Robots Rock

by Matthew on Aug 1, 2009 6:17 PM PDT in Miscellaneous Comment 19 comments

Just saying.

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What do the different colors mean?

by DAMellen on Aug 1, 2009 6:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I should know that one, but I can't remember.

Here’s a link to Brooks Baseball pitch f/x. It has a function that plots balls and strikes, with splits, and by team. This is current to the 6th inning I believe. Link.

by Kermit. on Aug 1, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Like Gameday if you've ever seen it

Blue – in play, red – strike, green – ball. No way to differentiate swinging strikes from called to it’s hard to say anything about those, but the six balls in what should pretty much be the zone are telltale.

De Gutibus non disputandum est

by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 1, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd check out gameday if someone would give me a link to it.

How do you look at gameday?

by DAMellen on Aug 1, 2009 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, official MLB sites are a bit of a clusterfuck

So I prefer to just search Google for “Mariners” at gametime and click on the first result (the one that says “Seattle Mariners 6 – Texas Rangers 2 in progress”).

You can also access it from mariners.com.

by maalox on Aug 1, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Log into seattle mariners official MLB site.

On the front page there should be a small box score for the current game, there should be a game day link at the top right of that small window. It’s possible you may have to create an account to view gameday, but I don’t think so. Basic gameday is free.

by Kermit. on Aug 1, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pretty easy

mlb.com —> Scoreboard —> Gameday links above every ongoing/finished game. Best to have the scoreboard linked so you don’t need to load MLB though.

De Gutibus non disputandum est

by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 1, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bottom Line, Felix got squeezed.

The zone was not only very small, it varied with the pitch. Lovely. Bring on the robots.

by Sinking Away on Aug 1, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hahahaha that's sloppier than a soup sandwich

by Kermit. on Aug 1, 2009 6:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Where is earth located in all that?

are all those blue dots water planets?

"Ichiro is death by handkerchief." -- Bruce Jenkins, The San Francisco Chronicle (July 28, 2004)

by YahoohaY on Aug 1, 2009 7:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It's also important to note in this that the strike zones are normalized.

A common misconception is that the up and down borders of the strike zone are unchanging in this kind of picture – it’s not, it’s normalized based on the batter (not exactly sure how it works though).

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http://www.rightfieldbleachers.com

by Jack Moore on Aug 1, 2009 8:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs