Comments on: Yanks approaching home run milestones

By: Kiersten

Kiersten — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:39:23 +0000

According to a quote by Jerry Manuel the other day, the Mets are keeping their field at the same dimensions because they’re going to build their team on pitching, speed, and defense.

Dead ball era, indeed.

(WHY DO THESE MEN STILL HAVE JOBS???)

By: King of Fruitless Hypotheticals

King of Fruitless Hypotheticals — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:10:52 +0000

…where’s tjsc with a ludacris jpg???

By: Matty Ruggz

Matty Ruggz — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:15:28 +0000

I realize that home runs will be down in the postseason due to better pitching, but I would think that the Yanks should still outhomer their opponents in the postseason anyway.

Besides, the other clubs have to deal with the Yankees’ power pitching staff (2nd in k’s per 9IP i believe?), which if hot should keep any offense in check in a short series.

By: Matty Ruggz

Matty Ruggz — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:10:26 +0000

Don’t forget that in ’98 both Coney and Wells had their best seasons in pinstripes, winning 20 and 18 games respectively. I feel that either of those pitchers’ ’98 seasons compare favorably to the one CC is putting together this season.

But who’s counting? Go Yanks! Lets get Girardi to change his number to 28 next year!

By: King of Fruitless Hypotheticals

King of Fruitless Hypotheticals — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:09:48 +0000

…And what’s wrong with that?

heh, nothin’, im just sayin’

What’s the Mets blog equivalent of that tag? “Better than having Ebola” ?

mets dont have blogs cause blogs cant put bags on their heads…

By: King of Fruitless Hypotheticals

King of Fruitless Hypotheticals — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:53:49 +0000

oh, that’s way more pointless…chicks dont dig errorless streaks…but they do dig the long ball…

By: vin

vin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:41:57 +0000

Not only did all these guys have 75+ RBI…

They also had 85+ RBI. That’s just sick. Damon was the lone slacker with 67. Amazing.

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:37:22 +0000

A quick and easy (although slightly less accurate) way to figure out approximately what percentage of runs are scored by homeruns is to do the following:

Multiply team home runs by 1.6 and divide by total runs scored.

By: vin

vin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:33:04 +0000

agreed.

By: Bob Stone

Bob Stone — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:31:48 +0000

All of these short playoff series are risky. Any team can get hot or cold for 3 to 7 games. I’d like to think that the best team always wins, but it is simply not the case. Luck plays too large a part to get cocky or over-confident no matter how well a team plays during the regular season.

I for one, would like to see longer playoff series. Many years ago the World Series was best of 11 (and best of 9 for awhile). I would love to return to that format. I know it’s impossible with the increased number of playoff series and the longer season. At the very least the ALDS/NLDS should be best of seven. That takes a little bit of the luck (randomness)out of the equation.