Jimbo

I'd add myself to the list, but I'm thinking I'm more valuable to the team at SS/3B than I am at P?? True. That's why I've been practicing on my own. I feel it's the best way for me to contribute to the team. I'm getting better, but BP yesterday shows I'm still not quite game ready. Razzzor was pretty good with his control. One thing I have learned this season is how much of a killer walks are. Let's say against White House instead of 7 walks instead 4 doubles and 3 fly outs, they score 19 in five innings as opposed to 28. Against Landmark we drew 12 walks - if half of those are singles and the other half outs, we score only 10 instead of 23. I think we should go whomever has the best control, not neccessarily the best spin or arc.

I defiantely would be up for it. I need someone to hit a couple dozen fly balls my way - I'm just not 100% comfortable out there yet as everyone could tell from last night. 11:00 would work better for me, but I could make 10. I have someone coming in at 9 to install a trophy case and I don't want my wife home alone.

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An "atta boy" award to valpocrewsader for coming up with the winning lineup. The top of the order just pounded the ball each time up. I'm glad we decided to let valpo lead off. It gave us three runs in the first we otherwise wouldn't have gotten. Plus, it put our oppenents on their heels and showed them we meant business tonight! I would like to commend everyone on the team for keeping a good attitude. It was a rough couple of games and it would have been easy to get down on ourselves, but still we held our heads high. Everyone showed up tonight expecting victory and we achieved it. My wife tells me how impressed she is as to how well we all get along with each other. We have a lot of winners on this team.

Brewerfan.net 13, Club Carnival 10 Box Stats Pics Sorry about the lack of exciting pics. Hopefully ICN took some cool ones! 1st Inning ? Top *valpocrewsader walked. *Houlie24x struck out (called). *AJAY singled, valpocrewsader to second. *Robin19 doubled, valpocresader scored, AJAY to third. *bball123h singled, AJAY scored, Robin19 to third. *nullbyte singled, Robin19 scored, bball123h to third. *DougJones43 walked, nullbyte to second. *razzzorsharp lined into double play, shortstop to secondbaseman. nullbyte out. 3R, 4H, 0E. BF 3, CC 0 1st Inning ? Bottom *Dude #1 walked. *Dude #2 singled, Dude #1 to second. *Dude #3 lined out to razzzorsharp. *Dude #4 tripled, Dude #1 scored, Dude #2 scored. *Dude #5 to second on valpocrewsader?s throwing error, Dude #4 scored. *Dude #6 flied out to Houlie24x. *Dude #7 walked. *Dude #8 singled, Dude #5 scored, Dude #7 to second. *Dude #9 singled, Dude #7 scored, Dude #8 to second. *Dude #10 grounded out, valpocrewsader to nullbyte. 5 R, 4 H, 1 E. CC 5, BF 3 2nd Inning ? Top *Jimbo grounded out, thirdbaseman to firstbaseman. *Brewer Fever flied out to left-centerfield. *Iron Chef Napalm grounded out, pitcher to firstbaseman. 0 R, 0 H, 0 E. CC 5, BF 3 2nd Inning ? Bottom Defensive change: valpocrewsader at thirdbase. razzzorsharp at shortstop. *Dude #11 infield singled. *Dude #1 flied out to AJAY. *Dude #2 struck out (foul). *Dude #3 singled, Dude #11 to third. *Dude #4 flied out to AJOHNSON104. 0 R, 2 H, 0 E. CC 5, BF 3 3rd Inning ? Top *AJOHNSON104 infield singled. On shortstop?s throwing error, AJOHNSON104 to second. *radman12484 walked. *Brian The Automator grounded into fielder?s choice, thirdbaseman unassisted. AJOHNSON 104 out, radman12484 to second, Brian The Automator to first. On thirdbaseman's throwing error, radman12484 to third, Brian The Automator to second. *valpocrewsader walked. *Houlie24x tripled, radman12484 scored, Brian The Automator scored, valpocrewsader scored. On shortstop?s throwing error, Houlie24x scored. *AJAY flied out to left-centerfield. *Robin19 singled. On rightfielder?s fielding error, Robin19 to second. *bball123h lined out to shortstop. 4 R, 3 H, 3 E. BF 7, CC 5 3rd Inning ? Bottom *Dude #5 lined out to razzzorsharp. *Dude #6 grounded out, valpocrewsader to Iron Chef Napalm. *Dude #7 popped out to nullbyte. 0 R, 0 H, 0 E. BF 7, CC 5 4th Inning ? Top *nullbyte singled. *DougJones43 singled, nullbyte to second. *razzzorsharp tripled, DougJones43 scored, nullbyte scored. On secondbaseman?s throwing error, razzzorsharp scored. *Jimbo struck out (foul). *Brewer Fever walked. *Iron Chef Napalm popped out to shortstop. *AJOHNSON104 flied out to left-centerfield. 3 R, 3 H, 1 E. BF 10, CC 5 4th Inning ? Bottom Defensive changes: radman12484 at catcher for Brian The Automator. bball123h at firstbase for Iron Chef Napalm. Robin19 at secondbase for nullbyte. Jimbo in rightfield for AJOHNSON104. *Dude #8 infield singled. On razzzorsharp?s throwing error, Dude #8 to second. *Dude #9 grounded out, valpocrewsader to bball123h. *Dude #10 singled, Dude #8 scored. *Dude #11 popped out to Robin19. *Dude #1 struck out (foul). 1 R, 2 H, 1 E. BF 10, CC 6 5th Inning ? Top *radman12484 singled. *Brian The Automator popped out to thirdbaseman. *valpocrewsader singled, radman12484 to second. *Houlie24x lined out to shortstop. *AJAY singled, radman12484 to third, valpocrewsader to second. *Robin19 singled, radman12484 scored, valpocrewsader scored, AJAY to second. *bball123h singled, AJAY scored, Robin19 to second. *nullbyte popped out to shortstop. 3 R, 5 H, 0 E. BF 13, CC 6 5th Inning ? Bottom *Dude #2 grounded out, razzzorsharp to bball123h. *Dude #3 reached second on Jimbo?s dropped fly. *Dude #4 homered, Dude #3 scored. *Dude #5 lined out to razzzorsharp. *Dude #6 struck out (called). 6th Inning ? Top *DougJones43 flied out to leftfield. *razzzorsharp tripled. *Jimbo struck out (foul). *Brewer Fever grounded out, shortstop to firstbaseman. 0 R, 1 H, 0 E. BF 13, CC 8 6th Inning ? Bottom Defensive changes: nullbyte in rightfield, AJAY out. DougJones43 to left-centerfield. Jimbo to right-centerfield. *Dude #7 grounded out, secondbaseman to firstbaseman. *Dude #8 singled. *Dude #9 singled, Dude #8 to second. *Dude #10 popped out to valpocrewsader. *Dude #11 walked. *Dude #1 reached on razzzorsharp?s fielding error, Dude #8 scored, Dude #9 scored, Dude #11 to second. *Dude #2 grounded out, Brewer Fever to bball123h. 2 R, 2 H, 1 E. BF 13, CC 10

Jamie, I understand the desire to the equalize the AB's, but I really, really, really wish to win tonight! I would like to see valpo lead off - let's give ourselves the best chance for victory. We can decide here or discuss it before the game. Whatever we end up doing, I'll go along with it.

I like valpocrewsader's idea. valpocrewsader - Houlie24x - AJAY - Robin19 - bball123h nullbyte - DougJones43 - razzzorsharp - Jimbo - Brewer Fever brewerjamie15 - Iron Chef Napalm - AJOHNSON104 radman12484 - Brian The Automator - colbyjack My simulation program computes 9.44 runs, about the same as the OBP simulation. Without jamie and colby, the number goes up to 10.42 Jamie's theory was to go singles - power - singles - power A possible lineup would be AJAY - bball123h - Houlie24x - valpocrewsader - Robin19 DougJones43 - nullbyte - razzzorsharp - Brewer Fever - brewerjamie15 - Jimbo - radman12484 - Iron Chef Napalm AJOHNSON104 - Brian The Automator - colbyjack Similar results to OPS and OBP: 9.37 runs, 10.48 without jamie and colby. I vote for valpo's lineup. Got some studs on top!

