Comments on: Game 76, Mariners at Yankees

By: daveblev

daveblev — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:24:29 +0000

I prefer the game calling of Johnson, Burke, and Quiroz anyday over Kenji’s.

By: msb

msb — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:20:05 +0000

Johjima came off the DL June 26th.

He caught Vargas, who gave up 5 runs (reminicent of his game of June 14, caught by Johnson, where Vargas gave up 7 runs)

Rob caught the next night, getting Felix in the pitcher draw (Felix, 1 run)

Joh caught Olson the next day for a win (Olson, 2 runs) and then tried to catch Morrow’s pitches last night for a loss (Morrow, 1 ER)

By: Paul B

Paul B — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:21:39 +0000

There should have been a negative sign next to Sweeney’s WPA in the previous entry.

Sweeney and Lopez together (-.169 and -.161) contributed almost as much to the loss as White (-.356)

By: Paul B

Paul B — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:17:36 +0000

I bet you he could call a game behind home plate better than Kenji could.

M’s = 1-2 since Johjima came back

Yah, cause catcher’s ERA is the most important stat, right? All runs scored can be blamed on the catcher, I guess.

That error by Woodward in the second? All those runs were Kenji’s fault. Sean White’s suckiness? All Kenji’s fault. Mike Sweeney’s =.169 WPA for the game? Yup, that was Kenji’s fault too. And the three hits that Kenji had in the game? We would have been better off with Rob Johnson going oh for four, I guess.

By: Breadbaker

Breadbaker — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:55:02 +0000

If you consider that the 3-4-5 hitters contributed negatively to the offense, it’s kind of hard to put this on anything but the lineup construction that Dave criticized before the fact. Woodward is playing of necessity; there’s really no other choice at this exact point in time. White was going to blow up one day; Yankee Stadium a not unlikely place for it to happen. But why you’d play those three guys in the heart of the order against Joba Chamberlain makes no sense. Is Wak becoming a victim of “he’s my hot hand”, batting Lopez third?

By: Simp

Simp — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:03:26 +0000

Johjima had the second highest WPA in the game he went 3-4, I don’t think he’s the reason for the loss Tom. Unless you’re blaming all of the pitching mistakes on him…

By: olerud89

olerud89 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:51:36 +0000

Sorry I tried to quote what now is ancient history on this thread but it didn’t work. (Inserts he comment at by SlipperyElmer at 6:56 p.m.)

By: olerud89

olerud89 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:49:30 +0000

Elmer, just wanted to let you know I followed your thought process completely. First, I was thinking, “C’mon. Are they really ragging on a guy for being optimistic?” Then I understood it was fairly warranted as this site is all about rising above the whole “wait and see” attitude, and in hind sight, Utah seemed to be a little bold in his defense of that school. Let’s all hope for a win AND a better lineup tomorrow!

By: msb

msb — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:17:23 +0000

Wow, A-Team rerun on ch. 117.

every damn night.

M’s = 1-2 since Johjima came back

um, yeah.

By: TomTuttle

TomTuttle — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:06:04 +0000

Z better be on the phone with some other GMs, there have to be some sellers out there somewhere.

Conversely, I’d like to see them start to phase out Johjima and bring up Adam Moore.

I bet you he could call a game behind home plate better than Kenji could.

M’s = 1-2 since Johjima came back