Comments on: Joe Paterson’s horrible start tops all other horrible starts

By: professor59

professor59 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:23:03 +0000

This will appear in Jayson Stark’s column, guaranteed!

By: stex52

stex52 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:28:25 +0000

I realize we follow a game of statistics, but these are a little too arbitrary. I expect we will see both Paterson and Melancon again this year. And, just to point out, if this blow-up had occurred after ten decent appearances, it would be viewed as just a mechanics problem for a pitcher and not some sort of statistical Hiroshima. We can get too crazy with the numbers.

By: 1943mrmojorisin1971

1943mrmojorisin1971 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:49:26 +0000

Baseball is all about the arbitrary stats. We shouldn’t rest until we at least find out who had the highest opponents’ batting average during day games and who had it pitching indoors.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:40:58 +0000

Now let’s see if Matthew has the necessary mental toughness to give this guy a few good kicks in the ribs while he’s down, then splash him with some gasoline and flick his cigar stub at him and finish the job once and for all. It pained me to see Matt wussing out in those last couple of sentences.

By: jlovenotjlo

jlovenotjlo — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:13:51 +0000

Up until the last paragraph this one is just plain mean.After the last paragraph, its not very nice.

By: pbannard

pbannard — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:25:25 +0000

This is all about arbitrary cutoffs, of course – if you drop it down to 2 innings pitched instead of 2 2/3, Melancon this season has a higher Batting Average Against (.667, 10 hits in 15 at bats). So I don’t know that I’d agree that Paterson’s horrible start is really the most horrible of all – after all, at least he was able to get those two extra outs!