Comments on: Bowkermania http://www.baycityball.com/2008/04/14/bowkermania/ Giants Baseball With a Side of STATS Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:00:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.baycityball.com/2008/04/14/bowkermania/comment-page-1/#comment-3305 Chris Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:57:07 +0000 http://www.baycityball.com/?p=219#comment-3305 I'll also add that it's possible that PITCHf/x is lumping some of his curveballs in with his sliders. I never got to see the game because of blackout restrictions, so I never actually saw on TV what he was throwing. I'm thinking it did an OK job in detecting his curveball because it did pick it up a handful of times but it seemed to me that he was really throwing the slider a lot by my first impression with the data. I’ll also add that it’s possible that PITCHf/x is lumping some of his curveballs in with his sliders. I never got to see the game because of blackout restrictions, so I never actually saw on TV what he was throwing.

I’m thinking it did an OK job in detecting his curveball because it did pick it up a handful of times but it seemed to me that he was really throwing the slider a lot by my first impression with the data.

]]> By: Chris http://www.baycityball.com/2008/04/14/bowkermania/comment-page-1/#comment-3304 Chris Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:54:30 +0000 http://www.baycityball.com/?p=219#comment-3304 Xue, I haven't looked at his numbers yet for the 2008 season by count mostly because he's only had a handful of starts. Maybe I'll do a comparison closer to half way through the season when there should be more data available and less sample size issues. This is actually the first start of Lincecum's this year that I've looked at PITCHf/x data for. Maybe I'll go back and eyeball his previous starts but I'll probably wait a little longer before I do any comparisons. Welcome to the site! Xue,

I haven’t looked at his numbers yet for the 2008 season by count mostly because he’s only had a handful of starts. Maybe I’ll do a comparison closer to half way through the season when there should be more data available and less sample size issues.

This is actually the first start of Lincecum’s this year that I’ve looked at PITCHf/x data for. Maybe I’ll go back and eyeball his previous starts but I’ll probably wait a little longer before I do any comparisons.

Welcome to the site!

]]> By: Xue http://www.baycityball.com/2008/04/14/bowkermania/comment-page-1/#comment-3303 Xue Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:47:42 +0000 http://www.baycityball.com/?p=219#comment-3303 Do you know the percentages of Lincecum's pitch selection so far in 2008 based in the Pitchf/x data? I'm curious to know how often he is throwing the slider and if he's essentially replaced the curve with the slider. Can you compare what counts he threw the curve last year to the counts he's throwing the slider this year, especially in 2-strike counts. Do you know the percentages of Lincecum’s pitch selection so far in 2008 based in the Pitchf/x data? I’m curious to know how often he is throwing the slider and if he’s essentially replaced the curve with the slider. Can you compare what counts he threw the curve last year to the counts he’s throwing the slider this year, especially in 2-strike counts.

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