Comments on: This Will Make You Laugh

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:24:55 +0000

And if the goal were to win games in High Desert, that would be relevant.

Go try convincing the players that their goal on any given night isn’t to win. Your perspective is not their perspective.

By: Red Apple

Red Apple — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:43:56 +0000

Do you think the org will wise up and decide that this is not a good place to have a minor league team? Think of the psychological damage it inflicts on pitchers and the false hope it instills in hitters!

They should wear cheap trucker’s caps and the outfielders should place cups of beer nearby in the grass…play only 5 innings…have a 10-run rule…

By: Evan

Evan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:33:11 +0000

Walking in High Desert is kind of stupid. If you can make contact, itâ€™s probably leaving the yard.

And if the goal were to win games in High Desert, that would be relevant.

The purpose of High Desert is to develop players. I would think that it would be a great place to teach patience because it would require so much discipline to take pitches when you know that solid contact equals four bases.

By: John D.

John D. — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:02:32 +0000

Thirty-Two to Fourteen.

Gotta love baseball at altitude.

Update: They werenâ€™t done â€“ the final score was 33-18.

As our broadcasters might say, “High Desert’s rally just fell short.”

By: Axtell

Axtell — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:00:32 +0000

A couple things looking at the box score really stood out (beyond the ridiculous score):

every batter for Lake Elsinore had at least 2 hits, the leadoff batter went 4-9(!), and they had a total of 45 baserunners.

By: diderot

diderot — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:46:09 +0000

OK, should be ‘has now hit four homers’…

By: diderot

diderot — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:45:22 +0000

On the year, Jo Yepez has not hit four home runs…and given up four (granted, he’s only had a third of an inning to build up his homers allowed).
Does that make him the definition of league average?

But more importantly, wouldn’t his ERA be a lot lower if he’d just been allowed to catch himself (the Rob Johnson CERA factor)? And if he shakes himself off, whose fault is it?

By: kenshabby

kenshabby — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:22:59 +0000

Was this played at Adelanto, or on Mars? One of my favorite stats comes from Lake Elsinore’s leadoff hitter Brad Chalk–9 ABs in a 9-inning game.

By: Breadbaker

Breadbaker — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:21:07 +0000

Wow, both teams went the entire sixth and seventh innings without scoring.

They needed to catch their breaths.

By: Carson

Carson — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:11:40 +0000

I coach a 6th grade team, and we completed our perfect season on Wednesday with a 42-6 win.

I emailed the league director about implementing a mercy rule and.. she said no.