Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – August 17, 2014

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It is time for The Sunday Request!

Roy White averaged over 5 WAR per year for Yankees from 1968-1972 when team was a shade over .500. Why isn’t he loved as much as Mattingly?

— High Heat Stats MLB (@HighHeatStats) August 15, 2014

@sullybaseball white was by far the best player on teams that didn’t have a lot of other talent. Very similar to Mattingly. — High Heat Stats MLB (@HighHeatStats) August 15, 2014

 

It is an interesting comparison but one that stats can’t quantify. Love cant be dictated solely by numbers.

It is an emotion and logic episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

 

 David Ortiz, David Price, Yovano Gallardo, Michael Morse, Drew Smyly, Matt Adams, Clayton Kershaw and Avisail Garcia all added to their totals for Who Owns Baseball?

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How often has Joe Panik heard “Don’t Panic!” in his life?

 

 

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I am guessing he has heard it a lot. And the fact that the Giants were down 5-1 and came back thanks in part to Joe Panik tripling and eventually scoring the game winning run would give me license to say “the Giants didn’t PANIK!”

But that just seems so hacky.

Hey, Michael Morse delivered big time. He sent a MORSE CODE!

(Let’s just be happy John Sterling isn’t calling Giants games so we can avoid these puns.)

Either way, the Giants are back in a playoff position.

Meanwhile the A’s wished they could turn back the clock to when they were actually winning games!

Time to update the Dodged Bullet/Teeth Grinder tally.

An explanation of what this is all about can be found HERE.

 

A’S DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally

The A’s losing streak stretched to 4 games and they fell into a first place tie with the Angels after being up be as many as 6 games. The Braves snuck by, 4-3. TEETH GRINDER

45 Dodged Bullets 39 Teeth Grinders

TOTAL: +6

 

GIANTS DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally

The Giants were in an early 5-1 hole. But big hits by Michael Morse and Joe Panik and a go ahead hit by Gregor Blanco gave them a 6-5 win over Philadelphia. DODGED BULLET

45 Dodged Bullets 42 Teeth Grinders

TOTAL: +3

 

RED SOX DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally

The Astros took an early 5-1 lead. But David Ortiz homered twice (including career blast number 400) and drove in 6, leading the Sox to a 10-7 win. DODGED BULLET

41 Dodged Bullets 49 Teeth Grinders

TOTAL: -8

 

Jon Lester takes the hill for the A’s. They need a win from him. This is why they traded for him.