Here's something to follow the rest of the season - (and it should excite RR, who is a bit more exciteable when it comes to Olivo's walk rate than most):
Olivo times reached on a WP/PB 3rd strike: 3 (unless I missed one)
Olivo times reached on a BB: 2I would really doubt no one has ever accomplished this feat for an entire season. Sounds like a really depressing baseball reference research project
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this would be the infamous BB/Olivo ratio
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
by buddyball on Jun 8, 2009 3:19 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I can think of another contest
TPJ total hits vs. Miggy’s Olivos
I’m picking Miggy
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
by buddyball on Jun 8, 2009 3:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Under
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jun 9, 2009 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just want to know
after this season (or during, doesn’t matter really)… can the K/WP please be adopted by MLB/media as an Olivo (much like .200 = Mendoza Line)?
by XBic on Jun 8, 2009 4:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
We're on Miggy pretty bad here (and deservedly so), but I shouldn't forget
and would be remiss not to mention what was, for me, quite possibly the defining moment that symbolized the Royals futility the last quarter century:
I speak, of course, of the Mark Quinn walk that broke his drought, followed by the fireworks “accidentally” going off to mark the occasion.
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
by loyal2sdad on Jun 8, 2009 4:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
good times, good times...
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
by buddyball on Jun 8, 2009 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just hope that...
the person or persons responsible for the fireworks “accident” didn’t get fired. Cause that was hilarious!!!
Oh, and way to go Olivo – you’ve got to be the only player that’s more likely to get on base by striking out than by taking a walk!!!
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Jun 8, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the manager at the time actually set that up
Was it Muser?
by AxDxMx on Jun 8, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Muser had a sense of humor?
BOOM! ROASTED!
by GoBabies!! on Jun 8, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It may have been the hitting coach
I can’t remember, but it was definitely set up by someone in the clubhouse.
by AxDxMx on Jun 9, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reminds me of Berroa.
Back in the day my I tracked Berroa’s Errors to Walks Ratio, to see if he could really have more errors than walks in a season.
He made the miracle happen in:
2004 (28 Es/23 BBs)
2005 (25 Es/18 BBs)
2006 (18 Es/14 BBs)
Good old Berroa.
by hippdoghipp on Jun 8, 2009 9:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow
He walked 23 times one year?
BOOM! ROASTED!
by GoBabies!! on Jun 8, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember giving him a standing O one of those years for a walk
It had been a looooooooooong time since he’d last had one. Magical.
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too. ~Greg, age 8
by loyal2theroyals on Jun 20, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, but he's an awesome defender!
and by “awesome,” I mean i just calculated him at -4.3
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by devil_fingers on Jun 9, 2009 12:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
-4.3? That's it?
Has he only played 5 games this year?
by AxDxMx on Jun 9, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's almost all on passed balls/wild pitches
although he’s currently below average throwing out runners, too
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by devil_fingers on Jun 9, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but he calls a great game
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
by buddyball on Jun 10, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But Zack NEEDS HIM IN ORDER TO PITCH
"Do they have people that tall in Mexico?"
by NHZ on Jun 11, 2009 1:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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