Scorecard - 26MAY10 - Royals V Rangers

Here it is Dave. Career Save #100 for Joakim Soria. If you are wanting a copy of this that is better than I have posted here just let me know, I'll send you a file with the full-size scan.

I was at this game, and I'll say it was a very enjoyable day all around. I got abit of a sunburn, but it was worth it to spend a couple days out at the ballpark. I actually was at The "K" for both games against the Rangers in this short series, hopefully my travel schedule allows for me to get to alot more games this season. Enjoy the scorecard.

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Scorecard - 25MAY10 - Royals V Rangers

I noticed this morning when going to post up this game and the next one with the Rangers, I never filled in the score on the top left of my scorecard. I'm sure you can count the runs easily enough however. :)

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Scorecard - 23MAY10 - Royals V Rockies

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Scorecard - 22MAY10 - Royals V Rockies

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Scorecard - 21MAY10 - Royals V Rockies

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On a Serious Note - Colonel John McHugh

I've not mentioned a whole lot here about what I do for a living, because lets be honest, we are here to talk about baseball, not our work-a-day or personal lives. However, today I just want to post up a quick note. One of the great military individuals I worked with was killed in a roadside bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan on 18MAY2010. Colonel John McHugh was a great man, husband, and father. His funeral is today at the Ft. Leavenworth National Cemetary.

Think of all your friends and family that serve our country, and give them thanks today please.

You'll be missed COL McHugh.



Thank you, and God Bless.

Update: A great article by Jeff Bradley, a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine, on COL McHugh can be found here if interested.

Furthering a Discussion - Joakim Soria 2008-2010

I posted up some pitching numbers the other day, and Dave (of GooseJoak fame) and I started having a little discussion on how Joakim Soria was doing. In honor of Joakim getting his 100th Career Save yesterday (6th youngest in MLB history), and the fact that I told Dave I would, I grabbed his pitching stats from 2008 and 2009 and compared them to the numbers I've got so far for 2010. These calculations are the same ones used in my previous Fun with Numbers posts, so while they may not be the absolute most useful, I find them interesting.

Joakim Soria - 2008-2010


The only thing that really jumped out at me was his P/Out, that is up over 1 P/Out since his fantastic 2008 season, and half a pitch over last year. His P/BB is almost 2 better over 2008, and 1 better than '09, the %STR numbers are down a couple percent, but I hope as the year goes on that will come back up to around 66%. Joakim doesn't look to be having a bad year from these stats, and maybe it is just my perception... but Joakim seems to be laboring a bit at times this year. Hopefully the numbers prove out and my perception is just wrong.

Discuss.

Disclaimer: The raw data for 2008-2009 for these calculations was gathered from www.baseball-reference.com