Scheduled Event
| Final - 4.6.2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles Dodgers
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
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San Diego Padres
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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WP: Jonathan Broxton (1 - 0)
SV: Takashi Saito (1) LP: Trevor Hoffman (0 - 2) |
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Coverage
Baseball Strategy: Runner on first. No outs. Tie ballgame.
by Dex
on Apr 7, 2008 7:59 AM PDT
I just thought I'd carry you through my thinking as to why I would've let Bard try to get on base yesterday instead of sac bunting Hairston in the 7th. You're totally welcome to disagree with me. I ain't no baseball manager, but I love working through strategy.
First off, I look at the fact that a single run in the 7th is not going to win the game. If this were the bottom of the 9th inning and scoring that one run guarantees a victory, then my thinking changes. The only "clock" you have is the 27 outs you begin the game with. A sac bunt that doesn't guarantee a victory is like trying to kill the clock in the 3rd quarter of a football game. The fact that it's only the 7th is probably the biggest thing to me that makes me dislike the bunt here.
Bored yet? There's more after the jump!
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Open Thread, 4/6: Padres vs Dodgers
by Dex
on Apr 6, 2008 12:16 PM PDT
I love me some rubbermatch. After an impressive victory yesterday, Chris Young gets to take the mound against Derek Lowe.
If the Padres rotation were the A-Team, Peavy would be Murdock and Chris Young would be the Faceman. I only figure that because Greg Maddux is old and he'd obviously have to be Hannibal and Randy Wolf is scared of flying.
Actually, that's a terrible analogy because there were only four dudes in the A-Team and they don't actually match up to the Padres rotation at all.
Also, for all you Gaslamp Ball haters... Yes, I know that this post is devoid of anything of substance, so you can save your whining about how blah blah Gaslamp Ball sucks blah blah blah. It's Sunday and I have a little bit of a caffeine headache because I didn't have any coffee this morning and the Coke Zero hasn't kicked in. So SAVE IT.
If Chris Young can harness his tallness powers and somehow combine the strength of my caffeine headache into a focused laser beam of pitching precision, there's no stopping us.
Shaolin Shadowboxing... And the Wu-Tang sword style. If what you say is true, the Shaolin and the Wu-Tang could be dangerous. Do you think your Wu-Tang sword can defeat me?
En guard! I'll let you try my Wu-Tang Style!
GO PADRES!!! BRING DA RUCKUS!!!
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