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Copyright Kenneth MatinaleKenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.comBlogger2861125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-30580503197358752242020-02-21T09:33:00.002-05:002020-02-21T09:34:07.018-05:00Carlos Beltran has the answers to 2017 Astros sign stealing. Ask him.Has anyone even asked <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beltrca01.shtml" target="_blank">Carlos Beltran</a></b> for an interview? He could take a lot of people off the hook from commissioner Rob Manfred on down.<br />
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Beltran is the only player named in the commissioner's report about the 2017-2019 Houston Astros using improper methods to steal the opposing catcher's signs to the pitcher and getting that information to Astros batters before the pitch was thrown. Beltran is also the only 2017 Astro player involved who was retired when the investigation was done.<br />
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Beltran's final season as a player was 2017, so he only has first hand knowledge about that season but he may have more information than any Astro. That's why he should be interviewed.<br />
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Beltran also was a direct report to Yankee general manager Brian Cashman in 2019, so Beltran could reveal what advice he gave to the Yankees for their 2019 ALCS against the Astros. That's another reason he should be interviewed.<br />
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Why would Beltran do an interview? Why not? He was fired my the Mets before he had a chance to manage them in 2020. Beltran has ZERO chance of getting another job as manager and probably not as a coach. So what does he have to lose?<br />
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Maybe Beltran is writing a book and wants to cash in on his leadership role in this "scandal". That would make sense but it begs the question. Maybe Beltran just wants to clear his conscience and save baseball.<br />
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Has anyone asked Carlos Beltran for an interview? If not, why not?<br />
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<a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/search/label/Signs" style="background-color: white; color: #4d469c;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4d469c; text-align: center;">Showing posts with label </span><b style="text-align: center;">Signs.</b></a>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-2776785232586979292020-02-20T17:32:00.000-05:002020-02-20T18:16:37.792-05:00MLB Network "experts" irrational about Astros, along with every player who has spoken.On the MLB Network MLB Now program, all four experts, including former pitcher <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/plesada01.shtml" target="_blank">Dan Plesac</a></b> (1986-2003), piled onto the quotes of players that the Astros stealing signs made them way better. Even the PECOTA expert. Plesac thought the Astros were impossible to get out.<br />
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Not one so far in four months has had the basic common sense to do what I did: look at the home/road splits of the Astros 2017-2019. The Astros only cheated at home. Not one noticed that none of the Astros hit like <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/troutmi01.shtml" target="_blank">Mike Trout</a></b> (career OPS+ 176) much less like <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bondsba01.shtml" target="_blank">Barry Bonds</a></b> (career OPS+ 182). Not even at home.<br />
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It's bizarre.<br />
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Yesterday <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/byrneer01.shtml" target="_blank">Eric Byrnes</a></b> (2000-2010) on the same MLB Network indicated that he had inside information that the Astros did not steal signs in the tournament. Byrnes stated the obvious, that the Astros didn't steal every sign.<br />
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Byrnes also reiterated that he did not want to know the pitch, that he always looked for the fastball, which he got 60% of the time. Byrnes expressed that as being right 60% of the time and even then not able to hit every pitch as pretty much every current player seems to think. There are many stories of batters being unable to hit pitchers who were tipping their pitches.<br />
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None of the current players are thinking at all. Not at all. It's all emotion. They're irrational. Look at actual Astros data:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/02/altuves-2017-homeroad-ops-splits.html" target="_blank"><b>Altuve's 2017 home/road OPS splits: .834/1.081. 30% higher on the road. Cody Bellinger, wake up!</b></a> Sunday, February 16, 2020</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/02/sign-stealing-knowledge-v-certainty.html" target="_blank">Sign Stealing: knowledge v. certainty.</a></b> Saturday, February 15, 2020</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/01/bregman-altuve-springer-higher-road-ops.html" target="_blank">Bregman, Altuve, Springer higher road OPS 2017-2019.</a></b> Sunday, January 26, 2020</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2019/12/astros-runs-2017-alcs-and-2019-ws.html" target="_blank">Astros runs 2017 ALCS and 2019 WS.</a></b> Sunday, December 29, 2019</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2019/12/astros-homeroad-hitting-splits-2017-2019.html" target="_blank">Astros home/road hitting splits 2017-2019.</a></b> Saturday, December 28, 2019</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2019/11/eliminating-signs-eliminates-sign.html" target="_blank">Eliminating signs, eliminates sign stealing ... and speeds up the game.</a></b> Friday, November 15, 2019</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4d469c; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/search/label/Signs" style="background-color: white; color: #4d469c;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d469c; text-align: center;">Showing posts with label </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #4d469c; text-align: center;">Signs.</b></a></span>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-78012590003750860542020-02-20T09:32:00.000-05:002020-02-20T18:41:02.458-05:00Use technology, don't ban it, to fix things. Like sign stealing.Geez, come on. Baseball people, including most fans, want to return to the dark ages. Pretty much everyone, including commissioner Rob Manfred, have taken the position that technology in the clubhouse during games should be banned.<br />
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Argh!<br />
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What's currently driving this, of course, is the sign stealing "scandal/crisis". Attributing the core of it to technology is absurd in the extreme. Banging a trash can is not technological. Is using a video camera functionally different from using binoculars or a telescope? And they're not electrical.<br />
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Functionally, the 2017-2019 Houston Astros were cheating in the same way as the 1951 New York Giants. Unless the Giants manager Leo Durocher was using something like:<br />
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<img height="400" src="https://images.computerhistory.org/timeline/timeline_computers_1950.simon1.jpg" width="290" /><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2019/11/nfl-banned-communications-system-40.html" target="_blank">NFL banned communications system 40 years: 1950s-1990s. MLB ...</a></b> Tuesday, November 19, 2019</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can't make up stuff like this. Baseball establishment, media, players, fans, ... must be morons. Most are foaming at the mouth demanding that the Houston Astros be punished severely ...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">None, and I mean none, except yours truly, have even hinted at solving the entire problem by <b><u>using and not banning technology</u></b> that has been in use in the much more complex game of football, as in the National Football League (NFL).</span></i></span><br />
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Google Glass could be considered. Here's a low tech idea:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/01/buzzer-solution-to-sign-stealing.html" target="_blank">Buzzer solution to sign stealing.</a></b> Wednesday, January 29, 2020</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Obviously, if there are no signs, there is no sign stealing.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The most recent means of delivering the ill attained information was allegedly through a buzzer on the body of the batter...</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>The team management increasingly wants control, including calling the pitches. That's not really new. A simple buzzer system controlled by the field manager and/or pitching coach could tell the pitcher and catcher simultaneously the pitch to be delivered. There could be two pieces of information: pitch type and location.</i></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Other team members could also be equipped, especially the infielders.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2019/11/eliminating-signs-eliminates-sign.html" target="_blank">Eliminating signs, eliminates sign stealing ... and speeds up the game.</a></b> Friday, November 15, 2019</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Duh.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Houston Astros are accused of using technology to "steal" catcher's signs, interpret them and relay them to Astros batters before the pitch is delivered.</span></i></span><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some of the descriptions of these activities defy logic but that's not the point of this post, which is that having the catcher on each team use his <b><u>fingers to send signs</u></b> to the pitchers for each of about 150 pitches per game per team is an <b><u>absurd anachronism</u></b>, one which should make <b><u>MLB embarrassed</u></b>.</i><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don't ban technology, use it to solve this silly problem...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Astros should be punished. It's doubtful that championships will be vacated, so whatever is done is unlikely to be much of a deterrent. It's analogous to use of performance enhancing drugs (PED) by the players. The risk-reward was so skewed that temptation was too great for many, if not most.</span></i></span><br />
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<a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/search/label/Signs" style="background-color: white; color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Showing posts with label </span><b style="text-align: center;">Signs.</b></span></a>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-43372983787676626542020-02-20T08:47:00.001-05:002020-02-20T08:47:52.949-05:00Players demanding penalties, take an oath you never cheated? Spit ball? Fake HBP? ...?What, if it wasn't electronic, it doesn't count?<br />
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Did any pitcher currently whining about the Astros hitters getting their signs illegally ever throw an illegal pitch? Ever?<br />
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Are you willing to take an oath to that effect?<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/01/mlb-and-its-players-need-honor-code-not.html" target="_blank">MLB and its players need an honor code: not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.</a></b> Friday, January 17, 2020</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/02/biggest-cheaters-pitchers-or-hitters.html" target="_blank">Biggest cheaters: pitchers or hitters?</a></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Friday, February 14, 2020</span></span><br />
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<i>Consider two forms of cheating:</i><br />
<i>1. Pitchers throwing spitballs, etc.</i><br />
<i>2. Hitters stealing the signs for the pitches.</i><br />
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<i>Which is worse?</i><br />
<i>Which is more prevalent?</i><br />
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<i>Given the current hysteria, the consensus right now would probably be that sign stealing is worse than "spitballs".</i><br />
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<i>But in terms of a ratio for the 100 years since the spitball has been outlawed, <b><u>it would have to be astronomically more spitballs than stolen signs</u></b>. Which makes the reaction to what the Houston Astros did even more absurd. I'm waiting for an active pitcher to confess and apologize for throwing spitballs ... out of conscience.</i><br />
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<a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/search/label/Signs" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="text-align: center;">Showing posts with label </span><b style="text-align: center;">Signs.</b></a>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-84827812007213957422020-02-20T08:15:00.000-05:002020-02-20T08:22:12.954-05:00Hank Aaron wants Willie Mays banned for life for 1951 sign stealing.That's the logical conclusion that could be drawn from Hank Aaron's recent statement about illegal sign stealing: "<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">whoever did that <b><u>should be out of baseball the rest of their life</u></b><i>”.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/02/hank-aaron-played-with-bobby-thomson.html" target="_blank">Hank Aaron played with Bobby Thomson but wants Astros cheaters banned for life.</a></b> Sunday, February 9, 2020</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/01/1951-new-york-giants-sign-stealing-peak.html" target="_blank">1951 New York Giants sign stealing: a peak at coach Herman Franks and more.</a></b> Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:12 AM</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/01/1951-sign-stealing-giants-shutout-first.html" target="_blank">1951 sign stealing Giants shutout first 15 innings of final 2 home games against Brooklyn.</a></b> Wednesday, January 22, 2020 8:34 AM</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/01/why-is-jose-altuve-vilified-but-not.html" target="_blank">Why is Jose Altuve vilified but not Bobby Thomson?</a></b> Wednesday, January 22, 2020 9:19 AM</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/01/did-jackie-robinson-forget-to-remind.html" target="_blank">Did Jackie Robinson forget to remind catcher to use complex signs in 1951?</a></b> Friday, January 24, 2020 ...</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">... </span>exchange between Aaron and NBC Today Show interviewer Craig Melvin ...</i><br />
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<i>Melvin: "They didn't <u><b>steal signs</b></u> back in your day?"</i><br />
<i>Aaron: "They didn't steal them that way".</i><br />
<i>Smug laughter.</i><br />
<i>Melvin: "You think the <b><u>punishment</u></b> fit the crime?"</i><br />
<i>Aaron: "No I don't.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I think, <span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think whoever did that <b><u>should be out of baseball the rest of their life</u></b>.” ...</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aaronha01.shtml" target="_blank">Hank Aaron</a></b>: 1954-1976</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><strong style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/" style="color: #5e44b3;">Born:</a></strong><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span data-birth="1934-02-05" id="necro-birth" itemprop="birthDate" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=2&day=5" style="color: #884488;">February 5</a>, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1934-births.shtml" style="color: #884488;">1934</a> </span><span style="background-color: white;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"><nobr>(Age: 86, 4 days)</nobr></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span itemprop="birthPlace" style="background-color: white;">in Mobile, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/AL_born.shtml" style="color: #884488;">AL</a> ...</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span itemprop="birthPlace" style="background-color: white;"><i><b style="color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2019/12/16-1973-home-run-rates-hank-aaron-and.html" target="_blank">16. 1973 Home Run rates: Hank Aaron and two other Braves stand out.</a></b><span style="color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Monday, December 9, 2019</span></i></span></span><br />
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<i>I know, it's jolting to even consider but 20 year old New York Giant rookie <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mayswi01.shtml" target="_blank">Willie Mays</a></b> was part of the Giants cheating to win the 1951 NL pennant over the Brooklyn Dodgers of <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robinja02.shtml" target="_blank">Jackie Robinson</a></b>...</i><br />
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<i>May 6 Mays will be 89 years old...</i><br />
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<i>Some are advocating <b><u>vacating</u></b> the 2017 <b><u>World Serie</u></b>s and presumably the American League <b><u>pennant</u></b>, too. If that occurs, why not also the other great sign stealing "scandal"? <b><u>Does baseball have a statute of limitations on its pomposity?</u></b></i><br />
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<i>No Giant player was punished. Giant manager <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/durocle01.shtml" target="_blank">Leo Durocher</a></b> was behind the cheating and he was never punished. Durocher died in 1991 at age 86 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1994. The Giants sign stealing was well known by then and it received much more focus around 2000.</i><br />
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<i>So before threatening Altuve, Bregman, Correa, Springer ... pause and consider whether you want to go after Willie Mays, the Say Hey Kid of the 1950s. It's not too late to ban Mays for life.</i><br />
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<a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/search/label/Signs" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><br />Showing posts with label </span><b style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">Signs.</b></a>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-35538261574226745842020-02-19T18:15:00.000-05:002020-02-19T18:15:48.020-05:00Aaron Judge, shake hands with Jose Altuve.A magnanimous gesture would help everyone.<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=image+aaron+judge+and+jose+altuve&rlz=1CAKDZI_enUS873US873&oq=image+aaron+judge+and+jose+altuve&aqs=chrome..69i57.24477j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">Images</a></b> of <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/judgeaa01.shtml" target="_blank">Aaron Judge</a></b> and <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/altuvjo01.shtml" target="_blank">Jose Altuve</a></b>.<br />
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<a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/search/label/Signs" style="background-color: white; color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Showing posts with label </span><b style="text-align: center;">Signs.</b></span></a>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-88839712644168903062020-02-19T17:59:00.001-05:002020-02-19T18:02:22.882-05:00Willie Mays: should he be vilified for 1951 sign stealing?I know, it's jolting to even consider but 20 year old New York Giant rookie <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mayswi01.shtml" target="_blank">Willie Mays</a></b> was part of the Giants cheating to win the 1951 NL pennant over the Brooklyn Dodgers of <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robinja02.shtml" target="_blank">Jackie Robinson</a></b>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/01/why-is-jose-altuve-vilified-but-not.html" target="_blank">Why is Jose Altuve vilified but not Bobby Thomson?</a></b> Wednesday, January 22, 2020</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/02/hank-aaron-played-with-bobby-thomson.html" target="_blank">Hank Aaron played with Bobby Thomson but wants Astros cheaters banned for life.</a></b> Sunday, February 9, 2020</span></span><br />
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May 6 Mays will be 89 years old. I am not suggesting that some idiot bother Mays and ask him about this. The issue is one of perspective.<br />
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Some are advocating vacating the 2017 World Series and presumably the American League pennant, too. If that occurs, why not also the other great sign stealing "scandal"? Does baseball have a statute of limitations on its pomposity?<br />
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No Giant player was punished. Giant manager <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/durocle01.shtml" target="_blank">Leo Durocher</a></b> was behind the cheating and he was never punished. Durocher died in 1991 at age 86 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1994. The Giants sign stealing was well known by then and it received much more focus around 2000.<br />
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So before threatening Altuve, Bregman, Correa, Springer ... pause and consider whether you want to go after Willie Mays, the Say Hey Kid of the 1950s. It's not too late to ban Mays for life.<br />
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<a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/search/label/Signs" style="background-color: white; color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Showing posts with label </span><b style="text-align: center;">Signs.</b></span></a>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-47849977481684390582020-02-19T17:13:00.001-05:002020-02-19T17:24:39.267-05:00Bellinger and Judge: whelp of a beaten cur.<div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Supposedly the reaction of American League president Ban Johnson when told of the concern of White Sox owner Charles Comiskey that some of his players had taken money from gamblers to intentionally lose the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bellico01.shtml" target="_blank">Cody Bellinger</a></span><span style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">: rookie on 2017 Dodgers who lost the World Series to the Houston Astros in 7 games.</span><br />
<span style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/judgeaa01.shtml" target="_blank">Aaron Judge</a></span><span style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">: rookie on the 2017 Yankees who lost the ALCS to the Houston Astros in 7 games.</span></div>
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Addressed in about three dozen posts here on this ridiculous non issue has been the actual impact on the field, a.k.a., what "edge" did the Astros actually get ... and remember, that "edge" was only in their home games.</div>
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Yesterday Yankee outfielder Aaron Judge made the unfortunate decision to speak out about the admission by members of the 2017 Houston Astros that they had violated MLB rules in stealing signs of opposing teams and getting that information to Astros hitters in real time.</div>
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No matter how non intuitive it may seem, there does not appear to any real substantive "edge" for the Astros. The previous post dealt directly with games one and two of the 2017 ALCS in Houston, both won by the Astros 2-1:</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/02/2017-astros-2-1-alcs-scores-against.html" target="_blank">2017 Astros 2-1 ALCS scores against the Yankees reviewed.</a></b> Tuesday, February 18, 2020</span></span></div>
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Both Bellinger and Judge, along with too many other players, take the simple minded view that this type of cheating automatically means that the cheaters gained an advantage so great that it eliminated fair competition. Let's look at the 2017 series in which the Houston Astros beat both the Yankees and Dodgers. Let's also look at how Bellinger and Judge performed in those series.</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2017_ALCS.shtml" target="_blank">2017 ALCS</a></b>: home team won all seven games; this is very unusual.</div>
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1: Houston 2-1; Judge 1 for 3, BB, SO</div>
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2: Houston 2-1; Judge 0 for 4, 2 SO</div>
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3: New York 8-1; Judge 1 for 3, HR, 3 RBI, BB</div>
