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Thursday, June 03, 2010 |
Has It Really Been Since Sunday? And Other Silly Questions
Radio silence since Sunday, ayup, in which span —
- The Angels completed a series win against Seattle, their second of the month, and pretty effectively buried them at seven games back, where they remain today. The Angels surprised the hell out of me by bouncing back from the horrific news about Kendry Morales' multi-month injury by pounding Seattle pitching, a fusillade that included a three-run, walkoff jack by Howie Kendrick, who needed one in the worst possible way. The broadcast team has been nattering on about how well he's done since being demoted to the bottom of the order, and it's true.
- The Dodgers beat the Rockies 4-3 to complete that series win to give Clayton Kershaw a win on a short start (5 innings). Outside of the pitiful Snakes, the NL West is fairly tightly bunched. And speaking of Arizona ...
- ... the Blue beat Arizona at home by scores of 5-4, 1-0 (in 10), and 1-0 (again, this time in 14), on, respectively, a walkoff balk (Casey Blake scored the winning run), a walkoff homer (by Matt Kemp), and a walkoff RBI single from Garret Anderson, who probably deserved the tenth-inning boos he got when he struck out with none out. As MSTI observed, it's probably saved him from a DFA, but his average is still only .157. (And yes, yay, for Travis Schlichting and his four scoreless innings. And, slightly ironic, the Dodgers couldn't beat ex-Dodger Edwin Jackson.)
- The Angels beat typically lowly Kansas City, with Ervin Santana and Scott Kazmir getting the wins (7-1 and 7-2 respectively, with Torii Hunter blowing one way out of their yard), and Joel Pineiro taking the abuse on Wednesday (6-3).
- You may have heard about first base umpire Jim Joyce robbing Tigers starter Armando Gallaraga of a perfect game with a blown call eight and two-thirds innings into the game. So 28 outs is what it takes for a perfecto these days. There are calls all over to expand the use of instant replay (and as Jay Jaffe tweeted, "BRING ON THE F*CKING ROBOT UMPS YESTERDAY".
- Ken Griffey, Jr. finally, finally, finally retired.
- In news around the division, it's time to end the Casey Kotchman experiment in Seattle.
Labels: angels, diamondbacks, dodgers, ex-dodgers, indians, recaps, rockies, royals, tigers
Comments:
What's the odds of seeing the first baseman hit a walk-off grand slam home run in two consecutive extra inning 5-1 games? I just did: Kendry Morales on 5/29 in the 10th inning (LAA 5, Sea 1) and Adrian Gonzalez on 6/2 in the 11th inning (SD 5, NYM 1). Gonzo did not break a leg celebrating. Lifetime I have seen seven (7) walk-off grand slams: Davey Lopes, David Eckstein, Steve Finley, Nomar Garciaparra, Torii Hunter, Kendry Morales and Adrian Gonzalez. Before last Saturday my odds of seeing a walk-off grand slam were 291.4 to 1 (5 in 1457 games). Now my odds of seeing a WO GS are 208.4 to 1 (7 in 1459 games). Rounding down to 208 to 1 the odds are 43,264 to 1 against seeing a WO GS in two consecutive games.
If a WO GS occurs in the next game I go to my odds of seeing a WO GS reduce to 170 to 1 (8 in 1460 games). My odds of seeing a consecutive three-peat WO GS are 4,923,000 to 1 (170 x 170 x 170). My odds and Las Vegas odds no doubt differ. The only betting I do is buying the tickets to get in to see the game!
Note: These calculations do NOT limit the WO GS occurrences to 5-1 final scores and first basemen only.
The fan sitting two rows behind us in the Petco Park upper deck informed us that ump Jim Joyce had ruined Armando Gallaraga's perfect day with two outs in the ninth inning. I replied "Ouch!" Can't the official scorer record it as "E umpire" so that Gallaraga can at least get a no-hitter? I bet they are talking about Joyce and Gallaraga in the Umpire's Bar in Scottsadale, Arizona!
If a WO GS occurs in the next game I go to my odds of seeing a WO GS reduce to 170 to 1 (8 in 1460 games). My odds of seeing a consecutive three-peat WO GS are 4,923,000 to 1 (170 x 170 x 170). My odds and Las Vegas odds no doubt differ. The only betting I do is buying the tickets to get in to see the game!
Note: These calculations do NOT limit the WO GS occurrences to 5-1 final scores and first basemen only.
The fan sitting two rows behind us in the Petco Park upper deck informed us that ump Jim Joyce had ruined Armando Gallaraga's perfect day with two outs in the ninth inning. I replied "Ouch!" Can't the official scorer record it as "E umpire" so that Gallaraga can at least get a no-hitter? I bet they are talking about Joyce and Gallaraga in the Umpire's Bar in Scottsadale, Arizona!
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