2010-05-01 Brewers (Gallardo) at Padres (Latos), 7:35 PM CDT [Brewers win, 2-1]

[GormanHarvey]

Oh boy...here we go

[ilovebeer]

It's time to buckle your seat ladies and gentlemen, its Trevor time.

[hawing]

Well, there's one. Leadoff dinger averted. Baby steps.

[GormanHarvey]

I'm not nervous at all

[PeaveyFury]

Nice start for Trevor....

[hawing]

There we go.

[theavrock]

thank you. That is all.

[ilovebeer]

Happy days are here again, the old Trevor is back.

[stalton]

Turning point, perhaps?

[GormanHarvey]

Turning point, perhaps?

I think so and hope so. I really think his lack of work in ST affected him. Change up is a feel pitch and it takes live reps to get a good feel for it. I think he will be ok now. Rough patch. April has always been a tough month for him. We were mostly spared of his April struggles last year with him starting on the DL. Maybe thats the ticket...Good win

[dlk9s]

What a buncha whiners

The hitters had every right to whine tonight. That home plate umpire was terrible. I didn't see Gwynn's first K that apparently he complained about, but if it was anything like the rest of the game, I would imagine he had a beef. I'm sure the only reason Weeks didn't complain after he was rung up in the 9th was because he just saw Gonzalez get tossed. That was seriously one of the worst strike zones I've ever seen.

 

And Dick Enberg was awful in the Padres broadcast, too.

[GormanHarvey]

I liked the strike zone tonight. It was pretty consistent and personally I don't view Foxtrack being very accurate. But what do I know

[Oldcity]

How terrible are the home plate umpires? Fox Trax, K Zone, etc. are finally exposing them as inept. Hopefully within a few years we'll finally have the electronic zone.

 

But in the meantime, I am LOVING Bill continuously making a fool of himself by disagreeing with Fox Trax! How great was that eighth inning tonight? Adamant about it being a strike, being proven wrong, and then saying NOTHING. Hilarious.

[tomwopat]

Can't say I can argue with a bad strike zone if it results with 11K's for Yo and a W. Hope the confidence carries over to a normal strike zone, though.

[sdcheezhd]

First time I've walked out of stadium after a Brewer win since May 03. That includes a game at MP where I saw the only loss in a 9 game homestand. Very nice.

 

Trevor got a pretty nice reception, particularly considering how ugly the crowd was after the 8th. Really good to see him lock it down. I think that would have been his last save attempt, at least in a long while, if he'd blown it.

 

If gameday is right, both teams had about the same amount to complain about on balls and strikes over the past 2 nights but the Brewers did a whole lot less whining. That's consistent with how it seemed at the park.

[RyDogg66]

Brewers are Latos intolerant.

[whizkid]

But in the meantime, I am LOVING Bill continuously making a fool of himself by disagreeing with Fox Trax! How great was that eighth inning tonight? Adamant about it being a strike, being proven wrong

 

I agree with the others that Fox Trax has been screwy all year. I don't trust it to 'prove' anyone wrong.

[Invader3K]

In Rock's defense, I really could not judge what was a "ball" or "strike" last night. The strike zone seemed to be all over.

[RightFieldCoder]

There were some pitches that were right down the middle the FoxTrax would say was on the corner or outside. I think FoxTrax needs some work.

[Invader3K]

There were some pitches that were right down the middle the FoxTrax would say was on the corner or outside. I think FoxTrax needs some work.

I agree. I didn't think the pitch Schroeder was commenting on was as far out of the zone as FoxTrax was saying. Did anyone by chance get it on Gameday for comparison?

[sdcheezhd]

Not sure if this will work - gameday for Gonzalez AB in the 8th:

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2010_05_01_milmlb_sdnmlb_1&mode=gameday

[GormanHarvey]

Not sure if this will work - gameday for Gonzalez AB in the 8th:

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2010_05_01_milmlb_sdnmlb_1&mode=gameday

Looked pretty good to me. Way too close to take with 2 strikes and then cry about it along with your manager

[dlk9s]

Here's a plot from BrooksBaseball.net of the called strikes and balls from the game (anything swung at isn't plotted). The strike zone is from the ump's point of view. As you can see, he had a major problem evaluating the side of the plate that was to his right. Some of the strikes he called (in red) were a half foot or more off the plate.

 

Interestingly, and I could see this as I watched the game, there were more bad strike calls against righties than lefties (not differentiated in this graph).

 

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/4311/zoneplotnonnormphppitch.gif