But not nearly as bad as the way we roll over for the Townies.  Early good AJ CT then major late CT.

Townies win another one run game.  Weren’t we just 1 in front with CC vs Lackey up 3 days ago?

Didn’t the Yankees take 2 of 3 in Anaheim this year?

WWWMW.

This is at least the second WWWMW this year. :/

I propose a RLYW meetup/pizza party to celebrate after AJ finally leaves the team.

We can watch Hook, but you can only have 2 pieces of pizza until we know there is enough for people to take more.

[6] If none of the lovely Yankee ladies here show up, I propose a more male-oriented movie than Hook…I’ll bring wings.

Edit: Oh, and we should just have a smaller party when AJ leaves the rotation.  I think we’ll have more parties that way…he’ll probably be removed from the rotation at least twice (later this month, sometime next summer)...

[7] Princess Mononoke?

[6] Can’t we all just agree to watch STWoK on Netflix at the same time ? And all join some sort of online system where we can share comments and stuff during the movie. I wonder if they still make those little egg-roll things that actually have a pizza filling.

KHAAAAAAAAN !!!!!!!

Actually, I’m gonna do this during tonite’s loss.

[5] Aren’t there usually two? If I recall correctly, he has a bad week sometime in April/early May, then one in August. This is unfortunately right on schedule, but nothing to worry about in the long run.

[9] - You’re talking about some sort of virtual mom’s basement?

[11] Yeah, I read an internet about them. That makes it true.

[9] Pizza rolls? I’m sure they do.

If we get on Google+ we can set up a massive skype conversation and MST3K ourselves a movie.

I hear Google+ is massively fast because there’s like, no-one there.

[14] true story. Although I’m not sure what “massively fast” means.

BTW- Did anyone catch this?

Wang’s start

[14] facebook, for me at least, has turned into a constantly scrolling update on the lives of my friends children.  It’s like Housewifebook.

Back in the day it was all coeds doing kegstands.

[16] Good for Wang.

Totino’s Pizza Rolls.  Anyone mind if I get sushi instead?

I think we can just do a Skype call w/o invoking a 3rd party.  Okay, technically Skype is the 3rd party, so it’s a 4th.  Hmm..I’ve got the movie on DVD, I wonder if we could stream it through Skype?

[9] - Funny story.  I’ve never watched the Star Trek movies before but a friend of mine convinced me to give them a try.  There was a marathon about 2 weeks ago and I took them off TV and have them on my iPhone.  So I was watching #2 while I was waiting on a long NJT delay into work today.  So even thought I was literally watching that movie minutes before I read your post, I still had no idea what STWoK was referring to.  Googling it was no help either.  It wasn’t until I got to “KHAAAAAAAAN !!!!!!!” did I have any idea what you were talking about. 

Ok that story wasn’t funny.  I lied.

Also, about Mo.  His ERA was pretty bad post All Star break last year as well.  He is 41.  Is there any place we can look up data on his pitches first half vs. 2nd half for last year and this year?  With Robertson around maybe he can get some of the save opportunities while giving Mo some extra rest.

[21] I think this is basically waht you’re looking for?

Per NY Times Beckett and Laptop the two slowest pitchers in MLB (possible double meaning).

[13] I’m using g+ a bit - I hated facebook - but of course can’t do it under this handle.

[7]  I’m not so sure Ivy and ym would stand in the way of KHAAAAAAN but we’d have to ask them.

I really hope there are other women who at least lurk around here, or who post and I don’t realize are women.  Because otherwise this board smells a lot like a high-school locker room.

Not that Jonathan and SG aren’t in touch with with their feminine side.  I mean, heat maps—amirite?

[22] - I was looking more for this or a heat map of location but broken down by half (or even better, by month).

[26] It looks like the plots on the bottom are with time on the horizontal axis. Not the form you were looking for the data in, but it’s there.

Yeah, I noticed that.  Velocity looks to be increasing this year, that’s why I edited my original to also look at location.  I’m wondering if his command within the zone isn’t as sharp. 

Or this could all just be random with no meaning or patter to it at all.

Give me a bit and I’ll post some monthly Pitch FX stuff on Mo.  I will just say that claiming he was bad in the second half last year is a bit misleading.  He had a 0.98 ERA/2.6 FIP from July 16 through September 10 last year.  He then gave up six runs over his next six appearances (5.2 IP), then finished out the season by throwing eight scoreless innings (including the postseason).

[25] I wasn’t thinking Wrath of Kahn when I said “male-oriented”

Joe P at RAB on moving AJ to the bullpen:

In the first three innings, however, Burnett’s numbers are much nicer. There he has a .205/.288/.358 batting line against, with a 2.88 ERA and 3.82 FIP. He strikes out almost a batter per inning, and has a 2.4 K/BB ratio. He does have some trouble starting a game, as opponents have a .812 OPS through 25 pitches, and a .728 OPS in the first inning. But perhaps Burnett could mitigate some of these numbers by 1) not necessarily facing the top of the order, and 2) emptying the tank rather than pacing himself. Given his overall numbers the first time through the order, when opponents have a .647 OPS, it seems worth the shot.

Where do I sign up?

[30]  Oh, you mean LOTR?

[31] Why not start him and pull him at the first sign of trouble?

[33] If only we had a 6th starter that could then go in right when Burnett becomes ineffective. Or a long man with good stuff and experience starting in the minors. Know anyone like that?

[33 & 34] Sounds good in theory, but I think that’s a worse idea.  When is “first sign of trouble”?  Usually it’s in the 5th or 6th, but are you going to start warming guys up before the 5th starts, and just have them constantly warming up?  What if AJ has one of those outings where trouble doesn’t start until the 8th?  Also, why limit Hughes/Nova (unless j meant Noesi) to 2-4 innings when you’re trying to build them up and find the right one(s) to start in the post-season?  Also, if the ultimate goal may be to have AJ available to pitch out of the pen in the post-season, why not start doing it now, let him get any adjustment out of the way, etc?

He never pitches the 8th in my scenario unless it’s a 4-run game.  He never pitches the seventh unless…  He pitches the 6th (or the nth time through the order) with a guy warmed in the pen who comes in after the first walk or WP.  The idea being to keep CC’s and Colon’s and Garcia’s IP down, and to see if one can help learn his good mechanics better by avoiding the bad spots.  Rosters expand soon so the slight increase in load on the pen should be managable.