Bloody Sox Laundry, 9/20 - The "UF Didn't Beat The Spread", Ells Beats the 0-2 Count Edition

by bdalebs on Sep 20, 2009 5:01 AM EDT in Daily Links

Let's get the Sox stuff out of the way first:

Jacoby Ellsbury and 0-2 counts - Extra Bases

VERY interesting stuff. I wonder if this is why his OBP has risen this season?

Roger Clemens* Keeps Digging Via Twitter - Fenway West

Poor Rogah. Just apologize already, man.

Team WAR vs Actual Wins - Beyond the Box Score
Graphs are fun. No breaking news here, but just good info to have.

After the jump, I pay up on the bet with Brad West.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Rocky Top lyrics

Wish that I was on ole rocky top,
Down in the tennessee hills.
Aint no smoggy smoke on rocky top,
Aint no telephone bills.

Once there was a girl on rocky top,
Half bear the other half cat.
Wild as a mink, sweet as soda pop,
I still dream about that.

Rocky top, youll always be
Home sweet home to me.
Good ole rocky top,
Rocky top tennessee, rocky top tennessee.

Once two strangers climbed on rocky top,
Lookin for a moonshine still.
Strangers aint come back from rocky top,
Guess they never will.

Corn wont grow at all on rocky top,
Dirts too rocky by far.
Thats why all the folks on rocky top
Get their corn from a jar.

Rocky top, youll always be
Home sweet home to me.
Good ole rocky top,
Rocky top tennessee, rocky top tennessee.

Now Ive had years of cramped up city life,
Trapped like a duck in a pen.
Now all I know is its a pity life
Cant be simple again.

Rocky top, youll always be
Home sweet home to me.
Good ole rocky top,
Rocky top tennessee, rocky top tennessee.

Rocky top tennessee, rocky top tennessee.
Yeah rocky top tennesee eee eee eee.

Brad West, you SOB. At least UF shouldn't drop in the polls - oh, and we finally got the lead in the series. So there's that.

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Taco's OBP in strike counts is WAY up

For everything except full counts:

Count: OBP 2008/OBP 2009
After 0-2: .239/.327
After 1-2: .209/.306
After 2-2: .259/.277
Full Count: .431/.429

And the BAbip is equally ridiculously up this year:

After 0-2: .292/.398
After 1-2: .218/.394
After 2-2: .268/.360
Full Count: .241/.364

So it does look like this is the big difference maker—because it’s certainly not walks (same number in ‘08 as ’09 right now, in more plate appearances, so he’s walking even less than before).

by lone1c on Sep 20, 2009 9:12 AM EDT reply actions

Last years BABIPs were very low

This years are very high.

by Ben Buchanan on Sep 20, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions

So he's somewhere inbetween.

And he needs Youk to train him in plate discipline.

Good work on the data retrieval, lone1c.

@bs_uf15bosox9be The Original Gameday; Learn to use SB Nation

by bdalebs on Sep 20, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions

And while I'm at it

For Today’s Excellence in Stupidity:

MLB’s video recap of last night’s game

Apparently produced without even looking at the scorecard.

by lone1c on Sep 20, 2009 9:19 AM EDT reply actions

wow

that guy is terrible

Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

by DougieWentDeep on Sep 20, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions

Oh God, what the hell?

Off on Lester’s innings, decision.
Off on the score constantly.
Off on who IS scoring constantly.

Just has no fucking idea, does he? And the whole time he’s trying to appear a bit too…I dunno…showtimey?

by Ben Buchanan on Sep 20, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions

RED hot RED Sox.

Holy crap, here, right a new children’s book using this list of 150 words.

@bs_uf15bosox9be The Original Gameday; Learn to use SB Nation

by bdalebs on Sep 20, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm still surprised how well Tennessee did.

Compared to the blow outs in years past…

by NorCalGal on Sep 20, 2009 12:18 PM EDT reply actions

The D is strong (Berry deserves every award he gets)...

And they managed to find some offense. Once they get a QB, they’ll be good.

@bs_uf15bosox9be The Original Gameday; Learn to use SB Nation

by bdalebs on Sep 20, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions

( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)

by MassGal on Sep 21, 2009 11:35 AM EDT reply actions

by Bloggy on Sep 25, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions

haha thanks,

This made my day. 2am all nighter in the library because of 2 tests in a few hours….

It was a decently entertaining game. Should be a little more interesting next year; hopefully the 6’7 beanpole of a quarterback from Cali (190 lbs) performs better than Crompton.

….and Go Bears! they made me $150 richer this weekend

by Brad West on Sep 22, 2009 2:22 AM EDT reply actions