Comments on: Mariano’s pitch sequences and game theory http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/marianos-pitch-sequences-and-game-theory-17852/ A New York Yankees Blog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:42:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marcus http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/marianos-pitch-sequences-and-game-theory-17852/#comment-609388 Marcus Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:11:14 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=17852#comment-609388 Takes one to know one! <i>(swish!)</i> Takes one to know one!

(swish!)

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/marianos-pitch-sequences-and-game-theory-17852/#comment-609377 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:43:51 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=17852#comment-609377 Yeah, that one was pretty esoteric, eh? Go ahead, I'll wait. Yeah, that one was pretty esoteric, eh?

Go ahead, I’ll wait.

]]> By: Marcus http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/marianos-pitch-sequences-and-game-theory-17852/#comment-609376 Marcus Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:41:54 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=17852#comment-609376 <i>(googles Nash Equilibrium) (scratches head, forces a smile)</i> Heh heh! Oh, I get jokes. Jokes are funny. Heh heh! <i>(scratches armpits, lumbers away)</i> (googles Nash Equilibrium)

(scratches head, forces a smile)

Heh heh! Oh, I get jokes. Jokes are funny. Heh heh!

(scratches armpits, lumbers away)

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/marianos-pitch-sequences-and-game-theory-17852/#comment-609375 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:39:14 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=17852#comment-609375 <b>This is the type of analysis that gets me excited. Even non-stat-heads can enjoy pitch sequencing and Game Theory.</b> I think you overestimate non-stat-heads. This is the type of analysis that gets me excited. Even non-stat-heads can enjoy pitch sequencing and Game Theory.

I think you overestimate non-stat-heads.

]]> By: Accent Shallow http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/marianos-pitch-sequences-and-game-theory-17852/#comment-609374 Accent Shallow Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:37:46 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=17852#comment-609374 Well, it's not like they're removing A-Rod to let him face Hinske. The pinch hitters are generally superior to the hitters they replace. Whether Mo's reverse platoon split negates that entirely or only partially is another matter. Well, it’s not like they’re removing A-Rod to let him face Hinske. The pinch hitters are generally superior to the hitters they replace.

Whether Mo’s reverse platoon split negates that entirely or only partially is another matter.

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/marianos-pitch-sequences-and-game-theory-17852/#comment-609373 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:36:42 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=17852#comment-609373 Mariano is the exception to the Nash Equilibrium. Even if you accurately predict his actions, the decision you make will not be your best decision. Whatever Mariano does harms your position. Mariano is the exception to the Nash Equilibrium. Even if you accurately predict his actions, the decision you make will not be your best decision. Whatever Mariano does harms your position.

]]> By: DF http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/marianos-pitch-sequences-and-game-theory-17852/#comment-609371 DF Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:31:30 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=17852#comment-609371 And had I read the article, I would have learned he throws it 15% of the time to righties, and essentially never to lefties. On a tangentially related note, it amazes me that managers ever allow lefties to face Rivera. That they remove right-handed hitters in favor of lefty-swinging pinch hitters, in pursuit of an alleged platoon advantage, is just madness. Seems like it happens a lot less now than it did earlier in his career, but you still see it happen sometimes. And had I read the article, I would have learned he throws it 15% of the time to righties, and essentially never to lefties.

On a tangentially related note, it amazes me that managers ever allow lefties to face Rivera. That they remove right-handed hitters in favor of lefty-swinging pinch hitters, in pursuit of an alleged platoon advantage, is just madness. Seems like it happens a lot less now than it did earlier in his career, but you still see it happen sometimes.

]]> By: DF http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/marianos-pitch-sequences-and-game-theory-17852/#comment-609366 DF Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:16:16 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=17852#comment-609366 I don't think he goes with the 4-seamer much at all anymore. I feel like he used to throw it up in the strike zone, but scrapped it in favor of an all-cutter approach. I don’t think he goes with the 4-seamer much at all anymore. I feel like he used to throw it up in the strike zone, but scrapped it in favor of an all-cutter approach.

]]> By: whozat http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/marianos-pitch-sequences-and-game-theory-17852/#comment-609364 whozat Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:11:44 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=17852#comment-609364 If so, it is indistinguishable from the inside cutter by speed, spin and movement. If so, it is indistinguishable from the inside cutter by speed, spin and movement.

]]> By: Ivan http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/marianos-pitch-sequences-and-game-theory-17852/#comment-609363 Ivan Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:09:17 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=17852#comment-609363 Doesn't he throw a 2 seamer to righties to get em off his cutter away? And also he still goes to that 4 seamer for the K too. Doesn’t he throw a 2 seamer to righties to get em off his cutter away? And also he still goes to that 4 seamer for the K too.

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