daniel bryan looks like a typical sf street person kudos to him
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 3 November 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
http://mlb.mlb.com/assets/images/4/2/8/100348428/cuts/yostcostume_eq0nf7wa_mv4k5n7n.jpg
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 November 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
In trying to figure out how the Giants manage to do what they do, something like this is helpful:
http://www.billjamesonline.com/giants_defensive_positioning_a_big_assist_in_game_7_victory_/
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 November 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
Since all teams have that data, wouldn't most (except the Phillies) be doing something similar? or shouldn't they?
Beating an extremely flawed team 4 out of 7, hmmm, i guess i'm still not overly impressed at what they do, aside from picking the right month to get hot every other year.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 6 November 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
Just caught up with this Rob Neyer column (I don't check him regularly, even though I should).
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/alex-gordon-world-series-game7-mike-jirschele-royals-third-base-coach-103114
Ancient history, but the thing that caught my attention was that Neyer's mental calculation on Alex Gordon's triple was identical to my own--like word for word:
But something did bother me about the whole thing. I’ve seen a lot of baseball games. I don’t know how many, but I’ve been pretty obsessive about baseball for about 35 years, and we had two super-stations on our cable package in 1977 or ’78. My very rough estimate is that I’ve seen at least 45,000 innings of baseball. When Gordon’s liner got past Gregor Blanco, I thought triple. When Gordon’s liner then got kicked along the warning track by Juan Perez, I thought holy shit he’s going to score.
He doesn't question the coach, though.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 01:27 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7IgTE593oA
― timellison, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link
damn i was sure that was about 70 years ago
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 22:31 (nine years ago) link