Thursday, May 27, 2004
Some random thoughts...
How often does Barry Bonds walk? Well, coming into this season he ranked #35 all time games played, but only #72 in at bats. He was second to Rickey for walks, how many of those walks would he need to get to #35 in at bats to match his position in games played? 731, or roughly a third of his career walks. Turn that many walks into outs and he would drop to #33 on the walks chart... So it all matches up; he's walking about 50% more than other hitters who were good enough to stick in the league for a little less than two decades.
During the 1887 season walks counted as hits, so Barry would have a .606BA this year under those rules. The year before, walks counted as at bats, so if you had a nice four-walk day, your stat line would read 0-4. Under those rules, Barry would be batting .206.
Sign #82343542 of the downfall of America: The SkyBox. This is a little vending machine for your livingroom, so you don't have to get off your ass to walk to the fridge. OK, if it's a really good ballgame, I'm sympathetic, but damn, wait for a commercial. If you do need a cold one in reach, buy a freaking dorm mini-fridge for $99 instead of dropping $500 on one of these.
Finally, a photo from college baseball, Washington State's Justin McClure:
I don't know if that's a real tattoo or not, but I'm assuming that Alpha Omega is a religious message...
posted by David 4:09 PM
