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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:44 am
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A couple of comments/questions on recent events.
Twins call up a 28 year old rookie. I hope he does well, but that's not
impressive on the surface.
In the 6-5 loss, the AP report states "With two outs and the outfield
pulled in, Murphy hit a fly ball to the warning track in left-center
field". Is that what happened? Unless the batter is a Little Leaguer,
why do you pull in the outfield with *two* outs, and let a warning track
fly beat you? I know nothing about Murphy except what is on his Yahoo
page, which *doesn't* show him as some 150 pounder who has never even
hit a double in his career.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:44 am
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> On Apr 26, 11:44 am, John Gregory <ashb... RemoveThis @skypoint.com> wrote:
> A couple of comments/questions on recent events.
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> Twins call up a 28 year old rookie. I hope he does well, but that's not
> impressive on the surface.
True. I guess they are giving him a taste of the big leagues. Korecky
came over from Philly with Silva and Punto in the Eric Milton trade
back in 2003.
> In the 6-5 loss, the AP report states "With two outs and the outfield
> pulled in, Murphy hit a fly ball to the warning track in left-center
> field". Is that what happened? Unless the batter is a Little Leaguer,
> why do you pull in the outfield with *two* outs, and let a warning track
> fly beat you?
Error on the AP writer. The OF was pulled in for the previous batter
with one out. That batter struck out. The OF was put at regular depth
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:21 am
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On Sat, 26 Apr 2008, powrwrap wrote:
> Error on the AP writer. The OF was pulled in for the previous batter
> with one out. That batter struck out. The OF was put at regular depth
> with 2 outs.
OK, that partially clears things up. I'm still wondering though. The
ball, since it was two outs, must have fallen safely. The play by play
(not referring to the AP story now) says it was to left field, deep.
A different play earlier refers to deep left center, so I take this to
mean straightaway left on the final play. So, Delmon got burned, playing
too shallow? At normal depth, I expect a warning track fly to be caught
almost every time.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:11 am
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On Apr 27, 1:21 am, John Gregory <ashb... DeleteThis @skypoint.com> wrote:
> OK, that partially clears things up. I'm still wondering though. The
> ball, since it was two outs, must have fallen safely. The play by play
> (not referring to the AP story now) says it was to left field, deep.
> A different play earlier refers to deep left center, so I take this to
> mean straightaway left on the final play. So, Delmon got burned, playing
> too shallow? At normal depth, I expect a warning track fly to be caught
> almost every time.
It was a gapper that hit about a foot short of the wall.
Video here:
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:13 am
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:13 pm
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> On Apr 27, 9:01 pm, John Gregory <ashb....DeleteThis@skypoint.com> wrote:
> Thanks. I took a look. I guess it sounds like second guessing if I say
> it looks like he was playing pretty shallow after all.
It looks like they were playing shallower than they normally would.
After all, the batter was David Murphy, career record of 4 HRs in 223
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:53 pm
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On Apr 27, 9:01 pm, John Gregory <ashb....TakeThisOut@skypoint.com> wrote:
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> Thanks. I took a look. I guess it sounds like second guessing if I say
> it looks like he was playing pretty shallow after all.
I said the same thing watching it live. Seemed too shallow.
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:35 am
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On Apr 27, 11:13 am, powrwrap <powrw....TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote:
> > Video here:
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> >http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_04_25_minmlb_texmlb....
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> You need to click on the "Wrap" tab to get to the video.
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:36 pm
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On Apr 28, 6:07 pm, John Gregory <ashb... DeleteThis @skypoint.com> wrote:
> Specific scouting would of course trump my analysis from afar, but a
> batter who is listed as 6'4" and 205 pounds doesn't seem like a guy
> who'll be seeking to place lots of singles, even opposite field.
*cough* Joe Mauer *cough*
> An equally plausible explanation for the relative lack of home runs might
> be "warning track power".
I hear there is a training device designed to turn warning track pow'r
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:00 am
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On Apr 28, 8:36 pm, powrwrap <powrw....RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote:
> On Apr 28, 6:07 pm, John Gregory <ashb....RemoveThis@skypoint.com> wrote:
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> > Specific scouting would of course trump my analysis from afar, but a
> > batter who is listed as 6'4" and 205 pounds doesn't seem like a guy
> > who'll be seeking to place lots of singles, even opposite field.
>
> *cough* Joe Mauer *cough*
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> > An equally plausible explanation for the relative lack of home runs might
> > be "warning track power".
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> I hear there is a training device designed to turn warning track pow'r
> into home run pow'r...
Have you no shame?!?!
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:12 am
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"powrwrap" <powrwrap.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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On Apr 28, 6:07 pm, John Gregory <ashb....RemoveThis@skypoint.com> wrote:
> Specific scouting would of course trump my analysis from afar, but a
> batter who is listed as 6'4" and 205 pounds doesn't seem like a guy
> who'll be seeking to place lots of singles, even opposite field.
*cough* Joe Mauer *cough*
> An equally plausible explanation for the relative lack of home runs might
> be "warning track power".
>I hear there is a training device designed to turn warning track pow'r
>into home run pow'r...
It doesn't work. I heard that it's junk.
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:16 am
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