I’ll be back Saturday evening. The weekend looks pretty promising so far. Let’s hope Hamburglar doesn’t . . . → Read More: Headed Out
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I will be out of town from Wednesday (April 1) until Saturday, but we’ll try again next Sunday. I’ll provide information on league, fees and tournaments then. I’d also like to start doing some batting practice at one of the local cages starting the week of . . . → Read More: No practice due to rain My wife and I were at the gym for a couple hours tonight. We like to work the heavy (light) bar and really pump up (slack off) the calorie burn (chocolate shake). Calls will be going out Friday. I attempted messaging some of you, and we’ll see how that goes. But here’s the details: Practice Sunday, 2-4 p.m., . . . → Read More: Arms tired, can’t move I’ll be making phone calls. Let’s get together Sunday afternoon, regardless of the weather. We just can’t wait for Mother Nature to cooperate any longer. I’ll take a look at the weekend forecast today (Wednesday) and decide whether to try for a real practice, hit a batting cage somewhere if possible, or even just meet for lunch . . . → Read More: Sunday, muddy Sunday Our backyard grass, which hadn’t seen direct sunlight since late November, was uncovered Sunday. Three cheers for chinook winds! Let’s just say, hypothetically, that I’d like to get together with everyone next weekend. Having said that, we’ll see what Mother Nature does in the next 36 hours in response, then I’ll make a plan. Spring . . . → Read More: Hey, something I wanted actually happened Let’s hope for some warmer weather next week so maybe we can get outside. This week is just too cold even for the cages. Has anyone been to a local batting cage yet? Here’s your photo of the week (click to enlarge), from New Stadium Insider: Let’s hope they move those seats at the new Yankee Stadium . . . → Read More: Snow snow go away I really gotta stop looking at these numbers. I’ve been trying to find some connection between errors and, well, anything else. I finally did, and once I did, it took me no time to see how much sense it made. Errors correlate significantly with batting average. The kick is, they correlate negatively. I’ll translate for the non-stat-speaking world: . . . → Read More: Found an error connection Here’s the scenario: 1. Bottom of the seventh inning, down by one run with a runner on first base. 2. Your best hitter is up. He bats .600, but when he puts the ball into play with less than 2 outs, 4.5 percent of the time it results in a double play. That is a very high rate . . . → Read More: Double play breakeven point I wanted to know more about double play chances, so I narrowed the field to the 35 players who have batted 200 or more times in an O-fers uniform. What I’m interested in is the proportion of balls in play that result in a double play. For instance, in my O-fers career (I like to use myself . . . → Read More: I couldn’t resist My opinion is that I would *not* include any stats other than on-base percentage and slugging percentage in a simple measure of hitting ability. All the other things — reaching on errors, sac flies, DP grounders — are highly situation-dependent. A fly ball is just an out if there’s no runner on third. On the other hand, you could argue, in slowpitch you can adjust your swing. I know when I hit with first-and-third, less than two out, that I’m changing my swing a little bit to keep the ball off the ground. It’s also true that some of us have an easier time than others hitting the ball deep enough to record a sac fly. I don’t know what to make of those arguments. Sacrifice flies have an even worse year-to-year correlation than errors, which means that the math shows almost no tendency for someone good or bad at it to remain so. |
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