mlb postseason 2008 Stories - SB Nation
Recap: Thou Hath Wilted in The Pressure like Flower.
via www.fangraphs.com Two other teams were shutout game 1 of the ALCS. Both won the series. Wanna see something hilarious? Normalized Strike zone map for the game: via brooksbaseball.net Not ...
Q&A with Randy Booth of OverTheMonster
Reckoning day is upon us, and with such Randy Booth at the Sox-flavored SBN blog Over The Monster and myself exchanged a few questions to get the other sides perspective. Before I get to that, let me ...
Umpire Check
Something new for the ALCS; a look at the umpires and their tendencies. Unfortunately I don't have Pitchf/x data for each of them and cannot tell you whether the strike percentages are due to great pi...
Tampa Bay Rays v. Boston Red Sox ALCS Preview
I think we all knew these two were on a collision course. If you are a fan of great baseball this was these were the teams you wanted here. First to four goes to the World Series. Preface: all...
Matt Garza Was Okay
Four walks, four strikeouts, zero homeruns, more groundballs than fly balls, and 14 swinging strikes. Unfortunately the hits he did give up were usually to the warning track. Here are his graphs: ...
Scott Kazmir's First Playoff Start Reviewed
Wow, talk about a tale with two sides. Scott Kazmir was beyond miserable in the first inning and it began with the second pitch of the game, a slider that broke way too much and nailed Orlando Cabrera...
Recap: Ozzie Guillen called This a Must-Win. Oops.
via www.fangraphs.com The first inning was disastrous. But as many times as I've said this is a turning point for Scott Kazmir, this game was a turning point for Scott Kazmir. He only went 5.2 inni...
James Shields' Performance
It was only right that James Shields got the first playoff start in Rays history. The man who has became as synonymous with this franchise as Mrs. Butterworth failed to disappoint. Shields walked one,...
Evan Longoria Had a Really Good Day.
AB #1: via brooksbaseball.net One fastball right down the middle, one fastball parked into the left-center seats. AB #2: via brooksbaseball.net After taking a curveball at 73 on the outside c...
Grant Balfour Does Not Take Kindly to Orlando Cabrera's Trash Talk
Grant Balfour likes to get pumped on the mound. The stereotypical flamethrower Balfour always speaks of his ability to feed off the crowd noise and atmosphere. Never before had we seen something quite...
Certain photos copyright © 2009 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
