Best rear end rotation since...
by Dex on Apr 16, 2008 6:52 AM PDT
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PrintThis has nothing to do with anything, but we have a Twitter account for Gaslamp Ball, but I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with it. If anybody has any ideas, let me know. Everybody be talking about how Twitter's this great thing, but I dunno what fer.
Friar Forecast breaks down Randy Wolf's performance. One thing he noticed that's kinda interesting
In the 3rd and 4th inning, according to MLB’s pitch classification system, Wolf had a stretch where he threw 17 consecutive fastballs. All of the pitches during that stretch ranged between 88.3 and 90.8 mph. This has no significance; I just thought it was interesting. I hear people talk about mixing pitches a lot … you know, to confuse the hitter and upset his timing. I wonder if sometimes it’s correct to throw the same pitch that many times in a row, by game theory or whathaveyou.
I haven't had a chance to really look at PITCHf/x, which is how MB got those numbers, but trusting that they really were all fastballs, I think this speaks volumes about how much location has to do with what a pitcher can do. It really highlights what Greg Maddux and Trevor Hoffman (when he's on) are able to do. You don't need 5 different pitches as long as you can locate the pitch effectively. I'm reminded of Andy Ashby's game where he threw nothing but fastballs. I'm also reminded of old school Trevor Hoffman outings where he'd throw his changeup over and over, sometimes locating it for a strike and other times bouncing it a good foot in front of home plate.
Meanwhile, Richard at Intentional Blog on Balls highlights the fact that Justin Germano could very well be more similar to what he's doing this season so far than what he's done in the past. Could it be the new changeup? Could be.
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Best I can figure about Twitter is that it lets people know every little thing about your day, throughout the day. I, for one, don’t think that’s necessarily a good thing.
It’s like sending out an IM to everyone you know, just to tell them some generic thought or act.
“Just posted on GLB”
i'd rather not do the generic thing
i’d imagine that would get kinda tiring. at the same time, i’m not sure what you actually do put on it.
Didn’t we have the Twitter on the 1.0 at some pt last yr?
by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 16, 2008 7:17 AM PDT reply actions
gotcha
The only way I could see it really being useful here is if you used it to let us know when something important is posted.
I’ll go ahead and let you define “important.”
by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 16, 2008 7:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes we did...
I signed up at the urging of fellow ballers. It was kinda “big brother” creepy for me. I mean, who cares if Freelunch and sdsuaztec4 are out shopping for furniture?
"The first pitch is grounded into left field. No, wait a minute. It's ball one. Low and outside." ~ Jerry Coleman
drama does
he cares about everything we do. he lives his life vicariously through sdsuaztec4.
"i kinda feel like nevin and klesko were some fling we (the padres) had in the past and now realize were a bad idea and are embarrassed about."
'Tec the Tank
TTG: Hey come hit this right here, you need to hit this.
‘Tec the Tank: No, I appreciate it, but I told freelunch I wouldn’t drink tonight. Besides I got a big day tomorrow, you guys have a great time.
TTG: A big day? Doin’ what?
‘Tec the Tank: Well, um, actually pretty nice little Saturday. We’re uh, gonna go to Home Depot, yeah, buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Maybe Bed, Bath, and Beyond I don’t know. I don’t know if we’ll have enough time.
OK, you know what? You know what? Gimme that thing! I’ll do one, do one.
TTG: He gonna do one, he gonna do one!
Twit it, then
How will we know when something has been Twitted?
The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.
you "follow" the twitter thing
but i dunno what to twit. also, i get the feeling gaslamp ballers should be following each other, but i dunno what for.
If it helps me stalk Winfield's Ghost...
...then I’m all for it. But does it have a feature where I can make a little Winfield’s Ghost doll out of his hair clippings?
"All the big fellas in baseball are gonna get scrawny and weak like those stat geeks that nobody likes." -- Roger Clemens
by TheGrandHatching on Apr 16, 2008 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I saw the words...
BEST REAR END ROTATION and expected a SHAKIRA picture to be somewhere in this blog entry.
Damn…
If you can't be a good example, at least serve as a horrible warning...
A little ribbing
from the rockheads and now we gotta be high-brow, or what?
The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.
Good for you, Dex.
Putting a pic of Shakira’s ass would be low class. This is a baseball blog. How is some suggestive picture of Shakira showing off her barely covered rear-end baseball related? It’s not. Way to take the high road, my friend.
Now Jamie Kotsay….not only baseball related…but Padre related.
by Drama on Apr 16, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well done.
I mean, really. Padre related “rear end” on Gaslamp Ball and it’s actually a picture of a woman.
by Richard Wade on Apr 16, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
GIS "rear end rotation" - Page 7
Agreed, nice rotation.
The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.
OH! TWITTER!
Ok, now I remember where I’ve seen Twitter before… I was glued to the KPBS twitter feed during the fires last year…
Since my reader is finding 4 compatible RSS feeds here, I’d say we’re pretty well covered in that department.
The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.
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