Night And Day

[Fingish]

Well, of course, our pitching will have to hold up it's end of the bargin, but check out these numbers:

 

Day/Night

 

Joe Crede: .205/.278

 

Juan Uribe: .189/.279

 

 

 

So, I'm looking for big things from the bottom of our lineup, these guys both generally keep us in games with their defense, but they both have the potential to be monsters in any given series. All of our games for the rest of the year will be at night, let's hope these guys live up to those numbers, you have to feel good about us if we can get that kind of production out of the bottom of our order.

 

 

As a team we also show a huge jump going from a team .247 batting average in day games up to .270 in night games. The Angels improve from .267 to .272 a much less noticeable improvement. Guerrero goes from a Super Human .352, to a merely Very Good .304, while Finley drops from an acceptable .270 to an awful .205, most other players on either team don't see as big of changes from day to night, with a few exceptions.

 

 

Staying with this theme, a couple of other interesting Day/Night comparisons...

 

Day/Night

 

L. Vizcaino 7.89/1.86

 

O. Hernandez 6.30/4.76

 

N. Cotts 2.70/1.56

 

 

Obviously, Vizcaino jumps out at you, turning from one of the worst in the league, to one of the best after the sun sets, who knows why, but might as well take advantage of it. Maybe El Duque's Day/Night split shows why he is known as a playoff pitcher, playing for the Yankees he's probably hardly ever seen a daytime playoff game in his life. And regardless of the difference, Neal Cotts will probably become our first Left-Handed option out of the bullpen now, nice to know he gets a little extra boost at night though.

 

On the subject of Cotts and Marte, I think I am getting in tune more with Ozzie's thinking on this. First off, I am assuming that Cotts will be the first lefty Ozzie goes to in a big situation, being Ozzie, I could be wrong and he will still tap Marte first. But Marte is almost like a decoy being the second lefty on the bench, despite his horrid numbers versus Left-handed hitters, most managers will still opt to pinch hit for a lefty if you throw Marte out there or turn around a switch hitter. In the chess game that is baseball, maybe Ozzie is thinking of a situation where he can force another manager to make the "safe" decision and bring out a different hitter to get the Lefty/Righty matchup when there is a late inning situation with a left-handed hitter he really would rather not see up there. Not really more than speculation, but trying to think of some reason for having Marte out there and what he contributes.

 

Well, just had to get all of that out, the nerves are starting to build a little, just over 8 hours til the first pitch, probably close to 6 hours until we leave for the park. I hope we just go right back to business, no cobwebs, with back to back Crede and Urible homeruns in the 2nd inning (Crede's with 2 men on of course to extend our lead to 4-0, don't ask me how we got our run in the 1st).

 

Last thing, As much as I would hate to push Garland back yet another day, I really think that Freddy should start the 3rd game. I know that Freddy really hasn't looked the best, but when you have a guy that has the career numbers that he has against the Angels, and it's not just in a handful of starts but 21 of them, you shouldn't ignore that. Freddy is 11-3 with a 2.66 ERA against the Angels, he has absolutely dominated them. I won't argue with Ozzie's choice, the guy hasn't made a mistake yet this postseason, no reason to doubt him now, but if it comes down to a game 7, I would hate to find out in Game 4 that Freddy really does dominate the Angels, but won't be able to pitch.

 

Is that enough? Sorry, like I said, nerves...

[sti3]

One thing with Vizc & Cotts is ERA is a deceiving stat for them as theyoften, I would even say the majority of the time, come in with other pitchers' runners on base, so even if they s__t the bed often the runs aren't charged to them. I think WHIP would be more accurate to look at.

Edited October 11, 2005 by sti3

[Wedge]

All I've got is...

 

Darkness Falls Across The Land

The Midnite Hour Is Close At Hand

Creatures Crawl In Search Of Blood

To Terrorize Y'awl's Neighbourhood

And Whosoever Shall Be Found

Without The Soul For Getting Down

Must Stand And Face The Hounds Of Hell

And Rot Inside A Corpse's Shell

The Foulest Stench Is In The Air

The Funk Of Forty Thousand Years

And Grizzy Ghouls From Every Tomb

Are Closing In To Seal Your Doom

And Though You Fight To Stay Alive

Your Body Starts To Shiver

For No Mere Mortal Can Resist

The Evil Of The Thriller

[Fingish]

One thing with Vizc & Cotts is ERA is a deceiving stat for them as theyoften, I would even say the majority of the time, come in with other pitchers' runners on base, so even if they s__t the bed often the runs aren't charged to them.  I think WHIP would be more accurate to look at.

 

 

Of course, the disclaimer should be that there are differences in the number of chances each player had during the day and at night that could make the stats look funny, as well as, these are just Day/Night splits, hardly the most important stat out there, just something I though was interesting as we turned to all-nighttime baseball.

 

 

It was intersting to look at the WHIP for these guys as it turns out...

 

 

Day/Night WHIP

 

 

N. Cotts 1.40/0.97

 

L. Vizcaino 1.94/1.25

 

D. Marte 2.18/1.45

 

O. Hernandez 1.67/1.39

 

 

 

Maybe that's the reason Ozzie went with Marte!