Just a few things to keep in mind: That tall white guy who plays SS homered against us in the opener, and also homered against Landmark two weeks ago. Their one lefty hit a foul ball into the tennis courts. Look back at the box score. Their first six did most of the damage. Hitters 7-11 didn't do much. I remember being able to cheat up in RF on those guys. If it's tight late, IBB the 5/6 guy to face a weaker guy? Houlie is ready for the OF. We'll have 14 guys. What lineup do we use, and who plays where? On edit: with a win Thursday, we could possibly be in a tie for third place. The last couple of weekends I have been practicing pitching and have been gaining confidence. I would like to try an inning or two - maybe next week?

Let's do that daisy thing. Good idea. Ooh yeah, good thinking. Daisy Chain: Man Law!

One thought that came to me yesterday is to come up with one batting order and "daisy chain" it. Say the 9th batter makes the final out this week, then next week the 10th batter "leads off", followed by 11th, 12th, ... No need to constantly reshuffle the lineup each week. Everyone would be within one PA of each other the final six games.

After last week's game Jamie and I were kicking around ideas and how to improve our run output. I threw together a quick simulation program using our real-time stats. I didn't come up with a way to simulate opponent fielding errors, so the numbers are in earned runs scored. As a benchmark, I first used out opening day lineup, then compred other lineups to that. Jamie is thinking about mixing it up, so all the weaker hitters aren't up in a row. Looking at the figures, I would say it would have no effect. We basically are going to average 8 or 9 runs a game no matter the lineup. If we think we will be in a close game, it's possible to tweak it to get that extra run or two. Results

Ahem, that's "Kc".

Any pop available, or is it bring your own?

AJAY: We were pretty much had done the "same old, same old" the first three games. I think we saw this as an opprotunity to mixed things up a bit. I appreciate the opprotunity to play 3B and bat fifth, but it's pretty obvious I was out of place on both counts. ALL: Jamie and I threw some ideas around in the parking lot last night with regards to the batting order. I did some rough back of the envelope calculations. Using a lineup ranked by OBP, best to worst: 40 PA, 21 outs, 19 baserunners Using a lineup ranked by OBP, worst to best: 36 PA, 21 outs, 15 baserunners How many more runs an extra 4 baserunners produce, I don't know. But the difference between most efficient and least efficient is just a couple of runs. Mixing up a lineup and changing the rotation would fall somewhere in between. If I have some time this weekend, I'll throw together a quick simulation program and see what come out.

