Comments for Rays Index http://www.raysindex.com Thu, 23 May 2013 22:25:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Playoff Chances And Longo’s Legs by Scot http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/LO_1gnZ3MuA/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html Scot Thu, 23 May 2013 22:25:48 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27607#comment-266026 Which parking lot – north by 1st or south by 3rd?

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html#comment-266026 Comment on Postgame Shot Of Joe: Fernando Rodney Was Set Up To Fail by OriginalTom http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/VZ1uqe3dyvU/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html OriginalTom Thu, 23 May 2013 22:25:04 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27604#comment-266022 S, Intersting analysis, however, as a sabermetrics team perhaps the more relevant statistics are Bautista’s BA (.254) vs. Encarncion’s OBP (.343). Joey Batts needed to get a hit to end the game and his career BA is .254, if he walks Bautista, Encarncion can end the game with a hit OR a walk. For this reason I believe Maddon made the correct move pitching to Bautista.

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html#comment-266022 Comment on [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Playoff Chances And Longo’s Legs by Gus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/lcrTv_orR48/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html Gus Thu, 23 May 2013 21:49:50 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27607#comment-265862 Go to the top season ticket holders parking lot (west of 16th street) and make friends. You’ll be able to do well there (must stay on the west sidewalk or the cops will sometimes shoo you away if too close to the home plate box office).

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html#comment-265862 Comment on Postgame Shot Of Joe: Fernando Rodney Was Set Up To Fail by Rob http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/7is-4b2HaLk/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html Rob Thu, 23 May 2013 21:48:38 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27604#comment-265855 @Mr Smith, being a .300 hitter doesn’t mean you are going to get 3 hits every 10 at bats – it means you average 3 hits per 10 ABs. You can go 0-10 and then 6-10 and be a .300 hitter.

With your rationale, you are saying if a guy is 0-5, he should go 3-5 in his next 5 ABs because he is a .300 hitter. I am saying it’s possible he could be 0-5 and actually go another 0-9 and then get 6 hits in a row (or not). Expand that over a season or a career, and there is no such thing as being “due”. A .300 hitter has a 30% chance of getting a hit every time he comes to the plate (ignoring opposing pitching, defense, and park variables, of course) regardless of how many hits he had before that.

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html#comment-265855 Comment on [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Playoff Chances And Longo’s Legs by Gus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/CU1m8HT30uo/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html Gus Thu, 23 May 2013 21:46:38 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27607#comment-265847 A good topic here. My list of boo-ees (people I’d boo) from the post D-Rays era:

1. Troy Percival — classless exit quiting the team, huge ego that refused to pitch anywhere but closer, likely steroid user who was stealing money in TB. Also, ripped the fans at one point I think. Just a disagreeable person. (The fact that Maddon loved him made it all the worse)

2. Pat Burrell — signed as DH, then whined about DH, shut it down until he got cut and could get back to the NL, likely steroid user.

3. Elliot Johnson — I know, he played catch in the parking lot and was a funny guy. But being a great guy doesn’t excuse you from having the worst fundamentals in MLB — couldn’t bunt, throw or field. A guy with limited athletic tools should have mastered his craft. He drove me insane purely as a player (again JoMa’s mancrush was an aggravating factor here).

4. Josh Hamilton — set the franchise back 5 years with his selfish drug use. He apologized and I think he’s doing best as he can, but he was a first class jerk whose action personally put me through a lot more lossess than I might otherwise have suffered. Probably win the 2008 world series if he stays off of heroin. He gets the boo.

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html#comment-265847 Comment on [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Playoff Chances And Longo’s Legs by Rob http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/e84xHIaz76U/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html Rob Thu, 23 May 2013 21:38:13 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27607#comment-265807 Unless you want to sit behind home plate or near a dugout, buy the cheapest ticket on game day and sit wherever you want.

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html#comment-265807 Comment on Postgame Shot Of Joe: Fernando Rodney Was Set Up To Fail by Mr. Smith 1980 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/3cwQXWnHHSQ/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html Mr. Smith 1980 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:19:20 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27604#comment-265719 @rob- but your likening the possible hitting scenarios to an A/B coin flip. There are other factors involved in getting a hit beyond hit or no hit.
Averages are there to show you that player A gets a hit 3 out of 10 at bats, so if he’s missed his opportunity to hit the last 4 or 5 times then his hitting history/batting average shows that he will, per his stats, be due for a hit.

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html#comment-265719 Comment on Postgame Shot Of Joe: Fernando Rodney Was Set Up To Fail by Dave L http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/q2_ZczjJ5cM/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html Dave L Thu, 23 May 2013 20:36:25 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27604#comment-265538 Yes rewatch the pitch! It was supposed to be outside not center cut.

Start watching where Molina lines up at the last second and you will start learning where the pitches are supposed to go

He had a full count. It wasn’t 3-0

But just go on seeing what you want to see instead, that safer than reality.

You are right Maddon signaled in a grooved fastball over the plate and Molina relayed it to Rodney who complied.

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html#comment-265538 Comment on [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Playoff Chances And Longo’s Legs by Scot http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/59thGQab7T0/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html Scot Thu, 23 May 2013 20:34:23 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27607#comment-265529 Greetings Rays fans,

A completely different request: I will be visiting the TB area for my one and only visit of Florida in mid-June. The objective is to attend Rays games during the Orioles-Red Sox-Royals homestand. I’m seeking the ultimate TB Rays fan experience. I don’t mind spending money (e.g., sitting behind home plate), but I don’t want to be ripped off. I’m also happy to sit high above and see the action at angles one rarely sees on TV. So can you folks either recommend best locations and best ways to purchase tickets (I’ve had great results with scalpers on game day at Mariners games). If this is not an appropriate place for such a discussion, can you recommend a website/forum might serve me best.

Thanks.

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html#comment-265529 Comment on Postgame Shot Of Joe: Fernando Rodney Was Set Up To Fail by s http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/A3heYDIS3N0/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html s Thu, 23 May 2013 20:18:08 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27604#comment-265460 “To categorically say manager SHOULD have done “X” instead is just silly. Who knows what would have been the outcome?”

But I do know what the outcome was when he DID “y”.

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