellis to 1.5% for Delmon Young, with a median of 7.6%. For the Red Sox, here are the stats:


Flaw? Yeah, he's worse than average this year, and he was a bit worse in 2007, but it's not enough for me to worry about given his high LD%.

We can't all be Manny Ramirez.

Do player's typically popup to the same part of the field regardless of their rate? That's what I'd be curious to know. I didn't mean to suggest he pops up at an alarming rate, but when he does it's typically to the SS. That, to me, suggests he's doing something to account for this tendancy.

[Jayhawk Bill]

You know, the Brewers' sluggers do well when thrown fastballs grooved through the lower half of the strike zone.