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Post counts are like pitch counts - except the opposite. This post gets mine up there by one.

I was watching those numbers through the game. While 193/132 are the pitch counts those aren't the 'takes' - but your point is made.

Bummer's nibbling drives me batshit. I know it's his style but sheesh.

That is interesting. How reliable is Statcast in discerning the difference between a curve and a slider?

Contreras as baseball's best in '05-'06 is a stretch. Very good-occasional excellent in '05 and good-very good in '06 seem better descriptors. In 2005 both Buehrle and Garland put up better metrics among several others across both leagues. Contreras was a pretty smart pitcher and I'd say had a leg up on Kopech WRT 2-pitch style, at least in varying speeds/location and even delivery. i.e. He had a savvy that experience might bring to Kopech, but it's pretty early in K's career to expect him to be a grizzled vet. In any case, to last in modern baseball, K needs to get a third pitch going. But right now, his slider isn't exactly reminding anyone of Steve Carlton. Right now, I'd say the Jays, Yankees and Stro's have a good chance of lighting him up.

Years.

I have to laugh at the fact that one of the most active threads on SoxTalks regards a win we got on Wednesday. We're just a sorry team right now. Good grief - let's get this thing going in the right direction.

Through 8 - Team Pitch Count - KC 106 Sox 153.

You answered your own question.

Bummer wasn't on the mark much in the first half of last year either.

Can't blame this lineup - it's Cy this and Cy that - day after day. Which Cy is going for the Halos tomorrow?

Teach wouldn't let me listen, so I hooked home and got the TV going. It was Koufax/Drysdale going against Mantle/Berra for cryin' out loud.

I did exactly that as a 10 year old for the 1963 WS - skipped the afternoons that is.

Mark of a good pitcher -toughing it out when he doesn't have his best stuff. Now if he could just get a third pitch going.

At least we have Olympic class sprinters coming up this inning.

Why not today?

I'm a big fan of gerunding nouns.

Har! The Cards would get one look at LaRoche & Son on the field and clubhouse and have them vendoring peanuts in the RF grandstand.

Hey, southsider2K5 and I did a post/response about coincidences and possible lack thereof.

I don't know. This is absurd. Maybe we'll see Maddon put Trout at 2B for the Angels this weekend. He's a really good athlete y'know.

Andrew Vaughn playing second base... I'm trying to let that sink in. To wrap my mind around the image. I'm trying - I really am.

I'm concerned about Kopech's aversion to using his curve, or a change, or a cutter, or a sinker...

Lance being in something resembling decent shape wouldn't hurt. Especially on the knees and hips. "Severed?" ----- woof!

From the moooveees: "These people have heard of coincidences, they're just never seen one in real life." The Counselor "You're a detective now, you're no longer allowed to believe in coincidence." Batman Rises

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