... Well, when you're chasing several pitchers and settle for Paul Byrd and Jason Johnson, or going after Nomar and ending up with nothing, those sound to me...
... welcome despite a 93 win season a year ago. Romeo Crennel, on the other hand . . . I feel this willingness to give him at least another season. Can't...
... Shapiro is banned from mentioning names of any people he might be targeting. That would be considered tampering. He can mention names of his players who...
... //Well, when you're chasing several pitchers and settle for Paul Byrd and Jason Johnson, or going after Nomar and ending up with nothing, those sound to me...
... The Right Player for the utility position: 440 OPS. The Best Player for the utility position: 800 OPS. I'm still waiting for an explanation of that that...
//Anyone happy with Lou Merloni? His OPS checks in at 440 right now. If nothing else, that's a 10% uptick over Ramon Vasquez.// For whatever reason, I am...
... From: "Tony Lastoria" <tlastoria@...> To: <clesports@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [CSML] On again, off again ...
Boy this has been a doozy. I think this game is the perfect example of walks hurting a ballclub over and over - tonight it's killing both teams. It's worrying...
... of walks ... It's ... note, ... him ... Eventually, the Indians MADE Contreras pay for the walks, as they came out on top. But I too wasn't optimistic,...
... of walks ... It's ... note, ... him ... I'll tell ya, going into last night's game I had one of those *feelings* that this time was about to get on a roll....
... // For whatever reason, Indians baseball the last few years seems to start in June. April and May they sleepwalk.// If you accept the fact that Indians...
... I disagree completely. The Indians have been pretty good with RISP, if my perception is correct. I'd far rather see a single with RISP than a sacrifice...
... //>One stat I heard Wed. night is alarming though - Indians hitting is ... I disagree completely. The Indians have been pretty good with RISP, if my...
... Well it's not all that close. The squeeze would be closer, since most bunts are actually put down to move the runner up rather than score him. The very...
... Is this easy to find for a lazy sod (i.e., me)? It sure seemed like we went through a stretch where the counting for Cleveland was very, very simple, in...
... outs" ... I agree strongly in principle. The problem is that it's hard to define what leads to a run. Is drawing a walk a success or failure, if the ...
... No. "runner at 3rd, less than 2 outs, how often did runner score" is a well defined stat. You walk, well, it raises your obp but the runner didn't score....
... situation ... are ... I would prefer that the entire sacrifice fly statistic be eliminated. Yes, there are a few times when a hitter is trying to launch...
... In an email last week, Tony, you talked about the Indians needing to go 5-2, or at least 4-3, in the series with the Tigers and the Sox, which at the time...
... distinguish ... I've got one better: You get a sac for bunting a guy from 1st to 2nd, or from 2nd to 3rd, or from 3rd to home. But, you only get a sac if...
... not ... the ... I'm ... finish, ... Yeah, a week ago I expressed my concerns of how the Indians do in the 7 game set with the White Sox/Tigers. I am more...
or at least the end of Guillermo Mota era. ... From: Andrew Swift To: clesports Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 7:40 PM Subject: [CSML] I think we may be seeing...
Shoot, Buffum. You beat me on this by one minute. ... From: Steve Buffum To: clesports@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [CSML]...
... Not that I know of. There are some interesting things on MLB.com, like batter vs pitcher stats, but not that. You can see the stats with runner on 3rd,...
