Sanchez will fair better pitching in SF. And should walk Cruz intentionally every time
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Also don’t get the logic with pitching on short rest hurting his off season pay day. He’s pitched well all season and has a stellar career post season stats even if he gets raped next outing.[/quote]
It’s the possibility of injury that worries him, not his performance. But I won’t be surprised if they rape him next outing too. I predicted before the Series that the Giants could definitely get to him because he pounds the zone and the Giants hack. I didn’t think they’d get to him as much as they did, but now that they’ve shown they can do it, I won’t be surprised at all if he gets chased in the 5th again. I halfway expected him to at some point in the Series anyways.
Tonight’s home plate ump is Mike Winters.
According to the list I saw he is ranked third out of the seven on his friendliness to Hitters.
According to Wicki he’s had a couple of player controversies including with a Giant’s player in 1998. He was suspended after a mix up with Milton Bradley in 2007. (okay now I remember this Bradley got injured being restrained)
He has a large right side strike zone but a small low strike zone.
I can’t figure it out from what I’m reading. Need to hear Kruk and Kuip for their opinion.
[quote]Hallowed wrote:
Have I mentioned that I like Burrell? I do but this isn’t going to sound like it. Here’s facts:
Four strikeouts last night. The most by a Giant in any post season game in a hundred years.
0 for 9 with a walk and eight strikeouts in the Series.
2 for 10 two walks, four strikeouts, and a home run in the National League Division Series
4 for 19 with four walks and seven strikeouts in the National League Championship Series.
So sure he’s “patient” and can get some walks. He really hasn’t been getting on base though and he hasn’t put the ball in play.
His 2008 post-season was barely better going 10-for-44 with 13 strikeouts.
Its hard to put into context with his clutch performances late in the regular season.
Shierholtz is a vastly superior fielder but Burrell holds his own he had a pretty spectacular catch last night and that one he dropped was almost unavoidable he hit the ground so fucking hard going for it. Its the hitting. He’s off. WAY off.
Cannot wait to see where Bochy goes.
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I think Burrell may be permanently way off now though. He’s lost batspeed and at this late stage in the year it really shows. He isn’t catching up to the fastball on the inner half and he has to cheat as a result, which has left him waving at a few braking balls lately. I don’t think rest will do anything for him either. He already only plays 6 innings anyways. I think Bochy MAY rest him for one night, but I think he’ll probably end up sticking with him in the hopes that whatever offense he does give them comes at crucial times (which he’s shown a knack for doing) and that his presence in the lineup somehow benefits the rest of the order. Otherwise it’s just guesswork on Bochy’s part. They don’t really have a suitable replacement for him for the next 2 to 4 games, so it’s either ride him hard all the way to the end or hope that Bochy can pick the right name out of a hat to replace him. If Guillen were on the roster, then it’d be an easy decision for Bochy.
[quote]Hallowed wrote:
Tonight’s home plate ump is Mike Winters.
According to the list I saw he is ranked third out of the seven on his friendliness to Hitters.
According to Wicki he’s had a couple of player controversies including with a Giant’s player in 1998. He was suspended after a mix up with Milton Bradley in 2007. (okay now I remember this Bradley got injured being restrained)
He has a large right side strike zone but a small low strike zone.
I can’t figure it out from what I’m reading. Need to hear Kruk and Kuip for their opinion.[/quote]
lol I was wondering where you were going with all of that.
I hope kruk chokes on a candy apple
[quote]Hallowed wrote:
Tonight’s home plate ump is Mike Winters.
According to the list I saw he is ranked third out of the seven on his friendliness to Hitters.
According to Wicki he’s had a couple of player controversies including with a Giant’s player in 1998. He was suspended after a mix up with Milton Bradley in 2007. (okay now I remember this Bradley got injured being restrained)
He has a large right side strike zone but a small low strike zone.
I can’t figure it out from what I’m reading. Need to hear Kruk and Kuip for their opinion.[/quote]
Don’t read into the umps too much. Their zones aren’t that important to hitters until it’s 2 strikes anyways. Even then, as long as they are consistent, they don’t impact individual hitters’ success that much at all. Most hitters prett much just look for a fastball either in a VERY particular spot regardless of the strike zone or they look for it on one side or the other of the plate, and usually up. When they get behind, what the zone is comes into play then, but only minimally as long as the ump is consistent. There aren’t a whole lot of umps at all out there who consistently call pitches for strikes that major leaguers can’t handle if they know from previous at-bats that that particular location will get called on them. If Burrell knows that 6 inches off the plate at the knees is a strike every time, he can cover it. It’s the BAD umpires that effect hitters (and pitchers) more than ones who are good but have small or large zones.
I like Ump’s with big strike zones, it’s just funner to watch batters swing more because of those borderline pitches.
Also, does anyone find it hilarious to see Burrell run? How the crap is that guy so slow. He has, I’m assuming, a top-notch strength & conditioning staff there, and he’s lucky if he catches a fly-ball or if he reaches second on a double.
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
I like Ump’s with big strike zones, it’s just funner to watch batters swing more because of those borderline pitches.[/quote]
*more fun
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]Hallowed wrote:
Have I mentioned that I like Burrell? I do but this isn’t going to sound like it. Here’s facts:
Four strikeouts last night. The most by a Giant in any post season game in a hundred years.
0 for 9 with a walk and eight strikeouts in the Series.
2 for 10 two walks, four strikeouts, and a home run in the National League Division Series
4 for 19 with four walks and seven strikeouts in the National League Championship Series.
So sure he’s “patient” and can get some walks. He really hasn’t been getting on base though and he hasn’t put the ball in play.
His 2008 post-season was barely better going 10-for-44 with 13 strikeouts.
Its hard to put into context with his clutch performances late in the regular season.
Shierholtz is a vastly superior fielder but Burrell holds his own he had a pretty spectacular catch last night and that one he dropped was almost unavoidable he hit the ground so fucking hard going for it. Its the hitting. He’s off. WAY off.
Cannot wait to see where Bochy goes.
[/quote]
I think Burrell may be permanently way off now though. He’s lost batspeed and at this late stage in the year it really shows. He isn’t catching up to the fastball on the inner half and he has to cheat as a result, which has left him waving at a few braking balls lately. I don’t think rest will do anything for him either. He already only plays 6 innings anyways. I think Bochy MAY rest him for one night, but I think he’ll probably end up sticking with him in the hopes that whatever offense he does give them comes at crucial times (which he’s shown a knack for doing) and that his presence in the lineup somehow benefits the rest of the order. Otherwise it’s just guesswork on Bochy’s part. They don’t really have a suitable replacement for him for the next 2 to 4 games, so it’s either ride him hard all the way to the end or hope that Bochy can pick the right name out of a hat to replace him. If Guillen were on the roster, then it’d be an easy decision for Bochy.[/quote]
You’re right he doesn’t play the whole game. I’ve always thought that Bochy pulled him and put in Shierholtz to defend a lead. Shierholtz is such a beast in right field Bochy puts him in when he can live without Burrell’s bat. I hope Burrell can get it back together on his swing but who knows. He’s getting old he’s almost as old as I am I think he’s a coupla weeks younger than me.
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
I like Ump’s with big strike zones, it’s just funner to watch batters swing more because of those borderline pitches.
Also, does anyone find it hilarious to see Burrell run? How the crap is that guy so slow. He has, I’m assuming, a top-notch strength & conditioning staff there, and he’s lucky if he catches a fly-ball or if he reaches second on a double.[/quote]
He’s big.
And not light on his feet.
And again… he’s getting old.
Burrell isnt starting.
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
I like Ump’s with big strike zones, it’s just funner to watch batters swing more because of those borderline pitches.[/quote]
*more fun[/quote]
Yer gay. lol
I don’t care what anybody says about George Bush. He’s got a pretty damn good arm.
Well Hallowed, looks like you and I were both right. Ishikawa AND Schierholtz are in and Huff is DHing.
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
I don’t care what anybody says about George Bush. He’s got a pretty damn good arm.[/quote]
Threw a seed in 01 too. He threw a better first pitch than Ryan did lulz
[quote]BONEZ217 wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
I don’t care what anybody says about George Bush. He’s got a pretty damn good arm.[/quote]
Threw a seed in 01 too. He threw a better first pitch than Ryan did lulz[/quote]
On 9/11? Yeah, that was a perfect strike at the perfect time. Anything other than a pill zipping through the strike zone would have been anti-climactic. I gotta hand it to him; when it comes to this kind of shit, he always gets it right.
How’d you describe it DB? An impending sense of doom? Oddly missing this series but maybe about to make a come back.
That was a freakin’ jack by Huff.
Huff Daddy.
I’ve actually taken to calling him Sir Aubrey lately.
I guess it didn’t matter who pitched for the Rangers tonight, because they can’t score. There is no excuse for them not being able to hit a young pitcher in their park.