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Post by TomlinFoolery on Aug 19, 2020 13:05:19 GMT -5
with Runners at 3rd and less than 2 outs, Braves are hitting an appalling .186 and have struck out a major league leading 17 times in those situations.
Honestly, I expected it to be even worse than that. Still though, that is quite a lousy level of ineptitude.
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Aug 19, 2020 14:39:03 GMT -5
They lead the league in strike outs in any situation, so that part of it is no surprise.
The rest of it may be a big thing in this aberration of a season, but it's still not a huge sample size. 5 really bad games could totally skewer the averages.
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Post by TomlinFoolery on Aug 19, 2020 16:28:38 GMT -5
They struggle against southpaws pretty harshly. .189(39 for 206) with a .584 OPS.
Against right handers they are formidable: .273(174-637) with a .820 OPS. Only trail the Dodgers (.838 OPS) and Yankees(.833 OPS). No other team has a higher OBP than. 802 against righties.
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Post by keystone61 on Aug 20, 2020 10:10:11 GMT -5
We can't hit, pitch or field very well. Why are we 14-11?
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Post by PABraveFan on Aug 20, 2020 12:40:18 GMT -5
We can't hit, pitch or field very well. Why are we 14-11? We could easily be 12-13 if not for a 2 out, 2 strike HR in the bottom of the 9th against the Mets and a 4 run 9th against the Nats on Monday. Braves have not lost one like that this year yet so expect that to happen before the year is over.
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Post by keystone61 on Aug 20, 2020 13:28:59 GMT -5
We can't hit, pitch or field very well. Why are we 14-11? We could easily be 12-13 if not for a 2 out, 2 strike HR in the bottom of the 9th against the Mets and a 4 run 9th against the Nats on Monday. Braves have not lost one like that this year yet so expect that to happen before the year is over. I should expect that type of optimism from a weather man! 😁
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Post by Fumbduckery on Aug 20, 2020 15:01:48 GMT -5
We could easily be 12-13 if not for a 2 out, 2 strike HR in the bottom of the 9th against the Mets and a 4 run 9th against the Nats on Monday. Braves have not lost one like that this year yet so expect that to happen before the year is over. I should expect that type of optimism from a weather man! 😁 I think there's a 50% chance his prediction comes true.
I always wanted a job where I could get paid a lot of money to say there was a 50% of things happening.
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Post by keystone61 on Aug 20, 2020 16:39:46 GMT -5
I should expect that type of optimism from a weather man! 😁 I think there's a 50% chance his prediction comes true.
I always wanted a job where I could get paid a lot of money to say there was a 50% of things happening. What about a government expert? They're ALWAYS wrong and keep cushy do nothing jobs for decades.
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Aug 20, 2020 16:55:21 GMT -5
Gentleman, our weatherman worked for the government and is highly accurate. Plus, sometimes there is a 50/50 chance of something happening.
I just wished PA gave us a weather-report every day for the area between Atlanta and Athens Ga. I told my wife last night he was much more accurate than my weather app!
PA.. you have my permission to ***** slap these people.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Aug 20, 2020 18:07:29 GMT -5
Gentleman, our weatherman worked for the government and is highly accurate. Plus, sometimes there is a 50/50 chance of something happening. I just wished PA gave us a weather-report every day for the area between Atlanta and Athens Ga. I told my wife last night he was much more accurate than my weather app! PA.. you have my permission to ***** slap these people. I was talking about OTHER weathermen not ourz!
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Post by PABraveFan on Aug 20, 2020 18:12:05 GMT -5
We could easily be 12-13 if not for a 2 out, 2 strike HR in the bottom of the 9th against the Mets and a 4 run 9th against the Nats on Monday. Braves have not lost one like that this year yet so expect that to happen before the year is over. I should expect that type of optimism from a weather man! 😁 I wouldn't call it pessimistic, I'd call it realistic. It happens every year, you knpw, the game you're up big or you have in hand and then wind up losing.
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Post by PABraveFan on Aug 20, 2020 18:17:05 GMT -5
Gentleman, our weatherman worked for the government and is highly accurate. Plus, sometimes there is a 50/50 chance of something happening. I just wished PA gave us a weather-report every day for the area between Atlanta and Athens Ga. I told my wife last night he was much more accurate than my weather app! PA.. you have my permission to ***** slap these people. LOL...no problem. It's a common perception. Nobody is right all the time in this business. In fact, it's very humbling. Just when you think you've got a handle on things using the most modern updated physic models, historical analogs, thousand of hours of training, and years of experience, mother nature says "not so fast"!
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Post by PABraveFan on Aug 20, 2020 18:31:39 GMT -5
Gentleman, our weatherman worked for the government and is highly accurate. Plus, sometimes there is a 50/50 chance of something happening. I just wished PA gave us a weather-report every day for the area between Atlanta and Athens Ga. I told my wife last night he was much more accurate than my weather app! PA.. you have my permission to ***** slap these people. I was talking about OTHER weathermen not ourz! I'm wrong plenty of time (I hope not 50%). I just try to apply what I've learned and experienced to the best of my ability. Sometimes things move a little faster or slower than anticipated and mesoscale and microscale anomalies that are unseen or even not available can destroy a forecast. Sometimes you just scratch your head and move on. Good baseball hitters only succeed 30% of the time and make millions. Sometime (or a lot this year for the Braves) they strike out like I do. If I'm right 50% of the time that should be worth at least as much, right?
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Post by keystone61 on Aug 23, 2020 12:26:09 GMT -5
I was talking about OTHER weathermen not ourz! I'm wrong plenty of time (I hope not 50%). I just try to apply what I've learned and experienced to the best of my ability. Sometimes things move a little faster or slower than anticipated and mesoscale and microscale anomalies that are unseen or even not available can destroy a forecast. Sometimes you just scratch your head and move on. Good baseball hitters only succeed 30% of the time and make millions. Sometime (or a lot this year for the Braves) they strike out like I do. If I'm right 50% of the time that should be worth at least as much, right? Yeah, but weathermen don't face 98 mph fastballs 😉
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Aug 23, 2020 12:42:10 GMT -5
Just 145 mph winds....
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