Lots of possibilities for packing more info into the graph (which is already pretty good). Another interesting question is "What do I want to know about strikeout pitches?". In my case, it's mostly: 1. Pitch type 2. Location 3. Speed 4. Swinging, tipped, or called? In no particular order: 1. Indicate pitch location by placing the circle relative to a crosshair representing a down the middle pitch. This would give the reader an appreciation for whether it was the high fastball or a pitch in the dirt. Location matters as much as pitch type--are batters chasing bad pitches or is Timmy just that filthy? 2. Size the 'dots' by velocity? Particularly interesting to view as the game goes along--is Timmy uncorking 96 MPH fastballs in the late innings? This would obviously be tough if you used different shapes for different pitches (as idea I agree with BTW). Maybe use 88 MPH as an average and upsize/downsize accordingly? 3. I think it would be easier to consume the graph if the first inning were on top and subsequent innings were below. I also like the idea of placing the shapes in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd slots.

Looks good. I suggest you do more with the horizontal axis. Specifically, represent which outs in the innink were K's. E.g., the strikeout in the second inning was the third out, so the icon should be moved two 'outs' to the right.

I'd use "K"s and Backward's "K"s myself to denote swinging or called

Great Chart! Thanks.

I like it! I can't tell Lincecum's change from his slider, though. I wonder how gameday does it.

Is there anything to the fact that these hitters haven't really faced Lincecum? He's had two brilliant games vs AL opponents, and hasn't as faired as well against NL or the second time against the A's. The new slider obviously works well, but is there a trend for hitters catching on, figuring him out? And on the flipside, why no one can hit the new-and-improved Vogelsong?

I didn't get to see the game on TV so this chart was very helpful for me to see how dominant Timmy got later in the game. From the pitch f/x data, Timmy's change-up look particularly nasty that day. He threw it 12 times for 12 strikes, including 6 whiffs-- a swing-and-miss rate twice as high as his other pitches.

I LOVE TWISTER!! /faints

Chris Stewart was having a lot of trouble hanging on to those strike threes. Lincecum was filthy, but still, with Whiteside's recent passed ball problems, it's scary.

Love the chart - very clear and easy to understand. I really thought in the last few innings that it was Tim's "changeup" (splitter) that was getting the strike threes. Who compiles the data that says which pitch is what?

Love the graph as always, although Obo's addition certainly makes a great deal of sense. Even without the colorblind issue, as an old boss of mine used to say: "data redundancy is NOT a sin." But I really just wanted to ask a question: what was the total of K2-3 putouts yesterday? It seemed abnormally high to me. Possibly as many as 6?

I've published a lot of papers in circuits and physics journals and so have learned a lot about how to present data. Color should never be the sole indicator of a piece of information. Try using FB=red circle, Slider=green square, Changeup=yellow triangle, curve=blue X. Data depicted solely by color is a peeve of mine because I am colorblind (as are 10% of your male readers). Also, if someone prints this out in black and white all the information is lost.