Comments on: Where Rubber Hits the Road http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sat, 25 May 2013 13:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Boatzilla http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264025 Boatzilla Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:19:06 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264025 [28] Not sure what you are getting at dude, but it sounds trite and disrespectful. Did you read it? [28] Not sure what you are getting at dude, but it sounds trite and disrespectful. Did you read it?

]]> By: kenboyer made me cry http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264024 kenboyer made me cry Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:33:18 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264024 [28] Very funny. I would put in how the Stones were buried on stage by James Brown in Santa Monica, and The Who at the Rock & Roll Circus. I woke up serene (but tired) today. Enough of this obsession. I hope AJ and the staff can surprise, but life will go on. Baseball will end now, or at the end of the month. Arod, Tex, Swish (swinging 2-0 on Valverde when he could not find the strike zone), Cano, Martin, Jeter...there's a lot of blame to go around. CC wasn't perfect, but good enough and with a different umpire might have been great as the tone was set early. Will now always dislike: Delmon Young, Inge, Valverde for his big mouth, Gerry Davis, The entire TBS station...not just this broadcasting booth crew, Comerica Park, who did I miss? [28] Very funny. I would put in how the Stones were buried on stage by James Brown in Santa Monica, and The Who at the Rock & Roll Circus.

I woke up serene (but tired) today. Enough of this obsession. I hope AJ and the staff can surprise, but life will go on. Baseball will end now, or at the end of the month.

Arod, Tex, Swish (swinging 2-0 on Valverde when he could not find the strike zone), Cano, Martin, Jeter…there’s a lot of blame to go around. CC wasn’t perfect, but good enough and with a different umpire might have been great as the tone was set early.

Will now always dislike: Delmon Young, Inge, Valverde for his big mouth, Gerry Davis, The entire TBS station…not just this broadcasting booth crew, Comerica Park, who did I miss?

]]> By: Yankee Mama http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264023 Yankee Mama Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:05:50 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264023 I remember watching Gerry Davis calling a game and not giving Pettitte any of those pitches on the left side of the plate. It was aggravating. However, Andy, adjusting to the imposed parameters, would make the same pitch, but put it inside a couple of inches and get the call. CC could not. He was giving too much plate and the Tigers were laying off the off speed stuff until it started working for him in later innings. Nevertheless, based on the graph the Nomaas did, Davis was just being unfair. It's a metaphor. Life is not fair! And to think that it comes down to the Tigers vs. The head case. At least, we won't be able to place too many expectations on him. That would be insane. I only hope the talented, unhittable AJ turns up, the game 2 version. If not, no surprise, just disappointment. I remember watching Gerry Davis calling a game and not giving Pettitte any of those pitches on the left side of the plate. It was aggravating. However, Andy, adjusting to the imposed parameters, would make the same pitch, but put it inside a couple of inches and get the call. CC could not. He was giving too much plate and the Tigers were laying off the off speed stuff until it started working for him in later innings.

Nevertheless, based on the graph the Nomaas did, Davis was just being unfair. It’s a metaphor. Life is not fair!

And to think that it comes down to the Tigers vs. The head case. At least, we won’t be able to place too many expectations on him. That would be insane. I only hope the talented, unhittable AJ turns up, the game 2 version. If not, no surprise, just disappointment.

]]> By: JeremyM http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264022 JeremyM Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:19:50 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264022 I'm color blind, so I have a hard time reading that huge plot. Batter to batter, I can see a lot clearer where the ump was just terrible on say the Jackson walks. One thing that bugs me is when people say he was "consistent." Isn't the strike zone in the rulebook? Consistently calling a strike a ball and vice versa is consistently awful umpiring. Yeah, CC should've probably adjusted a bit better. But a lot of the damage was done by that first inning, as far as wear and tear. I don't get why umpires are able to make up their own strike zone. As Kanye says, no one man should have that power..... And I guess we were the only ones that saw he could barely finish an intentional walk in the 5th. Sure, bring him out for the 6th, why not? I’m color blind, so I have a hard time reading that huge plot. Batter to batter, I can see a lot clearer where the ump was just terrible on say the Jackson walks.

