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Post Gameday Points IV
Wow.
The
Horsemen, America's team, went 0-3. Shutout twice by the playoff-bound
Road Warriors and nipped by perennial .500 team Wiffolution. Should the
defending champs be worried? Maybe. Because they're not a good team? No.
Because
other teams are getting better and confident.
They
don't get much time to regroup either. This coming Sunday they get Wiffolution
in a doubleheader at: The Byrd House. They shouldn't hope on improving
their hitting numbers.
And
what's the deal with Carmichael? Three homeruns allowed? After speaking
with him, I'll admit he had a reason for all three; mainly, he "got
lazy." Whether or not that's the real reason, Scott's now given up
three times as many homeruns as he gave up all of last year, and he's
only one run away from matching last year's ER total! Remember when no
one had ever been below 1.00 in ERA? Now Scott's at 0.92, and here we
are, chastising him.
Matt
Plummer made a big leap. He's one of the main reasons Wiffolution went
2-1. If he no-showed, do you really think Dean and Jeff would have pulled
off that Game 1 win? I say probably not. In both Dean and Jeff's second
inning against the Whites (in Game 2), they gave up 6 and 5 runs, respectively.
Since Matt was there, those runs didn't come until the second game. Had
he not been there, they would have come in the third and fourth inning
of Game 1. And don't think that they would have beaten the Horsemen. Plummer
essentially put teams in a quick hole, and allowed Dean and Jeff, who
repsectively threw 8 and 7.7 innings at Gameday #3, time to rest.
| Current
Rookie Standings |
| Name |
Brnk |
Prnk |
Ornk |
| 1.
Curtis Henning |
7 |
6 |
1 |
| 2.
Matt Plummer |
8 |
9 |
2 |
| 3.
John Robins |
17 |
8 |
3 |
| 4.
Matt Smith |
15 |
11 |
4 |
| 5.
Pat Plummer |
19 |
7 |
5 |
| 6.
Tavis Beynon |
13 |
16 |
6 |
| 7.
Keith Carlson |
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7 |
Brnk
= Batting Rank (overall)
Prnk = Pitching Rank (overall)
ORnk = Overall Rank (rookies)
Ornk determined by summing both Brnk and Prnk. In the event
of a tie, player with more ABs is given priority. |
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With
that, let's take a look at the revised standings. Both Curtis and Matt
made the big jumps, and they were the only rookies to play. Matt's jump
knocked his brother out of the Rookie Game.
Speaking
of, the game is now set to be Curtis Henning and Matt Smith versus Matt
Plummer and John Robins. Also make note that Henning is curently on pace
for 18 homeruns. The Rookie record for homeruns in a season is 18, by
the emotional James Vassar in 1999. I don't see Henning missing too many
gamedays, and I DO see him getting better and better with each AB. I wouldn't
be surprised to see 25 when the dust clears.
Scott
Carmichael hit the roof Sunday in the second game of the day. The shot
was off Jeff Morrison in the White's first big inning of the day. Jeff
made note that the wind was blowing with some authority, but did admit
that it was "an incredible shot."
It's
the first-ever roof shot in a regular season game, which should count
for something.
Dean
kept the magic going again Sunday. Despite facing Deatrick, Carmichael,
Yoder, Creighton, and Byrd, he went 8-17 with another two homeruns. That
puts his average at .409, and his homerun total at 6. Dean has stated
rather publically that his preseason goal was to hit double digits in
homeruns. Now he might want to think about hitting 20. He's currently
on pace for 24, but his AB/game ratio will probably dwindle once Casey
starts making it out more regularly. I mean, he's also on pace for 264
ABs, and I doubt he'll hit that mark. Dean is notorious for slowing down
late in the season (before tearing it up regularly in the psotseason),
so we'll see how long he can keep this up.
One
guy who did not slow down late last season was Dave Cain, and after a
slow start, he looks to be heating up. His 10 homeruns put him right behind
Carmichael, and his .295 average has been raised from what was .206 only
a couple weeks ago thanks to two gamedays in bad hitter's conditions.
He'll probably be missing a gameday here or there for the next two thirds
of the season, but don't be surprised if he absolutely destroys pitching
numbers while he's here. And his pithing, alongside teammate Curtis Henning's,
has been remarkable. They've combined for 52 Ks and only 3 BBs. That's
extraordinary. How extraordinary? Darnell Uhland, last on the team in
IP, has the MOST BBs. Wow.
Basically,
anyone with respectable hitting numbers right now should be commended,
because we've seen some nasty weather. Once it hits July/August, and it's
105, and there's NO wind, watch those ERAs climb. Even Cain and Henning's.
Darnell
Uhland made a surprise appearance Sunday, which is just great. Who else
in this league would make that sacrifice? He didn't play all that well,
but that doesn't matter. His team still went 2-1, and you know Darnell,
after years of not being able, is happy to just be able to win games and
have players around him who can BALL.
See
you in a few days.
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