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Chuck Miller

Do pickoff throws really control running game?

June 26, 2009

By Chuck Miller Other than possibly making a game go longer, do pickoff throws really affect the running game? I was covering the Dodgers/White Sox game June 24 and Mark Loretta took off from first base on five consecutive second-inning full-count pitches with James Loney at the plate. Each time, Loney fouled off the pitch. [...]

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Pitchers tend to win lengthy at-bat duels

June 12, 2009

By Chuck Miller It’s April 16, 2010, and you just paid your taxes (hopefully got a refund). What to do? Well, if you’re in a position to go to a National League Central game, you may just see history. If next year follows suit, as has happened in each of the past two seasons there [...]

Dodgers’ Ethier loves to work a count

June 2, 2009

By Chuck Miller With so much emphasis over the past few seasons on pitch counts, not much has been said on which batters force the issue. Which batters make pitchers earn their keep? The following top-five list points to National Leaguers leading the charge: Most PA, 10+ Pitches, 2009 (through games of 6/1/09) Player, Team [...]

Stewart’s splits defuse Rockies’ platoon at second

May 15, 2009

By Chuck Miller Clint Barmes and Ian Stewart have been sharing the bulk of the workload at second base for the Colorado Rockies over the past month. It seems to make a lot of sense that with a right-handed batter (Barmes) and a left-handed batter (Stewart) you’d have the perfect platoon option available to you. [...]