One thing that bugs me is when people say he was “consistent.” Isn’t the strike zone in the rulebook? Consistently calling a strike a ball and vice versa is consistently awful umpiring. Yeah, CC should’ve probably adjusted a bit better. But a lot of the damage was done by that first inning, as far as wear and tear. I don’t get why umpires are able to make up their own strike zone. As Kanye says, no one man should have that power…..

And I guess we were the only ones that saw he could barely finish an intentional walk in the 5th. Sure, bring him out for the 6th, why not?

]]> By: randym77 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264021 randym77 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:05:56 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264021 [7] That was how I saw it. The strike zone was weird, but it was fairly consistent. It just really screwed over CC because he was throwing on the tight side, while Verlander was hanging out on the generous side. Verlander just seemed able to adapt to the strike zone better. [7] That was how I saw it. The strike zone was weird, but it was fairly consistent. It just really screwed over CC because he was throwing on the tight side, while Verlander was hanging out on the generous side. Verlander just seemed able to adapt to the strike zone better.

]]> By: jjmerlock http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264020 jjmerlock Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:52:15 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264020 Still find myself wanting to smash Gerry Davis' head off the corner of a marble countertop. Repeatedly. Even though the two events are not equivalent, a cartoon of Gerry Davis as an unholy cross between a human and a midge would entertain me. Still find myself wanting to smash Gerry Davis’ head off the corner of a marble countertop.

Repeatedly.

Even though the two events are not equivalent, a cartoon of Gerry Davis as an unholy cross between a human and a midge would entertain me.

]]> By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264019 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:29:52 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264019 [27] Keef bio: rainy England, Mick, Jack Daniels, blues records, pills, pot, Howlin' Wolf, acid, "What happened to Brian?", Marianne, coke, heroin, "She slept with HIM?", tax exile, Exile on Main St, Mick becomes a clown, drug busts, heroin, disco, reggae, millions&millions&millions of $$, Johnny Depp, elder statesmen. Throw in constant Marlboros and what else I miss? Don't need to read the rest, do you? :) [27] Keef bio: rainy England, Mick, Jack Daniels, blues records, pills, pot, Howlin’ Wolf, acid, “What happened to Brian?”, Marianne, coke, heroin, “She slept with HIM?”, tax exile, Exile on Main St, Mick becomes a clown, drug busts, heroin, disco, reggae, millions&millions&millions of $$, Johnny Depp, elder statesmen. Throw in constant Marlboros and what else I miss? Don’t need to read the rest, do you? :)

]]> By: Boatzilla http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264018 Boatzilla Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:10:34 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264018 [26] [cracking up] Good one. You can't make that stuff up. But, then again, ya never know. Shit, I'm going to be deflated without baseball....and I'm already halfway through "Life" (Keef's autobiography). [26] [cracking up] Good one. You can’t make that stuff up.

But, then again, ya never know.

Shit, I’m going to be deflated without baseball….and I’m already halfway through “Life” (Keef’s autobiography).

]]> By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264017 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo Tue, 04 Oct 2011 06:29:15 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264017 Said Burnett: "You can't count me out. I'm going to bring everything I've got and just let A.J. loose out there." Good God...I need a drink. Said Burnett: “You can’t count me out. I’m going to bring everything I’ve got and just let A.J. loose out there.”

Good God…I need a drink.

]]> By: jjmerlock http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264016 jjmerlock Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:29:34 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264016 [24] I guess I'm glad they did that, but it's not an effective presentation. They just need to side by side Verlander and Sabathia's pitches to see approximately 60-70% of how this game was decided. Their presentation is confusing and muddled, when showing it more plainly makes clear just how much Gerry Davis fucked us raw. [24] I guess I’m glad they did that, but it’s not an effective presentation. They just need to side by side Verlander and Sabathia’s pitches to see approximately 60-70% of how this game was decided.

Their presentation is confusing and muddled, when showing it more plainly makes clear just how much Gerry Davis fucked us raw.

