I owe you a favor for having you go through with that AND for preempting you. And I can see by the time stamps that it took you LESS time than it took me
Actually, on second thought, this doesn't look that fun, sorry........ ERA = ER / IP * 9 A pitcher would need to surrender 1,108 earned runs over 45 innings to have an ERA of 221.6 Yes I'm embarrassed I bothered to calculate that........
Trivia: If a pitcher DID have an ERA of 221.6 ... what would the number of innings pitched and earned runs be? EDIT: actually there is an infinite number of solutions Just answer what the lowest reducible number of IP and Earned runs would be
Maybe Buxton sensed he was going to be thrown out on that play (he was right) and then just panicked a little, trying to make a play. Was one of his wrist injuries last year on the base paths? A single injury doesn't seem like a big deal but at some point the trend is concerning
It's odd that Buxton has been thrown out on 2 of 3 of his steal attempts. You'd think that on speed alone he'd get down there. Or that the coaching staff would have a better guess on which pitches to send him or whether he's comfortable enough getting good jumps yet. Probably not. Heck maybe he should just take off the moment the pitcher flinches and if it turns out to be a pick off move to first, make the first baseman rush the throw down to second. Guys a lot slower than Buxton have occasionally stolen second on the pickoff move. Which gets back to the point that guys batting with Buxton on base figure to see more fastballs. Buxton got caught tonight on a called strike when the game was still close and it took the bat out of Rosario's hands. Of course, the way the bullpen is going, it probably didn't matter in this game.
In other news, Assistant GM Rob Antony just found out about Kris Bryant from the Cubs, so Antony logged in to his Yahoo fantasy baseball team (from his work computer---dangerous) to put in a waiver claim, but Bryant was already taken!
Hopefully the pitching staff will continue to give us good starts while the offense gets back on track. We are already seeing Plouffe getting better at bats. The starting pitchers should also consider this a tryout, since Santana will be returning soon. Tonight's the night we turn it around!
Another sign his head isn't in the right place is his decisions in the field. On Monday night the pitcher squared to bunt in a sacrifice situation and lined a hard bunt on an easy hop to Mauer who was already rushing in to field it. Joe had an eternity to pivot and throw to 2nd to force the lead runner and I'm sure Suzuki was yelling second base. (Actually I'm not sure about that.) Instead, Joe waited for the pitcher to jog up the line further and then eventually applied a tag. Maybe Suzuki didn't call the right base. Maybe Joe has self-doubt about making that 270 degree pivot and long throw to second. Maybe he forgot the game situation once the ball was put in play. Either way, Mauer's baseball sense didn't seem to be working on that play.
Buxton might be the fastest guy in MLB. I always wondered if people were exaggerating when they said he could beat out a routine hard grounder to the shortstop. I can't wait to see him in person.
Good to know. I will try to stop in sometime. It's amazing to me how many employees at places like Champps and BWW look stunned when you suggest they might consider flipping one of their 50,000 tv's off of ESPN News and on to a Minnesota sporting event. And that there are managers who apparently have no clue either. You are working in sports bars, people!
Are you sure Buxton's ground out to third base was a dribbler? It looked like a hard grounder or even a line drive on a hop. The third baseman threw to first immediately and Buxton still almost beat it out. I'd love to see video again. I've never seen anyone get down the line that fast.