April 24, 2012
Phil Humber’s ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ Top 10 (now with video)
“Top Ten Thoughts That Went Through Philip Humber’s Mind During His Perfect Game.”
10. Don’t jinx it by thinking about it. Don’t jinx it by thinking about it — I’m thinking about it.
9. Thank goodness for my catcher, A.J. Pierzanky… Piernoftski… Pierzonski… Whatever.
8. Go sit in the truck!
7. Thank goodness I drafted myself for my fantasy team.
6. The only thing better than pitching a perfect game is making a perfect meatloaf every time with my new Perfect Meatloaf Pan.
5. Can Broadway’s “End of the Rainbow” really be like seeing Judy Garland in person?
4. Grab some pine, ducklips!
3. I see the Red Sox are up 9-0 on the Yanks — that’s an easy win.
2. I wish I could get me one of them dancing horses.
1. Humber? How about Humbest!
Jake Peavy pitches a complete shutout
Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Peavy(W, 3-0) 9.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 1.88 Totals 9.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 2.96 Pitches-strikes: Peavy 107-71.
Groundouts-flyouts: Peavy 6-11.
Batters faced: Peavy 31.
| Pitch Statistics | |||||||||
| Pitch Type | Avg Speed | Max Speed | Avg H-Break | Avg V-Break | Count | Strikes / % | Whiffs / % | Linear Weights | |
| FF (FourSeam Fastball) | 90.39 | 92.4 | -5.60 | 9.36 | 41 | 24 / 58.54% | 3 / 7.32% | -0.9550 | |
| CH (Changeup) | 83.38 | 85.3 | -7.06 | 5.02 | 16 | 12 / 75.00% | 3 / 18.75% | -1.9945 | |
| SL (Slider) | 83.10 | 84.1 | 2.86 | 3.62 | 11 | 9 / 81.82% | 0 / 0.00% | -1.0647 | |
| CU (Curveball) | 78.53 | 79.6 | 2.29 | -2.48 | 3 | 1 / 33.33% | 0 / 0.00% | 0.5965 | |
| FC (Cutter) | 85.58 | 90.4 | 1.59 | 4.22 | 16 | 9 / 56.25% | 0 / 0.00% | -0.9954 | |
| FT (TwoSeam Fastball) | 90.65 | 92.1 | -9.04 | 8.16 | 13 | 11 / 84.62% | 0 / 0.00% | -0.1497 | |
| Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. | |||||||||
| Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals | ||||||||
| Inning | Pitches in Inning | Strikes in Inning | Strike% in Inning | Cumulative Total Pitches | Pitch LWTS in Inning | |||
| 1 | 10 | 7 | 70.00 | 10 | -0.848 | |||
| 2 | 11 | 7 | 63.64 | 21 | -0.862 | |||
| 3 | 16 | 13 | 81.25 | 37 | -0.848 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | 41 | 0.535 | |||
| 5 | 16 | 7 | 43.75 | 57 | -0.532 | |||
| 6 | 14 | 9 | 64.29 | 71 | -0.834 | |||
| 7 | 11 | 8 | 72.73 | 82 | -0.004 | |||
| 8 | 7 | 5 | 71.43 | 89 | -0.834 | |||
| 9 | 11 | 8 | 72.73 | 100 | -0.335 | |||
BTW, here’s James’ recap.
Andre Rienzo struck out 8, walked 2 tonight (April 23)
Winston-Salem Dash Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Andre Rienzo (W, 3-0) 7.0 3 1 1 2 8 0 1.08 Justin Collop (H, 1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.84 Leroy Hunt (S, 4) 0.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.0 Groundouts-flyouts: Rienzo 7-3, Collop 1-3, Hunt 0-0.
Batters faced: Rienzo 25, Collop 6, Hunt 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Hunt 1-0.
Rienzo has a 31 K / 7 BB ratio in 25.0 innings (4 games). AA time?
