Friar Watch

Chris Young: Another ridiculous outing from CY. Lately it seems like he comes out of the gate throwing a no hitter for 3 or 4 innings. Take a look at CY’s numbers for the first three innings over the last 5 games:
15 IP, 5 H, 3 BB, 17 K
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Jake Peavy: Another matchup of aces as Peavy faced Brad Penny. This time nothing weird happened and Jake was back to normal.
Back on 6/07 I wrote that I was concerned because Jake didn’t seem to have his usual good stuff. He went through a series of 3 or 4 starts where […]

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Justin Germano: Not a bad outing at all for Germano, 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, but more importantly 4 K and 1 BB. Germano’s strikeout rate is slowly creeping up to an acceptable level. he did give up a home run but overall pitched well.
Cla Meredith: Another nice outing for The Claw. […]

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Yeah, I know I’m slacking. The biggest series of the year and not only am I late, I have all three games in one post. I’ll try to make this quick so I can get caught up.
Game 1
Greg Maddux: The Professor pitched a great game considering the opposition. He really deserved a […]

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I didn’t see much of the game and for some reason there’s no Enhanced Gameday data so I’m just going to make some general observations here.
David Wells: Actually pitched better than I thought but there was still no reason to let him come out for the 7th. When Boomer goes past 5 or 6 […]

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Chris Young: Young looked great in the early going. He was working very quickly and was obviously in a groove; he looked like he had the stuff to take another no hit bid into the late innings. Unfortunately a high fastball got away from him and hit Derek Lee, igniting an brawl that […]

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David Wells: Boomer looked great for 6 innings. You know where this is headed: Black ran him out there in the 7th and it cost them the game. In the bottom of the 5th the Padres had two men on and I think one out and I told Geoff at the time that […]

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Justin Germano: Germano didn’t have his usual pinpoint control and, predictably, he paid the price. 4 ER in 5 IP and once again Bud Black left a pitcher in after it was obvious he was cooked because he was due up in the bottom of the inning. I don’t understand the reluctance to […]

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Maddux, Bell and Linebrink all pitched well tonight but the big story is Trevor Hoffman’s 500th career save. In honor of Trevor’s milestone let’s take a look at how he did it.
Leading off the inning: Nomar Garciaparra

Green dot = first pitch
Trevor usually likes to throw a first pitch fastball for a strike but Nomar […]

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David Wells: Boomer pitched well in a game that really shouldn’t have been played at all. There was a steady rain throughout the game but the umpires were determined to get the game in to avoid scheduling problems. The field was a mess and the players had a hard time holding onto the […]

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