Comments on: What ails the Tigers? Well, for starters … http://www.dailyfungo.com/2007/07/31/what-ails-the-tigers-well-for-starters/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:56:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tigers’ Offense Returns and So Does The (Abbreviated) Non-Sequiturs : The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blog http://www.dailyfungo.com/2007/07/31/what-ails-the-tigers-well-for-starters/comment-page-1/#comment-44558 Tigers’ Offense Returns and So Does The (Abbreviated) Non-Sequiturs : The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blog Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:02:08 +0000 http://www.dailyfungo.com/2007/07/31/what-ails-the-tigers-well-for-starters/#comment-44558 [...] Doug articulated last week, the pitching is the Tigers’ main concern. Now that everyone on the staff has strung together [...] [...] Doug articulated last week, the pitching is the Tigers’ main concern. Now that everyone on the staff has strung together [...]

]]> By: The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blog » Tigers' Offense Returns and So Does The (Abbreviated) Non-Sequiturs http://www.dailyfungo.com/2007/07/31/what-ails-the-tigers-well-for-starters/comment-page-1/#comment-9100 The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blog » Tigers' Offense Returns and So Does The (Abbreviated) Non-Sequiturs Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:25:15 +0000 http://www.dailyfungo.com/2007/07/31/what-ails-the-tigers-well-for-starters/#comment-9100 [...] Doug articulated last week, the pitching is the Tigers’ main concern. Now that everyone on the staff has strung together [...] [...] Doug articulated last week, the pitching is the Tigers’ main concern. Now that everyone on the staff has strung together [...]

]]> By: Dan http://www.dailyfungo.com/2007/07/31/what-ails-the-tigers-well-for-starters/comment-page-1/#comment-8953 Dan Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:56:26 +0000 http://www.dailyfungo.com/2007/07/31/what-ails-the-tigers-well-for-starters/#comment-8953 I have noticed the days of pitchers going deep into games has gone the way of the VCR. I have a feeling this is why pitchers break down so often. Pitchers from the 60's and 70's had 4 man rotations and stayed longer into games. Could his have helped them build up arm strength? Or did this cause more to flame out quicker? Every Tiger game I watch, when a pitcher walks the leadoff batter, I grumble "Here we go again".... One last thing....you are right about the odds/percentages of runs scored in an inning when the leadoff batter gets on base. I can't remember the exact numbers, but it was something like three times more likely to score when a runner reaches base with no outs, compared to one out. I have noticed the days of pitchers going deep into games has gone the way of the VCR.

I have a feeling this is why pitchers break down so often. Pitchers from the 60’s and 70’s had 4 man rotations and stayed longer into games. Could his have helped them build up arm strength? Or did this cause more to flame out quicker?

Every Tiger game I watch, when a pitcher walks the leadoff batter, I grumble “Here we go again”….

One last thing….you are right about the odds/percentages of runs scored in an inning when the leadoff batter gets on base. I can’t remember the exact numbers, but it was something like three times more likely to score when a runner reaches base with no outs, compared to one out.

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