Gone oh rrea

jah003 said:

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Hey Carlos... do something.

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you rang

**** yeah

Man, that steal hurts now. Haha.

Damn. Bounced off that dudes head.

Just about on his knees to get that.

Never know. He may never see that pitch with Yuli on 1st. You just don't know

That was hilarious. Dude. Bring a glove.

**** yeah!

CFTXAG10 said:

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I literally said right before he homered "knowing our luck Carlos will go yard here"

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What would have been worse is if he hit a double into the gap that would have scored Yuli. Then Jones and straw strand him on 2nd

Glad he went yard at least

Did that dude in the orange jersey and white hat take that HR off the face?

the Astros need to do that more often.

just flick it into the Crawfords -- easy HR

Ok bullpen...don't blow this...

enter Brooks

Harry Dunne said:

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Beat40 said:

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Harry Dunne said:

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I asked a few games ago and no one answered: Why is 100 pitches the "magic number" for pulling a starter out of a game?

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I imagine loads of analytical data has told baseball teams around 100 pitches, especially if taxed, is where pitchers risk of injury increases, or at least makes the modern pitcher more prone to fatigue later in the season.

I don't think they do it just for fun.

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Yes obviously there is something. I was just wondering if someone knew specifically what it was. I don't think anyone's dumb enough to think they were just doing it for fun.

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Sorry, I didn't mean to sound rude. That's my bad.

Yeah, I don't really know for sure. I'm just taking a guess, but I'd bet it has to do with that kind of being a league wide average for when a pitcher's performance generally declines in a game.

Hopefully someone on here can actually speak to it.

mwm said:

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My recollection (often questionable) is that 100 is a "new school" idea. I recall some of the guys like Ryan, Drysdale, Marichal, etc. would regularly throw 120-130 a game. I have no data to support my memory.

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I remember Ryan being on a pitch count when I was a kid (in Houston) because he was angry about it. I saw an interview with Greg Maddux where he said he never had a pitch count until late in his career. He said he pitched until he was ineffective and learn how to pitch when he was tired.

With a young arm like LG I understand you wouldn't want to let him throw 140 pitches, but I feel like a lot of these guys are never going to find out what their limits are because they get babied so badly.

Raley shutout 7th

Stanek shutout 8th

Pressly shutout 9th

I BELIEVE!!

All good. I'm sure you're right, I'd just like to know more behind the science.

Harry Dunne said:

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All good. I'm sure you're right, I'd just like to know more behind the science.

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I do as well.

What is the Ump looking at there.

I wonder if that book about the Astros has anything about pitch counts. I think Farmer or someone on here has read it. Can't remember the title of it.

On deck: Pujols

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) May 27, 2021

Google is my friend...

May 21, 2013 Updated: May 21, 2013 11:56 p.m. In 1989, at age 42, Nolan Ryan averaged 127 pitches a game with a high of 164, which came five days after he threw 150.

Yeah, but Ryan was a f-cking machine. Not sure how fair it is to use him as a litmus test.

mwm said:

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Google is my friend...

May 21, 2013 Updated: May 21, 2013 11:56 p.m. In 1989, at age 42, Nolan Ryan averaged 127 pitches a game with a high of 164, which came five days after he threw 150.

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You can't compare guys to him. He's like JV. Freaking unicorn.

Someone hold me.

mwm said:

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Google is my friend...

May 21, 2013 Updated: May 21, 2013 11:56 p.m. In 1989, at age 42, Nolan Ryan averaged 127 pitches a game with a high of 164, which came five days after he threw 150.

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...and it's funny he was pissed about that because he once threw 235 pitches in one game!!!