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4: New York 6-4; Judge 2 for 3, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB, SO</div>
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5: New York 5-0; Judge 1 for 3, 2B, RBI, BB, 2 SO</div>
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6: Houston 7-1; Judge 1 for 4, HR, RBI, BB, SO</div>
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7: Houston 4-0; Judge 0 for 4, SO</div>
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Judge OPS for the seven games: 1.065. But clearly Judge did most of his damage in New York, not in Houston where the Astros would have cheated. In Houston in four games:</div>
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2 for 15, HR, RBI, 2 BB, 5 SO.</div>
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In game 6 Astros led 3-0 when Judge homered in the 8th. Astros answered right back with 4 in the 8th, making it 7-1.</div>
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Judge should have just kept quiet and kept his dignity.</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2017_WS.shtml" target="_blank">2017 World Series</a></b>: </div>
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1: in LA Dodgers 3-1; Bellinger 0 for 3, SO</div>
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2: in LA Astros 7-6, 10 inn; Bellinger 0 for 4, 2 SO</div>
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3: in Houston Astros 5-3; Bellinger 0 for 4, 4 SO</div>
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4: in Houston Dodgers 6-2; Bellinger 2 for 4, 2 2B, RBI, SO</div>
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5: in Houston Astros 13-12, 10 inn; Bellinger 2 for 5, 3B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 SO</div>
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6: in LA Dodgers 3-1; Bellinger 0 for 4, 4 SO</div>
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7: in LA Astros 5-1; Bellinger 0 for 4, 3 SO</div>
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As in the Yankees ALCS the Astros didn't score amazing numbers of runs, except in the WS in game 5 the slugfest. Astros did win two 10 inning games, the types which always cause second guessing for the losing team; only one was in Houston.</div>
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Bellinger had two big games, both in Houston but his Dodgers only split those two. He also had two: 0 for 4, 4 SO.</div>
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Bellinger had <b><u>17 SO</u></b> in seven games! How dumb do you have to be to draw attention to a series like that? Sign stealing had nothing to do with the hitting of either Judge or Bellinger. NOTHING.</div>
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In game 7 Bellinger also made a throwing error on the second play of the game, which caused an unearned run to score.</div>
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The Dodgers and Astros both scored 34 runs and the Dodgers pitchers had a slightly lower ERA.</div>
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So how how likely is it that any stealing of signs caused either the Yankees or Dodgers to lose their series against the Astros in 2017? Not very. Given that, both Bellinger and Judge, but especially Bellinger, should keep their mouths shut. At least Judge wore his hat straight in making his statement, unlike Bellinger, who looked like a complete doofus a few days before.</div>
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Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-27461718914556128022020-02-18T15:36:00.000-05:002020-02-18T15:53:13.398-05:002017 Astros 2-1 ALCS scores against the Yankees reviewed.Cheaters! OK, we got that out of the way. Now let's look at some facts.<br />
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While many want to simply cry (pun intended) CHEATERS, cheating does not mean that the cheaters will automatically win. More to the point, how did the Astros type of cheating improve their run production and/or prevention.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/02/sign-stealing-knowledge-v-certainty.html" target="_blank">Sign Stealing: knowledge v. certainty.</a></b> Saturday, February 15, 2020</span></span><br />
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The Astros used electronic means against the rules to detect the opposing team's signs to tell the pitcher what pitch to throw. The person sending such signs to the pitcher is the catcher but the signs could originate with others, such as the manager or pitching coach. Amateur video of the <b><u>2019</u></b> pennant winning home run by <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/altuvjo01.shtml" target="_blank">Jose Altuve</a></b> off <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chapmar01.shtml" target="_blank">Aroldis Chapman</a></b> clearly shows that someone at the far home plate side of the Yankee dugout in Houston is sending the sign to Yankees catcher <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanchga02.shtml" target="_blank">Gary Sanchez</a></b>, who signaled to the Yankee pitcher Chapman. No electronic means necessary. Everyone could see the signs.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2019/11/boone-andor-rothschild-appear-to-give.html" target="_blank">Boone and/or Rothschild appear to give signs when Altuve homers to win 2019 pennant.</a></b> Tuesday, November 19, 2019</span></span><br />
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The understanding is that the Astros only cheated at home in Houston.<br />
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2017 ALCS: Astros beat Yankees 4 games to 3. The home team won all seven games. Astros won in Houston:<br />
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2: 2-1<br />
6: 7-1<br />
7: 4-0<br />
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Games 6 and 7 were not impacted unless you're a nut case.<br />
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<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU201710130.shtml" target="_blank">Game one</a>: both Astro runs were scored in the fourth inning and both with a runner on second base. That means that the runner could see the signs. No electronic means necessary. The Yankees scored their lone run in the 9th.<br />
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<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU201710140.shtml" target="_blank">Game two</a>: <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/correca01.shtml" target="_blank">Carlos Correa</a></b> drove in both Astro runs, neither with a runner on second, so cheating could have helped him. Correa homered off Yankee starter <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/severlu01.shtml" target="_blank">Luis Severino</a></b>, who may have the problem of tipping his pitches, especially back then.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/02/tipping-pitches-seems-much-more.html" target="_blank">Tipping pitches seems MUCH more prevalent than sign stealing.</a></b> Monday, February 3, 2020</span></span><br />
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The 1-1 tie was broken in the 9th when the Yankees sent in their ace relief pitcher, none other than ... Aroldis Chapman, fresh after getting a blown save in the 8th inning of game 7 of the 2016 World Series pitching for the Cubs against Cleveland; Chapman then pitched a shutout 9th and was the winning pitcher. Astros beat Chapman in game 2 2017 ALCS when Altuve singled and Correa doubled him in.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/02/did-astros-time-machine-rob-2016.html" target="_blank">Did Astros time machine rob 2016 Cleveland and 1951 Brooklyn? There's no crying in baseball.</a></b> Thursday, February 6, 2020</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm a Yankee fan and it pains me to admit that Yankee fans, except for me as documented in this blog, are as big a bunch of whining cry babies as fans of other teams ... OK, maybe not Mets and Red Sox fans. But, still, it's a disconcerting fact.</span></i></span><br />
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The Yankees could have won game two only if BOTH Astro runs scored because of cheating, which we'll never know. Even if Correa had known the pitch, we don't know if that enabled him to homer and double.<br />
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The Yankees lost that 2017 ALCS to the Astros because in the four games in Houston the Yankees scored these runs: 1,1,1,0. The Astros cheating had nothing to do with the Yankees scoring so few runs. End of (rational) story.<br />
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<a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/search/label/Signs" style="background-color: white; color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Showing posts with label </span><b style="text-align: center;">Signs.</b></span></a>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-87408742926073738852020-02-17T09:49:00.001-05:002020-02-17T10:06:48.615-05:00Commissioner Selig let vigilante Ryan Dempster off easy in hitting Alex Rodriguez in 2013.Ah, those thrilling days of yesteryear.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sunday, <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS201308180.shtml" target="_blank">August 18, 2013</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Start Time: 8:07 p.m. Local</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Attendance</strong>: 37,917</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Venue</strong>: Fenway Park</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Game Duration</strong>: 4:12</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Night Game, on grass</span></div>
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Yankees 9, Red Sox 6<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">WP: CC Sabathia (11-10) • LP: Ryan Dempster (6-9) • SV: Mariano Rivera (36)</span></span></div>
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Career: Rodriguez against Dempster:<br />
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<tr style="vertical-align: top;"><th aria-label="Number of this event for their career." class=" poptip sort_default_asc center" data-stat="career_stat_num" data-tip="Number of this event for their career." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Cr#</span></span></th><th aria-label="Year" class=" poptip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting left" data-stat="year_game" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Year</span></span></th><th aria-label="First Season" class=" poptip sort_default_asc center" data-stat="year_min" data-tip="First Year" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></th><th aria-label="A number in parentheses indicates which game of a doubleheader. Click dates for box scores of games or standings on this day." class=" poptip sort_default_asc center" data-stat="date_game" data-tip="A number in parentheses indicates which game of a doubleheader.<br>Click dates for box scores of games or standings on this day." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Date</span></span></th><th aria-label="Tm" class=" poptip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting center" data-stat="team_id" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Tm</span></span></th><th aria-label="Opp" class=" poptip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting center" data-stat="opp_ID" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Opp</span></span></th><th aria-label="team_rel_score" class=" poptip center" data-stat="team_rel_score" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></th><th aria-label="b is bottom, and t is top of the inning." class=" poptip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting center" data-stat="inning" data-tip="b is bottom, and t is top of the inning." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Inn</span></span></th><th aria-label="Runners on Base at the start of the play. Click to see the defensive players and runners on base." class=" poptip sort_default_asc center" data-stat="runners_on_bases" data-tip="Runners on Base at the start of the play.<br>Click to see the defensive players and runners on base." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">RoB</span></span></th><th aria-label="Number out at the start of the play." class=" poptip sort_default_asc center" data-stat="outs" data-tip="Number out at the start of the play." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Out</span></span></th><th aria-label=" Pitches (Balls-Strikes) Pitches Seen in PA with abbreviations Click to see the non-abbreviated pitch-by-pitch sequence C --called strike S --swinging strike F --foul B --ball X --ball put into play by batter T --foul tip K --strike (unknown type) I --intentional ball H --hit batter L --foul bunt M --missed bunt attempt N --no pitch (on balks and interference calls) O --foul tip on bunt P --pitchout Q --swinging on pitchout R --foul ball on pitchout U --unknown or missed pitch V --called ball because pitcher went to his mouth or automatic intentional ball (after 2016) Y --ball put into play on pitchout 1 --pickoff throw to first 2 --pickoff throw to second 3 --pickoff throw to third > --Indicates a runner going on the pitch + --following pickoff throw by the catcher * --indicates the following pitch was blocked by the catcher. . --marker for play not involving the batter" class=" poptip center" data-stat="pitches_pbp" data-tip="<strong>Pitches (Balls-Strikes)</strong><br>Pitches Seen in PA with abbreviations<br>Click to see the non-abbreviated pitch-by-pitch sequence<br><strong>C</strong>--called strike<br><strong>S</strong>--swinging strike<br><strong>F</strong>--foul<br><strong>B</strong>--ball<br><strong>X</strong>--ball put into play by batter<br><br><strong>T</strong>--foul tip<br><strong>K</strong>--strike (unknown type)<br><strong>I</strong>--intentional ball<br><strong>H</strong>--hit batter<br><strong>L</strong>--foul bunt<br><strong>M</strong>--missed bunt attempt<br><strong>N</strong>--no pitch (on balks and interference calls)<br><strong>O</strong>--foul tip on bunt<br><strong>P</strong>--pitchout<br><strong>Q</strong>--swinging on pitchout<br><strong>R</strong>--foul ball on pitchout<br><strong>U</strong>--unknown or missed pitch<br><strong>V</strong>--called ball because pitcher went to his mouth or automatic intentional ball (after 2016)<br><strong>Y</strong>--ball put into play on pitchout<br><strong>1</strong>--pickoff throw to first<br><strong>2</strong>--pickoff throw to second<br><strong>3</strong>--pickoff throw to third<br><strong>></strong>--Indicates a runner going on the pitch<br><strong>+</strong>--following pickoff throw by the catcher<br><strong>*</strong>--indicates the following pitch was blocked by the catcher.<br><strong>.</strong>--marker for play not involving the batter" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Pit(cnt)</span></span></th><th aria-label="Play Description" class=" poptip sort_default_asc center" data-stat="play_desc" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Play Description</span></span></th></tr>
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<tr data-row="0" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right " data-stat="career_stat_num" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">1</span></span></th><td class="left " data-stat="year_game" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">2011</span></span></td><td class="right " data-stat="year_min" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">reg</span></span></td><td class="left " data-stat="date_game" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN201106180.shtml" style="background-color: white; color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">2011-06-18</span></a></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_id" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2011.shtml" style="background-color: white; color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">NYY</span></a></td><td class="left " data-stat="opp_ID" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/2011.shtml" style="background-color: white; color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">CHC</span></a></td><td class="right " data-stat="team_rel_score" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">tied 0-0</span></span></td><td class="left " data-stat="inning" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">t1</span></span></td><td class="left endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/def.cgi?html=1&game-event=CHN201106180-4" data-stat="runners_on_bases" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">12-</span></span></td><td class="right " data-stat="outs" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">1</span></span></td><td class="left endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/pitch.cgi?html=1&game-event=CHN201106180-4" data-stat="pitches_pbp" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">6 (3-2)</span></span></td><td class="left " data-stat="play_desc" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Walk; Granderson to 3B; Teixeira to 2B</span></span></td></tr>
<tr data-row="1" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right " data-stat="career_stat_num" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">2</span></span></th><td class="left iz" data-stat="year_game" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="year_min" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="date_game" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="team_id" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="opp_ID" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right " data-stat="team_rel_score" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">tied 0-0</span></span></td><td class="left " data-stat="inning" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">t3</span></span></td><td class="left endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/def.cgi?html=1&game-event=CHN201106180-20" data-stat="runners_on_bases" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">-2-</span></span></td><td class="right " data-stat="outs" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">1</span></span></td><td class="left endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/pitch.cgi?html=1&game-event=CHN201106180-20" data-stat="pitches_pbp" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">1 (0-0)</span></span></td><td class="left " data-stat="play_desc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Granderson to 3B</span></span></td></tr>
<tr data-row="2" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right " data-stat="career_stat_num" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">3</span></span></th><td class="left iz" data-stat="year_game" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="year_min" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="date_game" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="team_id" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="opp_ID" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right " data-stat="team_rel_score" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">tied 2-2</span></span></td><td class="left " data-stat="inning" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">t5</span></span></td><td class="left endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/def.cgi?html=1&game-event=CHN201106180-42" data-stat="runners_on_bases" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">---</span></span></td><td class="right " data-stat="outs" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">1</span></span></td><td class="left endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/pitch.cgi?html=1&game-event=CHN201106180-42" data-stat="pitches_pbp" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">3 (1-1)</span></span></td><td class="left " data-stat="play_desc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Single to LF (Ground Ball); Rodriguez out at 2B/LF-2B</span></span></td></tr>
<tr class="thead" data-row="3" style="vertical-align: top;"><th aria-label="Number of this event for their career." class=" sort_default_asc center" data-stat="career_stat_num" data-tip="Number of this event for their career." style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Cr#</span></span></th><th aria-label="Year" class=" sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting left" data-stat="year_game" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Year</span></span></th><th aria-label="First Season" class=" sort_default_asc center" data-stat="year_min" data-tip="First Year" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></th><th aria-label="A number in parentheses indicates which game of a doubleheader. Click dates for box scores of games or standings on this day." class=" sort_default_asc center" data-stat="date_game" data-tip="A number in parentheses indicates which game of a doubleheader.<br>Click dates for box scores of games or standings on this day." style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Date</span></span></th><th aria-label="Tm" class=" sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting center" data-stat="team_id" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Tm</span></span></th><th aria-label="Opp" class=" sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting center" data-stat="opp_ID" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Opp</span></span></th><th aria-label="team_rel_score" class=" center" data-stat="team_rel_score" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></th><th aria-label="b is bottom, and t is top of the inning." class=" sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting center" data-stat="inning" data-tip="b is bottom, and t is top of the inning." style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Inn</span></span></th><th aria-label="Runners on Base at the start of the play. Click to see the defensive players and runners on base." class=" sort_default_asc center" data-stat="runners_on_bases" data-tip="Runners on Base at the start of the play.<br>Click to see the defensive players and runners on base." style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">RoB</span></span></th><th aria-label="Number out at the start of the play." class=" sort_default_asc center" data-stat="outs" data-tip="Number out at the start of the play." style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Out</span></span></th><th aria-label=" Pitches (Balls-Strikes) Pitches Seen in PA with abbreviations Click to see the non-abbreviated pitch-by-pitch sequence C --called strike S --swinging strike F --foul B --ball X --ball put into play by batter T --foul tip K --strike (unknown type) I --intentional ball H --hit batter L --foul bunt M --missed bunt attempt N --no pitch (on balks and interference calls) O --foul tip on bunt P --pitchout Q --swinging on pitchout R --foul ball on pitchout U --unknown or missed pitch V --called ball because pitcher went to his mouth or automatic intentional ball (after 2016) Y --ball put into play on pitchout 1 --pickoff throw to first 2 --pickoff throw to second 3 --pickoff throw to third > --Indicates a runner going on the pitch + --following pickoff throw by the catcher * --indicates the following pitch was blocked by the catcher. . --marker for play not involving the batter" class=" center" data-stat="pitches_pbp" data-tip="<strong>Pitches (Balls-Strikes)</strong><br>Pitches Seen in PA with abbreviations<br>Click to see the non-abbreviated pitch-by-pitch sequence<br><strong>C</strong>--called strike<br><strong>S</strong>--swinging strike<br><strong>F</strong>--foul<br><strong>B</strong>--ball<br><strong>X</strong>--ball put into play by batter<br><br><strong>T</strong>--foul tip<br><strong>K</strong>--strike (unknown type)<br><strong>I</strong>--intentional ball<br><strong>H</strong>--hit batter<br><strong>L</strong>--foul bunt<br><strong>M</strong>--missed bunt attempt<br><strong>N</strong>--no pitch (on balks and interference calls)<br><strong>O</strong>--foul tip on bunt<br><strong>P</strong>--pitchout<br><strong>Q</strong>--swinging on pitchout<br><strong>R</strong>--foul ball on pitchout<br><strong>U</strong>--unknown or missed pitch<br><strong>V</strong>--called ball because pitcher went to his mouth or automatic intentional ball (after 2016)<br><strong>Y</strong>--ball put into play on pitchout<br><strong>1</strong>--pickoff throw to first<br><strong>2</strong>--pickoff throw to second<br><strong>3</strong>--pickoff throw to third<br><strong>></strong>--Indicates a runner going on the pitch<br><strong>+</strong>--following pickoff throw by the catcher<br><strong>*</strong>--indicates the following pitch was blocked by the catcher.<br><strong>.</strong>--marker for play not involving the batter" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Pit(cnt)</span></span></th><th aria-label="Play Description" class=" sort_default_asc center" data-stat="play_desc" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Play Description</span></span></th></tr>
