Sunday, July 25, 2010

#77---DET @ CLE, 3/2/2002



This spring training game featured three homers by each side, including a pair as part of a three-run ninth inning rally for the Tribe. I don't recall Chris Coste, Todd Dunwoody, or Brooks Kieschnick being in the organization. But what's really funny is that for some reason I wrote down "475 ft" as the distance for Kieschnick's homer. Sure it was.

Friday, July 16, 2010

#76---DET @ CLE, 4/20/2001



I didn't track balls and strikes on this sheet--helpfully noted by "NO B/S", as if I might have thought this was a game in which every PA was resolved on the first pitch, including strikeouts and walks.

Self-snark aside, this was a pretty good game. The Indians led 3-1 after three, but Detroit scored two in the sixth and one in the seventh to go up. The Tribe tied it off Matt Anderson and CJ Nitkowski in the eighth, but stranded runners on first and third with one out. With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Einar Diaz singled home the winner off of Todd Jones. I have no recollection of Tiger catcher Cardona.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

#75---NYA @ TOR, 6/6/2010




This was a silly attempt to show what a combination scoresheet based on the Reisner (situational) method and a traditional scoring system might look like. There are two diamonds in each scorebox. The first is to record the situation (including outs, for which you circle 0, 1, or 2 although they didn't show up well in the scane) and baserunner advancement before the conclusion of the at bat, as you would in the Reisner system. The second is for tracing the runner's progress around the diamond, traditional style. You need not record how he advanced, since the Reisner portion does that for you, but it is helpful to mark stolen bases and CS that you'll want to credit to the individual's stat line.

Scoring like this is not particularly viable--it's basically scoring the game twice, once using the Resiner system and once traditionally. But it does give you both the situation and the traditional, individual-focused picture at the same time.

Unrelated note: If you're interested in LL Bean's scoring system, which I've touched on before here, you'll want to read my recent posts at Walk Like a Sabermetrician. The first mimics Bean's system. The second includes one of Bean's own scoresheets and his scoring key, thanks to Henry and the Bean company.

Friday, July 2, 2010

#74---CLE @ TB, 4/8/2000



I always like highlighting games featuring Dave Burba. The Indians won this early season game at Tropicana Field 6-4 as Manny Ramirez and Jim Thome hit back-to-back homers in the fifth. Mo Vaughn's three-run shot in the bottom of the sixth concluded the scoring. Unfortunately, Burba was relieved after six by Scott Kamienicki, which is a thoroughly unholy thing to have happen.