Game 133: How to (and not to) beat the throw home
by Doghouse on Aug 31, 2010 10:24 PM EDT
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- Dominant: Jordan Zimmermann (+37.3%) goes 6 IP, 0 ER, 9 K, 0 BB and faces the minimum, allowing one baserunner who gets erased on a double play.
- Decent: Tyler Clippard (+26.3%) pitches 2 perfect innings of relief, striking out one.
- Still not in a hockey game: Nyjer Morgan (+4.0%) is out at home in the 10th when he tries to bowl over the catcher instead of sliding under the tag (-22.8%).
- Heartbreaker: Drew Storen (-35.1%) gives up the losing RBI single (-28.3%).
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Tonight's Top 5:
No. 2: Nyjer Morgan does it wrong.
no.1: Hanley Ramirez does it right.
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Patrick Reddington on Aug 31, 2010 10:25 PM EDT reply actions
[spits]
"And everybody lived happily ever after. Except the Phillies and the Mets. The End." --Sasskuash
Friend of Dukes and Desmond #3
Don't forget the tm!
Patiently waiting for "next year" since 1971.
by Princess Jazzy on Aug 31, 2010 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Thumps Nyjer on the nose...and says "Wake up!"
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde
Maybe they're afraid Nyjer is going to tackle them if they talk too loud!
Patiently waiting for "next year" since 1971.
by Princess Jazzy on Aug 31, 2010 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I like how Chad Tracy's flyout makes the graph...Because of Bernie's arm...
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Patrick Reddington on Aug 31, 2010 11:13 PM EDT reply actions
Hanley and the Marlins didn't seemed amused by Nyjer's decision to crush their catcher.
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Patrick Reddington on Sep 1, 2010 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Esinosa too!
In Boswell’s WP column this AM he he writes:
“The best prospect in the organization, however, may be Espinosa, who was the second player in organized baseball this year to reach 20 homers and 20 steals. He now has 22 and 25, plus a glove so reliable in the minors that he projects to less than half the errors made this year by Desmond. “And Danny has an even better arm than Desmond, if you can believe that,” said Rizzo.
Then why did Espinosa, from the shortstop factory at Long Beach State, switch to second base recently when he moved up to Class AAA? “Our stat people and our scouts both think that Desmond now has the best range of any shortstop in baseball, even better than [Troy] Tulowitzki” in San Diego, Rizzo said. “For me, it’s going to take a lot to get that kind of range off of shortstop.”
Derek Jeter made almost as many errors in his rookie year too
I wouldn’t worry too much about Desmond’s errors, as long as he is showing progress. He seems to be getting it now, not throwing the ball when he clearly has no shot at getting the runner out. I think he’ll be fine next year.
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"Save it. I'm goin' for a smoothie."
The Washington Nationals, the team of the 2010s!
not only that
but the past few weeks, he has made numerous cannon-like throws to first, spot-on-target. So he has gotten himself under control, and he’s gotten his arm under control. It’s hard to not see the great strides that Desmond has made in the last several weeks.
Rob
"Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection." -- Red Smith
He made a couple of throws to First last night that were just things of beauty.
He’s going to be somebody some day! (apologies to Travis Tritt)
And (just to rile up d_c_guy), remember that Jeter isn't a very good shortstop.
[ducks]
"And everybody lived happily ever after. Except the Phillies and the Mets. The End." --Sasskuash
Friend of Dukes and Desmond #3
Watch your mouth, you!
looks around Hey … where did Doghouse go?
I am over T Plush
He just doesn’t get it, does he. Clearly his best chance of scoring was to slide, not body check the catcher. Nor does he understand the difference between playing hard with smarts and playing out of control. sigh
I'm with you.
Instant replay showed he’d have been safe had he slid. It looked to me that he decided to plow into Hayes as soon as he took off…he was aiming for Hayes, not the plate. I’m really starting to think he’s off his rocker.
and now Hayes has a sore shoulder
I wouldn’t want to be Nyjer tonight, Marlins are mad
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