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Another Lincecum analysis

BaysideBaller — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:44:29 -0000

Another Lincecum analysis

Another 'did you hear Tim Lincecum is good?' analysis. This one from Josh Kalk over at The Hardball Times.

His pitch movement amazes me every time I see it.

Omar Vizquel : Historically Bad?

BaysideBaller — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:06:18 -0000

First a disclaimer: I consider myself an Omar Vizquel fan. He plays short better than anyone I have ever seen. Despite all this, it can't be denied that his hitting this season is awful. A post in today's game thread gave me the idea to see how bad Omar's current .153/.225/.174 line is in the history of the game. I'm only doing batting average this time around. Warning: lots of assumptions ahead.

If Omar were to retire today, he would join only 19 hitters since 1919 to hit .153 or less in 144 AB, or 89 hitters in the history of the game.

Since requesting benching on June 30, Omar has 25 AB in 11 games, averaging about 2.27 AB/G, leaving Omar on pace for about 154 AB to finish the season, or about 300 total AB on the year. There have only been 3 players in the history of the game to bat .154 or worse with 300+ at bat, none in nearly the last 100 years.

If Omar could channel his former offensive skills and hit his 2nd half career average of .264 the rest of the way, he would finish with 63 hits (still assuming 300 AB), leaving him with an average of .210 (over the Mendoza line, yay!). This assumes Bighead wouldn't adjust his playing time to account for his reincarnated veteran gamerness. This would leave him in the company of nearly 400 hitters in the history of the game.

No matter how you spin the numbers, it does not look good for number 13.

(h/t to positiveuphemism for the idea, and the Lahman database for its awesomeness)

MLB Hiding Bonds HR Record?

BaysideBaller — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:03:14 -0000

Is MLB intentionally hiding Lamar's pursuit of the HR record? Or just trying to cram ads into every single spot of the ballpark?

The usual look (besides missing the Babe)

Today at the Futures Game

SI Poll: Best Giants Fan Site?

BaysideBaller — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:04:44 -0000

Sports Illustrated has a new poll looking for the best fan site/blog for each ML team.

Featured for the Giants are McCovey Chronicles, Only Baseball Matters, Giants Cove, and El Lefty Malo. Some great sites, but you can only choose one.

Vote here.