From an MLB.com story about the Pirates saying they like the renovations done to Wrigley Field.

"It's not up to Major League standards right now," then-manager Jim Tracy said. "Have I ever seen a Major League surface at the outfield like that? Never."

good lord that's disappointing

Small sample sizes, indeed.

Tigers - .311/.383/.478
Yankees - .293/.378/.451
Braves - .291/.379/.468
Rangers - .285/.366/.468

The 2007 Dodgers hit .278/.359/.395

http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/BT6j

I just prefer to see more hits with runners in scoring position, because that's the most likely way to score.

Maybe my standards are just a bit too high.

Starts (including today)
Andruw 16
Ethier 16
Kemp 10
Pierre 9

Innings
Andruw 133
Ethier 129
Kemp 87
Pierre 65

PA
Ethier 65
Andruw 62
Kemp 46
Pierre 35

I hope we never do.

2007 MLB
Nobody on: .262/.324/.417
RISP: .272/.357/.423

2006 MLB
Nobody on: .264/.325/.428
RISP: .270/.356/.426

2005 MLB
Nobody on: .258/.318/.412
RISP: .267/.350/.420

I would imagine part of the difference is from pitching from the stretch.

Given the roster limitations, I think Nomar has about 3 weeks to show that he can play everyday, if not, he may not be on the roster on Memorial Day.

Also, you can't call it a prediction if you use "he may not be...". Use won't!! :)

James has been watching too much Big Papi.

31

I'm about to take a clutch bathroom break.

Is there something newer?

Clutch is ill defined, I'll admit, but it's a very human element of the game.

Furcal 6
Ethier 7
Kemp 9
Kent 4
Loney 3
Martin 2
Jones 8
Garciaparra 5
Billingsley 1

If a guy hits a hard line drive right to a fielder in this situation and makes an out, does this mean he couldn't handle the pressure?

Bases empty: .273/.385/.455/.840
Runners on: .069/.156/.069/.225

Another problem is that when you look at clutch hitting isolated (really hitting in general) you tend to ignore clutch pitching (or pitching in general) and clutch defense (or defense in general). A pitcher can also be clutch, a fielder can be clutch making a defensive stop. It's sort of like the luck/skill conversation we had a while back.

39 - that's fair, and probably pretty accurate.

Right, which is why your blanket psychological assertions do not work for me.

23 Nomah, more than anyone in recent memory, has really been a team player about his demotion(s) and position switching. I don't have a problem with Nomar being on the club in a limited role.

What about Latrell Sprewell?

It's still better than soccer, though.

Billingsley seems to get lit up whenever he's behind the dish. Damn!

I don't get this. According to ESPN, Ethier is OPSing .820 and Pierre is at .688. To the best of my recollection they are the only 2 players to man left-field so far this year. What gives?

How odd that Ethier would mash when he plays right field but struggle when Kemp is in the line-up.

Kemp is probably more likely to be in the lineup when a lefty is on the mound, which means Ethier is more likely to struggle.

Any other conundrums you need me to solve?

As I suggested before, Ethier plays LF when Kemp plays RF, which means that a lefty is probably on the mound. Ethier plays RF when Pierre plays LF, which means that a righty is probably on the mound.

This probably explains the difference in Ethier's performance in LF vs. RF.

Most other mobile apps I use are ones that are already formatted for BlackBerries such as ESPN or MLB.com.

Also noticed in my channel flipping: The Washington Wizards have had more trouble finding non-repulsive uniform color choices than any other franchise I can think of.

I prefer CBSSportsline's "Gamecenter".

http://www.sportsline.com/nba/scoreboard

Which is a PC. And running IE.

Perhaps the NBA is too edgy to operate in that environment.

Doesn't say why there was one.

http://cbs.sportsline.com/nba/gamecenter/playbyplay/NBA_20080419_WAS@CLE

I think the line probably included more than three weeks of a baseball season.

vr,
D4P

Didn't mean to be snotty, but it appears he's had about 20 at-bats against lefties so far.

He's done a lot of baseball, mostly with the Red Sox.

Why assume the creator is male?

1975 was the first time I was exposed to Marty Brennaman. Repeated exposure to Brennamans over time has given me brain damage.

:-)

They got a team of dolphins making their uniforms.

Family Guy dolphins?

My problem is I tend to be paranoid about Ethier because I'm so afraid he's only a couple of 0-fers away from riding the pine. Ergo, I tend to over-react when I see anything too negative in his stats.

Ha! Ethier's stats vs. lefties are, I think, just a by-product of a small sample size. But that's the point of this thread, isn't it?