I wasn't surprised. I think you guys know I just never "felt" it. And my feelings generally come from remembering the season. They sucked on the road all season. No vim.
----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Mon Oct 12 21:14:16 2009 Subject: Re: Pitching The question of "surprise" is key to me. Absolute predictions are pure bullshit. The question is whether you are surprised. Ray On 10/12/09, Charles Battikha <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Away versus Home for the Red Sox was dramatic > > Team Away Home > NYY 283/355/822 284/368/858 +36 OPS > LAA 283/346/780 288/354/804 +24 OPS > LAD 275/355/772 265/336/742 -30 OPS > Philly 253/328/767 263/341/805 +38 OPS > > Boston 257/340/753 284/365/862 +109 OPS! > Colorado also had a huge delta +132 OPS > > So not having a home field advantage was a big deal. > And the numbers proved it. > > The 4 teams playing now were the top 5 teams in Away Records. > > The Red Sox were 3 games below 500 on the road in the season. > > In the 9 games in the Regular Season, the Angles held the Sox to 734 OPS > > So the numbers gave us some insight. > > It doesn't mean it was a foregone conclusion... but it wasn't all that > suprising (numbers wise anyway) > > > > Ray Salemi wrote: >> They are mirror images. >> >> But good pitching will beat good hitting, the opposite is not true. >> >> I think one writer put the breakdown at 50% hitting. 43% pitching, 7% >> defense. I forget how he came up with that, but it feels about right. >> >> There is a ton of new data people are crunching now that MLB has the >> PitchFX system from Gameday. This includes ball movement, ball >> placement, velocity, and release point. I think that it won't be long >> before someone has an analysis on how often certain pitchers get the >> fat part of the plate. >> >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:40 AM, William Marino >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Looks like 9 of their hitters were better than our hitters. >> >> For a "numbers only" guy, you seem too willing to look past what a >> regression analysis might mean for the value of pitching vs. Hitting. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> To: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: Mon Oct 12 08:52:07 2009 >> Subject: Pitching >> >> >> It looks like the series did come down to pitching. Two of their >> starters beat ours, then their closer beat ours. >> >> Pitching losses in all aspects of the game. >> >> -- >> Sent from my mobile device >> >> Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity >> in Just 12 Weeks" >> www.leadingafteralayoff.com <http://www.leadingafteralayoff.com> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity >> in Just 12 Weeks" >> www.leadingafteralayoff.com <http://www.leadingafteralayoff.com> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in Just 12 Weeks" www.leadingafteralayoff.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
