Comments on: Thoughts On Batting The Pitcher 8th http://skyking162.com/2008/04/thoughts-on-batting-the-pitcher-8th/ baseball with a hint of lime Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:51:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: roarke http://skyking162.com/2008/04/thoughts-on-batting-the-pitcher-8th/#comment-1195 roarke Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:35:41 +0000 http://skyking162.com/2008/04/thoughts-on-batting-the-pitcher-8th/#comment-1195 Agreed. Bannister is getting a lot of press and the more success he has while saying the things he does, lends more credibility to those "new-fangled statistics." You are right about LaRussa and Yost, too. When TLR did it, people thought that he was over-thinking things to show that he is a 'genius'. Now that someone else is doing it people are actually thinking it through. I'm sure the Cardinals wish they had someone besides Izturis to bat ninth, too (although he has been getting on base at a pretty good clip this year). Agreed. Bannister is getting a lot of press and the more success he has while saying the things he does, lends more credibility to those “new-fangled statistics.”

You are right about LaRussa and Yost, too. When TLR did it, people thought that he was over-thinking things to show that he is a ‘genius’. Now that someone else is doing it people are actually thinking it through. I’m sure the Cardinals wish they had someone besides Izturis to bat ninth, too (although he has been getting on base at a pretty good clip this year).

]]> By: Sky http://skyking162.com/2008/04/thoughts-on-batting-the-pitcher-8th/#comment-1193 Sky Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:22:54 +0000 http://skyking162.com/2008/04/thoughts-on-batting-the-pitcher-8th/#comment-1193 Larussa's been willing to try strategies outside the box for a while, but it is nice to see another manager doing a similar thing (and it makes much more sense for high-OBP Kendall to bat ninth than overall-crappy-hitter Izturis to do it). Brian Bannister's "coming out" story is also huge. The more that creative thinking permeates front offices and the more than MLB players grow up hearing about stats analysis, the more it will make it all accepted on the field and in the dugout. I'm not patient enough for that, though. Larussa’s been willing to try strategies outside the box for a while, but it is nice to see another manager doing a similar thing (and it makes much more sense for high-OBP Kendall to bat ninth than overall-crappy-hitter Izturis to do it). Brian Bannister’s “coming out” story is also huge. The more that creative thinking permeates front offices and the more than MLB players grow up hearing about stats analysis, the more it will make it all accepted on the field and in the dugout. I’m not patient enough for that, though.

]]> By: roarke http://skyking162.com/2008/04/thoughts-on-batting-the-pitcher-8th/#comment-1192 roarke Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:58:07 +0000 http://skyking162.com/2008/04/thoughts-on-batting-the-pitcher-8th/#comment-1192 I think the best part of this new trend (if you can call the actions of two teams a trend) is that non-traditional thinking is gaining a small foothold in baseball. Major League Baseball is so averse to anything that goes against the norm that it is refreshing to see intelligent use of the available information informing the decisions that are being made in the game. I think the best part of this new trend (if you can call the actions of two teams a trend) is that non-traditional thinking is gaining a small foothold in baseball. Major League Baseball is so averse to anything that goes against the norm that it is refreshing to see intelligent use of the available information informing the decisions that are being made in the game.

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