| time: | 7:05 p.m. PT |
| tv: | 4SD |
| sp: | Greg Maddux (7-4, 3.66) vs Scott Olsen (6-6, 4.93) |
| pre: | Padres.com, SI.com |
For your enjoyment. The usual disclaimers about the limitations of OPS+ as a serious measure of anything apply…
| Player | PA | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|
| Stats are through games of July 2, 2007, and are courtesy of Baseball-Reference. Minimum 1500 plate appearances. | ||
| Carlos Guillen | 1859 | 136 |
| Derek Jeter | 2554 | 127 |
| Miguel Tejada | 2449 | 126 |
| Jhonny Peralta | 1565 | 112 |
| Michael Young | 2585 | 112 |
| Jimmy Rollins | 2607 | 103 |
| Edgar Renteria | 2350 | 102 |
| Khalil Greene | 1803 | 101 |
| Jose Reyes | 2042 | 100 |
| Rafael Furcal | 2394 | 99 |
Go Padres!
50: Send Ballsley out there to chat with Maddux for a bit then let Maddux IBB that gives Ring roughly the same amount of time. And you dont burn one of your top relievers to give another one more time, especially in a game that potentially could go into extra innings Hampson or K-Cam could had gone out there without being warm if they were just going to IBB someone. This is a game we had in the bag, if Bud just realizes 6 inning or 75 pitches you gotta have people up and ready and put them in with the first hard hit ball.
51: Trust me, I agree with every word of that. I’m just trying to grasp for straws to even understand how Pepe Idiot came to that decision last night.
In that post, I almost added something about passing out t-shirts saying “6 innings or 75 pitches, Bud” to everyone at Wells and Maddux starts. Or maybe we could just get people out in left and right field to hold up pieces of white and blue paper to spell out “PEN TIME” large enough for Bud to read at an appropriate time.
UGH today is the suck. Sitting on this horrible loss and I’m just now finishing up at a 10 hour day at work on July 4th, which surprisingly the Germans don’t celebrate. Who’da thunk it.