<tr data-row="4" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right " data-stat="career_stat_num" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">4</span></span></th><td class="left " data-stat="year_game" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">2013</span></span></td><td class="right " data-stat="year_min" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">reg</span></span></td><td class="left " data-stat="date_game" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS201308180.shtml" style="background-color: white; color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">2013-08-18</span></a></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_id" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2013.shtml" style="background-color: white; color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">NYY</span></a></td><td class="left " data-stat="opp_ID" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/2013.shtml" style="background-color: white; color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">BOS</span></a></td><td class="right " data-stat="team_rel_score" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">down 2-0</span></span></td><td class="left " data-stat="inning" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">t2</span></span></td><td class="left endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/def.cgi?html=1&game-event=BOS201308180-13" data-stat="runners_on_bases" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">---</span></span></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="outs" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">0</span></span></td><td class="left endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/pitch.cgi?html=1&game-event=BOS201308180-13" data-stat="pitches_pbp" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">4 (3-0)</span></span></td><td class="left " data-stat="play_desc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Hit By Pitch</span></span></td></tr>
<tr data-row="5" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right " data-stat="career_stat_num" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">5</span></span></th><td class="left iz" data-stat="year_game" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="year_min" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="date_game" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="team_id" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="opp_ID" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right " data-stat="team_rel_score" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">tied 2-2</span></span></td><td class="left " data-stat="inning" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">t3</span></span></td><td class="left endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/def.cgi?html=1&game-event=BOS201308180-26" data-stat="runners_on_bases" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">1-3</span></span></td><td class="right " data-stat="outs" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">1</span></span></td><td class="left endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/pitch.cgi?html=1&game-event=BOS201308180-26" data-stat="pitches_pbp" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">6 (3-2)</span></span></td><td class="left " data-stat="play_desc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Groundout: SS-1B; Suzuki Scores; Cano to 2B</span></span></td></tr>
<tr data-row="6" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right " data-stat="career_stat_num" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">6</span></span></th><td class="left iz" data-stat="year_game" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="year_min" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="date_game" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="team_id" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="opp_ID" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right " data-stat="team_rel_score" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">down 6-3</span></span></td><td class="left " data-stat="inning" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">t6</span></span></td><td class="left endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/def.cgi?html=1&game-event=BOS201308180-52" data-stat="runners_on_bases" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">---</span></span></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="outs" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">0</span></span></td><td class="left endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/pitch.cgi?html=1&game-event=BOS201308180-52" data-stat="pitches_pbp" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">2 (1-0)</span></span></td><td class="left " data-stat="play_desc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2013/08/coward-ryan-dempster-should-be.html" target="_blank">Coward Ryan Dempster should be suspended 211 games for deliberately hitting Alex Rodriguez.</a></b> Monday, August 19, 2013</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dempsry01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Ryan Dempster</a></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"> is a coward and thug. Apparently like some other Red Sox players he has chosen to view the </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=rodrial01,rodrig011ale&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Alex Rodriguez</a></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"> situation as a personal affront. With obvious malice and premeditated planning Dempster deliberately threw pitches at Rodriguez multiple times in his first plate appearance in last night's Yankee game in Boston...</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Was Dempster the Red Sox designated hitter, the journeyman marginal pitcher selected by his ignorant teammates to be the avenging Red Sox player to deliver their violent message of contempt for Rodriguez? ...</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Ryan Dempster is a 36 year old pitcher near the end of a below average career (ERA+ 98), which started with Florida in 1998. Just in case you think this nobody is some kind of baseball player every-man, here is his total career compensation so far: $89,144,999 (source: baseball-reference.com). That's $89 MILLION dollars for Ryan Dempster. Who the heck ever bought a ticket to a game to see Ryan Dempster? ...</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">To their disgrace nearly all the Red Sox fans in Fenway Park cheered this vigilante act... </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Last night a representative sample of its population became the ugly mob...</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Later in the game in his final plate appearance against Ryan Dempster Alex Rodriguez hit a home run. Idiots will say that Rodriguez had exacted revenge. No. Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees played baseball. It was Ryan Dempster and the Red Sox who had operated outside the lines of decency...</i></span></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">I'm guessing that Selig may suspend Dempster 8 games, which could translate to one missed start as it did for </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kenneia01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Ian Kennedy</a></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"> for hitting two Dodgers in the head in the same game.</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Where are the priorities? Where is the good judgement? Where is the sense of justice?</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2013/08/vigilantism-so-is-it-ok-or-not-selig.html" target="_blank">Vigilantism: so is it OK or not? Selig procrastinates.</a></b> Tuesday, August 20, 2013 8:58 AM</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">So will Selig do the obviously right thing and suspend Dempster? Selig has already sent a clear message by not acting quickly. Whatever minimal punishment, if any, Selig administers it will be too little, too late. Mob rule is OK in Selig's MBL.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">One thing is for sure. This has divided the players, which can only be good for the owners.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2013/08/coward-ryan-dempster-suspended-too.html" target="_blank">Coward Ryan Dempster suspended: too little, too late.</a></b> Tuesday, August 20, 2013 6:59 PM</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dempsry01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="color: #3778cd;" target="_blank">Ryan Dempster</a></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"> did not get what he deserved but at least the league gave him its minimum suspension for a starting pitcher: five games. Better late than never. Because of the schedule Dempster will be spared the humiliation of applying for a tactical appeal, which would have further exposed him as a hypocrite as well as a goon...</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">When interviewed after the game Dempster lied and denied that his actions were intentional. Here is what the league press release states:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">"Pitcher Ryan Dempster of the Boston Red Sox has received a five-game <b><u>suspension</u></b> and an undisclosed fine for <b><u>intentionally throwing</u></b> at and hitting Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees" ...</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Rodriguez is not a sympathetic figure in this but his villainy is way overblown. Selig, the nice, humble old man seems to be fighting for truth, justice and the American way. Somewhere between Rodriguez and Selig there must be some rational place. The game of baseball needs fundamental reform. These performance enhancing drugs (PED) are only a small part of that. Long after Alex Rodriguez is finished playing, the things that plague the game will remain. Baseball will need a lot more than Rodriguez and Selig to fix them.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-dempster-hits-rodriguez-game-lets.html" target="_blank">The Dempster hits Rodriguez game: let's give people grades.</a></b> Wednesday, August 21, 2013</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=rodrial01,rodrig011ale&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Alex Rodriguez</a></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">: A+</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dempsry01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Ryan Dempster</a></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">: F</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/girarjo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Joe Girardi</a></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">: B</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">90% of Red Sox lynch mob: F</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Allan Huber "Bud" Selig: F</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">As it usually is during games, the conduct of Rodriguez was exemplary. After being intentionally thrown at and ultimately hit, Rodriguez held his temper and made no menacing movement towards his assailant and no negative gesture towards the lynch mob. Rodriguez even played well, complete with that towering home run to center field off Dempster in their final confrontation. Whatever his offences, Rodriguez does them in private. A+.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Dempster's grade is obvious. His conduct was unprovoked, cowardly and utterly reprehensible. F...</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I considered giving Selig a grade other than F but Selig created this mess and, of course, mismanaged it throughout. F.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/02/commissioner-manfred-a-rod-slayer-warns.html" target="_blank">Commissioner Manfred, the A-Rod Slayer, warns against vigilante HBP against cheating Astros.</a></b> Monday, February 17, 2020</span></span><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>"<u>I hope that I made it extremely clear to them that retaliation in-game by throwing at a batter intentionally will not be tolerated</u> </b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="color: #333333;">-- whether it’s at Houston or anybody else. I think it’s dangerous and it is not helpful to the current situation.”</span></i></span><br />
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Manfred made that statement to the MLB managers in spring training in Florida. Manfred intends to deliver the same message to the managers in Arizona.<br />
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That's a big improvement over Manfred's predecessor and benefactor for Manfred persecuting A-Rod, Allen Huber "Bud" Selig, who during much of his tenure as commissioner was also the owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. That ownership remained in the family when it passed to Selig's daughter Wendy.<br />
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After presiding over the steroid scandal Selig was elected to the Hall of Fame, where he had been the longest serving director, including during the time he was commissioner.Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-78192124987038021102020-02-17T09:08:00.000-05:002020-02-17T09:09:38.720-05:00Commissioner Manfred, the A-Rod Slayer, warns against vigilante HBP against cheating Astros.<b style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/rob-manfred-discusses-2017-astros-in-press-conference" target="_blank">Manfred discusses Astros' illegal sign-stealing</a></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">By Richard Justice @RichardJustice February 16, 2020 mlb.com</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>NORTH PORT, Fla. -- MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred spoke Sunday afternoon at Grapefruit League media day ...</i></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-weight: bolder;">On players threatening retaliation against the Astros:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> “I think the back-and-forth that’s gone on is not healthy. This is another topic on which we’re trying to be proactive. I met with half the managers here in Florida before I came out here, and I’ll meet the other half in Arizona. <b><u>I hope that I made it extremely clear to them that retaliation in-game by throwing at a batter intentionally will not be tolerated</u></b> -- whether it’s at Houston or anybody else. I think it’s dangerous and it is not helpful to the current situation.”</span></span></i><br />
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Watch the three minute video included.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/02/vigilante-pitchers-must-be-warned-not.html" target="_blank">Vigilante pitchers must be warned not to punish Astros for cheating.</a></b> Tuesday, February 11, 2020</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Others, including some MLB pitchers, have indicated that Astros considered to have engaged in the sign stealing would/should be dealt with in the time honored way: pitchers throwing at them with impunity...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">MLB in recent years has tried to eliminate and has greatly reduced some forms of barbarism that many considered part of the game including barreling into opposing players such as middle infielders and catchers. But throwing at batters is still done. On the rare occasion when a pitcher is punished, it's ejection, modest fine and short suspension...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>The commissioner must also warn 2020 pitchers to not take matters into their own hands by intentionally throwing at Astros batters in retaliation. It's pretty basic stuff.</u></b></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Today the Los Angeles Dodgers, who lost the 2017 World Series to the Astros, were the lead complainers featuring 2019 NL MVP </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bellico01.shtml" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Cody Bellinger</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">. He complained that Astro second baseman </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/altuvjo01.shtml" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jose Altuve</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"> cheated Yankee </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/judgeaa01.shtml" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Aaron Judge</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"> out of the 2017 AL MVP ...</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The points were not really that close and Altuve got 27 of 30 first place votes, which are the types of things that get ignored throughout this silly "crisis"...</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Altuve's 2017 home/road OPS splits: .834/1.081. 30% higher on the road. <b><u>Did Cody Bellinger even bother to check before he ran his mouth?</u></b> There are plenty of examples of people not checking, just babbling on.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/carlos-correa-on-criticism-of-astros" target="_blank">Carlos Correa addresses criticism of Astros</a></b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">By Brian McTaggart @brianmctaggart February 15, 2020</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Mike Fiers knows that Altuve didn’t use the trash can... </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Altuve’s integrity is going to be intact because of what was said today. Because he earned that MVP and nobody can take that away from him...</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>So when [Cody Bellinger] stands up there and says he cheated Judge out of an MVP? A guy that hit .400 on the road? Are you kidding me? That doesn’t sit well with me.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sounds credible to me. I'm not inclined to mindlessly be the umpteenth self righteous person to unnecessarily pile on. Be sure to watch the video interview included in the Correa article.</span><br />
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<br />Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-14029100053613613172020-02-16T09:40:00.002-05:002020-02-16T10:12:55.991-05:00Justin Verlander, tell batters the pitch ... at least for an inning ... in spring training.<b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/verlaju01.shtml" target="_blank">Justin Verlander</a></b> may be as close to the perfect person to, if not put the sign stealing issue to rest, at least firmly put it into perspective. It's likely that whatever "edge" a cheating team may get, it's far from a sure thing and the advantage in most instances is marginal.<br />
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It occurred to me that Justin Verlander may be itching to do this, to restore some credibility to the only World Series championship he's won in his Hall of Fame career: 2017 over the Dodgers by way of the Yankees. Verlander in four WS:<br />
2006 Cardinals 0-2, 5.73 ERA, 2 HR (Rolen, Pujols game 1)<br />
2012 Giants 0-1, 11.25 ERA, 2 HR (<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sandoval 2 of 3, </span></span>game 1)<br />
2017 Dodgers 0-1 in 2 starts, 3.75 ERA, 2 HR (Pederson, Seager game 2)<br />
2019 Nationals 0-2, 5.73 ERA, 3 HR (Suzuki game 1, Eaton, Soto game 6)<br />
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February 20, Verlander turns 37. He's won the Cy Young award twice:<br />
2011 with Detroit; also AL MVP<br />
2019 with Houston: led in wins, starts, innings, WHIP, SO/W (300/42)<br />
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At 6'5" Verlander is a stud. Confident. Arrogant.<br />
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So, come on. Tell some batters what pitch you are going to throw. Maybe let the batter request the pitch, just not all fastballs.<br />
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Imagine Verlander doing this on his own opening day. He goes to the opposing dugout before taking the mound and respectfully tells them that he will reveal the pitch until he indicates that he will stop. If the first two batters get hits he may want to stop. But if he's retiring batters, Verlander may continue, not to taunt the opposition but to make a point and implicitly defend his teammates: Altuve, Bregman, Correa, Springer. In 2017 Altuve had OPS .250 (30%) higher on the road, where Houston players were not stealing signs.<br />
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If doing this in the regular season seems impractical, then late in spring training when batters are ready.<br />
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Who wouldn't want to see this?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>June 7, 2004:</strong> Drafted by the <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/2004.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Detroit Tigers</a> in the <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=year_round&year_ID=2004&draft_round=1&draft_type=junreg" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">1st round</a> (2nd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed October 25, 2004.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>August 31, 2017:</strong> Traded by the <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/2017.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Detroit Tigers</a> with a player to be named later and cash to the <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2017.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Houston Astros</a> for <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=camero000daz" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Daz Cameron</a> (minors), <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=perez-019fra" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Franklin Perez</a> (minors) and <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rogerja03.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Jake Rogers</a>. The <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/2017.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Detroit Tigers</a> sent <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=ramire009jua" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Juan Ramirez</a> (minors) (October 13, 2017) to the <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2017.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Houston Astros</a> to complete the trade.</span></div>
Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-51563811312204050892020-02-15T01:00:00.000-05:002020-02-16T10:13:12.776-05:00Sign Stealing: knowledge v. certainty.<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1484305/" target="_blank">"The Ascent of Man" Knowledge or Certainty</a></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overlooked in the sign stealing "scandal/crisis" is that both pitchers and hitters qualify their comments concerning certainty.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The batter knows for sure.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The batter knows every pitch.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That type of thing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If there is doubt, then the "edge" in knowing is mitigated. That's why over the years many batters have said that they don't want to know. What they are really saying is that imperfect knowledge is worse than not knowing at all.</span></span><br />
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For a high percentage of pitches batters probably "know" what pitch is coming without sign stealing. They know because they have been in that situation a thousand times. Because of the game situation. Because of the pitcher's tendencies and habits. Because the pitcher is tipping his pitches. Because they identify the pitch as it leaves the pitcher's fingertips and they see the rotation.<br />
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They just know ... but they are not certain. How could they be?<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2019/11/boone-andor-rothschild-appear-to-give.html" target="_blank">Boone and/or Rothschild appear to give signs when Altuve homers to win 2019 pennant.</a></b> 11/19/19</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>... <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Yankee catcher </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanchga02.shtml" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Gary Sanchez</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">giving the signs to Yankee closer </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chapmar01.shtml" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Aroldis Chapman</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">... </span><span style="color: #222222;">Watch Yankee manager <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/booneaa01.shtml" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Aaron Boone</a></b> and pitching coach </span><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rothsla01.shtml" style="color: #4d469c; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Larry Rothschild</a><b> </b>...</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><b> </b>Sanchez </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">seems to be looking 90 degrees to his left at Boone... </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Sanchez is clearly getting the sign from the Yankee dugout and then passing it along to Chapman.</span></i></span><br />
