Please Help, My Shortstop Is Broken

Thursday, July 31, 2008
by Geoff Young
My latest article at Hardball Times deals with Khalil Greene's disappointing season. Here's something I uncovered in my research that didn't make the final cut. These are Greene's home/road splits in seasonal notation (i.e., per 162 games -- thank you, Baseball-Reference, for making it so easy): Khalil Greene at Petco Park, 2004-2008 YearABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLG Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and are through games of July 29, 2008. 20045135612315666583108.241.345.338 200557359146302159728110.256.285.399 200655356116212167251137.210.282.346 200762076134316258531164.216.258.412 200859151129183214251129.218.295.365   Khalil Greene away from Petco Park, 2004-2008 YearABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLG Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and are through games of July 29, 2008. 2004618101186582298738111.301.353.543 200559478145502258939139.244.308.465 20065499215447223745395.280.356.507 20076731111936103111935107.288.322.519 20086124212929396816181.212.225.317 Just for grins, I dug up comparable player-seasons while I was under the metaphorical hood. This is kind of esoteric, ...
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Frame by Frame

Monday, May 5, 2008
by Geoff Young
One aspect of the Padres we examined in the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual was their run differential by inning in 2007. Among other things, we learned that the Padres completely dominated the ninth inning of games last year, outscoring their opponents, 81-44. Not including extra frames, the Pads had negative run differentials in just two innings (sixth, -2; seventh, -4) in '07. With about 20% of the 2008 schedule in the books, I thought it might be instructive to see how the this year's Padres are doing. I also thought it might be fun to try a different approach in looking at this question. Instead of using straight runs scored minus runs allowed, what if we use the Pythagorean theorem to determine the expected number ...
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IGD: Padres vs Rockies (17 Apr 08)

Thursday, April 17, 2008
by Geoff Young
Padres (8-7) vs Rockies (6-8) Jake Peavy vs Jeff Francis 7:05 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 189 MLB, B-R The evolution of teams running wild against the Padres:   YearInnSBA/9CS% Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference. 200414410.59.266 200514550.74.210 200614631.08.148 200714841.27.096 20081351.20.167 Of course, if you don't put guys on base, they can't run on you. Go get 'em, Jake!

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IGD: Padres @ Giants (7 Apr 08)

Monday, April 7, 2008
by Geoff Young
Padres (4-3) @ Giants (1-5) Greg Maddux vs Matt Cain 1:35 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 184 MLB, B-R The Padres were outscored, 23-22, over their opening homestand despite outhitting the opposition by a wide margin: Offense at Petco Park, Early 2008  BAOBPSLG Statistics are courtesy of ESPN and are through games of April 6, 2008. Padres.284.331.401 Opponents.193.275.320 Maybe on the road they can convert some of that offense into actual runs.

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Fried Twinkies, Arizona Fall League, and Servers

Wednesday, October 16, 2002
by Geoff Young
In the "Disgusting-But-I-Just-Might-Have-To-Try-It" department, we have fried Twinkies. Yikes... Blogging is kind of like a virus that just keeps on spreading. I ran a Google search on Ducksnorts, and here are some sites that link to me: Hoo Boy! Cleveland Indians Report Detroit Tigers Weblog America's Pastime Casa de los Padres People's Republic of Seabrook American Baseball Directory Braves Journal Thanks, folks, for spreading the word. Padres in the AFL AB BA OBP SLG BB SO Bozied,Ta ...
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