metsmarathon

Beltran 1.8 Buccholz 1.5 Pagan 1.4 Beato 0.8 Davis 0.5

Harris 3.4 Parnell 2.4 Igarashi 1.8 Reyes 1.0 Thole 0.8 Beltran 0.6

that's right. i just gave beato a perfect 6.0 for the second game of that doubleheader. 3 mets got love - for a total of 9 points. for a reliever, i guess all i can say is, beato did his job as best can be captured by my system. he got 3 points for each inning pitched. plus another point for each strikeout. and 1.5 points for each inherited runner. add it all up and you get 12 of what i call "marathon points" positive marathon points become schaeffer points for the top 6 earners, all other marathon points become ignored. when i dole out 20 or more schaeffer points in a game, i scale them down to 10 schaeffer votes. however, in this game, only 18 schaeffer points were earned. therefore, i cut the points in half. 12 schaeffer points = 6 schaeffer votes in this case. in a typical win, about 30-40 schaeffer points will be earned. which would ordinarily put beato's effort in the 2-3 schaeffer vote range. but since none of his other teammates joined him on beer run to the circle-k, the six-pack was all his.

Beato 6.0 Buccholz 2.0 Nickeas 1.0

Thole 2.7 Rodriguez 2.0 Reyes 1.9 Capuano 1.4 Dickey 1.1 Gee 0.9

must. catch. up.

well not gonna get him into the hall of fame...

he's wearing a leather jacket over a zip-hoodie that looks a little small, which he's tucked into his jeans. what the fuck. i mean, what. the. fuck.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: What? The first six games of a season don't tell you exactly how the remaining 156 will turn out? i don't believe it either. baltimore is totally going to win 135 games this year.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Taylor Buchholz spelling alert: one C, two Hs (And no T before the Z.) Thanks! So far (small sample size) the most challenging names to spell have been Buchholz and Byrdak. (His name isn't "Burdick") burrdick sounds like it could be uncomfortable. or perhaps very much enjoyable...

Pagan 0.9 Reyes 0.9 Wright 0.3 Beato 0.1

Pagan 3.1 Beltran 2.0 Murphy 1.3 Davis 1.2 Buchholz 1.2 Rodriguez 1.2

ok, let's set this up. pitching rubber is 10 inches above the plate, and the slope is 1 inch per 1 foot an average pitcher with an average stride will land 60" from the rubber and 6" lower than the rubber, or 666" from home plate and 4" above it. chris young will land 95" from the rubber and about 8" lower than the rubber, or 631 inches in front of and 2" above the plate. assuming the release point to be as high as if the pitcher were reaching for the ceiling. a 6'3" pitcher should be able to reach that ceiling, and will have a release point of, say, 100 inches high. i'm 6'1" and my reach is ~4/3 my height, at just over 8'. i'm assuming a similar ratio for the average pitcher. so given the slope of the mound, that release point is 104" above the plate, again, 666" in front of it. assuming the same reach ratio for chris young, his release point is 109 inches high. given the slope of the mound, he's releasing the ball at 111" above the plate, 631" in front of it. so the slope of the line from the average release point (666,104) to the front edge of the plate (0,0) is 8.875� and the slope of the line from the chris young release point (631,111) to teh front edge of the plate (0,0) is 9.977� the difference between these is 1.102� assuming the strike zone starts 20" above the plate (mine would be about 19" i guess), the slope of the line from the avereage release point to the bottom front edge of the strike zone (0,20) is 7.189� whereas for chris young, it is 8.206�. the difference between these is 1.017�. assuming the typical 6'3" batter's eye level, when crouched, is 10" lower than the top of his head when standing (it's about what mine would be, i guess), putting the typical batter's eye level at 65" above the plate (0,65), the slope of the line from the typical release point to the typical batter's eye is invtan (39 / 666) = 3.351�, whereas from chris young's release point to the typical batter's eye, the slope of the line is invtan (46 / 631) = 4.169�. the difference between these is 0.818�. i will concede that the stride length would appear to be a big difference. he releases the ball about 5% closer to the plate than the average pitcher. his ball would then have an apparent increase in velocity of 5%, as given the same initial velocity, his ball gets to the plate 5% sooner, discounting the nonlinear behavior of aerodynamic drag of course. so an 86 mph fast ball from his arm will appear to be traveling at 90.5 mph, for the purposes of a batter's reaction time. i don't know if the slower ball will have more movement than a faster ball, and therefore more drop than the 1� trajectory difference. it may. it may do some wonky optical things. the brain and eyes work funny together. math is fun. so is knowing that if you press and hold the ALT key while typing 0186 on your number pad, when you release the ALT key, you'll have a fancy little degree symbol as such �

yeah, i've gotta sketch it out...

howard hits ball to pitcher. ball caroms off pitchers glove towards shallow second base. but second baseman is playing deep, and has to scurry in to get to the ball. he picks it up from a near-standstill just after howard makes it to the bag, and fires home just late on polanco.

well, i meant is 8% that much different that it makes for a noteworthy advantage. that the ball is coming downhill as opposed to flat from an averagely heighted pitcher. that he lands all that much closer to the plate than his shorter teammates. i mean, 7" at a distance of 53' is something like... uh... i should be better at trigonometry... gimme a sec... 53' x 12 = 636" 7" / 636" = 0.0110 atan (0.0110) = 0.631 degrees so, from the perspective of the batter, the ball is coming down a little over a half a degree steeper from his release point to cross the plane at the same point as a shorter pitcher would*. does it really make all that much of a difference? it doesn't seem like it would, but i guess it does. *given the same release distance - the difference in release distances would have an impact as well, but i don't feel like actually sketching anything out

the average met pitcher is 6'3", not counting young in the mix. that makes him a "whopping" 8% taller than average. is that 8% really worth all that extra press?

Young 4.0 Wright 2.3 Carrasco 1.7 Byrdak 0.9 Pagan 0.6 Hairston 0.5

a gravel of rockies

oh, i think he'll be cheered. i mean, why wouldn't he? this? this is nothing. i think warthen was more taking the piss, specifically all over cashman and the abuse nonsense, without too much thought as to how pedro would take it. it's even less of a non-issue than the other foolishness.

Dickey 3.1 Harris 1.8 Pagan 1.5 Carrasco 1.4 Davis 1.2 Duda 1.0

Niese 3.1 Wright 1.7 Davis 1.6 Harris 1.6 Thole 1.1 Parnell 0.9

Harris 1.4 Beltran 1.3 Beato 1.3 Boyer 0.3

1. First hit pagan 2. First double wright 3. First triple pagan 4. First home run davis 5. First stolen base reyes 6. First baserunner caught stealing/picked off harris 7. First guy to hit into a double-play duda 8. First batter to strike out beltran 9. First fielder to commit an error wright 10. First guy to score a run reyes 11. First guy to drive in a run davis 12. First Met player to field a batted ball reyes 13. First Met to draw a walk beltran 14. First Met relief pitcher to make an appearance bucholz (sp) 15. First Met to reach base on an error pagan 16. First winning Met pitcher pelfrey 17. First Met to throw a wild pitch rodriguez 18. First Met to be hit by a pitch murphy 19. First Met pitcher to plunk an opposing batter pelfrey 20. First 2011 Met to become a former 2011 Met (that is, a player on the OD roster who gets 2011 PT and subsequently leaves team by way of trade, demotion or disabled list) harris Tiebreaker bonus (if necessary): Date of Terry Collins' first ejection april 30

better than bud norris / jason marquis? no! i'm probably wasting my roster spot with an injured stevey strasburg, aren't i? stoopit autodraft!