Final: White House 28, Brewerfan.net 5 Box Stats No pictures last night - too dark. A big welcome to any White House guys checking us out today. Our team website is here. 1st Inning ? Top *Buszkiewicz walked. *Macias singled, Buszkiewicz to third. On Houlie24x?s throwing error, Buskiewicz scored, Macias to third. *Miekatz walked. *Luedtke homered, Macias scored, Miekatz scored. *Wheaton infield singled. *Henson singled, Wheaton to second. *Murphy grounded into fielder?s choice, Wheaton to third, Robin19 to Brewer Fever, Henson out. *Young walked, Murphy to second. *Turner walked, Wheaton scored, Murphy to third, Young to second. *Barger singled, Murphy scored, Young to third, Turner to second. *Buszkiewicz singled, Young scored, Turner scored, Barger to third. *Macias singled, Barger scored, Buszkiewicz to third. *Miekatz walked, Macias to second. *Luedtke singled, Buszkiewicz scored, Macias scored, Miekatz to third. *Wheaton flied out to Houlie24x. *Henson singled, Miekatz scored, Luedtke to third. *Murphy doubled, Luedtke scored, Henson scored. *Young grounded out, bball123h to radman12484. 14 R, 9 H, 1 E. WH 14, BF 0 1st Inning ? Bottom *brewerjamie15 struck out (foul). *Houlie24x infield singled. *razzzorsharp struck out (foul). *AJAY singled, Houlie24x to second. *Jimbo grounded out, Buszkiewicz unassisted. 0 R, 2 H, 0 E. WH 14, BF 0 2nd Inning ? Top Defensive substitution: razzzorsharp in leftfield for Houlie24x. *Turner flied out to DougJones43. *Barger singled. *Buszkiewicz walked, Barger to second. *Macias singled, Barger scored, Buszkiewicz to second. *Miekatz singled, Buszkiewicz scored, Macias to second. *Luedkte flied out to DougJones43. Macias tagged to third. *Wheaton doubled, Macias scored, Miekatz scored. *Henson doubled, Wheaton scored. *Murphy reached on radman12484?s dropped throw, Henson scored, Murphy to second. *Young lined out to bball123h. 6 R, 5 H, 1 E. WH 20, BF 0 2nd Inning ? Bottom *DougJones43 popped out to Buszkiewicz. *valpocrewsader walked. *bball123h flied out to Macias. *nullbyte doubled, valpocrewsader scored. *Robin19 singled, nullbyte scored. *Brewer Fever singled, Robin19 to third. *Brian The Automator grounded out, Wheaton to Murphy. 2 R, 3 H, 0 E. WH 20, BF 2 3rd Inning ? Top Defensive substitutions: Robin19 at pitcher. bball123h at firstbase for radman12484. brewerjamie15 at secondbase. Jimbo at thirdbase. valpocrewsader at shortstop. AJAY in left-centerfield for DougJones43. colbyjack in right-centerfield for nullbyte. AJOHNSON104 in rightfield. *Turner tripled. *Barger walked. *Buszkiewicz flied out to Brewer Fever. *Macias singled, Turner scored, Barger to second. *Miekatz singled, Barger scored, Macias to second. *Luedtke popped out to brewerjamie15. *Wheaton singled, Macias scored, Miekatz to second. *Henson doubled, Miekatz scored, Wheaton to third. *Murphy grounded out, Robin19 to bball123h. 4 R, 5 H, 0 E. WH 24, BF 2 3rd Inning ? Bottom *AJOHNSON104 grounded out, Young to Miekatz. *radman12484 flied out to Henson. *colbyjack flied out to Henson. 0 R, 0 H, 0 E. WH 24, BF 2 4th Inning ? Top *Young singled. *Turner grounded into fielder?s choice, AJAY to brewerjamie15, Young out. *Barger grounded into fielder?s choice, valpocrewsader to brewerjamie15, Turner out. *Buskiewicz struck out (foul). 0 R, 1 H, 0 E. WH 24, BF 2 4th Inning ? Bottom *brewerjamie15 lined out Buszkiewicz. *Houlie24x singled. *razzzorsharp singled, Houlie24x to second. *AJAY tripled, Houlie 24x scored, razzzorsharp scored. *Jimbo grounded out, Buskiwicz to Miekatz, AJAY scored. *DougJones43 singled. *valpocrewsader grounded out, Wheaton to Murphy. 3 R, 4 H, 0 E. WH 24, BF 5 5th Inning ? Top Defensive substitution: Brewer Fever at catcher. Brian The Automator at firstbase for bball123h. *Macias singled. *Miekatz struck out (foul). *Luedkte homered, Macias scored. *Wheaton singled. *Henson flied out to AJAY. *Murphy homered, Wheaton singled. *Young flied out to AJAY. 4 R, 4 H, 0 E. WH 28, BF 5 5th Inning ? Bottom *bball123h flied out to Macias. *nulbyte infield singled. *Robin19 flied out to Macias. *Brewer Fever singled, nullbyte to second. *Brian The Automator struck out (swing). 0 R, 2 H, 0 E. WH 28, BF 5

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nullbyte's thought goes along the same lines as what Jamie was thinking. However, we say we want everyone to get an equal number of swings, yet we say we want to give ourselves the best chance to win. I see this as somewhat of a paradox. I have one idea of a compromise. Create two pools of players, Pool A has the best 8-10 hitters and hit first, Pool B the rest. Every week, guys rotate the batting order within their own pool. Yeah, the Pool A guys get more PAs, but if you do the math, a Pool A guy will get on avergae just 3 more PA than a Pool B guy over the final six games. We have the late game, but how about a ten minute pow-wow after the game tonight to hash these ideas and take a vote. Next week is the Club Carnival re-match and I would like us to field our best team possible. ----- Also, Jamie had brought up the subject of mixing up the defense a bit. Three guys have defensed all 21 innings. Who is our #2 pitcher tonight? Robin19?

Houlie had requested time in LF. On edit: if anyone can't make it, please post here ASAP.

The boys from Brewerfan.net take on first place White House. Last Thursday, White House defeated Bay Street Pub for sole possession of first place. Game time 9 pm. Any suggestions for line-ups?

Sometime next week I'll crunch our opponents' stats to use as a benchmark. I updated the stat page. We've played one stronger team, an even team and a weaker team. Our OBP and FA are similar. One thing that stands out is our 18 K(!), and we're behind in XBH 20-9. We also to seem to hit more grounders - is that cause for concern? The topic of sample sizes - only the elite play at the MLB level, dozens/hundreds of PA are neccessary to seperate the wheat from the chaff. At our level, the difference in talent is spread out enough that the cream will rise to the top after just a few games.

I'm up for a Sunday morning workout. 10 am we were talking about?

I was going to wait until the All-Star break to post this thought, but since the team is in brainstorm mode, here it goes. Power Hitters: (ranked by SLG) 1. valpocrewsader 2. Houlie24X 3. Bball123h 4. Robin19 5. DougJones43 6. AJAY Singles Hitters: (ranked by OBP) 1. Jimbo 2. razzzorsharp 3. nullbyte 4. Brewer Fever 5. Brewerjamie15 6. radman 7. colbyjack 8. AJOHNSON104 9. ICN 10. Brian (I know, robbed of 2 hits by the umps) Do we do a line up of: S1-P2-S2-P1-S3-P3-S4-P4-S5-P5-S6-P6-S7-S8-S9-S10 ???? Sometime next week I'll crunch our opponents' stats to use as a benchmark.

That picture is weird/funny on a lot of levels. What's scarry to me is that Dude is their #9 hitter and looks like he could be a bouncer at Anna'a and is bigger than anybody on our team except Kenny.

First, the good: Our power guys kept it going tonight: Houlie, valpo, Bball wi th a multi-hit game. Keep in mind guys we retired 9 out of 10 at one point. The score after 3 was 3-1. the bad: Jamie discussed in the other recap thread. My scouting report. IIRC, last night two flies to center, a fly and a grounder to the right side. So kinda close there. But sure don't remember them hitting more than three deep balls the first game. the ugly: Anyone aware we had one AB with RISP - when Jamie grounded out to end the game. Also, a 40-year-old man is tied for second on the team in BA. I had wanted to reshoot the team photo this week (better lighting), but after the game the thought totally slipped my mind. We were in no mood for a shoot, anyhow.

Sorry for the dupe thread, I kinda considered this a 'venting' thread. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Anna's 16, Brewerfan.net 2 Awesome action photos here. Box Stats Feel free to help update the roster. I know it was a tough game, but once again feel free to make corrections for accuarcy purposes (ie our pitching change). 1st Inning - Top *Dude #1 singled. *Dude #2 walked, Dude #1 to second. *Dude #3 singled, Dude #1 to third, Dude #2 to second. On DougJones43's fielding error, Dude #1 scored, Dude #2 scored, Dude #3 to third. *Dude #4 flied out to DougJones43. On DougJones43's throwing error, Dude #3 scored. *Dude #5 struck out (foul). *Dude #6 grounded out, razzzorsharp to Bball123h. 3 R, 2 H, 2 E. A 3, BF 0 1st Inning - Bottom *Brewerjamie15 grounded out, shortstop to firstbaseman. *Houlie24X popped out to thirdbaseman. *razzzorsharp singled. *AJAY lined out to rightfield. 0 R, 1 H, 0 E. A 3, BF 0 2nd Inning - Top *Dude #7 grounded out, razzzorsharp to Bball123h. *Dude #8 flied out to valpocrewsader. *Dude #9 singled. *Dude #10 grounded out, valpocrewsader to Brewerjamie15. 0 R, 1 H, 0 E. A 3, BF 0 2nd Inning - Bottom *Brewer Fever grounded out, thirdbaseman to firstbaseman. *DougJones43 popped out to shortstop. *valpocrewsader tripled. Om rightfielder's throwing error, valpocrewsader scored. *Bball123h singled. *nullbyte struck out (foul). 1 R, 2 H, 1 E. A 3, BF 1 3rd Inning - Top *Dude #11 grounded out, valpocrewsader to Babll123h. *Dude #1 popped out to valpocrewsader. *Dude #2 flied out to DougJones43. 0 R, 0 H, 0 E. A 3, BF 1 3rd Inning - Bottom *Robin19 singled. *radman12484 struck out (foul). *AJOHNSON104 grouned into fielder's choice, shortstop to secondbaseman, Robin19 out. *Iron Chef Napalm struck out (swing). 0 R, 1 H, 0 E. A 3, BF 1 4th Inning - Top *Dude #3 homered. *Dude #4 tripled. *Dude #5 sacrifice flied to DougJones43, Dude #4 scored. *Dude #6 doubled. *Dude #7 lined out to razzzorsharp. *Dude #8 struck out (foul). 2 R, 3 H, 0 E. A 5, BF 1 4th Inning - Bottom Anna's Pitcher #2. *Jimbo flied out to leftfield. *Brewerjamie15 flied out to rover. *Houlie24X homered. *razzzorsharp grounded out, secondbaseman to firstbaseman. 1 R, 1 H, 0 E. A 5, BF 2 5th Inning - Top Defensive substitutions: Iron Chef Napalm at firstbase for Bball123h. Robin19 at secondbase for Brewerjamie15. AJOHNSON104 in right-centerfield for Houlie24X. Jimbo in rightfield for nullbyte. *Dude #9 singled. *Dude #10 grounded into fielder's choice, valpocrewsader to Robin19, Dude #9 out. On Robin19's throwing error, Dude #10 to second. *Dude #11 popped out to razzzorsharp. *Dude #1 tripled, Dude #10 scored. *Dude #2 popped out to Brewer Fever. 1 R, 2 H, 0 E. A 6, BF 2 5th Inning - Bottom *AJAY flied out to leftfield. *Brewer Fever grounded out, pitcher to firstbaseman. *DougJones43 struck out (foul). 0 R, 0 H, 0 E. A 6, BF 2 6th Inning - Top *Dude #3 walked. *Dude #4 flied out to AJAY. *Dude #5 doubled, Dude #3 to third. Jimbo to Robin19 to radman12484 to Brewer Fever to valpocrewsader, Dude #5 out, Dude #3 scored. *Dude #6 walked. *Dude #7 walked, Dude #6 to second. *Dude #8 doubled, Dude #6 scored, Dude #7 scored. On the throw, Dude #8 to third. *Dude #9 flied out to DougJones43. 3 R, 2 H, 0 E. A 9, BF 2 6th Inning - Bottom *valpocrewsader grounded out, thirdbaseman to firstbaseman. *Bball123h infield singled. *nullbyte struck out (swing). *Robin19 flied out to centerfield. 0 R, 1 H, 0 E. A 9, BF 2 7th Inning - Top *Dude #10 singled. *Dude #11 flied out to AJAY. *Dude #1 doubled, Dude #10 scored. *Dude #2 doubled, Dude #1 scored. Defensive changes: razzzorsharp to pitcher, Brewer Fever to thirdbase. *Dude #3 doubled, Dude #2 scored. *Dude #4 homered, Dude #3 scored. *Dude #5 doubled. *Dude #6 doubled, Dude #5 scored. *Dude #7 grounded out, Robin19 to Iron Chef Napalm, Dude #6 to third. *Dude #8 singled, Dude #6 scored. *Dude #9 struck out (foul). 7 R, 8 H, 0 E. A 16, BF 2 7th Inning - Bottom *radman12484 walked. *AJOHNSON104 popped out to secondbaseman. *Iron Chef Napalm struck out (swing). *Jimbo singled, radman12484 to second. *Brewerjamie15 grounded out, shortstop to thirdbaseman. 0 R, 1 H, 0 E. A 16, BF 2