• Memorial Day Fireworks Show Scheduled For Arlington Today…

    Posted by on May 25th, 2009 · Comments (5)

    …and it’s bad news for the Yankees.

    Here’s the BA/OBA/SLG line that Phil Hughes has allowed to the last 83 big league batters who have faced him: .391/.470/.768

    Yes, that’s an OPS of twelve hundred and thirty eight.

    And, here’s the BA/OBA/SLG line of Texas Rangers, to date, when they bat at home: .303/.369/.542

    Yes, that’s an OPS of nine eleven.

    This said, and considering the sorry state of the Yankees bullpen right now, I’m starting to get a Steve Trout flashback – and beginning to wonder if Kevin Cash can pitch…

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    Comments on Memorial Day Fireworks Show Scheduled For Arlington Today…

    1. g1ph7
      May 25th, 2009 | 4:37 pm

      When Kevin Cash gets 3 hits in a game, you know you were WAY off with your predictions.
    2. Gabed22
      May 25th, 2009 | 5:14 pm

      Spot on!
    3. May 25th @ The Rangers
      May 25th, 2009 | 5:37 pm

      [...] Against all odds, Phil Hughes, in this contest, pitched the best game in his major league career, according to Game Score. See below for a list of every start Hughes has made for the Yankees, to date – including today – ranked by Game Score (G Sc): [...]

    4. Steve Lombardi
      May 25th, 2009 | 5:44 pm

      Gabed22 wrote:

      Spot on!

      Hey, the stats were the stats…I didn’t make those up…
    5. Evan3457
      May 25th, 2009 | 6:37 pm

      Proving yet again, that a single baseball game will do whatever the hell it wants, and that sometimes, pregame stats are just…

      …a record of stats before a game.

      This is also “why the games are actually played”, rather than run as computer generated simulations.

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