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Is there any remote possibility that one of the immensely unimaginative media people could ask Boone specifically or one of the other "victims" who initiated the signs that were stolen? In other words, were the signs visible for anyone at the ballpark, including the batter, to see?<br />
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1. Pitchers throwing spitballs, etc.<br />
2. Hitters stealing the signs for the pitches.<br />
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Which is worse?<br />
Which is more prevalent?<br />
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Given the current hysteria, the consensus right now would probably be that sign stealing is worse than "spitballs".<br />
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But in terms of a ratio for the 100 years since the spitball has been outlawed, it would have to be astronomically more spitballs than stolen signs. Which makes the reaction to what the Houston Astros did even more absurd. I'm waiting for an active pitcher to confess and apologize for throwing spitballs ... out of conscience. Even more, how about someone quantifying the "edge" that so many, like Yankee general manager Brian Cashman, attribute to "knowing" what pitch is coming.<br />
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Spring training camps have opened and with them the floodgates of hysteria about the sign stealing "scandal" has exploded as even non pitchers, a.k.a., baseball players are irrationally complaining about the recently confessed and apologetic Houston Astros.<br />
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Prima donna pitchers have been whining for months. Consider:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/02/tipping-pitches-seems-much-more.html" target="_blank">Tipping pitches seems MUCH more prevalent than sign stealing.</a></b> Monday, February 3, 2020</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Yes, breaking the rules to steal signs is cheating.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Throughout the sign stealing "crisis/scandal" I've written multiple times that my guess was that tipping pitches by the pitcher or one of his teammates was probably at least 90 percent of the times that a batter "knew" what pitch was coming.</span></i></span><br />
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Today the Los Angeles Dodgers, who lost the 2017 World Series to the Astros, were the lead complainers featuring 2019 NL MVP <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bellico01.shtml" target="_blank">Cody Bellinger</a></b>. He complained that Astro second baseman <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/altuvjo01.shtml" target="_blank">Jose Altuve</a></b> cheated Yankee <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/judgeaa01.shtml" target="_blank">Aaron Judge</a></b> out of the 2017 AL MVP:<br />
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<tr style="vertical-align: top;"><th aria-label="Rank" class=" poptip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting center" data-stat="rank" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Rank</span></th><th aria-label=" Player Name Bold can mean player is active for this team or player has appeared in MLB * means LHP or LHB, # means switch hitter, + can mean HOFer." class=" poptip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting left" data-stat="player" data-tip="<strong>Player Name</strong><br><strong>Bold</strong> can mean player is active for this team<br>or player has appeared in MLB<br>* means LHP or LHB,<br># means switch hitter,<br>+ can mean HOFer." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Name</span></th><th aria-label="Tm" class=" poptip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting center" data-stat="team_ID" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Tm</span></th><th aria-label="MVP is currently 14-9-8-...-3-2-1 Others are currently 5-3-1." class=" poptip show_partial_when_sorting center" data-over-header="Voting Results" data-stat="points_won" data-tip="MVP is currently 14-9-8-...-3-2-1<br>Others are currently 5-3-1." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Vote Pts</span></th><th aria-label="1st Place" class=" poptip show_partial_when_sorting center" data-over-header="Voting Results" data-stat="votes_first" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">1st Place</span></th><th aria-label=" Awards Share Vote Pts/Max Pts Possible Unanimous choice would be 100%." class=" poptip show_partial_when_sorting center" data-over-header="Voting Results" data-stat="share" data-tip="<strong>Awards Share</strong><br>Vote Pts/Max Pts Possible<br>Unanimous choice would be 100%." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Share</span></th><th aria-label="Wins Above Replacement" class=" poptip center" data-filter="1" data-name="Wins Above Replacement" data-over-header="Player Value Stats" data-stat="WAR" data-tip="<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">WAR</span></th><th aria-label="Games Played" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Batting Stats" data-stat="G" data-tip="Games Played or Pitched" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">G</span></th><th aria-label="At Bats" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Batting Stats" data-stat="AB" data-tip="At Bats" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">AB</span></th><th aria-label="Runs Scored" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Batting Stats" data-stat="R" data-tip="Runs Scored/Allowed" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">R</span></th><th aria-label="Hits" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Batting Stats" data-stat="H" data-tip="Hits/Hits Allowed" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">H</span></th><th aria-label="Home Runs" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Batting Stats" data-stat="HR" data-tip="Home Runs Hit/Allowed" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">HR</span></th><th aria-label="Runs Batted In" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Batting Stats" data-stat="RBI" data-tip="Runs Batted In" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">RBI</span></th><th aria-label="Stolen Bases" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Batting Stats" data-stat="SB" data-tip="Stolen Bases" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">SB</span></th><th aria-label="Bases on Balls" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Batting Stats" data-stat="BB" data-tip="Bases on Balls/Walks" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">BB</span></th><th aria-label="Batting Average" class=" poptip hide_non_quals center" data-filter="1" data-name="Batting Average" data-over-header="Batting Stats" data-stat="batting_avg" data-tip="<strong>Hits/At Bats</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played<br>Bold indicates highest BA using current stats<br><span class="all_time_record">Gold</span> means awarded title at end of year." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">BA</span></th><th aria-label="On-Base%" class=" poptip hide_non_quals center" data-filter="1" data-name="On-Base%" data-over-header="Batting Stats" data-stat="onbase_perc" data-tip="<strong>(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF)</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">OBP</span></th><th aria-label="Slugging %" class=" poptip hide_non_quals center" data-filter="1" data-name="Slugging %" data-over-header="Batting Stats" data-stat="slugging_perc" data-tip="<strong>Total Bases/At Bats or <br>(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">SLG</span></th><th aria-label="On-Base Plus Slugging" class=" poptip hide_non_quals center" data-filter="1" data-name="On-Base Plus Slugging" data-over-header="Batting Stats" data-stat="onbase_plus_slugging" data-tip="<strong>On-Base + Slugging Percentages </strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">OPS</span></th><th aria-label="Wins" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Pitching Stats" data-stat="W" data-tip="Wins" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">W</span></th><th aria-label="Losses" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Pitching Stats" data-stat="L" data-tip="Losses" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">L</span></th><th aria-label="Earned Run Average" class=" poptip sort_default_asc hide_non_quals center" data-filter="1" data-name="Earned Run Average" data-over-header="Pitching Stats" data-stat="earned_run_avg" data-tip="<strong>9 * ER / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded ERA title at end of year." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">ERA</span></th><th aria-label="Walks & Hits per IP" class=" poptip sort_default_asc hide_non_quals center" data-filter="1" data-name="Walks & Hits per IP" data-over-header="Pitching Stats" data-stat="whip" data-tip="<strong>(BB + H)/IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">WHIP</span></th><th aria-label="Games Played" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Pitching Stats" data-stat="G_p" data-tip="Games Played or Pitched" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">G</span></th><th aria-label="Games Started" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Pitching Stats" data-stat="GS" data-tip="Games Started" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">GS</span></th><th aria-label="Saves" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Pitching Stats" data-stat="SV" data-tip="Saves" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">SV</span></th><th aria-label="Innings Pitched" class=" poptip center" data-filter="1" data-name="Innings Pitched" data-over-header="Pitching Stats" data-stat="IP" data-tip="Innings Pitched" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">IP</span></th><th aria-label="Hits" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Pitching Stats" data-stat="H_p" data-tip="Hits/Hits Allowed" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">H</span></th><th aria-label="Home Runs" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Pitching Stats" data-stat="HR_p" data-tip="Home Runs Hit/Allowed" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">HR</span></th><th aria-label="Bases on Balls" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Pitching Stats" data-stat="BB_p" data-tip="Bases on Balls/Walks" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">BB</span></th><th aria-label="Strikeouts" class=" poptip center" data-over-header="Pitching Stats" data-stat="SO_p" data-tip="Strikeouts" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">SO</span></th></tr>
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<tr data-row="0" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right " data-stat="rank" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">1</span></th><td class="left " csk="Altuve,Jose" data-append-csv="altuvjo01" data-stat="player" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/altuvjo01.shtml" style="touch-action: manipulation;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Jose Altuve</span></a></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_ID" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">HOU</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="points_won" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">405.0</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="votes_first" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">27.0</span></td><td class="right " csk="0.96" data-stat="share" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">96%</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="WAR" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">8.1</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="G" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">153</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="AB" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">590</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="R" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">112</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="H" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">204</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="HR" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">24</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="RBI" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">81</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="SB" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">32</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="BB" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">58</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="batting_avg" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.346</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="onbase_perc" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.410</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="slugging_perc" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.547</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="onbase_plus_slugging" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.957</span></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="W" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="L" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="earned_run_avg" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="whip" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="G_p" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="GS" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="SV" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="IP" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="H_p" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="HR_p" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="BB_p" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="SO_p" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr data-row="1" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right " data-stat="rank" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">2</span></th><td class="left " csk="Judge,Aaron" data-append-csv="judgeaa01" data-stat="player" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/judgeaa01.shtml" style="touch-action: manipulation;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Aaron Judge</span></a></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_ID" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">NYY</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="points_won" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">279.0</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="votes_first" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">2.0</span></td><td class="right " csk="0.66" data-stat="share" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">66%</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="WAR" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">8.1</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="G" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">155</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="AB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">542</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="R" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">128</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="H" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">154</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="HR" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">52</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="RBI" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">114</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="SB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">9</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="BB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">127</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="batting_avg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.284</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="onbase_perc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.422</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="slugging_perc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.627</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="onbase_plus_slugging" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">1.049</span></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="W" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="L" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="earned_run_avg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="whip" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="G_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="GS" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="SV" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="IP" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="H_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="HR_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="BB_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="SO_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr class="" data-row="2" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right " data-stat="rank" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">3</span></th><td class="left " csk="Ramirez,Jose" data-append-csv="ramirjo01" data-stat="player" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ramirjo01.shtml" style="touch-action: manipulation;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Jose Ramirez</span></a></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_ID" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">CLE</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="points_won" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">237.0</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="votes_first" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">1.0</span></td><td class="right " csk="0.56" data-stat="share" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">56%</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="WAR" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">6.9</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="G" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">152</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="AB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">585</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="R" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">107</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="H" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">186</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="HR" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">29</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="RBI" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">83</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="SB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">17</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="BB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">52</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="batting_avg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.318</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="onbase_perc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.374</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="slugging_perc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.583</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="onbase_plus_slugging" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.957</span></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="W" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="L" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="earned_run_avg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="whip" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="G_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="GS" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="SV" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="IP" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="H_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="HR_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="BB_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="SO_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr data-row="3" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right " data-stat="rank" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">4</span></th><td class="left " csk="Trout,Mike" data-append-csv="troutmi01" data-stat="player" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/troutmi01.shtml" style="touch-action: manipulation;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Mike Trout</span></a></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_ID" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">LAA</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="points_won" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">197.0</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="votes_first" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">0.0</span></td><td class="right " csk="0.47" data-stat="share" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">47%</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="WAR" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">6.6</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="G" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">114</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="AB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">402</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="R" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">92</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="H" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">123</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="HR" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">33</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="RBI" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">72</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="SB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">22</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="BB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">94</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="batting_avg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.306</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="onbase_perc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.442</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="slugging_perc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.629</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="onbase_plus_slugging" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">1.071</span></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="W" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="L" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="earned_run_avg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="whip" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="G_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="GS" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="SV" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="IP" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="H_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="HR_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="BB_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="SO_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr data-row="4" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right " data-stat="rank" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">5</span></th><td class="left " csk="Lindor,Francisco" data-append-csv="lindofr01" data-stat="player" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lindofr01.shtml" style="touch-action: manipulation;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Francisco Lindor</span></a></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_ID" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">CLE</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="points_won" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">143.0</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="votes_first" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">0.0</span></td><td class="right " csk="0.34" data-stat="share" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">34%</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="WAR" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">5.5</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="G" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">159</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="AB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">651</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="R" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">99</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="H" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">178</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="HR" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">33</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="RBI" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">89</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="SB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">15</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="BB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">60</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="batting_avg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.273</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="onbase_perc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.337</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="slugging_perc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.505</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="onbase_plus_slugging" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.842</span></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="W" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="L" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="earned_run_avg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="whip" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="G_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="GS" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="SV" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="IP" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="H_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="HR_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="BB_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="SO_p" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr data-row="5" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right " data-stat="rank" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">6</span></th><td class="left " csk="Betts,Mookie" data-append-csv="bettsmo01" data-stat="player" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bettsmo01.shtml" style="touch-action: manipulation;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Mookie Betts</span></a></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_ID" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">BOS</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="points_won" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">110.0</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="votes_first" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">0.0</span></td><td class="right " csk="0.26" data-stat="share" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">26%</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="WAR" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">6.4</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="G" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">153</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="AB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">628</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="R" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">101</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="H" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">166</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="HR" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">24</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="RBI" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">102</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="SB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">26</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="BB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">77</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="batting_avg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.264</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="onbase_perc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.344</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="slugging_perc" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.459</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="onbase_plus_slugging" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">.803</span></td></tr>
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The points were not really that close and Altuve got 27 of 30 first place votes, which are the types of things that get ignored throughout this silly "crisis".<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/01/bregman-altuve-springer-higher-road-ops.html" target="_blank">Bregman, Altuve, Springer higher road OPS 2017-2019.</a></b> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Sunday, January 26, 2020</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The National Basketball Association (NBA) has this basic concept: no harm, no foul.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">MLB should just try for no hysteria or look at basic facts.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The owner of the <b><u>Houston Astros</u></b> has conceded that at least some of his <b><u>batters cheated at HOME for seasons 2017, 2018, 2019</u></b> at least some of the time by stealing the opposing catcher's signs using means that were against the rules and conveying the information to Astros batters from banging a trash can to possibly the batter wearing a buzzer. <b><u>No one has alleged that any cheating occurred on the road.</u></b> So Astros batters should have hit better at home, which is what you'd expect anyway for most batters on any team...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The top three Astros batters all hit better on the road than at home 2017-2019...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Winners never cheat. Cheaters never win. That would be nice but in the immortal paraphrasing of Leo Durocher: nice guys finish last.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cheating doesn't always work. So how about that honor code I've been recommending?</span></i></span><br />
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Altuve's 2017 home/road OPS splits: .834/1.081. 30% higher on the road. Did Cody Bellinger even bother to check before he ran his mouth? There are plenty of examples of people not checking, just babbling on.<br />
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Astros Altuve, Bregman, Correa and Springer this week have all admitted cheating and apologized. That probably did more harm than good for them but they finally, belatedly came clean, no matter how disingenuous it was perceived. In fact it may have inflamed more non Astros to speak out.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/search/label/Signs" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="text-align: center;">Showing posts with label </span><b style="text-align: center;">Signs.</b></a>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-37662348144101073812020-02-11T14:52:00.000-05:002020-02-11T15:11:40.370-05:00Geographic realignment would make the new playoff plan a much more comprehensive improvement.MLB is missing the boat with an otherwise pretty creative playoff redesign. This post will build to the geographic issue, so hang in there.<br />
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Major League Baseball has 30 teams. Currently there are two "leagues", each with three divisions of only five teams, which is ridiculous for a 162 game regular season. The National Basketball Association (NBA) has half as many games.<br />
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It would make MUCH more sense for MLB to change to two divisions in each "league". Each division would have 7 or 8 teams. Not ideal but still much better than only five teams in a division, which means that each of those teams has only four opponents.<br />
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Teams now play each of its division rivals 19 times. That comes out to 4 * 19 = 76. Half of the 162 games = 81, so only 76/162 = 47% of games in division.<br />
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With so few, it drastically undermines fairness, although not nearly as much as the remaining games not having the same opponents. For instance, the Yankees played four games against the Mets. The Red Sox do not play the Mets at all. The Red Sox played four games against the Phillies, the Yankees none. What the heck? And people are concerned about the current one and done wild card game?<br />
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Then there's the difference between two division rivals playing the same opponent before and after the opponent tanked in late July. Let's say the Red Sox play Cleveland in mid June and the Yankees in the first week of August after Cleveland has tanked by trading several of its best players. How the heck is that fair? Solution: no trades during the season.<br />
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So, if you're going to the trouble of correcting that, you might as well organize teams geographically. And in doing that, stop pretending that the old American League and National League survived into this millennium. They did not. And so it's OK to put the two New York teams in the same division. And the two Chicago teams.<br />
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And even if that's not acceptable, MLB can still re-align geographically. This would reduce travel and time zone differences. In the 2000 five game ALDS the Yankees played the As, so both teams were flying back and forth across the country between New York and Oakland. And Yankee fans were watching those 8:00 PM games in Oakland starting at 11:00 PM in New York.<br />
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Come on. Do a much more comprehensive improvement.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-mlb-playoff-proposal-v-my-2009.html" target="_blank">New MLB playoff proposal v. my 2009 playoff plan.</a></b> Tuesday, February 11, 2020 9:55 AM</span></span>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-69950328403484350202020-02-11T09:55:00.001-05:002020-02-11T09:55:28.110-05:00New MLB playoff proposal v. my 2009 playoff plan.Since 2009 I've taken to calling it a tournament, not the playoffs.<br />
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I also changed to referring to them as conferences, since the old American League and National League merged into Major League Baseball in 1999 with the elimination of league presidents and combining the umpires into one MLB group. They are really the American Conference and the National Conference, each with 15 teams, unfortunately composed of five team divisions, instead of 7-8 team divisions, a point I corrected in 2009.<br />
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My 2009 post was written before the addition of the second wild card when only four teams qualified in each "league".<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://nypost.com/2020/02/10/mlb-plotting-playoff-expansion-with-reality-tv-twist/" target="_blank">MLB plotting playoff expansion — with reality TV twist</a></b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">By Joel Sherman February 10, <b><u>2020</u></b> 4:50pm </span><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://nypost.com/">nypost.com</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>MLB is seriously weighing a move from <b><u>five to seven playoff teams in each league</u></b> beginning in 2022, The Post has learned.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>In this concept, the team with the <u><b>best record in each league would receive a bye</b></u> to avoid the wild-card round <b><u>and go directly to the Division Series</u></b>. The two other division winners and the wild card with the next <b><u>best record would each host all three games</u></b> in a best-of-three wild-card round. So the bottom three wild cards would have no first-round home games.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The division winner with the second-best record in a league would then get the first <b><u>pick of its opponent</u></b> from those lower three wild cards, then the other division winner would pick, leaving the last two wild cards to play each other.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-ideas-on-playoff-structure.html" target="_blank">New ideas on playoff structure.</a></b> Monday, October 12, <b><u>2009</u></b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">One objective is to reward the teams with the <b><u>best regular season records</u></b>... They should <b><u>get a bye</u></b>. The only reason these silly playoff rounds exist is for MLB to make more money. OK, but the structure should be much more fair.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eliminate the stupid wild card.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. <b><u>Reduce</u></b> the number of <u>divisions</u> from <b><u>three to two</u></b>, east and west in each league; 7 or 8 teams in each division and <b><u>play many more games in division</u></b>.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. <b><u>Increase</u></b> the number of <b><u>playoff teams</u></b> 50%, from four in each league <b><u>to six</u></b>, three in each division.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Reward the team with the <b><u>best record in division</u></b> with a <b><u>bye</u></b>, i.e., it does not play in the preliminary series.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Have teams 2 and 3 in each division play a <b><u>three game preliminary series</u></b>; <b><u>game one in the home park of team 3</u></b>, games 2 and 3 in the park of team 2.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. In the <b><u>five game division series</u></b>, play game one in the park of the winner of the preliminary three game series; play the <b><u>remaining four games in the park of the team with the best regular season record</u></b>, i.e., the team that already won the division in the 162 game regular season...</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>It is more fair and easier to understand.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Geographic concentration would boost rivalries, reduce travel time and cost, and reduce time zone differences.</i></span></span><br />
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MLB: keeps idiotic five team divisions<br />
me: change to 7-8 team divisions with more games in division.<br />
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MLB: <b><u>7 playoff teams</u></b> in each league/conference<br />
me: <b><u>6 playoff teams</u></b> in each league/conference<br />
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MLB: bye for one team per league; <b><u>two teams get byes</u></b>.<br />
me: bye for one team per 7-8 team division; <b><u>four teams get byes</u></b>.<br />
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MLB: eliminate one and done; three game series with <b><u>all games in better team's park</u></b>.<br />
me: eliminate one and done; three game series with game one in lower team's park, then <b><u>games 2 and 3 in better team's park</u></b>.<br />
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MLB: <b><u>"reality TV"</u></b> type show in which higher teams <b><u>pick opponents</u></b>.<br />
me: hadn't thought of that but <b><u>I like a team picking its opponent</u></b>.<br />
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The biggest plus about <b><u>my plan</u></b> is that it <b><u>changes from five team divisions to 7-8 team divisions</u></b> (there are 30 teams, 15 in each conference).Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-89279269317755843052020-02-11T00:30:00.000-05:002020-02-16T10:14:32.629-05:00Vigilante pitchers must be warned not to punish Astros for cheating.One former MLB pitcher, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bolsimi01.shtml" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Mike Bolsinger</a>, is suing the Houston Astros for "<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">consequential and general damages</span></span>" and he also wants restitution. I know, I had to look him up too.<br />
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Bolsinger turned 32 twelve days ago. Obviously, he could try to pitch in MLB in 2020 or he could continue to pitch in Japan as he has in 2018 and 2019. What he will not be doing is intentionally throwing at Astros batters he thinks wronged him in his final MLB appearance.<br />
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Astro second baseman Jose Altuve did not play in that game. Does that mean that Altuve would be spared any retaliation? Or does it mean that Bolsinger would be avenged anyway by one of his former teammates?<br />
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Others, including some MLB pitchers, have indicated that Astros considered to have engaged in the sign stealing would/should be dealt with in the time honored way: pitchers throwing at them with impunity.<br />
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The basic logic is that the cheating cost members of other teams to have lost money and glory. This is perilously close to invoking the idea that it has taken food out of the mouths of the children of the victims. Minimum annual MLB salary is about $550,000. More than half a million dollars.<br />
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MLB in recent years has tried to eliminate and has greatly reduced some forms of barbarism that many considered part of the game including barreling into opposing players such as middle infielders and catchers. But throwing at batters is still done. On the rare occasion when a pitcher is punished, it's ejection, modest fine and short suspension.<br />
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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, the A-Rod Slayer, will warn team management that sign stealing will be punished. That means owner, general manager and field manager. No one was punished in the 1951 sign stealing scandal and the 2017-2019 Astros players have not been punished so far.<br />
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The commissioner must also warn 2020 pitchers to not take matters into their own hands by intentionally throwing at Astros batters in retaliation. It's pretty basic stuff.<br />
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<a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/search/label/Signs" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="text-align: center;">Showing posts with label </span><b style="text-align: center;">Signs.</b></a>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-77034193815521416042020-02-10T10:42:00.000-05:002020-02-10T10:42:06.556-05:00Similar: Ruth/Aaron birthdays, Aaron/Gehrig names.<b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruthba01.shtml" target="_blank">Babe Ruth</a></b>:<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <strong style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/" style="color: #5e44b3; touch-action: manipulation;">Born:</a></strong><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span data-birth="1895-02-06" id="necro-birth" itemprop="birthDate" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=2&day=6" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">February 6</a>, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1895-births.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">1895</a> </span><span style="background-color: white;"></span><span itemprop="birthPlace" style="background-color: white;">in Baltimore, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/MD_born.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">MD</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Full Name:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> George Herman Ruth</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aaronha01.shtml" target="_blank">Hank Aaron</a></b>: </span><strong style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/" style="color: #5e44b3; touch-action: manipulation;">Born:</a></strong><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span data-birth="1934-02-05" id="necro-birth" itemprop="birthDate" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=2&day=5" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">February 5</a>, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1934-births.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">1934</a> </span><span style="background-color: white;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"><nobr>(Age: 86, 5 days)</nobr></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span itemprop="birthPlace" style="background-color: white;">in Mobile, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/AL_born.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">AL</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Full Name:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> Henry Louis Aaron</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gehrilo01.shtml" target="_blank">Lou Gerhig</a></b>: </span><strong style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/" style="color: #5e44b3; touch-action: manipulation;">Born:</a></strong><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span data-birth="1903-06-19" id="necro-birth" itemprop="birthDate" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=6&day=19" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">June 19</a>, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1903-births.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">1903</a> </span><span style="background-color: white;"></span><span itemprop="birthPlace" style="background-color: white;">in New York, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/NY_born.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">NY</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Full Name:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> Henry Louis Gehrig</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Ruth and Aaron were born one day apart in February, Aaron in the 15th and final season that Ruth played for the Yankees.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Aaron and Gehrig share the same first and middle names. I had checked this previously but could find nothing to indicate that Aaron was named after Gehrig. In Aaron's birth year, Gehrig achieved the AL triple crown, leading in HR, RBI, BA but finishing 5th in MVP:</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1934.shtml#all_AL_MVP_voting">https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1934.shtml#all_AL_MVP_voting</a>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-70170116726010042112020-02-09T09:23:00.000-05:002020-02-16T10:14:57.835-05:00Hank Aaron played with Bobby Thomson but wants Astros cheaters banned for life.Who doesn't like Hank Aaron? He was a great player for two decades starting in 1954, just three years after the previously biggest sign stealing incident in baseball history. Even if Aaron didn't know as a young man, Aaron must have realized by this millennium that one of his rookie season veteran teammates was possibly the biggest beneficiary of the 1951 New York Giants stealing signs in a way that was against the rules.<br />
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But that story has been known at least since 2001 and there's no excuse for either Aaron or his recent interviewer to ignore the irony and possible hypocrisy. Did Aaron ever take a position about the Giants, including Bobby Thomson who played on the Milwaukee Braves with Aaron during Aaron's first three years in MLB?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/01/1951-new-york-giants-sign-stealing-peak.html" target="_blank">1951 New York Giants sign stealing: a peak at coach Herman Franks and more.</a></b> Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:12 AM</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/01/1951-sign-stealing-giants-shutout-first.html" target="_blank">1951 sign stealing Giants shutout first 15 innings of final 2 home games against Brooklyn.</a></b> Wednesday, January 22, 2020 8:34 AM</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/01/why-is-jose-altuve-vilified-but-not.html" target="_blank">Why is Jose Altuve vilified but not Bobby Thomson?</a></b> Wednesday, January 22, 2020 9:19 AM</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/01/did-jackie-robinson-forget-to-remind.html" target="_blank">Did Jackie Robinson forget to remind catcher to use complex signs in 1951?</a></b> Friday, January 24, 2020</span></span><br />
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The exchange between Aaron and NBC Today Show interviewer Craig Melvin was brief and both men shared a light hearted smug laugh. But they were laughing about giving Houston Astros a professional death sentence. That's neither a laughing matter nor a punishment that fits the "crime". Frankly, they both displayed an appalling and irresponsible ignorance.<br />
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Melvin: "They didn't steal signs back in your day?"<br />
Aaron: "They didn't steal them that way".<br />
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Melvin: "You think the punishment fit the crime?"<br />
