Glorious Pelf-Improvement

by Eric Simon on Jul 13, 2008 11:53 PM EDT

Mike Pelfrey is:

18th in the NL in ERA
20th in the NL in groundball-to-flyball ratio

His strikeout and walk rates are still not great, but they've been a lot better over his last three starts. Before those three starts he was pitching better, but the peripheral results were a little discouraging. Now he has 16 strikeouts and just two walks in his last 22 innings pitched. He also has 38 groundball outs to just 15 flyball outs in those three starts. That's a G/F ratio of 2.53, which would put him behind only Brandon Webb and Tim Hudson among NL starters were he to have posted that ratio for the whole season to date. That's the company that Pelfrey should aspire to find himself among, and even if he isn't really there yet, at least it's no longer embarrassing to imagine that one day he might be.

Big winners: Carlos Beltran, +22.2% WPA, Mike Pelfrey (pitcher), +20.8% WPA
Big losers: Damion Easley, -2.6% WPA, Mike Pelfrey (hitter), -2.0% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Carlos Beltran da woot!, +20.5% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Meaningless Brad Hawpe single in 4th, -4.7% WPA
Total pitcher WPA: +20.9%
Total batter WPA: +29.1%

Game Thread Roll Call

Nice job by BobbyV_Incognito; his effort in the game thread embiggens us all.

Name	# of Posts
BobbyV_Incognito	45
JE	43
Greenpoint Ian	31
JoshNY	19
Endys Game	13
itsmetsforme	8
Reg Dunlop	3
mmxii	1
Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright	1

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Enjoy the break everybody!!

Very Very nice to see the Mets play this well, best they have played since 2006. Still think it is a capital offense that Reyes is not on the All Star team.

by Endys Game on Jul 14, 2008 12:15 AM EDT reply actions

Hey guys

Not a regular poster but I attended the game of Mets vs the Rockies tonight and took pictures. Thought you might enjoy them.

http://s132.photobucket.com/albums/q8/ebman89/Mets%20vs%20Rockies%20July%2013th%202008/

Top Josh Paul Pornos- Big Navi Stroking, 2pitchers1cup, BJ to the Balls, Riggans Your Thingans

BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Jul 14, 2008 12:31 AM EDT reply actions

Wow

Did you get to watch any of the game? There are like a thousand pictures there!

by Eric Simon on Jul 14, 2008 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah I watched all the game....

I don’t have to keep my eye in the scope the whole time, and I only took pictures of a couple of players.

Top Josh Paul Pornos- Big Navi Stroking, 2pitchers1cup, BJ to the Balls, Riggans Your Thingans

BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Jul 14, 2008 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions

we actually only won 4-0

beltran’s HR came in the first, blah blah blah you know the rest

by gogomets on Jul 14, 2008 1:41 AM EDT reply actions

Y'know what this team needs?

A nine game win streak.

"It's Father's Day today at Shea, so to all you fathers out there, Happy Birthday." -- Ralph Kiner

by dissento on Jul 14, 2008 8:52 AM EDT reply actions

a suggestion for Eric

Since we’re recycling “win” images, I think you should start using “tough guys from movies” images along with guitar gods, wrestlers, and the puppy with the gun. You know, Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman in “The French Connection”, Lee Marvin, etc. etc.

Also, I think Mick Mars has to be added to the guitar god collection.

Vote change: DePodesta/Acta in 2009!!!

by Greenpoint Ian on Jul 14, 2008 10:14 AM EDT reply actions

Guitar Gods

I’m not sure if he’s been used yet but, Jimmy Paige has to be included.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Jul 14, 2008 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions

i think he was

so far the biggest sight, by far, is the lack of Herman Li. youve not heard sherding before if youve not listened to a herman li solo.

by kendynamo on Jul 14, 2008 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions

also absent is Dimebag Darrell (R.I.P.)

by kendynamo on Jul 14, 2008 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions

sorry guys

but in addition to being raised by wolves, i specialize in 80s shred style guitar, and Mick Mars sucks—always has and always will. Herman li is a gimmicky also ran. And its “Page” not Paige. I may not be able to catch a pop up, but I will set you straight here. Just ask.
wags tongue and gives devil horns while playing eruption behind back with one hand

I.M. Forme

by itsmetsforme on Jul 14, 2008 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions

gimmicky maybe

but herman li is not an also ran. these licks are the undeniable good. http://youtube.com/watch?v=0jgrCKhxE1s

by kendynamo on Jul 14, 2008 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Page vs Paige

I wasn’t sure which was right, so I googled the Paige version, and there were so many site listing both versions, so I went with Paige.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Jul 14, 2008 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions

ah im just messin with you

when i was a younger, more serious lad, my pet peave was that the guitar god moniker is as over extended as the supermodel label. in my opinion it can’t be extended much beyond hendrix, clapton, page, van halen—guitarists who were great but also had a distinctive historical impact on the way we play and on the music we listen to. And maybe include those who are so great and distinctive they can’t be denied: Vai, Johnson, etc. There are kids sitting in their bedroom who can shred but are just bothering their parents. It’s like a Hall of Fame argument.
But everyone can like who they want.

I.M. Forme

by itsmetsforme on Jul 15, 2008 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Didn't know there was enough DragonForce love in the room

I’ll have to rectify that.

by Eric Simon on Jul 14, 2008 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions

where is this guitar god collection?

I.M. Forme

by itsmetsforme on Jul 14, 2008 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions

guitar cod?

by kendynamo on Jul 14, 2008 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions

THAT is AWESOME

by JoshNY on Jul 14, 2008 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions

wow that would hurt to actually play, and hurt

in a place that you don’t necessarily want to hurt.

I.M. Forme

by itsmetsforme on Jul 15, 2008 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions

To be clear

I only recycle the images when the score is the same. Basically, there’s one win/lose image per result. The Mets happened to win 7-0 earlier in the week, this the quick repeat. I’ve never actually reused the same image for two different results.

by Eric Simon on Jul 14, 2008 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions