Comments on: Game 98: Tigers at Orioles http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/ News, views, and analysis on the Detroit Tigers and baseball Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:02:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Coleman http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98025 Coleman Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:51:35 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98025 CinD: "If I was constructing the lineup, I’d have Inge hit 10th." That's like being the 2nd leadoff hitter, right! Or..um, hey wait a minute... CinD: “If I was constructing the lineup, I’d have Inge hit 10th.”

That’s like being the 2nd leadoff hitter, right!

Or..um, hey wait a minute…

]]> By: Coleman http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98024 Coleman Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:48:09 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98024 Besides I need to put in a bit of work on the dissertation before it gets too close to game time...that's what I should be doing now, just that it's so bloody hot here in Texas... Besides I need to put in a bit of work on the dissertation before it gets too close to game time…that’s what I should be doing now, just that it’s so bloody hot here in Texas…

]]> By: Chris in Dallas http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98023 Chris in Dallas Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:47:22 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98023 If I was constructing the lineup, I'd have Inge hit 10th. If I was constructing the lineup, I’d have Inge hit 10th.

]]> By: Coleman http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98022 Coleman Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:36:57 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98022 "Coleman, that was just another flippant comment by me on Inge’s K rate, but I’m glad you looked into it." That's fine, I was running out of things to do with those stats anyway. Although one of those Scientisticationists of Batting Order Engineering could probably tell us the right place in the lineup to bat the guys who do and don't double-play around. “Coleman, that was just another flippant comment by me on Inge’s K rate, but I’m glad you looked into it.”

That’s fine, I was running out of things to do with those stats anyway.

Although one of those Scientisticationists of Batting Order Engineering could probably tell us the right place in the lineup to bat the guys who do and don’t double-play around.

]]> By: Sean C. in Illinois http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98021 Sean C. in Illinois Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:27:28 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98021 Coleman, that was just another flippant comment by me on Inge's K rate, but I'm glad you looked into it. Coleman, that was just another flippant comment by me on Inge’s K rate, but I’m glad you looked into it.

]]> By: Sean C. in Illinois http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98020 Sean C. in Illinois Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:23:56 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98020 The Latin/Hispanic guys get a break on multiple middle names, because it's a tradition involving surnames somehow (I don't know the details). The Latin/Hispanic guys get a break on multiple middle names, because it’s a tradition involving surnames somehow (I don’t know the details).

]]> By: Coleman http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98019 Coleman Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:17:19 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98019 Chris in Dullass: "Gil has like 5 middle names, so he leads the team in that category as far as I know" Actually only 3; 2 of them belong to his Skull-on-a-4-ft-pole-friend. Chris in Dullass: “Gil has like 5 middle names, so he leads the team in that category as far as I know”

Actually only 3; 2 of them belong to his Skull-on-a-4-ft-pole-friend.

]]> By: Coleman http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98018 Coleman Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:15:00 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98018 Sean C: "Inge strikes out too much to be bothered with DPs." Possibly...although if I really wanted I could pull out a new version of the statistic here: Rate of hitting into DP per DP opportunity (vs AB); that would even things out for guys who come up all the time with nobody on base (remarkably, the Tigers all seem to do quite well at avoiding the bases-empty double-play). Doing that moves up Granderson over Inge, which seems reasonable. But a side-effect of splitting that out is I noticed...actually Inge strikes out much less than Thames in DP Opportunity situations, although slightly more than Granderson. I think it probably has more to do with where and how he hits; fly ball/line drive vs ground ball, ground balls that are chopped etc. In fact he beat out a potential double-play yesterday that way. Or he hypnotizes infielders or something. Sean C: “Inge strikes out too much to be bothered with DPs.”

Possibly…although if I really wanted I could pull out a new version of the statistic here: Rate of hitting into DP per DP opportunity (vs AB); that would even things out for guys who come up all the time with nobody on base (remarkably, the Tigers all seem to do quite well at avoiding the bases-empty double-play). Doing that moves up Granderson over Inge, which seems reasonable.

But a side-effect of splitting that out is I noticed…actually Inge strikes out much less than Thames in DP Opportunity situations, although slightly more than Granderson.

I think it probably has more to do with where and how he hits; fly ball/line drive vs ground ball, ground balls that are chopped etc. In fact he beat out a potential double-play yesterday that way. Or he hypnotizes infielders or something.

]]> By: Joel in Seattle http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98017 Joel in Seattle Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:05:49 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98017 Ah, so the Jonesy's all-gringo persona is just a ruse... he's a closet latino. Ah, so the Jonesy’s all-gringo persona is just a ruse… he’s a closet latino.

]]> By: Chris in Dallas http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98016 Chris in Dallas Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:58:34 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/game-98-tigers-at-orioles/#comment-98016 Gil has like 5 middle names, so he leads the team in that category as far as I know. No wait, he's only tied. Jose Miguel Torres Cabrera. Can we start doing the 'Jose, Jose, Jose, Jose' chant now? Gil has like 5 middle names, so he leads the team in that category as far as I know. No wait, he’s only tied. Jose Miguel Torres Cabrera. Can we start doing the ‘Jose, Jose, Jose, Jose’ chant now?

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