Aaron: "No I don't.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I think, <span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think whoever did that should be out of baseball the rest of their life.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">No one expects the Today Show to do a good job on sports but this is so lame that both individuals are being called out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aaronha01.shtml" target="_blank">Hank Aaron</a></b>: 1954-1976</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/" style="color: #5e44b3; touch-action: manipulation;">Born:</a></strong><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span data-birth="1934-02-05" id="necro-birth" itemprop="birthDate" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=2&day=5" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">February 5</a>, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1934-births.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">1934</a> </span><span style="background-color: white;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"><nobr>(Age: 86, 4 days)</nobr></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span itemprop="birthPlace" style="background-color: white;">in Mobile, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/AL_born.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">AL</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thomsbo01.shtml" target="_blank">Bobby Thomson</a></b>: 1946-1960</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/" style="color: #5e44b3; touch-action: manipulation;">Born:</a></strong><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span data-birth="1923-10-25" id="necro-birth" itemprop="birthDate" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=10&day=25" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">October 25</a>, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1923-births.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">1923</a> </span><span style="background-color: white;"></span><span itemprop="birthPlace" style="background-color: white;">in Glasgow, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/United-Kingdom_born.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">United Kingdom</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/" style="color: #5e44b3; touch-action: manipulation;">Died:</a></strong><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span data-death="2010-08-16" id="necro-death" itemprop="deathDate" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/dateofdeath.cgi?month=8&day=16" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">August 16</a>, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2010-deaths.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">2010</a> <nobr>(Age: 86, 295 days)</nobr></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span itemprop="deathPlace" style="background-color: white;">in Savannah, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/GA_died.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">GA</a></span></span><br />
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Thomson was a little more than a decade older than Aaron and for the 1954 season their ages were 30 and 20. Thomson had played only for the New York Giants.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>February 1, 1954:</strong> Traded by the <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYG/1954.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">New York Giants</a> with <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/caldesa01.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Sam Calderone</a> to the <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MLN/1954.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Milwaukee Braves</a> for <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/antonjo02.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Johnny Antonelli</a>, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/klausbi01.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Billy Klaus</a>, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/liddldo01.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Don Liddle</a>, <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/st.cleb01.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Ebba St. Claire</a> and $50,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>June 15, 1957:</strong> Traded by the <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MLN/1957.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Milwaukee Braves</a> with <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cronera01.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Ray Crone</a> and <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/o'conda02.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Danny O'Connell</a> to the <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYG/1957.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">New York Giants</a> for <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schoere01.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Red Schoendienst</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Two trades that helped one team win the NL pennant and World Series:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Giants in 1954 with Johnny Antonelli leading their starting pitchers; 21-7, 258 innings, led NL in winning "percentage" <b>.750</b>, ERA <b>2.30</b>, SHO <b>6</b>, ERA+ <b>178</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Braves in 1957 with Red Schoendienst </span>anchoring<span style="font-family: inherit;"> their infield at second base ... and injuring <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mantlmi01.shtml" target="_blank">Mickey Mantle</a></b> in the WS (0 PA in game 5, did not play game 6).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Aaron was an All Star every season 1955-1975.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Aaron won his only MVP award in 1957. In Thomson's final full season as Aaron's teammate, 1956, Aaron was third in MVP voting and led the NL in Hits, 2B, BA, TB.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/2bd9de5b" target="_blank">SABR bio</a></b> of Bobby Thomson by Jeff Findley</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #3e474c;">When New York Giants announcer Russ Hodges uttered the immortal words “The Giants win the pennant!” the legacy of Bobby Thomson was indelibly etched into baseball history. Despite modest career stats, Thomson’s </span><a href="https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-3-1951-giants-win-pennant" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(192, 6, 31) !important;">October 3, 1951, home run off Ralph Branca</a><span style="color: #3e474c;"> was, in 1999, ranked number one on </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e474c;">The Sporting News</span><span style="color: #3e474c;">’ Greatest Baseball Moments.</span><a class="sdendnoteanc" href="https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/2bd9de5b#sdendnote1sym" id="sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1anc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #027ac6; vertical-align: super;">1</a><span style="color: #3e474c;"> The “Shot Heard ’Round The World” would forever be the defining moment of his career...</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>... <span style="color: #3e474c;">remains one of the greatest sporting moments of all time ...</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #3e474c;">the </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e474c;"><b><u>Wall Street Journal</u></b></span><span style="color: #3e474c;"><b><u> ran an article in January 2001</u></b> headlined “Giants’ 1951 Comeback, The Sport’s Greatest, Wasn’t All It Seemed,” that told of an <b><u>elaborate scheme to steal the signs of the opposition and transmit them to the batter electrically</u></b>. The article became a book, </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e474c;">The Echoing Green</span><span style="color: #3e474c;">, published in 2006. For his part, <b><u>Thomson maintained throughout his life that he didn’t receive a stolen sign</u></b>, telling author Joshua Prager “I was always proud of that swing.”</span><a class="sdendnoteanc" href="https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/2bd9de5b#sdendnote18sym" id="sdendnote18anc" name="sdendnote18anc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #027ac6; vertical-align: super;">18</a> ...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #3e474c;">In their first season in Milwaukee, the 1953 Braves had won 28 more games than in their final season in Boston, and with the addition of Thomson they were considered an instant contender as the 1954 season approached. Optimism was abounding in Milwaukee, and Thomson was slotted to bat cleanup for the first time in his career, a move to protect Eddie Mathews (47 home runs in 1953) in the lineup... </span><span style="color: #3e474c;">On March 13 he (Thomson) fractured his right ankle sliding into second base in a preseason game against the New York Yankees. The injury hampered Thomson the entire season, and he played in just 43 games, hitting .232 with two home runs.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The injury provided an opportunity for Henry Aaron to join the Braves’ starting lineup in his rookie campaign, the second time Thomson had been replaced by a future Hall of Famer (the first was (Willie) Mays).</i></span></div>
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Both Hank Aaron and his sloppy interviewer Craig Melvin knew about the famous Bobby Thomson home run. Maybe Melvin didn't know that Thomson had been Aaron's teammate just three years later but Aaron certainly did. Maybe Aaron didn't link the two "scandals" but he should have. Had Bobby Thomson received the professional death sentence that Aaron recommends for the Houston Astros, then Thomson does not get traded to the Braves and maybe Aaron doesn't win the one and only championship of his long illustrious career in 1957. On the other hand, maybe the Braves win the NL pennant in 1954 with <span style="background-color: white;">Johnny Antonelli breaking out in his second season in the Braves starting rotation.</span><br />
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If Hank Aaron had first been asked about the 1951 Bobby Thomson pennant winning home run and the revelation that Thomson's Giants had been cheating by stealing opposing catcher's signs, then Aaron might have had a different perspective when asked about the 2017-2019 Houston Astros doing the same. No 1951 players were punished. None. Aaron should have been made aware of that.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2019/12/16-1973-home-run-rates-hank-aaron-and.html" target="_blank">16. 1973 Home Run rates: Hank Aaron and two other Braves stand out.</a></b> Monday, December 9, 2019</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/search/label/Signs" style="letter-spacing: normal; white-space: normal;" target="_blank"><span style="text-align: center;">Showing posts with label </span><b style="text-align: center;">Signs.</b></a></span></span>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-77676582887516540932020-02-06T09:33:00.001-05:002020-02-16T10:15:58.500-05:00Did Astros time machine rob 2016 Cleveland and 1951 Brooklyn? There's no crying in baseball.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/sports/baseball/astros-cheating-scandal-yankees.html" target="_blank">For the Yankees, Astros’ Punishment Brought Anger and Vindication</a></b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many Yankees were bitter over the idea of losing two playoff series to a team exposed as cheaters. But M.L.B.’s investigation also confirmed suspicions they’d held for years about the Astros.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">By James Wagner Feb. 5, 2020 </span></span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/">https://www.nytimes.com/</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Aroldis Chapman, who gave up key runs to Astros hitters during both A.L.C.S.’s, posted a meme of Michael Jackson eating popcorn and smiling with the caption “ME WATCHING ALL THE ASTROS CHEATING DRAMA GO DOWN.” His teammates Aaron Judge, Gleyber Torres and Luis Severino all piled on with laughter emojis...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Yankees had also been particularly wary of the Astros, at least since their World Series victory in 2017...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Astros’ behavior worried the Yankees enough to prompt extra caution on the diamond. The Yankees instructed their pitchers to frequently change their signs, and gave them cards to place under their caps as reminders of the many variations to cycle through during games. For example: Even with no one on base against the Astros in the 2019 A.L.C.S., Yankees pitchers and catcher Gary Sanchez cycled through different sets of signs.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm a Yankee fan and it pains me to admit that Yankee fans, except for me as documented in this blog, are as big a bunch of whining cry babies as fans of other teams ... OK, maybe not Mets and Red Sox fans. But, still, it's a disconcerting fact.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Much of the "evidence" of sign stealing (really they just peaked at the signs) in the two most infamous scandal/crisis shows that both the 1951 New York Giants and 2017-2019 Houston Astros got little, if any, advantage by cheating.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Say what? What about the two bottom of the 9th pennant winning home runs?</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1951 Giant Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodger Ralph Branca.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In both cases the cheating teams did their cheating only at home as far as we know. The cheating Boston Red Sox supposedly cheated both home and road in 2017 and 2018; 2019? But even the Yankees are only mad at the Astros, not their long time arch rival Red Sox. This despite the Red Sox eliminating the Yankees in the 2018 tournament. Astros doubled that by beating the Yankees in the ALCS in both 2017 and 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The cheating teams did not score extraordinary numbers of runs at home in the crucial games. In fact in the final two 1951 games, both played in their home Polo Grounds ballpark, the Giants were shutout in the first 15 innings.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Both pitching victims had previously failed when only an Astros time machine could explain their failures. Maybe the Astros used a forgotten NASA time machine to go back to 1951, before the Astros were born, and 2016 to cause Branca and Chapman to fail by giving up big home runs. Maybe just to make themselves even bigger villains than they seem to be to most people.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2020/01/1951-new-york-giants-sign-stealing-peak.html" target="_blank">1951 New York Giants sign stealing: a peak at coach Herman Franks and more.</a></b> Wednesday, January 22, 2020</span></span></span><br />
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<i>Herman Franks died March 30, 2009 at age 95.</i><br />
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<i>Bobby Thomson died August 16, 2010 at age 86.</i><br />
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<i>Ralph Branca died November 23, 2016 at age 90.</i><br />
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<i><b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BRO/BRO195110010.shtml" target="_blank">Oct. 1, 1951</a></b> in Ebbets Field: Giants 3, Dodgers 1</i><br />
<i><b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NY1/NY1195110020.shtml" target="_blank">Oct, 2, 1951</a></b> in the Polo Grounds: Dodgers 10, Giants 0</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Wednesday, <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NY1/NY1195110030.shtml" target="_blank">October 3, 1951</a></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><strong>Attendance</strong>: 34,320</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><strong>Venue</strong>: Polo Grounds V</i></span></div>
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<i>So it was Dodgers 4, Giants 2 with Giants on second and third with one out. Branca relieved Newcombe to face Thomson. Did Dodger catcher Rube Walker use complex signs with Lockman on second base?</i><br />
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<i>In terms of the sign stealing, the Giants had a runner on second base, so they didn't really need the extra help from center field.</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3e474c;"><i>Branca somehow sneaked a fastball down the middle for strike one. “A ball I should have swung at,” Thomson, a fastball hitter, admitted later...</i></span><br />
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<i>If Thomson knew what was coming, it makes you wonder why he didn't swing at the first pitch.</i><br />
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<i>Bobby Thomson hit three home runs in 1951 off Ralph Branca. In that final game Thomson already had a single and double off Newcombe. Thomson hit 32 home runs in 1951, the last two off Branca. Number 31 was in the first of the three extra games Oct. 1, 1951: <b><u>in Ebbets Field Thomson homered off Branca</u></b> in the 4th with a runner on first to give the Giants a 2-1 lead. Monte Irvin homered off Branca in the 8th to finish the scoring: Giants 3, Dodgers 1...</i><br />
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<i>How much did Thomson really need to know the pitch or was his success because he knew?</i><br />
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<i>Maybe it was because the cheating became known much later but Bobby Thomson was not vilified like some of the Astros are today, including <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/altuvjo01.shtml" target="_blank">Jose Altuve</a></b>.</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thomson had homered off Branca two days before ... in <span style="font-family: inherit;">Brooklyn</span>. Documented in another post, the pitch that Thomson hit for the pennant winning home run was supposed to be a brushback according to Dodger catcher Rube Walker.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finally, our Yankee pitching victim was no stranger to blowing big games. Yankee general manager Brian Cashman decided to have the Yankees tank the 2016 season and traded </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: normal; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs for prospects, including Gleyber Torres. Cashman stated that he really wanted Torres but "swung and missed" in trying to sign Torres as a young international free agent. Cashman let the Cubs outbid the Yankees. Then in 2016 Cashman had to trade his ace relief pitcher to get Torres. No, not better late than never. Cashman could have traded for ANOTHER star prospect.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cubs manager </span><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/maddojo99.shtml" style="background-color: white; color: #5e44b3; touch-action: manipulation;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Joe Maddon</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> overworked Chapman in the 2016 tournament (using Chapman in 13 games), knowing that Chapman would be a free agent after the season. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chapman pitched in 2016 World Series games 2,3,5,6,7 against Cleveland. Game 7:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wednesday, <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE201611020.shtml" target="_blank">November 2, 2016</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Attendance</strong>: 38,104</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brandon Guyer line drive double, RBI.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisra01.shtml" target="_blank">Rajai Davis</a></b> line drive home run, 2 RBI.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">CoCo Crisp ground ball single.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yan Gomes </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strike Out swinging.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chapman blew the save in game 7 of the World Series allowing THREE runs before getting the one and only out that he needed to end the inning.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">To his credit Chapman retired all three batters he faced in the 9th giving his team a chance to come back and hold on to win in the 10th inning.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">But what happened to Chapman? Did the evil Astros climb into their time machine and give the Cubs signs to the Indians? Or did Chapman fail on his own as he appeared to have done three years later in Houston?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">One final point: how long are you allowed to claim to be a victim? The Yankees now say that they knew in 2017 that the Astros were cheating back then. And the Yankees were still victimized three years later?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. But thrice?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2019/11/boone-andor-rothschild-appear-to-give.html" target="_blank">Boone and/or Rothschild appear to give signs when Altuve homers to win 2019 pennant.</a></b></span> Tuesday, November 19, 2019</span></span><br />
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<i style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">With two out in the bottom of the 9th, tie game, and leadoff hitter <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/springe01.shtml" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">George Springer</a></b> batting, Hall of Fame pitcher and announcer <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smoltjo01.shtml" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">John Smoltz</a></b> says the batters are looking for a fastball to end the game. Springer walks with two out.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Two fastballs to <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/altuvjo01.shtml" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jose Altuve</a></b>. 2-0. Chapman then throws 87 MPH slider, inside corner. Strike call. Why didn't Springer steal if they knew the pitches? Then with Springer on second a single wins the game ... and pennant.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>84 MPH up and away hit for home run. Two slow pitches in a row, the second not so good. Altuve may have been informed but it still looked like a bad pitch.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I also looked at an amateur video, which stayed on Altuve ... and Sanchez. FOX TV wanders to fans, etc. however the video below shows Sanchez was looking into the Yankee dugout for each pitch to Altuve.</i></span></div>
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Playing the victim is not appealing for athletes who are supposed to be heroic. There's no crying in baseball.<br />
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<a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/search/label/Signs" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="text-align: center;">Showing posts with label </span><b style="text-align: center;">Signs.</b></a>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-933384877751262382020-02-05T23:18:00.000-05:002020-02-05T23:23:57.604-05:00Mookie Betts/Francisco Lindor: Tale of Two Cities "forced" to trade stars.Rich man/rich man.<br />
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Mookie Betts $27 million 2020 salary "forced" the Boston Red Sox to trade Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers today.<br />
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Francisco Lindor $17 million 2020 salary will "force" the Cleveland Indians to trade Lindor before August 2020.<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bettsmo01.shtml" target="_blank">Mookie Betts</a></b>:<br />
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<tr style="vertical-align: top;"><th aria-label="Year" class=" poptip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting left" data-stat="year_ID" data-tip="A Star indicates an all-star that season.<br>A Ring indicates the player appeared in WS for winning team." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Year</span></th><th aria-label="Player’s age at midnight of June 30th of that year" class=" poptip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting center" data-stat="age" data-tip="Player’s age at midnight of June 30th of that year" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Age</span></th><th aria-label="Tm" class=" poptip sort_default_asc left" data-stat="team_name" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Tm</span></th><th aria-label="Salary" class=" poptip hide_non_quals center" data-stat="Salary" data-tip="These values may not include every bonus the player received in a season.<br>They are also often missing values for mid-season callups or players acquired in-season.<br>Post-1984 seasons are mostly complete, pre-1985 is mostly incomplete." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Salary</span></th><th aria-label="Player’s service time in YY.DDD format typically through the end of the last completed season. Service time determines when a player reaches arbitration or free agency." class=" poptip center" data-stat="service_time" data-tip="Player’s service time in YY.DDD format typically through the end of the last completed season.<br>Service time determines when a player reaches arbitration or free agency." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">SrvTm</span></th><th aria-label="Sources" class=" poptip center" data-stat="source" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Sources</span></th><th aria-label="Notes/Other Sources" class=" poptip center" data-stat="notes" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Notes/Other Sources</span></th></tr>
