Ducksnorts

14 Comments

1. Thomas
   Posted March 9, 2008 at 12:13 pm | Permalink

   Mr. Watson! Come here! I want you!

2. Ben B.
   Posted March 9, 2008 at 12:14 pm | Permalink

   Hey, Wolf survived a full inning.

3. osidepadre
   Posted March 9, 2008 at 12:17 pm | Permalink

   KT sitting right behind the plate. Someone text Geoff and tell him to get over there!

4. Ben B.
   Posted March 9, 2008 at 12:20 pm | Permalink

   Kooouuuuuuzzz!!!! 2 run homer. Lined an inside fastball over the left field fence.

5. FriarFanDan
   Posted March 9, 2008 at 12:21 pm | Permalink

   Koooooooouz

6. Oside Jon
   Posted March 9, 2008 at 12:33 pm | Permalink

   Not a bad first inning.

7. FriarFanDan
   Posted March 9, 2008 at 1:09 pm | Permalink

   Here’s a great article about using statistical analysis as a pitcher

   http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-springbannister030808&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

   MLB Trade Rumors had an interview with the subject of the article, the Royals’ Brian Bannister where he goes into depth about his use of statistics and outlines his classification of pitchers as Late Movers, Risers, and Deceivers

   http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/01/brian-bannist-2.html

8. Masticore317
   Posted March 9, 2008 at 4:17 pm | Permalink

   Here’s my Roster Contest guess:

   Bard
   A Gonzalez
   Iguchi
   Greene
   Kouzmanoff
   Hairston
   Gerut
   B Giles
   Barrett
   McAnulty
   Ed Gonzalez
   T Clark
   Crabbe
   Peavy
   C Young
   Maddux
   Wolf
   Ledezma
   Hoffman
   H Bell
   Meredith
   K Cameron
   Guevara
   Thatcher
   BASS!

   1st run scored: Kouz

9. SDSUBaseball
   Posted March 9, 2008 at 4:57 pm | Permalink

   LeBlanc looked good. I hope this guy gets a good look for the %th spot

10. sdsuaztec4
    Posted March 9, 2008 at 5:30 pm | Permalink

    First game on TV and the open threads were dead here and over at GLB. Where is everyone?

11. Geoff Young
    Posted March 9, 2008 at 8:18 pm | Permalink

    I went a little nuts with the pix today: morning practice and game vs White Sox. Enjoy!

12. Kevin
    Posted March 10, 2008 at 1:31 am | Permalink

    Hey, Geoff, I know we did those guesses for what players will do awhile back, but I just looked up Iguchi’s Bill James projections: 18 home runs, 76 RBIs, .287 batting average, .365 on-base percentage, .444 slugging percentage.

    Does that sound in the ballpark to you?

    It would be great if it was.

13. Masticore317
    Posted March 10, 2008 at 2:34 am | Permalink

    I’ve been listening to some of these interviews over at http://www.xxsportsradio.com. The CY and Trevor ones are pretty funny, Trevor’s partially because Giles is up to his naked tricks again.

    They’re referring to McAnulty as JackAnulty after the HR’s he hit.

    They have Wells sitting in on a bunch of the interviews too, which is hysterical.

14. Geoff Young
    Posted March 10, 2008 at 6:01 am | Permalink

    #12: Those numbers seem optimistic to me. I will say that Iguchi impressed me in batting practice yesterday. He generates surprising power for a guy his size.