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Friday, August 25, 2006 |
Pickoff Moves
Today's Birthdays
A buncha guys today who had one-year or unimportant careers.
Elmer Brown BRO b. 1883, played 1913-1915, d. 1955-01-23
Tom Catterson BRO b. 1884, played 1908-1909, d. 1920-02-05
George Cisar BRO b. 1912, played 1937
Bob Lacey CAL b. 1953, played 1983
Ralph Mauriello LAN b. 1934, played 1958
Bob Milliken BRO b. 1926, played 1953-1954
Mike Rose LAN b. 1976, played 2005
Don Wallace CAL b. 1940, played 1967
Roster Notes
- Dino Ebel took responsibility for last night's baserunning blunder that cut down Juan Rivera at the plate.
"It's my fault," Ebel said. "He got thrown out with no outs. You've got to give Wily Mo some credit. He put the ball right on the money. I'm going to keep forcing it. I'm aggressive. You've got to make a perfect throw, and he did."
Gee, Dino, it was obvious to everyone in the stadium that Rivera should have been held up. Why wasn't it obvious to you? This is not the first time Ebel has turned into a costly windmill. - Darin Erstad starts a rehab stint tonight at Rancho.
- The Angels optioned Greg Jones to Salt Lake, and called up Erick Aybar.
- Brad Penny, getting squeezed by umpires because he's a confrontational guy?
- Tony Jackson is still capable of penning puff pieces, this one manufacturing excuses for the overpaid Rafael Furcal.
Comments:
Re: Ebel
actually i'm much more interested in what happened with Ebel and OC the night before, with him not scoring the tying run from 2B on a gapper single. tough read admittedly but .....
a. what was Ebel signaling OC to do as he headed into 3B from 2b with the tying run?
hold it up?
windmill him home?
or, worst of all, nothing?
b. and more importantly, why was OC turning around to look what was occuring in RF while heading into 3B? shouldn't he have just been looking at his coach?
does any one know? - i didn't see Ebel's actions on MLB TV, but i sure saw OC turn around a look into RF before he even got to 3b.
and was thinking "What the ....?"
if Ebel was saying stop and OC was obeying, just turning around to see why - all is forgiven.
otherwise, OC blundered - look at your 3B Coach - that's his job to at RF and the ball.
(and OC, your other job is to make double plays with the help of your 2B, but i digress....)
actually i'm much more interested in what happened with Ebel and OC the night before, with him not scoring the tying run from 2B on a gapper single. tough read admittedly but .....
a. what was Ebel signaling OC to do as he headed into 3B from 2b with the tying run?
hold it up?
windmill him home?
or, worst of all, nothing?
b. and more importantly, why was OC turning around to look what was occuring in RF while heading into 3B? shouldn't he have just been looking at his coach?
does any one know? - i didn't see Ebel's actions on MLB TV, but i sure saw OC turn around a look into RF before he even got to 3b.
and was thinking "What the ....?"
if Ebel was saying stop and OC was obeying, just turning around to see why - all is forgiven.
otherwise, OC blundered - look at your 3B Coach - that's his job to at RF and the ball.
(and OC, your other job is to make double plays with the help of your 2B, but i digress....)
I was at the game, on that "gapper" (which was actually a popup to short right center) from OC's point of view it would have been very tough for him to see if the ball had been caught by one of the three converging fielders, which forced him to hold up at second until he could see the ball (all three fielders were on the ground, as with the ball) and Ebel correctly held him up.
I'm still waiting for the statistical proof that this "aggressive" baserunning is really netting us runs. I'm also tired of the "we're forcing them to make the throw" argument -- we're dealing with Major League baseball players -- not little leaguers where that strategy makes sense.
I'm still waiting for the statistical proof that this "aggressive" baserunning is really netting us runs. I'm also tired of the "we're forcing them to make the throw" argument -- we're dealing with Major League baseball players -- not little leaguers where that strategy makes sense.
# posted by 
: 8/25/2006 01:28:00 PM
: 8/25/2006 01:28:00 PM
thanks - i saw the hit, and it was a tough read.
but what pissed me off was OC turning around to look BEFORE he got to 3rd base. - that's what i saw.
props to Ebel for holding him - that's the part id din't see, and now can understand why oc LOOKED.
ALL IS FORGIVEN OC, AND THANKS A MILION FOR YOUR OBSREVATION ABOUT EBEL!
but what pissed me off was OC turning around to look BEFORE he got to 3rd base. - that's what i saw.
props to Ebel for holding him - that's the part id din't see, and now can understand why oc LOOKED.
ALL IS FORGIVEN OC, AND THANKS A MILION FOR YOUR OBSREVATION ABOUT EBEL!
In Strat terms, that looked like about 1-14 chance to score on Pena. Rivera rolled a 15.
# posted by : 8/25/2006 08:58:00 PM
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