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<tr data-row="0" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " data-stat="year_ID" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">2015</span></th><td class="left " data-stat="age" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">22</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_name" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Boston Red Sox</span></td><td class="right " csk="514500.00" data-amount="514500.00" data-stat="Salary" data-year="2015" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">$514,500</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="service_time" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">0.070</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="source" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">contracts</span></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr data-row="1" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " data-stat="year_ID" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">2016</span></th><td class="left " data-stat="age" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">23</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_name" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Boston Red Sox</span></td><td class="right " csk="566000.00" data-amount="566000.00" data-stat="Salary" data-year="2016" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">$566,000</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="service_time" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">1.070</span></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="source" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr data-row="2" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " data-stat="year_ID" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">2017</span></th><td class="left " data-stat="age" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">24</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_name" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Boston Red Sox</span></td><td class="right " csk="950000.00" data-amount="950000.00" data-stat="Salary" data-year="2017" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">$950,000</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="service_time" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">2.070</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="source" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">contracts</span></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr data-row="3" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " data-stat="year_ID" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">2018</span></th><td class="left " data-stat="age" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">25</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_name" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Boston Red Sox</span></td><td class="right " csk="10500000.00" data-amount="10500000.00" data-stat="Salary" data-year="2018" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">$10,500,000</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="service_time" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">3.070</span></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="source" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr data-row="4" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " data-stat="year_ID" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">2019</span></th><td class="left " data-stat="age" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">26</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_name" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Boston Red Sox</span></td><td class="right " csk="20000000.00" data-amount="20000000.00" data-stat="Salary" data-year="2019" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">$20,000,000</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="service_time" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">4.070</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="source" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">contract</span></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr class="spacer partial_table" data-row="5" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left iz" data-stat="year_ID" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></th><td class="left iz" data-stat="age" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="team_name" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="Salary" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="service_time" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" colspan="2" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr data-row="6" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " data-stat="year_ID" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">2020</span></th><td class="left " data-stat="age" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">27</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_name" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Boston Red Sox</span></td><td class="right " data-amount="27000000" data-future="1" data-stat="Salary" data-year="2019" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">$27,000,000</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="service_time" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">5.070</span></td><td class="left " colspan="2" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><strong></strong>avoided arbitration</span></td></tr>
<tr data-row="7" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right iz" colspan="2" data-stat="status_head" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></th><td class="right " colspan="5" data-stat="status" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Earliest Free Agent</strong>: 2021</span></td></tr>
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<tr data-row="8" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right " colspan="3" data-stat="total_head" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Career to date</strong> (may be incomplete)</span></th><td class="right " data-amount="total" data-stat="salary_total" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">$32,530,500</span></td><td class="right " colspan="3" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Does not include future salaries ($0)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lindofr01.shtml" target="_blank">Francisco Lindor</a></b><span style="background-color: white;">:</span></span><br />
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<tr style="vertical-align: top;"><th aria-label="Year" class=" poptip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting left" data-stat="year_ID" data-tip="A Star indicates an all-star that season.<br>A Ring indicates the player appeared in WS for winning team." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Year</span></th><th aria-label="Player’s age at midnight of June 30th of that year" class=" poptip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting center" data-stat="age" data-tip="Player’s age at midnight of June 30th of that year" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Age</span></th><th aria-label="Tm" class=" poptip sort_default_asc left" data-stat="team_name" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Tm</span></th><th aria-label="Salary" class=" poptip hide_non_quals center" data-stat="Salary" data-tip="These values may not include every bonus the player received in a season.<br>They are also often missing values for mid-season callups or players acquired in-season.<br>Post-1984 seasons are mostly complete, pre-1985 is mostly incomplete." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Salary</span></th><th aria-label="Player’s service time in YY.DDD format typically through the end of the last completed season. Service time determines when a player reaches arbitration or free agency." class=" poptip center" data-stat="service_time" data-tip="Player’s service time in YY.DDD format typically through the end of the last completed season.<br>Service time determines when a player reaches arbitration or free agency." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">SrvTm</span></th><th aria-label="Sources" class=" poptip center" data-stat="source" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Sources</span></th><th aria-label="Notes/Other Sources" class=" poptip center" data-stat="notes" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Notes/Other Sources</span></th></tr>
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<tr data-row="0" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " data-stat="year_ID" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">2016</span></th><td class="left " data-stat="age" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">22</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_name" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Cleveland Indians</span></td><td class="right " csk="540300.00" data-amount="540300.00" data-stat="Salary" data-year="2016" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">$540,300</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="service_time" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">0.113</span></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="source" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr data-row="1" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " data-stat="year_ID" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">2017</span></th><td class="left " data-stat="age" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">23</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_name" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Cleveland Indians</span></td><td class="right " csk="579300.00" data-amount="579300.00" data-stat="Salary" data-year="2017" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">$579,300</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="service_time" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">1.113</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="source" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">contracts</span></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr data-row="2" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " data-stat="year_ID" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">2018</span></th><td class="left " data-stat="age" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">24</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_name" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Cleveland Indians</span></td><td class="right " csk="623200.00" data-amount="623200.00" data-stat="Salary" data-year="2018" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">$623,200</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="service_time" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">2.113</span></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="source" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr data-row="3" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " data-stat="year_ID" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">2019</span></th><td class="left " data-stat="age" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">25</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_name" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Cleveland Indians</span></td><td class="right " csk="10850000.00" data-amount="10850000.00" data-stat="Salary" data-year="2019" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">$10,850,000</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="service_time" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">3.113</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="source" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">contract</span></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr class="spacer partial_table" data-row="4" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left iz" data-stat="year_ID" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></th><td class="left iz" data-stat="age" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" data-stat="team_name" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="Salary" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="service_time" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="left iz" colspan="2" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr data-row="5" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " data-stat="year_ID" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">2020</span></th><td class="left " data-stat="age" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">26</span></td><td class="left " data-stat="team_name" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Cleveland Indians</span></td><td class="right " data-amount="17500000" data-future="1" data-stat="Salary" data-year="2019" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">$17,500,000</span></td><td class="right " data-stat="service_time" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">4.113</span></td><td class="left " colspan="2" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><strong></strong>avoided arbitration</span></td></tr>
<tr data-row="6" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right iz" colspan="2" data-stat="status_head" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></th><td class="right " colspan="5" data-stat="status" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Earliest Arb Eligible</strong>: 2021, <strong>Earliest Free Agent</strong>: 2022</span></td></tr>
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<tr data-row="7" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="right " colspan="3" data-stat="total_head" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Career to date</strong> (may be incomplete)</span></th><td class="right " data-amount="total" data-stat="salary_total" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">$12,592,800</span></td><td class="right " colspan="3" data-stat="notes" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Does not include future salaries ($0)</span></td></tr>
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How messed up is this? MLB has devolved into a system, which includes these flaws:<br />
- Both the star player and his team see no choice: they must part company after 4-5 years of club control.<br />
- Both stars are already making more money than they could possibly know what to do with.<br />
- One team is rich enough to pay its star free agent mega bucks. The other team is not. Yet both stars are leaving.<br />
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How do we know? Because the rich team, Boston, has already traded their star, Betts. The overwhelming consensus is that the poor team, Cleveland, will trade their star, Lindor.<br />
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And neither star will give his original team a home team/town discount. To do so is not even considered.<br />
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In another time, how would fans have felt about Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle having these dynamics? Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio? Of those four, only Mays did not play his entire career for one team and Mays left at age 41 for his dismal demise with an expansion team.<br />
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There's a sub dynamic: Boston made its decision before spring training even started. Cleveland may wait until July and tank (trade good players) with the usual one third of teams in the utter disgrace and almost ultimate challenge to the proverbial integrity of the game, which makes tacky sign stealing look like the trivial nonsense that it is. Solution: no trades during the season.<br />
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And yet the trivial consumes us while the substantive is the subject of endless handicapping, as if that is a game of its own.Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-6435112645644824662020-02-03T09:40:00.000-05:002020-02-16T10:17:08.231-05:00Tipping pitches seems MUCH more prevalent than sign stealing.Yes, breaking the rules to steal signs is cheating.<br />
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Throughout the sign stealing "crisis/scandal" I've written multiple times that my guess was that tipping pitches by the pitcher or one of his teammates was probably at least 90 percent of the times that a batter "knew" what pitch was coming.<br />
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I did a Google search on <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pettian01.shtml" target="_blank">Andy Pettitte</a></b> tipping his pitches as I had understood that he did in getting clobbered by the Arizona Diamondbacks in game six of the 2001 World Series, which Arizona won in seven games. I found many references, including this and note the date:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2801821-how-do-you-win-a-world-series-it-helps-if-the-pitcher-tells-you-whats-coming" target="_blank">How Do You Win a World Series? It Helps If the Pitcher Tells You What's Coming</a></b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">by DANNY KNOBLER <b><u>OCTOBER 22, 2018</u></b> </span></span><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://bleacherreport.com/">bleacherreport.com</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sometimes, you don't need the signs. Sometimes, the pitcher tells you what's coming...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"I think 90 percent of left-handers do something," said <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perezed01.shtml" target="_blank">Eduardo Perez</a></b>, who played and coached in the major leagues and now works for ESPN. "I'd say it's probably 50-50 with right-handers." ...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Two</b> of the best-known instances of pitch tipping helped decide <b>World Series</b>.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In <b>2001</b>, the Yankees led the Arizona Diamondbacks three games to two going back to Phoenix for Game 6. They needed one win from two games to wrap up what would have been a fourth straight World Series title.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then the Diamondbacks scored six runs in two-plus innings against Andy Pettitte, sending him to the showers in the shortest of his 44 career postseason starts and setting up a Game 7 the D-Backs would win dramatically on Luis Gonzalez's single off Mariano Rivera.</span></i></span><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">It could have been just a bad game. But on <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/mlb" style="background-color: transparent; color: #3f05e0; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">MLB</a>'s international TV broadcast that night, former big league pitcher <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sutclri01.shtml" target="_blank">Rick Sutcliffe</a></b> said Pettitte was signaling what pitch he would throw. Sutcliffe went on to call the next few pitches before Pettitte delivered them. And the next morning in the <a href="https://nypost.com/2001/11/05/andy-tipped-em-off/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; color: #3f05e0; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">New York Post</a>, George A. King III reported that Diamondbacks first baseman Mark Grace had noticed Pettitte was taking longer in the stretch before throwing a fastball than he was when he threw a curveball.</i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Then there was the <b>2017</b> World Series, which the Houston Astros won in seven games over the Los Angeles Dodgers. <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/darviyu01.shtml" target="_blank">Yu Darvish</a></b> started for the Dodgers in Game 7, and when he gave up two runs in the first inning and three more in the second, the game and the World Series were basically over. The Astros went on to win 5-1, and when they did, some of them gave credit to <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beltrca01.shtml" target="_blank">Carlos Beltran</a></b>, who didn't even play in the game...</i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">"Of course," said one American League scout when asked if Darvish tipped his pitches in Game 7. <b>"Everybody has always had Darvish's pitches. But when he was really good, you couldn't hit him, anyway,"</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">And that's the other thing to remember about pitch tipping—or even about sign stealing, for that matter. Knowing what's coming might give the hitters an edge, but it doesn't guarantee success...</i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Hall of Famer <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsra05.shtml" target="_blank">Randy Johnson</a></b> was another famous tipper. Hitters often could tell what was coming...</i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thomafr04.shtml" target="_blank">Frank Thomas</a></b> was a good enough hitter that he ended up in the Hall of Fame, but when he was with the White Sox he had a reputation for <b>never wanting advance notice of a pitch</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Some players, it seems, feel more comfortable just seeing the pitch and reacting.</i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"That really boggles my mind," said </span><b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcclell01.shtml" target="_blank">Lloyd</a></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcclell01.shtml" target="_blank"> McClendon</a></b>, the Tigers hitting coach. "If a guy's throwing a slider, I want to know."</span></i><br />
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<b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/flahejo01.shtml" target="_blank">John Flaherty</a></b> (1992-2005) caught Randy Johnson when they were teammates on the Yankees in 2005 and faced Johnson in other years: 1994-1998. <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/batter_vs_pitcher.cgi?batter=flahejo01&pitcher=johnsra05">https://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/batter_vs_pitcher.cgi?batter=flahejo01&pitcher=johnsra05</a><br />
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Flahery has said that Johnson tipped all his pitches. Even if that is not literally true it suggests that in the Pettitte 2001 World Series game 6 both starting pitchers were tipping but with very different results.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday, <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI200111030.shtml" target="_blank">November 3, 2001</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Attendance</strong>: 49,707</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Venue</strong>: Bank One Ballpark</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Game Duration</strong>: 3:33</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Night Game, on grass</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Diamondbacks 15, Yankees 2</span></div>
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border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">3</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">X</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 3px 4px 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">15</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">22</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td></tr>
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<tr style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: top;"><td colspan="14" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">WP: Randy Johnson (4-1) • LP: Andy Pettitte (2-3)</td></tr>
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Pettitte: 6 ER in 2 innings<br />
Johnson: 2 ER in 7 innings<br />
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The very next day in game 7:<br />
<div style="background-color: white; overflow-x: hidden; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sunday, <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI200111040.shtml" target="_blank">November 4, 2001</a></b></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Attendance</strong>: 49,589</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Venue</strong>: Bank One Ballpark</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Game Duration</strong>: 3:20</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Night Game, on grass</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white;">Diamondbacks 3, Yankees 2</span></div>
