Sorry yall, no column today – my best friend is having a baby so I’m busy.
Astros with a walk off homer in the 9th – I don’t think we’ve had 2 walk off wins in a row, ever. But I’ll check it out later.
Tags: Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros
Sorry yall, no column today – my best friend is having a baby so I’m busy.
Astros with a walk off homer in the 9th – I don’t think we’ve had 2 walk off wins in a row, ever. But I’ll check it out later.
Tags: Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros
Everybody’s favorite singles hitter strikes again, and plays three positions to boot.
His time at SS wasn’t too pretty (though that error was questionable compared to others I’ve seen), and his throw off that diving play at first could have been a lot better, but I think McLemore is partly to blame as well. Come on, rook!
Loretta’s up 2-0 on Berkman in walk-off HR’s.
Loretta was pulled after he didn’t handle a fine throw from the catcher too. Oh well, what does it matter? WE WON again in dramatic fashion. The offense has been stellar, once again contributing up and down the lineup. The bullpen held it’s own too. Maybe, just maybe we will be on a roll now.
Hope all goes well with the birth of your friend’s baby! Best wishes…
Skip, you think that throw was fine? What is with the Munson apologists all of a sudden? Yeah, Loretta should have knocked down that throw, but it wasn’t fine. It was to his right and in the dirt. Loretta should make that play, but that was a terrible throw by Munson.
Stating terrible is a gross overstatement by you as usual. Any GOOD ss would have had it no problem. Catchers are expected to get it to the base, which he did. Four inches of the base is a ball expected to be caught. Learn about baseball, then we will talk.
Should we expect any less by Austin? Nope. Btw he also said Munson would never have a multi-hit game. 2-4 with 2 rbis. Nice win by the Astros. I was waiting to see how it would be turned into a negative, but Lisa’s off playing birthing coach. Hope it’s a healthy babe.
Oh..don’t say that Sam. Now he will come back with “he followed it up with a 0-4″ while forgetting to mention only three players had hits on the night. Tough left hander indeed. We have a long homestand and I am hoping a successful one. Side not, Albers did not look very good tonight.
Yes, any good shortstop would have had it, no problem. I believe I said that Loretta should have knocked it down. I’m merely contending that it wasn’t a “fine” throw. Skip, I also find it amusing that you accuse me of gross exaggeration right before saying the ball was four inches off the bag. What game were you watching?
And is anyone going to accuse Sam of gross exaggeration (or outright lying) for accusing me of saying something I never even came close to saying? I can only assume he’s referring to this statement that I DID make:
“I wouldn
Austin,
Good thing you aren’t a “betting man” then, cause you would have lost some dough!
No, Chris, I wouldn’t have. Because, again, I said I wouldn’t bet on him having four or five hits in four or five at bats. The contention by Skip was that Munson would be batting over .300 if he got four or five hits. I pointed out that he would be batting over .300 if he got four or five hits in FOUR OR FIVE AT-BATS.
I wouldn’t have lost money (if I were a betting man…and I’m not) because at the time, Munson was batting .212. Since then, he has gone 3-for-12 to raise his batting average to .222 (and as high as .244 a couple of days ago). I wouldn’t have lost money because, again, my comment wasn’t that he wouldn’t have a multi-hit game, but that he wouldn’t get four or five hits in four or five at-bats.
I’m wondering why people play so fast and loose with the numbers around here. A while back, Steven accused me of devaluing Munson’s defense, and said:
“You commented previously on one throw wide of third, but failed to mention the 16 or so that snagged runners.”
Where did that number come from? I just looked at all the game logs, and he actually caught 11 baserunners (it jumps up to 13 if you mistakenly count a POCS he wasn’t involved in and a CS where a runner was caught at home when Munson also did not have to make a throw). So, that number came from out of thin air, as far as I can tell.
But, even if I DID mention the 11 baserunners he’s caught, YOU would have to mention the 23 stolen bases he’s allowed. Catching 11 out of 34 attempted is not a good number. Fully two-thirds of the attempted stolen bases were successful against Munson, and that doesn’t even include errors, passed balls, and wild pitches that he probably should have knocked down.
