Sep
01
Misc. Linkage: Oppenheimer, A-Rod, Pitching
ByLots of great stuff around the interwebs today, but there’s only so many hours in the day. Here’s some items we didn’t get a chance to post about…
- Mike Ashmore posted part one of his interview with scouting director Damon Oppenheimer. There’s a very interesting quote in there about the team preferring to see their prospects deal with failure in Double-A rather than the bigs, which obviously makes sense. I do wonder how that applied to Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy, and Joba Chamberlain though, because those guys didn’t experience an iota of failure until they got to the Bronx. Also, I really hope we one day get coverage of High-A Tampa and Low-A Charleston like we have with Triple-A Scranton, Double-A Trenton, and Short Season Staten Island. Ashmore, Chad Jennings, and Robert Pimpsner have spoiled me rotten.
- So as it turns out, Alex Rodriguez has been working with Kevin Long to “widen his stance and generate more power to help him center the ball and make better contact.” Considering how he’s been hitting, I’d say it’s working.
- Tyler Kepner looks ahead to a possible Yanks-Tigers ALDS matchup, and notes that this year’s club is in a better position for October than the 2006 team that fell to Detroit. The biggest difference for me? A strikeout staff. Pitching to contact doesn’t work so well when you’re in a two on, none out jam against a good team.
- RAB regular leokitty took a look at how the Yanks’ ERA and FIP have matched up throughout the season. You can see that once the bullpen stabilized in June, everything just fell into place.
- Fack Youk examined the Pitch FX date for Andy Pettitte‘s start last night, and it turns out the lefty was working with a rather favorable strikezone.
- I like WAR. I like pie. Therefore, I like WAR pie.
- We all love prospects, and some of us actually like hockey. So for us Ranger fans out there, here’s the club’s top prospects for the 2009-2010 seasons.
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A-rod said that while in oakland on the last road trip, he and kevin long worked very hard on his swing. I remember hearing that on YES a week ago.
Good to hear its working well.
I like WAR. I like pie. Therefore, I like WAR pie.
This makes me laugh:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com.....01e7_o.jpg
Their 5th, 6th, and 7th best players are (or were) J.D. Drew, Tim Wakefield, and Brad Penny. Those poor bastards.
Weird,I was under the impression Long was a terrible hitting coach and the sole reason we lost 48 games this year and 2 out of 3 to the Natinals.
Really? Because I thought we should have fired Dave Eiland for everyone sucking last year and Joba being only 23.
No, that was Eiland.
(Don’t worry, when you tell me how awesome our pitching is, I’ll change my answer to someone else… maybe Girardi, maybe Cashman, maybe Randy Levine or Lonn Trost.
Yeah, Lonn Trost, that’s the ticket!)
Nah just fire Jody Reed.
it’s all kim ng’s fault.
Just blame Lane Kiffin
Omar Minaya?
Of the vocal hockey fans around these parts, there seem to be more Devils fans than Rangers fans. So if we’re gonna go off-topic, Mr. Axisa, we may want to make the locals happy and mention the best team in the area instead of the Rangers.
I can only assume you’re talking about the Texas Rangers and the Duke Blue Devils. Or possibly the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils.
i’m an LA King’s fan from the days of wayne gretzky, luc robitaille, tomas sandstrom, paul coffey, and rob blake. man what a first line. and i’d have to trade for jeremy roenick because in nhlpa 93 he was unstoppable and when put on the secod line behind those guys, unstoppablenesstastic
You know, I never got the Blackhawks and Kings love in those old NHL games. I always thought the Penguins were clearly the best team.
Starting 5: Mario Lemeiux, Jaromir Jagr, Kevin Stevens, Larry Murphy, Paul Coffey.
Unbeatable.
Just realized we’re talking about different years, since you have Coffey on the Kings and I have him on the Pens. Still, that Pens lineup is better than your Kings lineup. The blueline is obviously kind of a wash but that group of Pens’ center/wings are clearly better than that group of Kings center/wings.
see:
my post once it gets through the spam filter.
obviously this was after nhlpa 93 as paul coffey was most certainly on the la kings.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/s.....01993.html
and they had jari kurri, tony granato, zhitnick, sydor, robert lang
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/s.....01993.html
penguins were damn good tho with mario, jarg, francis, larry murphy uilf samuelson martik straka…
but still, the great one…and then trading garbage for roenick, the most unstoppable player in any hockey game ever….
unstoppablenesstastic
see: here for roenick nhl 93
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn.....uby/090828
Well, yeah, but take Roenick out of the conversation. If you’re going to go that route there’s nothing stopping me from saying ‘well if you trade Gretzky, Roenick and Lemieux to the Jets they’re unstoppable.’
That Penguin starting 5 is better than the Kings starting 5 you mentioned.
Offense:
Lemieux > Gretzky
-Both amazing in real life, but in the game Lemieux was the superior player. Any player in the game could knock Gretzky on his ass by skating within 5 feet of him.
Jagr > Robitaille
Stevens = Sandstrom
I think Stevens was better, but I’ll call it a wash. Close enough.
So, up front, you’ve got a clear advantage for that Pittsburgh team. Not to mention you’ve got no muscle on that Kings line, while in the game none of those Pens were weak and Stevens was a beast, to boot.
Blueline:
Coffey/Murphy = Coffey/Blake
Not even worth getting into, any differences would have been slight.
