Series Preview Feedback Take 2011

by Matthew on Mar 16, 2011 5:25 PM PDT in Lookout Landing News

Another year of baseball and another year of series previews. It surprises me this will be the fourth season of them. Based on the previous three seasons, the Mariners will finish 85-77 this season with good run prevention but a lackluster offense that we will enter 2012 thinking cannot possibly get worse.

Did you know that if you order the 2009 Mariner hitters by plate appearance, 12 of the first 14 are no longer Mariners? Rob Johnson (Padres), Russell Branyan (Diamondbacks), Jose Lopez (Rockies), Yuniesky Betancourt (Brewers), Adrian Beltre (Rangers), Wladimir Balentien (Reds), Ken Griffey Jr (Golf), Mike Sweeney (God), Kenji Johjima (Japan), Ronny Cedeno (Pirates), Endy Chavez (Rangers) and Jack Hannahan (Indians). We're a Josh Wilson away from it being 14 of the top 16. Sooooo close!

Anyways, stay on topic, Matthew. Here is your annual thread to offer any and all feedback on the series previews for the coming year. Most of it I will not implement because it requires way too much work, but some of the ideas I can actually do and some of them might spark other ideas. You never know. If you did know, you would know the future and you should be spending your time doing things other than reading this website. Go save a child or something. Keep an eye out for Panther the Cat.

To review, you can always browse through the Series Preview sectional archive but as a favor to the community, I pulled three example previews from each season as close to the same date as I reasonably could in order to illustrate the evolving nature of the beast. Here's 2008, 2009 and 2010. Have to say that I am glad I did because now I am aware that come late May I will be an extraordinarily bitter person. The Mariners make me angrier than I remember.

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I really like them in their current incarnation.

You added a few small things last year to the charts that make a big difference for continuity. One thing I think would be interesting would be to retroactively link your game recaps / WE charts back to the previews for better archive synergy and to keep the previews relevant throughout a series. I could see wanting to read the preview after missing the first game(s) of a series and having the two standard LL post-game pieces tacked on would really enrich the experience.

by abender20 on Mar 16, 2011 5:57 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs

I liked the beer feature on the bottom (2008) (2009).

Mainly because I like looking at beer, seeing descriptions of beer, and of course drinking beer.

by Ballard Erik on Mar 16, 2011 6:11 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs

Seconded.

by katal on Mar 16, 2011 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes

Please include all the best beers that are on sale at local outlets, please.

by nathaniel dawson on Mar 17, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions

I know they're fangraphs ready, but perhaps some interesting heatmaps as you see fit?

Along with some analysis, this could be fun.

by Robert Lintott on Mar 16, 2011 7:06 PM PDT reply actions

I'm always interested in pitch f/x related analysis about starters I know little or nothing about.

When I watch the game I like to know what pitches the opposition pitcher is likely to use, so a brief pitch f/x analysis based on this [maybe even using some nice graphics] would be really cool.

I’m less interested in the hitters, because most of these we see every day anyway and you can learn much about them just by looking at their stats.

by EnglishMariner on Mar 17, 2011 2:33 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs