Pitanje: Sinoc je u 8. iningu usao pitcher closer za STL, jel to znaci da je on najbolji pitcher u timu i ulazi da zatvori mec?
Konkretno, Motte je usao da baci 1.1 ining, retko (desava se, ali retko) kada ce pravi closeri uci da bace puna 2 ininga, narocito u regularnoj sezoni.
Closeri generalno nisu najbolji pitcheri u timu, mada mogu i da budu. Msm, tesko je uporedjivati. Stvar je u tome sto oni ili nemaju snage za vise ininga, ili imaju mali broj pitcheva u svom repertoaru. Tako npr., closeri najcesce imaju veoma dobre i brze fastballove, koji u slucaju nekih, poput Chapmana iz Redsa, idu preko 100 MPH.. Oni su veoma efektivni kada treba baciti jednu izmenu, ali svakako ne bi mogli da bacaju tako citav mec, iz starta u start (zamor, gube kontrolu, brzina opada, povrede...). Ili legendarni "Sandman" Rivera. On koristi tipa 2 pitcha, od kojih je cutter onaj epski i lomi palice, a fastball samo da promeni malo.
I svi znaju da ce on bacati cutter, ali evo, skoro 20 godina, retko ko je uspeo da ga udari.
edit: nisam gledao sinoc nista, ali vidim da su A'si imali dosta primedbi na strike zonu.. Verlander je bacao.. :roll:
"Because there is a place on the Internet for everything statistical in baseball, there – of course – exists a website that measures an umpire's performance. It is called Brooksbaseball.net. And if you click the tab marked "Strikezone Map Tool," and tap in the date of Saturday's first game of the American League division series, you will see that home plate umpire Jim Reynolds called 10 strikes outside of a typical strike zone against the Oakland Athletics.
These pitches would be up to a foot outside of the normal zone and they were
all thrown by Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander to Oakland's left-handed hitters.
This would explain why several of those hitters stalked away from the plate, muttering at Reynolds, after striking out on strikes that were not strikes.
But it also explains part of the brilliance of a man who is probably the best pitcher in baseball: When given the gift of a strike zone wider than it should be, he knows just how to exploit it."