Weekend gas cans
This weekend so far has been filled with solid attempts at on-field arson. Among the nominees from Saturday were Cliff Politte of the White Sox, Luis Vizcaino of the Diamondbacks but these two are a little short of the mark of Saturday's winner.
Chad Qualls 1/3 IP 4 hits, 4 earned runs (let 2 inherited runners score that were charged to Roy Oswalt), and generally disrupted my dinner enjoyment at a local Houston establishment. Congratulations Chad. You're the first pitcher to win the award all three years it's been given.
There has been one reliever this week who has performed like a well-trained gas can but was never in a pivotal situation to warrant the official award. Just as an excuse to type his stat line, I hereby award the award for Best Supporting Arsonist (in a non-critical role) to Chris Hammond of the Cincinnati Reds.
His week: 2 appearances, 1/3 IP 7ER for an ERA of 189.00.
Keep it up. I'm sure that performances like these will get you nominated for the official award sooner than later.
At the time of this writing, Chris Reitsma of the Atlanta Braves is the leader in the clubhouse. Although baseball gods, if you're listening, Jason Isringhausen or another Cardinal deserves the award. Can you please make this happen?
Chad Qualls 1/3 IP 4 hits, 4 earned runs (let 2 inherited runners score that were charged to Roy Oswalt), and generally disrupted my dinner enjoyment at a local Houston establishment. Congratulations Chad. You're the first pitcher to win the award all three years it's been given.
There has been one reliever this week who has performed like a well-trained gas can but was never in a pivotal situation to warrant the official award. Just as an excuse to type his stat line, I hereby award the award for Best Supporting Arsonist (in a non-critical role) to Chris Hammond of the Cincinnati Reds.
His week: 2 appearances, 1/3 IP 7ER for an ERA of 189.00.
Keep it up. I'm sure that performances like these will get you nominated for the official award sooner than later.
At the time of this writing, Chris Reitsma of the Atlanta Braves is the leader in the clubhouse. Although baseball gods, if you're listening, Jason Isringhausen or another Cardinal deserves the award. Can you please make this happen?
posted by Aaron at 4:49 PM
2 Comments:
Dude... 189.00 ERA - I didn't even know that was possible.
(7 earned runs x 9) / (1/3 innings pitched) = 189.00 ERA alright. That's very impressive.
(And yes, feel free to call me a dork for knowing the formula for calculating ERA. And feel free to call me even more of a dork for learning it from "Peanuts".)
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