I just find it amusing that people can accuse me of such bias and exaggeration when the best support people can find for Munson is minor league numbers that have NOTHING to do with Major League production, quote from scouts of his abilities of college that have even LESS to do with Major League production, or numbers that are flat-out made up. But I am the one that doesn’t have his head on straight about Munson? Haha….whatever y’all say.
hi yall!!!!!
well, if we’ve ever had 2 walk off wins in a row, i can’t find it. (but then i don’t have any of the powerful pay site searchers neither)
munson – well, as for him hitting, remember that the HIGHEST OPS he has ever had in the majors is 753 and that was the year he batted .240 with a .441 SLG. And that is in negative RCAA territory, my friends. As for defense, well, i’m more siding with austin – i am NOT impressed with his catching “WP” and his throwing, neither. but hey, like i said, we’ll give him until the end of the year as he is not going anywheres.
and sam,
wins by the astros are NOT negatives
i treasure the few of them that there are…
and the baby is DARLING. thank yall for asking.
13 is good, not far off from 16. Only time will tell. There’s alot to getting baserunners out, and the pitchers are accountable as well. Slow plate delivery kills catchers. Jennings is known for that. So, get your head out of your ass and wake up. Even our announcers commented how he looks more and more like Ausmus behind the dish. But u are delusional so I will move on.
But it WASN’T 13, it was 11. Like I said, it’s only 13 if you accidentally count to plays he wasn’t even involved in. And 11 is only good if you ignore the other 23 that stole successfully. And yes, I know that a lot of it has to do with the pitchers. We’ve covered this. But there’s also a lot more to do with a catcher’s defensive game than throwing out baserunners. Don’t tell me where to put my head when I have shown you to be wrong every step of the way. I’m backing what I’m saying with numbers, and you haven’t shown me squat. Come back to the table when you have something better than an off-the-cuff remark by a commentator (like a play-by-play man never said something stupid and completely wrong).
chris,
are you talking about the RADIO announcers commenting? they are not exactly very (trying to be not too mean) knowledgeable about baseball and they say a lot of things that sound, um, coached, you know what i’m sayin
because i have not heard brownie and JD say any such thing.
so chris, if you think munson’s throwing/catching problems are jason jennngs related, how bout some numbers showing his WP, throwing errors and SB when he is catching jennings vs anyone else
Just said it the last game he played in, rewatch it. They mentioned it and also said that the same was said about Q. Pay better attention.
JD said it to Brownie. Guess what, they know a little bit about baseball.
Are you saying there are only WP when Munson catches? Don’t be ridiculous. One throwing error on a ball AE wouldn’t have missed four inches off the bag. More SB when Jennings pitches. And, to say that pitches don’t have a responsibility is CRAZY! 1.9 to the plate is terrible.
i never said there are only WP when munson catches.
cmon yall
and before you start complaining about my not hearing brownie/jd – i JUST wrote that i missed this game.
and agree that jennings takes too long on his deliveries. just like my gf’s doctor…
but i digress…
Skip, Chris -
Y’all need to start reading what people are actually saying instead of ginning up things you want to hear. Lisa never said there were only PBs when Munson catches. She never even said there were more. She requested that you back up what you’re saying with numbers. Because, again, we have numbers while you have nothing.
And again, that ball was more than four inches off the bag. Maybe it was four inches off on your t.v. screen. The distances aren’t the same as in real life.
And, again, while JD and Brownie know a little something about baseball, it’s not like they’ve never been wrong before. It’s not like they don’t know who’s paying the bills. I’ve seen plenty of guys who are plenty knowledgeable about the game say plenty of STUPID things. Just watch Joe Morgan on Sunday night baseball.
Also, you need to stop re-hashing the “more stolen bases when Jennings pitches” argument. We’ve gone over this and over this. Yes, there is more to stopping baserunners than just the catcher. The pitcher is very responsible. But we’ve also addressed how you’re not able to explain how he ALSO has a terrible CS percentage in the minors when he WASN’T catching Jennings, and you also haven’t addressed a single one of our comments that there’s more to the catching game than controlling baserunners.
You have flat-out ignored any comments we’ve made about PBs that probably shouldn’t have been knocked down, calling pitches and the fact that the guys he catches have worse ERAs, and framing pitches, just to name a few issues we’ve brought up. There is more to the catching game than just stopping baserunners, yet you seem content to make this a one-dimensional argument so you can blame the pitchers instead of Munson. How do you address his OVERALL defensive short-comings?