Comments on Ghostrunner on First: Medical School

I actually would be quite curious to see Halladay'...

2009-11-07T05:08:04.541-05:00

I actually would be quite curious to see Halladay's pitch sequencing on Carl Crawford, just to see what it is that makes Crawford so dangerous against him. In any case, just beautiful analyses. The amount of deep data that can be parsed is no doubt fueled by the tears of other sports, jealous of baseball's reign over logic.

Very nice Drew, it scratches us right where we itc...

2009-11-05T15:18:57.633-05:00

Very nice Drew, it scratches us right where we itch this particlar time of year. It basically confirms what we have known all along - Halladay has a game plan for each and every at bat. I wouldn't be surprised if he memorizes the exact pitch sequence for every batter prior to each start. It certainly seems that way.

And sexy new banner too!

Like the new banner.

2009-11-05T12:30:29.105-05:00

Like the new banner.

I could certainly try. Maybe when I do the next o...

2009-11-05T12:22:11.552-05:00

I could certainly try. Maybe when I do the next one of these (Teixeira? Youkilis? NotCarlCrawfordbecauseitwouldonlymakemesad?) I'll include his hot zones or something like that...

Anything more than that is veering towards actual smart guy territory (i.e. Jon Hale) not plays a smart guy on the internet (me).

Could you show Doc's pitch selection against hitte...

2009-11-05T12:16:09.545-05:00

Could you show Doc's pitch selection against hitter's tendecies? Something like "this hitter tends to club fastballs here out of the park and usually chases sliders here, and because of these Doc chose this particular pitch sequence"

Great stuff. Keep up the good work.

2009-11-05T10:37:08.094-05:00

Great stuff. Keep up the good work.

I was at Doc's near no hitter against the Yankees ...

2009-11-04T18:00:18.352-05:00

I was at Doc's near no hitter against the Yankees in September. Him striking out ARod looking, with the bases loaded, was flat out the sexiest baseball related thing I have ever seen. I was all ready to become second wife, and Brandy and I could co-raise little red-headed babies and collect canned goods. And it'd be baseball's Big Love.

Agree with anon. Roy does not throw a four seam. A...

2009-11-04T16:44:03.561-05:00

Agree with anon. Roy does not throw a four seam. And yes, we do care. The best pitcher facing the best hitter is about as good as it gets.

Nicely done, Drew. More, please.

2009-11-04T13:38:17.623-05:00

Nicely done, Drew.

More, please.

Well done, you could almost pass for a real journa...

2009-11-04T13:25:19.459-05:00

Well done, you could almost pass for a real journalist like me! But I already knew all of this.

You aren't alone. Some of the pitches I classifie...

2009-11-04T13:18:13.102-05:00

You aren't alone. Some of the pitches I classified above differed from pitch fx. I think he does throw three distinct fastballs. I classed the two seamers above based on the marked difference to other pitches classed as four seamers.

You're right to be skeptical, I'm on the same page.

I don't beleive pitch fx when it comes to Doc and ...

2009-11-04T13:13:24.388-05:00

I don't beleive pitch fx when it comes to Doc and his alleged four-seamers.

Great work, Drew. I find this analysis fascinating...

2009-11-04T12:50:22.175-05:00

Great work, Drew. I find this analysis fascinating and I am jealous of your ability to breakdown the data.

Keep it up over the long, cold winter.