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[DOUGHBOYS]

Sorry, I haven't posted a new thread in awhile. I can't use the Super Bowl as an excuse. My wife said I'm probably the only guy watching the Super Bowl with baseball statistics in my lap. She could be right. One thing that I do know is that baseball cannot get here soon enough. The Super Bowl is just another day passed for me. A sickness, I know...

Anyway, here's some Stuff....

Last year, the Padres had more home runs from hitters in the ninth spot (5), than they did out of the two spot (4) or three spot in the lineup (4)
San Diego, we have a problem!

The leading home run hitter for the Padres last year was Ryan Ludwick (11)
The leading rbi guy was Ryan Ludwick (64)
Ludwick is a free agent and isn't highly sought after-
Is it sadder that Ludwick is not getting interest, or that the Padres lost their leading slugger from last year and nobody seems to have noticed?
By the way, the Padres had nobody else with double digit home runs and no other player that came close to Ludwick, even at the measly team leading figure of 64. No other padre had even 45 rbi!

Usually, even the worst hitting teams will still have a team they 'own'.
Not the Mariners. The best batting average that the Mariners could muster against ANY team last year was vs. the Cleveland Indians.
The Mariners put up a .268 batting averege vs. the Tribe.

One hitter can really make managers look stupid. Even if it's a good year.
The Boston Red Sox had more homers out of the leadoff spot than any other spot in the order.

Hopefully that last stat didn't have Yankee fans laughing too hard.
The Yankees, except for the nine spot in the order had their worst on base percentage from the leadoff position.
Boston didn't know that Ellsbury would go Conan, the Yankees do know about the Jeter fade.

Nobody had more home runs after the break than Jacoby Ellsbury (21).
It is a little strange how the first half of his year, mirrored the second.
His hr/sb for the halves were 11/28 and 21/11

On July 27, 1930 Ken Ash entered a tie game with two runners on and no outs.
He left the game after throwing one pitch and was credited with the win.
That pitch resulted in a triple play. His team scored while Ash was pinch hit for. Ash was also credited with a full inning of relief for his one pitch.

Babe Ruth 13-67- .194
Ty Cobb 15-69- .217
Hank Aaron 17-86- .197

Just trying to find something these great hitters could not do.
Apparently, they can't pinch hit well.
Which begs the question in how they could accumulate that many appearances to begin with...

Eddie Collins was in the top five of hitting 10 times. Top 10, fifteen times!
Eddie Collins never had the best average for a season though.

Neither did Sam Crawford who had seven top 5's and 11 top 10's

Neither did Joe Jackson who had seven top 5's in 11 seasons.
Jackson hit .370 or better in five different seasons.

In February of 1927 before an exhibition game. Babe Ruth hit 125 homers off six different pitchers throwing to him.
He said he just felt like showing off.


An average line drive to the outfield carries 300 feet and takes four seconds before hitting another object, be it the grass, glove, or fence.

Art "College Boy" Irwin was a pitcher during the 1880's.
He got his nickname because he could read.

Joe Pepitone was born on the very same day as John Lennon.
Both were shot.
Both would have some of their biggest moments in New York and take up residence there.
While Lennon and the Beatles were revered worldwide, not so for Pepitone.
In1973, with his Major League career done, he signed an expensive (then) $70,000 deal with a Japan ball club.
Pepitone would claim injury to get out of playing. Only to be seen dancing the night away in a local disco.
An act that Japanese folks found outrageous.
'Pepitone' became a Japanese vernacular to describe a 'goof off'.
He finished his year by hitting one home run in 14 games.

File this name away in baseball 'firsts'.
Claude Berry.
Claude Berry played in 1904 and used a device that most players have used since.
The cup.

[rockitsauce]

[quote="DOUGHBOYS"]Sorry, I haven't posted a new thread in awhile. I can't use the Super Bowl as an excuse. My wife said I'm probably the only guy watching the Super Bowl with baseball statistics in my lap. She could be right. One thing that I do know is that baseball cannot get here soon enough. The Super Bowl is just another day passed for me. A sickness, I know...

you are not alone Dan my friend...ever since I got my WISE GUY BASEBALL 2012 on Friday it has not left my grasp, the front desk girl had to come to the back to tell me they had kicked off last night a sickness to some, to folks like us..a passion.

Is it sadder that Ludwick is not getting interest, or that the Padres lost their leading slugger from last year and nobody seems to have noticed?

Good shite as usual Dan, but you missed it good buddy, Ludwick signed w/ the Reds about a mo ago, slotted in to bat 5th or 6th behind Bruce/Rolen in front of Stubbs. Shoot if not for that signing Rog woulda took Heisy in the 3rd rd

[DOUGHBOYS]

Dang, didn't miss the part about Ludwick, just plain forgot. See what happens when not drafting for awhile?
It'll be interesting to see Carlos Quentin hitting in San Diego. The other day, Eric Byrnes was talking on MLB.
He said he hit a 'no doubter' at PetCo. He put his head down and began a home run trot, only to look up and see Mike Cameron actually coming in on the ball.
Thanks for the correction, Dave.

[Joe Sambito]

Ken Rosenthal reported the Ludwick signing, but I just checked my STATS PASS Depth Charts and I don't see Ludwick as a Red yet. So I am not sure it is official.

[Edwards Kings]

Ken Rosenthal reported the Ludwick signing, but I just checked my STATS PASS Depth Charts and I don't see Ludwick as a Red yet. So I am not sure it is official.

Not showing up on MLB.com either.

[Edwards Kings]

My wife said I'm probably the only guy watching the Super Bowl with baseball statistics in my lap.

I didn't have a baseball book with me, but when my wife commented on one of Danny Woodhead's runs (a couple of yards off tackle), I was brought back from my mental checklist on middle-infielders with upside and my comment was "looked like a seeing-eye single to me". She just rolled her eyes as she often does...

[Joe Sambito]

Today is the day, Ludwick is a Red!

[chest .rockwell]

Is it bad that I was at the game and thinking about fantasy baseball? First half I was thinking is this the year I bring Chris Young off of the banishment list. 2nd half was trying to figure out if I had ever seen Cory Luebke pitch and how I could before the draft... In between I was mostly looking at Ben Jarvis Green Ellis girlfriend who had no underwear on so I at least had my priorities straight...