Look at the score for Pete’s sake. I’m winning 12-2 and it’s only the second period. Breakfasts come and go, Renee. But Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver once, maybe twice, in a lifetime.
I’m a Red Wings fan first, and Rangers fan second (don’t kill me…) but I’m pretty excited to see some these Rangers prospects.
I’m a Red Wings fan first, and Rangers fan second (don’t kill me…)
It’s okay, it’s hockey. It’s not a real sport, so there are no real rules.
Hockey is just like figure skating, it’s okay to be a fan of both Brian Boitano and that other Brian, whatever his name was.
Don’t ever compare hockey to figure skating, any real hockey player (professional to rec leagues) would beat your ass for that
Good work. I bet he’ll never make fun of hockey again, now. He’s scared out of his wits.
OH NOOOOOES!!!!!
internet muscles ftw.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ckBl.....+Freak.jpg
Don’t fuck with me… btw, can you scratch my back?
Sorry, played hockey my whole life, one thing I (and every other hockey person I know) hate is when people who don’t play/like the sport compare it to figure skating. Make fun of the lack of media coverage, the commish, anything else all you want, but figure skating crosses the line.
It’s all good, I was just pushing your buttons.
I play the villain.
/Makavelli’d
Mr. Snarky Irrelevant Non-Sequitur Batshit Insane Evil Villain Jones
You left out “socialist positive posse homo-queer”
You left out “socialist positive posse homo-queer”
Don’t forget “C-L-O-W-N”.
Heh.
Ok, I’ll bite. Why are you a Wings fan?
He loves Paul McCartney.
http://sadtrombone.com/
Deprogrammer: Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, your son has clearly been brainwashed by the evil and charismatic Mr. Burns.
Marge: Are you sure you can get him back for us?
Deprogrammer: Absolutely. I’m the one who successfully deprogrammed Jane Fonda, you know.
Marge: What about Peter Fonda?
Deprogrammer: Oh, that was a heartbreaker. But I _did_ get Paul McCartney out of Wings.
Homer: You idiot! He was the most talented one.
Honestly I have no idea…
That’s weak. Sorry, but you know it’s true.
How can someone root for the Red Wings and the Rangers?
Thats terrible.
mike, if all of what oppenheimer said is true about nunez, you should really warm up to him bit. the guy is hitting .322 in AA and he’s 22. he has the tools to becoming a better defender.
http://media.photobucket.com/i.....s_L-01.jpg
When it comes to Nunez this is what the RAB community looks like to Mike
Another helpful and informative pie chart:
http://graphjam.files.wordpres.....08/125.png (safe)
I guess demonstrating a negative WAR would be awfully difficult on a pie chart…
I would love to see the pie charts of only the negative WARs. That would be a fun exercise in self-flagellation.
(Calm down, pat, it’s not what you think it is.)
what exactly is WAR
there should be a “?” there
Wins above replacement.
it’s a measure of grit.
more wins = more grit
wins above replacement = grit above replacement
I love WAR Pie that shows how awesome Derek Jeter is.
It also makes me smile to see just how much more valuable Chase Utley is to the Phillies than Ryan Howard.
Derek Jeter also loves WAR pie.
W: Whitney
A: Anadelia
R: Roshanna
Whitney Houston?
Ana Delia?
Rhonda Pearlman?
ARod’s WAR pie:
Wheezie from the Jeffersons
Ann Coulter
Ru Paul
IETC
The only way A-Rod is gonna hit more power is with PEDS.Surpised everyone in the media can’t understand whats wrong with Ortiz,Manny and A-Rod hitting this year compared to years before.
We all bascially know A-Rod was yaking steroids as a Yankee.
Thanks for coming out.
Looks like it’s time to ban bags from the stadium again. The terriosts are back.
They took out that damn rally monkey and turned their fitted caps inside out.
Hold on… Is that really him?
That’s what Joe said the other day
Ha, that’s pretty funny.
Old ridiculed posters never die, they just change their names.
/MacArthur’d
You truly bring nothing to a conversation. Congratulations.
arod is coming off surgery, ortiz is old, and manny was juicing this year and got a 50 game suspension
A-rod Since June 24:
.313 .431 .553 .984
What is wrong with A-rod?
Right, this.
And you know what… His numbers are what they are… But consider that the guy didn’t have the benefit of Spring Training. He had surgery, rehabbed, and got right back into the lineup. His early hiccup wasn’t exactly unexpected or not understandable. He’s been excellent this year. Standard A-Rod.
His spring training was done at the big league level during May and June.
This would have posed a problem for most teams, but we’re the balls. The 2009 Yankees have voices that can make a wolverine purr, and wear suits so fine, they make Sinatra look like a hobo.
war pie–i call BS!!
there’s no way Cano>>>Mo
no way. ever.
unless its a war pie EATING contest! yeah! thats it!
Cody Ransom is so good, he has his own WAR pie biatch.
Cody Ransom’s WAR pie:
Whiffs
At-bats wasted
Runs scored, E-5
Cincinnati Bengals’ Andre Smith WAR pie:
Weight
Above
Richter Scale
http://brahsome.com/wp-content.....-smith.jpg (just an excuse to display this pic).
-They’re jigglin’ baby!
-Go ‘head, baby
-They’re jigglin’ baby!
-Go ‘head, baby
http://i79.photobucket.com/alb.....ookies.jpg
That’s the difference in being an everyday player and being a reliever, bro.