Life happened this week; the book, not so much. I did make up some ground over the weekend — put in about 10 hours on Saturday and another 4-5 on Sunday. It’s not as much as I’d have liked, but it’s better than nothing.
In addition to the actual writing, I’m playing a lot with design [...]
We’re looking back at our pre-season community projections. On Wednesday we covered the hitters; today we turn to the pitchers.
Left-Handers
Justin Hampson, 2008
IP
ERA
Projected
48
4.21
Actual
30.2
2.93
Our most optimistic projection had Hampson at a 3.50 ERA.
Joe Thatcher, 2008
IP
ERA
Projected
58
2.86
Actual
25.2
8.42
We missed this about as badly as we could. So did other people: CHONE had Thatcher’s ERA at 3.67, Marcels had it at [...]
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Triple-A — Tacoma 4, Portland 2
Matt Antonelli: 0-for-5
Luis Rodriguez: 1-for-4
Chip Ambres: 0-for-4
Brian Myrow: 1-for-2, 2 BB
Will Venable: 1-for-4
Nick Hundley: 0-for-3, BB
Vince Sinisi (DH): 0-for-3
Justin Huber: 1-for-3, HBP
Justin Germano: 5.2 IP, [...]
Triple-A — Portland 3, Tucson 2
Matt Antonelli: 1-for-3, BB
Peter Ciofrone (3B): 1-for-3, BB
Chip Ambres (RF): 2-for-4, 2B
Brian Myrow: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
Will Venable (CF): 1-for-4
Nick Hundley: 2-for-4
Vince Sinisi (LF): 1-for-3, BB
Justin Germano: 6.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 BB, 5 SO; 1-for-2, 2B
Joe Thatcher: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 [...]
Triple-A — Portland 10, Fresno 4
Peter Ciofrone (3B): 2-for-4, BB
Chip Ambres (RF): 1-for-4, HR, BB
Brian Myrow: 0-for-4, BB
Will Venable (CF): 2-for-4, 2B, BB
Vince Sinisi (LF): 2-for-5, E
Matt Antonelli: 2-for-4
Luis Rodriguez (PH-SS): 0-for-2, BB
Justin Germano: 6 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 5 SO
Dirk-Hayhurst: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 [...]
Triple-A — Las Vegas 8, Portland 4
Peter Ciofrone (LF): 3-for-4, BB
Chase Headley (3B): 2-for-5, 2 2B
Brian Myrow: 2-for-3, 2 BB
Chip Ambres (RF): 2-for-5
Will Venable (CF): 2-for-4
Nick Hundley: 0-for-4
Matt Antonelli: 0-for-4
Justin Germano: 6.1 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 3 SO (12 GO), E
Mauro Zarate: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 HR, [...]
Triple-A — Las Vegas 6, Portland 1
Peter Ciofrone (LF): 1-for-4
Vince Sinisi (1B): 0-for-4
Chip Ambres: 1-for-3, HR, BB
Will Venable (CF): 0-for-4
Craig Stansberry: 1-for-3, BB
Matt Antonelli (PH): 0-for-1
Chase Headley (PH): 0-for-1
Justin Germano: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 8 SO (7 GO)
Mauro Zarate: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, [...]
Padres (9-15) vs D’backs (17-6)
Justin Germano vs Micah Owings
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