]]> By: cult of basebaal http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264015 cult of basebaal Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:24:26 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264015 [20] Oh, looks like NoMaas has done it for us: http://nomaas.org/2011/10/verlander-davis-girardi/ [20] Oh, looks like NoMaas has done it for us:

http://nomaas.org/2011/10/verlander-davis-girardi/

]]> By: Mattpat11 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264014 Mattpat11 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:23:22 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264014 [16]Seriously, though, other than AJ Burnetts feelings, did the six man rotation wind up benefiting anyone? It seems like three of the four pitchers we actually care about, CC, Colon and Freddy all pitched worse. Maybe Nova? [16]Seriously, though, other than AJ Burnetts feelings, did the six man rotation wind up benefiting anyone? It seems like three of the four pitchers we actually care about, CC, Colon and Freddy all pitched worse. Maybe Nova?

]]> By: cult of basebaal http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264013 cult of basebaal Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:22:21 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264013 [20] I'll see what I can do tomorrow, probably heading off to bed soon here tonight. [20] I’ll see what I can do tomorrow, probably heading off to bed soon here tonight.

]]> By: cult of basebaal http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264012 cult of basebaal Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:21:14 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264012 [19] Where was this? [19] Where was this?

]]> By: jjmerlock http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264011 jjmerlock Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:20:55 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264011 [11] Cult, I'm so angry I can't bring myself to save screen shots and photo bucket and the like - could you please make one that shows the stairway to heaven starting off the low part of the zone and making one hideous, fucked up diagonal going further and further away from the strikezone? Just select Verlander, zoom and save... [11] Cult, I’m so angry I can’t bring myself to save screen shots and photo bucket and the like – could you please make one that shows the stairway to heaven starting off the low part of the zone and making one hideous, fucked up diagonal going further and further away from the strikezone? Just select Verlander, zoom and save…

]]> By: jjmerlock http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264010 jjmerlock Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:18:49 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264010 [7] And not that Joel Sherman is not an ass, but I liked that he was basically like, "so, Gerry, any comments on fucking the Yanks all game long and sucking at your job?" [7] And not that Joel Sherman is not an ass, but I liked that he was basically like, “so, Gerry, any comments on fucking the Yanks all game long and sucking at your job?”

]]> By: jjmerlock http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264009 jjmerlock Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:17:01 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264009 [7] Seriously, you need to check pitchfx. It was EXACTLY as bad as everyone was complaining about. Strangely enough, he seemed to squeeze Verlander a few times later in the game to make it look slightly less shameful, but not enough to change the fact that this was a DISGRACE. He burned CC out in the first inning. I honestly believe the first inning was as much Gerry Davis' fault as it was CC's. And the light red stairway to heaven up the outside of the batter's box, farther and farther out of the strike zone - that you will see if you look at pitchfx is exhibit 1 through infinity why that fucking chump should never get another playoff game for the rest of his life. It was horrible. [7] Seriously, you need to check pitchfx. It was EXACTLY as bad as everyone was complaining about.

Strangely enough, he seemed to squeeze Verlander a few times later in the game to make it look slightly less shameful, but not enough to change the fact that this was a DISGRACE.

He burned CC out in the first inning. I honestly believe the first inning was as much Gerry Davis’ fault as it was CC’s.

And the light red stairway to heaven up the outside of the batter’s box, farther and farther out of the strike zone – that you will see if you look at pitchfx is exhibit 1 through infinity why that fucking chump should never get another playoff game for the rest of his life.

It was horrible.

]]> By: cult of basebaal http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264008 cult of basebaal Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:16:31 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264008 [14] My mom's family is from Wisconsin, I'm totally hoping for a Yankees v Brewers World Serious! [14] My mom’s family is from Wisconsin, I’m totally hoping for a Yankees v Brewers World Serious!

]]> By: cult of basebaal http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264007 cult of basebaal Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:15:50 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264007 [12] Et tu, monkeypants??? [12] Et tu, monkeypants???

]]> By: cult of basebaal http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/10/04/where-rubber-hits-the-road/#comment-264006 cult of basebaal Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:14:49 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=68201#comment-264006 Not that CC pitched well tonight, but the broken strike zone clearly favored Verlander throwing to LHB far more than it favored Sabathia throwing to RHB, since the ump was giving the pitch away to the former and not to the latter. Not that CC pitched well tonight, but the broken strike zone clearly favored Verlander throwing to LHB far more than it favored Sabathia throwing to RHB, since the ump was giving the pitch away to the former and not to the latter.

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