balls Stories - Beyond the Box Score
Balfour's Homers in 2009
I wanted to take a look at Balfour's surrendered home runs in 2009 to see if there was any sort of pattern or if they were grooved or whatever. To do this I used Joe Lefkowitz's Pitch F/x tool. After the jump you will see each of the AB's in which he was taken deep. May 25th v. Cleveland...
Are LHB being unfairly struck out looking on pitches away?
Before we begin I want readers to know that I understand the minutaie of such a topic. Originally this was going to be a post on the full count, but the ridiculous of one of my charts made me decide to look at this phenomena instead. From my last post on the Oakland A's strike 3s looking and some...
Gavin Floyd Has Big Hairy Balls
It's rare that you get to watch a pitcher grow up right in front of your eyes, and even rarer when you can pin point the exact at-bat when he goes from boy, an oft-maligned headcase with good stuff and no idea what to do with it, to man, an incredibly confident complete pitcher who refuses to give...
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