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<tr style="vertical-align: top;"><th style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></th><th style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></th><th style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</th><th style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2</th><th style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">3</th><th style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">4</th><th style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">5</th><th style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">6</th><th style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">7</th><th style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">8</th><th style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">9</th><th style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px 4px 15px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">R</th><th style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">H</th><th style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">E</th></tr>
</thead><tbody>
<tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-right-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="media-item logo loader">
<img alt="2001 New York Yankees Logo" class="teamlogo" itemscope="image" src="https://d2p3bygnnzw9w3.cloudfront.net/req/201909231/tlogo/br/NYY-2001.png" style="height: 30px;" /></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2001.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">New York Yankees</a></td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 3px 4px 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">6</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">3</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="media-item logo loader">
<img alt="2001 Arizona Diamondbacks Logo" class="teamlogo" itemscope="image" src="https://d2p3bygnnzw9w3.cloudfront.net/req/201909231/tlogo/br/ARI-2001.png" style="height: 30px;" /></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/2001.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Arizona Diamondbacks</a></td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 3px 4px 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">3</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">11</td><td class="center" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td></tr>
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<tr style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: top;"><td colspan="14" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-right-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">WP: Randy Johnson (5-1) • LP: Mariano Rivera (2-1)</td></tr>
<tr style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: top;"><td colspan="14" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: rgb(116, 118, 120); border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Winning Run scored with 1 out</td></tr>
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<table class="sortable stats_table min_width shade_zero now_sortable sliding_cols" data-cols-to-freeze="1" id="ArizonaDiamondbackspitching" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(116, 118, 120); color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 0.785714em;"><thead>
<tr style="vertical-align: top;"><th aria-label=" Player Name Bold can mean player is active for this team or player has appeared in MLB * means LHP or LHB, # means switch hitter, + can mean HOFer." class=" poptip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting left" data-stat="player" data-tip="<strong>Player Name</strong><br><strong>Bold</strong> can mean player is active for this team<br>or player has appeared in MLB<br>* means LHP or LHB,<br># means switch hitter,<br>+ can mean HOFer." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">Pitching</th><th aria-label="Innings Pitched" class=" poptip center" data-filter="1" data-name="Innings Pitched" data-stat="IP" data-tip="Innings Pitched" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">IP</th><th aria-label="Hits" class=" poptip center" data-stat="H" data-tip="Hits/Hits Allowed" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">H</th><th aria-label="Runs Scored" class=" poptip center" data-stat="R" data-tip="Runs Scored/Allowed" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">R</th><th aria-label="Earned Runs" class=" poptip center" data-stat="ER" data-tip="Earned Runs Allowed" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">ER</th><th aria-label="Bases on Balls" class=" poptip center" data-stat="BB" data-tip="Bases on Balls/Walks" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">BB</th><th aria-label="Strikeouts" class=" poptip center" data-stat="SO" data-tip="Strikeouts" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">SO</th><th aria-label="Home Runs" class=" poptip center" data-stat="HR" data-tip="Home Runs Hit/Allowed" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">HR</th><th aria-label="Earned Run Average" class=" poptip sort_default_asc hide_non_quals center" data-filter="1" data-name="Earned Run Average" data-stat="earned_run_avg" data-tip="<strong>9 * ER / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded ERA title at end of year." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">ERA</th><th aria-label="Batters Faced" class=" poptip center" data-stat="batters_faced" data-tip="Batters Faced" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">BF</th><th aria-label="Number of pitches in the PA. Click to see the pitch-by-pitch sequence." class=" poptip center" data-stat="pitches" data-tip="Number of pitches in the PA.<br>Click to see the pitch-by-pitch sequence." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">Pit</th><th aria-label=" Strikes Includes both pitches in the zone and those swung at out of the zone." class=" poptip center" data-stat="strikes_total" data-tip="<strong>Strikes</strong><br>Includes both pitches in the zone and those swung at out of the zone." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">Str</th><th aria-label=" Strikes by Contact Strikes from foul balls or balls put into play." class=" poptip center" data-stat="strikes_contact" data-tip="<strong>Strikes by Contact</strong><br>Strikes from foul balls or balls put into play." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">Ctct</th><th aria-label=" Strikes Swinging Strikes due to a swing and a miss." class=" poptip center" data-stat="strikes_swinging" data-tip="<strong>Strikes Swinging</strong><br>Strikes due to a swing and a miss." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">StS</th><th aria-label=" Strikes Looking Strikes called by the umpire." class=" poptip center" data-stat="strikes_looking" data-tip="<strong>Strikes Looking</strong><br>Strikes called by the umpire." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">StL</th><th aria-label=" Ground Balls Includes bunts and all other ground balls." class=" poptip center" data-stat="inplay_gb_total" data-tip="<strong>Ground Balls</strong><br>Includes bunts and all other ground balls." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">GB</th><th aria-label=" Fly Balls Includes Fly Balls, Line Drives, and Pop-Ups." class=" poptip center" data-stat="inplay_fb_total" data-tip="<strong>Fly Balls</strong><br>Includes Fly Balls, Line Drives, and Pop-Ups." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">FB</th><th aria-label=" Line Drives These are double-counted in Fly Balls as well." class=" poptip center" data-stat="inplay_ld" data-tip="<strong>Line Drives</strong><br>These are double-counted in Fly Balls as well." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">LD</th><th aria-label=" Unknown batted ball type A ball in play for which we don’t know the type." class=" poptip center" data-stat="inplay_unk" data-tip="<strong>Unknown batted ball type</strong><br>A ball in play for which we don’t know the type." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">Unk</th><th aria-label=" Game Score Developed by Bill James 1. Start with 50 points. 2. Add 1 point for each out recorded, so 3 points for every complete inning pitched. 3. Add 2 points for each inning completed after the 4th. 4. Add 1 point for each strikeout. 5. Subtract 2 points for each hit allowed. 6. Subtract 4 points for each earned run allowed. 7. Subtract 2 points for each unearned run allowed. 8. Subtract 1 point for each walk. " class=" poptip center" data-stat="game_score" data-tip="<strong>Game Score</strong><br>Developed by Bill James<br>1. Start with 50 points.<br> 2. Add 1 point for each out recorded, so 3 points for every complete inning pitched.<br> 3. Add 2 points for each inning completed after the 4th.<br> 4. Add 1 point for each strikeout.<br> 5. Subtract 2 points for each hit allowed.<br> 6. Subtract 4 points for each earned run allowed.<br> 7. Subtract 2 points for each unearned run allowed.<br> 8. Subtract 1 point for each walk.<br>" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">GSc</th><th aria-label=" Inherited Runners Number of runners on base when pitcher entered the game." class=" poptip center" data-stat="inherited_runners" data-tip="<strong>Inherited Runners</strong><br>Number of runners on base when pitcher entered the game." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">IR</th><th aria-label=" Inherited Score Number or percentage of runners on base when pitcher entered the game who subsequently scored. These runners show up in the previous pitcher’s ERA." class=" poptip center" data-stat="inherited_score" data-tip="<strong>Inherited Score</strong><br>Number or percentage of runners on base when pitcher entered the game who subsequently scored.<br>These runners show up in the previous pitcher’s ERA." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">IS</th><th aria-label="Win Probability Added (WPA)" class=" poptip center" data-filter="1" data-name="Win Probability Added (WPA)" data-stat="wpa_def" data-tip="<strong>Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability<br>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">WPA</th><th aria-label=" Average Leverage Index The average pressure the pitcher or batter saw in this game or season. 1.0 is average pressure, below 1.0 is low pressure and above 1.0 is high pressure." class=" poptip hide_non_quals center" data-filter="1" data-name="<strong>Average Leverage Index</strong><br>The average pressure the pitcher or batter saw in this game or season.<br>1.0 is average pressure, below 1.0 is low pressure and above 1.0 is high pressure." data-stat="leverage_index_avg" data-tip="<strong>Average Leverage Index</strong><br>The average pressure the pitcher or batter saw in this game or season.<br>1.0 is average pressure, below 1.0 is low pressure and above 1.0 is high pressure." scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">aLI</th><th aria-label="Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)" class=" poptip center" data-filter="1" data-name="Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)" data-stat="re24_def" data-tip="<strong>Base-Out Runs Saved</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher<br>save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and<br>above 0 is better than average" scope="col" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #eeeeee; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">RE24</th></tr>
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<tr data-row="0" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " csk="0" data-append-csv="schilcu01" data-stat="player" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schilcu01.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Curt Schilling</a></th><td class="right endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/pe.cgi?html=1&game-id=ARI200111040-schilcu01-post" data-stat="IP" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">7.1</td><td class="right " data-stat="H" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">6</td><td class="right " data-stat="R" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2</td><td class="right " data-stat="ER" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="BB" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right " data-stat="SO" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">9</td><td class="right " data-stat="HR" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="right " data-stat="earned_run_avg" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1.12</td><td class="right " data-stat="batters_faced" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">27</td><td class="right " data-stat="pitches" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">103</td><td class="right " data-stat="strikes_total" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">75</td><td class="right " data-stat="strikes_contact" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">45</td><td class="right " data-stat="strikes_swinging" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">12</td><td class="right " data-stat="strikes_looking" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">18</td><td class="right " data-stat="inplay_gb_total" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2</td><td class="right " data-stat="inplay_fb_total" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">11</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="inplay_ld" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right " data-stat="inplay_unk" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">5</td><td class="right " data-stat="game_score" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">67</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="inherited_runners" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right iz" data-stat="inherited_score" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right " data-stat="wpa_def" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0.056</td><td class="right " data-stat="leverage_index_avg" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1.29</td><td class="right " data-stat="re24_def" style="border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2.0</td></tr>
<tr data-row="1" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " csk="1" data-append-csv="batismi01" data-stat="player" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/batismi01.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Miguel Batista</a></th><td class="right endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/pe.cgi?html=1&game-id=ARI200111040-batismi01-post" data-stat="IP" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0.1</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="H" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="R" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="ER" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="BB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="SO" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="HR" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right " data-stat="earned_run_avg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2.49</td><td class="right " data-stat="batters_faced" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="right " data-stat="pitches" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="right " data-stat="strikes_total" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="right " data-stat="strikes_contact" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="strikes_swinging" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="strikes_looking" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right " data-stat="inplay_gb_total" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="inplay_fb_total" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="inplay_ld" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="inplay_unk" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="game_score" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right " data-stat="inherited_runners" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="inherited_score" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right " data-stat="wpa_def" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0.032</td><td class="right " data-stat="leverage_index_avg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1.30</td><td class="right " data-stat="re24_def" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid solid dotted; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0.3</td></tr>
<tr data-row="2" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " csk="2" data-append-csv="johnsra05" data-stat="player" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsra05.shtml" style="color: #884488; touch-action: manipulation;">Randy Johnson</a>, W (5-1)</th><td class="right endpoint tooltip" data-endpoint="/play-index/pe.cgi?html=1&game-id=ARI200111040-johnsra05-post" data-stat="IP" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; color: #990000; cursor: pointer; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1.1</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="H" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="R" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="ER" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="BB" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right " data-stat="SO" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="HR" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right " data-stat="earned_run_avg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1.52</td><td class="right " data-stat="batters_faced" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">4</td><td class="right " data-stat="pitches" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">17</td><td class="right " data-stat="strikes_total" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">12</td><td class="right " data-stat="strikes_contact" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">8</td><td class="right " data-stat="strikes_swinging" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2</td><td class="right " data-stat="strikes_looking" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2</td><td class="right " data-stat="inplay_gb_total" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="right " data-stat="inplay_fb_total" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="inplay_ld" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="inplay_unk" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="game_score" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="right " data-stat="inherited_runners" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="inherited_score" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: 0.5; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right " data-stat="wpa_def" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0.074</td><td class="right " data-stat="leverage_index_avg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0.68</td><td class="right " data-stat="re24_def" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0.8</td></tr>
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<tr data-row="3" style="vertical-align: top;"><th class="left " data-stat="player" scope="row" style="background-clip: padding-box; background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 15px; max-width: 30px; min-width: 24px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: left; text-overflow: ellipsis; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">Team Totals</th><td class="right " data-stat="IP" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">9</td><td class="right " data-stat="H" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">6</td><td class="right " data-stat="R" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2</td><td class="right " data-stat="ER" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="BB" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: inherit; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right " data-stat="SO" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">10</td><td class="right " data-stat="HR" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="right " data-stat="earned_run_avg" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2.00</td><td class="right " data-stat="batters_faced" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">32</td><td class="right " data-stat="pitches" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">121</td><td class="right " data-stat="strikes_total" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">88</td><td class="right " data-stat="strikes_contact" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">54</td><td class="right " data-stat="strikes_swinging" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">14</td><td class="right " data-stat="strikes_looking" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">20</td><td class="right " data-stat="inplay_gb_total" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">4</td><td class="right " data-stat="inplay_fb_total" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">13</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="inplay_ld" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: inherit; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right " data-stat="inplay_unk" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">5</td><td class="right " data-stat="game_score" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">67</td><td class="right " data-stat="inherited_runners" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">2</td><td class="right iz" data-stat="inherited_score" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; opacity: inherit; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td class="right " data-stat="wpa_def" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0.162</td><td class="right " data-stat="leverage_index_avg" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">1.22</td><td class="right " data-stat="re24_def" style="background-color: #ffff88; border-color: rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(116, 118, 120) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: 700; height: 15px; min-width: 24px; padding: 4px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">3.</td></tr>
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37 year old Randy Johnson relieved the day after throwing 7 innings and retired all four Yankees who faced him: Knoblauch to end the 8th, then Williams, Martinez, Posada in the 9th.<br />
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Johnson's teammates rallied in the bottom of the 9th for two runs against <b><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riverma01.shtml" target="_blank">Mariano Rivera</a></b> to make Johnson the winning pitcher in games 2, 6 and 7. Rivera had the biggest blown save in baseball history and also the loss in game 7. Andy Pettitte was the losing pitcher in games 2 and 6.<br />
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Games 1,2,6,7 were played in Arizona, so maybe the <span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">Diamondbacks were stealing the Yankee signs but that's never been suggested. The home team won all 7 games. What's pretty sure is that at least in game six both starting pitchers were tipping their pitches.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/search/label/Signs" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank"><span style="text-align: center;">Showing posts with label </span><b style="text-align: center;">Signs.</b></a></span>Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877079227348141937.post-68153999507213544832020-02-01T21:13:00.004-05:002020-02-01T21:13:59.928-05:00Solution to faking injury in 2020 when pitcher must face three batters or complete the inning.That new rule starts in 2020. Already there's speculation that pitchers may fake an injury to facilitate a pitching change and solutions to that are, of course, heavy on the punishment.<br />
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How about something creative that borrows from the National Basketball Association (NBA)?<br />
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<a href="https://official.nba.com/rule-no-9-free-throws-and-penalties/">https://official.nba.com/rule-no-9-free-throws-and-penalties/</a><br />
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Section II, a.<br />
1.Exceptions a.:<br />
<span style="background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #676767;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>If the offended player is injured, other than as a result of a flagrant foul or unsportsmanlike conduct, or is ejected from the game and cannot attempt the awarded free throw(s), the opposing coach shall select, from his opponent’s bench, the replacement player.</i></span></span><br />
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So, if a pitcher cannot continue, <b><u>the opposing manager selects the relief pitcher</u></b> to replace the injured pitcher.<br />
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Cool, huh?Kenneth Matinalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137158112057236819noreply@blogger.com0