Comments for Defensive Indifference http://defensive-indifference.com Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:04:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 Comment on The Grapes John Lackey Is Eating Are Very Sour by Call The Whaaaaambulance « Ennuipundit http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/10/07/the-grapes-john-lackey-is-eating-are-very-sour-today/#comment-866 Call The Whaaaaambulance « Ennuipundit Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:15:18 +0000 http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/10/07/the-grapes-john-lackey-is-eating-are-very-sour-today/#comment-866 [...] Sour grapes make the finest whines. (via Defensive Indifference) [...] […] Sour grapes make the finest whines. (via Defensive Indifference) […]

]]> Comment on The Big Blogs Are Just as Bad as Big Media by Andrew Johnson http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/08/28/the-big-blogs-are-just-as-bad-as-big-media/#comment-865 Andrew Johnson Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:07:42 +0000 http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/08/28/the-big-blogs-are-just-as-bad-as-big-media/#comment-865 It's a fine blog, but he should stick to posting drunk photos of Jake Peavy and leave the real baseball analysis to the big boys. TBL isn't the only culprit, though. Dan Shanoff's daily scribblings on MLB are usually just as tough to read, to name one example. It’s a fine blog, but he should stick to posting drunk photos of Jake Peavy and leave the real baseball analysis to the big boys.

TBL isn’t the only culprit, though. Dan Shanoff’s daily scribblings on MLB are usually just as tough to read, to name one example.

]]> Comment on The Big Blogs Are Just as Bad as Big Media by Vegas Watch http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/08/28/the-big-blogs-are-just-as-bad-as-big-media/#comment-864 Vegas Watch Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:33:40 +0000 http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/08/28/the-big-blogs-are-just-as-bad-as-big-media/#comment-864 I like Jason, the guy who runs TBL, but the baseball coverage over there is...not good. I like Jason, the guy who runs TBL, but the baseball coverage over there is…not good.

]]> Comment on Checking In on Expert Arm-Shredder Ned Yost by Andrew Johnson http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/08/19/checking-in-on-professional-arm-shredder-ned-yost/#comment-861 Andrew Johnson Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:25:33 +0000 http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/08/19/checking-in-on-professional-arm-shredder-ned-yost/#comment-861 In regards to the first Yost comment, BP's PAP studies have shown that it's excessive pitch counts -- not the amount of rest, or lack thereof, in between starts -- that leads to injuries. That's why you see a lot of sabermetrician's advocating a four-man rotation on limited pitch counts. It makes sense intuitively. When you throw at your most tired, aka after 110 pitches, that mechanics begin to fall apart. When the mechanics go, injuries can occur. In regards to the first Yost comment, BP’s PAP studies have shown that it’s excessive pitch counts — not the amount of rest, or lack thereof, in between starts — that leads to injuries.

That’s why you see a lot of sabermetrician’s advocating a four-man rotation on limited pitch counts.

It makes sense intuitively. When you throw at your most tired, aka after 110 pitches, that mechanics begin to fall apart. When the mechanics go, injuries can occur.

]]> Comment on Checking In on Expert Arm-Shredder Ned Yost by Vegas Watch http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/08/19/checking-in-on-professional-arm-shredder-ned-yost/#comment-860 Vegas Watch Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:22:16 +0000 http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/08/19/checking-in-on-professional-arm-shredder-ned-yost/#comment-860 "You give them the opportunity when the situation allows it. ... It's a certain mental pride knowing they can go out in a Major League game and finish what they start," Yost said. "I felt like he deserved the opportunity, no matter what the score was last night, for him to accomplish it, and it was something that he wanted to accomplish." <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080819&content_id=3333805&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb&partnerId=rss_mlb" rel="nofollow">link 2</a> Yeah, that's a good reason. CC Sabathia needs to be confident that he can finish a game. Because he's certainly never done that before. “You give them the opportunity when the situation allows it. … It’s a certain mental pride knowing they can go out in a Major League game and finish what they start,” Yost said. “I felt like he deserved the opportunity, no matter what the score was last night, for him to accomplish it, and it was something that he wanted to accomplish.”

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Yeah, that’s a good reason. CC Sabathia needs to be confident that he can finish a game. Because he’s certainly never done that before.

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