May 16, 2011 - The Reds literally whooped the Cubs into submission in one half of an inning. In the bottom of the 6th inning Carlos Zambrano and Marcos Mateo gave up 4 singles, 1 double,1 walk, and 1 HR. The Reds burst out for seven runs in the inning. http://t.co/BwRHexJ
In the top of the eighth the Cubs threatened to score but Drew Stubbs threw a strike from center field to gun down Alfonso Soriano. http://t.co/1C1HhRj
The battery and solid defense completely took the air out the Cub's sails. Reds 1 Cubs 0 to begin the series.
Great Job Team - Lets Go Reds
On a side note: In late April I predicted that the Red Sox would be at the .500 mark by Memorial Day. I was wrong, the Red Sox got to the .500 mark this past weekend after sweeping the Yankees in a three game series. Good job Sox. For my Lish.
RIP Harmon "Uh Oh" "Killer" Killebrew - http://t.co/ocEdVQ8
Thanks and Cheers from the Cheap Seats.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
SWEEP - Reds beat up on Cardinals, Carp Controversy
May 15, 2011 - Chris Carpenter started the third game of the Reds Cards three game series off with his normal complaining. In the past couple of years, some Reds fans have begun to call him "Crying" Chris Carpenter. Crying Carp was complaining about the mound condition, at Great American Ball Park, shortly after he threw a few first inning pitches. However, the condition of the mound did not seem to bother any of the other pitchers in the game. Weird, how that happens?!
In the third inning, Ramon Hernandez hit a big home run off of Carpenter. Fireworks were shot off from the GABP river boat stacks to celebrate the hit, as are all Reds home runs celebrated. Carpenter said in after game interviews that the smoke, from the fireworks, was a contributing factor to his pitching problems during the game. No other pitchers, that have given up Reds home runs, have ever used this excuse.
Both of these so called "contributing factors" that caused Carpenter's pitching woes on Sunday, can be debunked by simple stat analysis. Lets look at Carps line for the 2011 season so far.
Games Started - 9
Wins - 1
Losses - 3
ERA - 4.95
WHIP - 1.49
Innings Pitched - 56.1
Hits Allowed - 67
Runs Allowed - 35
Earned Runs - 31
HR allowed - 7
BB - 17
IBB - 3
SO - 42
HBP - 3
WP - 1
BF - 251
To the naked eye or casual baseball fan, nothing probably sticks out as overwhelmingly bad. To the serious baseball fan, there are several stats that jump out as if they have yellow highlighter on them. This season Carpenter's ERA, Whip, Hits Allowed, Earned Runs, and Base on Balls are all glaringly high, in comparison to past years.
The stats show that the problems are far worse than bad mounds and fireworks smoke. The "real factors" are that Carpenter is up in age, his abilities are diminishing, and he is not throwing like an ace. Instead of complaining or making excuses for his bad pitching, maybe Chris Carpenter should man up and accept the truth. The problem is that he has been complaining for so many years, he probably doesn't remember how to take actual responsibility.
Pujols hit by pitch update - Coco said in an interview he was not trying to hit anyone. He wanted to get Pujols out because he knew the Holliday and Berkman were on deck. Albert admits that he knew Cordero was not intentionally throwing at him. The issue has been excercised, this room is cleeaarrr!
Great SWEEP of the Cards this weekend.Lets Go Reds!
Thanks all and Cheers from the Cheap Seats.
In the third inning, Ramon Hernandez hit a big home run off of Carpenter. Fireworks were shot off from the GABP river boat stacks to celebrate the hit, as are all Reds home runs celebrated. Carpenter said in after game interviews that the smoke, from the fireworks, was a contributing factor to his pitching problems during the game. No other pitchers, that have given up Reds home runs, have ever used this excuse.
Both of these so called "contributing factors" that caused Carpenter's pitching woes on Sunday, can be debunked by simple stat analysis. Lets look at Carps line for the 2011 season so far.
Games Started - 9
Wins - 1
Losses - 3
ERA - 4.95
WHIP - 1.49
Innings Pitched - 56.1
Hits Allowed - 67
Runs Allowed - 35
Earned Runs - 31
HR allowed - 7
BB - 17
IBB - 3
SO - 42
HBP - 3
WP - 1
BF - 251
To the naked eye or casual baseball fan, nothing probably sticks out as overwhelmingly bad. To the serious baseball fan, there are several stats that jump out as if they have yellow highlighter on them. This season Carpenter's ERA, Whip, Hits Allowed, Earned Runs, and Base on Balls are all glaringly high, in comparison to past years.
The stats show that the problems are far worse than bad mounds and fireworks smoke. The "real factors" are that Carpenter is up in age, his abilities are diminishing, and he is not throwing like an ace. Instead of complaining or making excuses for his bad pitching, maybe Chris Carpenter should man up and accept the truth. The problem is that he has been complaining for so many years, he probably doesn't remember how to take actual responsibility.
Pujols hit by pitch update - Coco said in an interview he was not trying to hit anyone. He wanted to get Pujols out because he knew the Holliday and Berkman were on deck. Albert admits that he knew Cordero was not intentionally throwing at him. The issue has been excercised, this room is cleeaarrr!
Great SWEEP of the Cards this weekend.Lets Go Reds!
Thanks all and Cheers from the Cheap Seats.
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