Brock for Broglio

“Dusty Baker was calling for Edwin Encarnacion to bunt with the team down two runs, no outs and two men on (first and second). Encarnacion looked like he had never been asked to bunt in his life and gave up two strikes. He then CRUSHED a Lyon hanger to end the game after the bunt sign was taken off. Baker wins in spite of himself and Lyon looked awful (as expected).

My favorite part of the ordeal was that Jeff Brantley had been dogging Encarnacion all night long for various different things that Brantley deemed unworthy caliber for a Major Leaguer. He even mocked him when Justin Upton hit a slow roller up the line and Encarnacion couldn’t beat him with the throw. Brantley’s a real dick when he doesn’t like how someone plays, and Encarnacion showed him up bigtime in the end. I imagine that Brantley probably echoes the sentiments of the Reds and even Baker, too. Man, I hate some of the old regime in baseball sometimes. - Bodhizefa

Here’s a video of the event

I agree with this too much. The old baseball regime was once tolerable, but their act is getting old quick. These color commentators/managers/coaches are so proud and clueless simultaneously.

“Edwin Encarnacion hit a walk-off, three-run home run. It was not only the most important hit so far this year according to WPA, but also the biggest hit of Encarnacion’s career by a long shot. His previous single most important hit was a bases clearing double all the way back in September of 2005 worth .45 wins. Tonight’s home run was worth .62 wins. -Fangraphs blog.

Fangraphs is showing WPA data in player cards now; it’s a great way to get an idea of how important certain sequences in a game are. It estimates the contribution each player has made to his team’s wins.

By the way, with the latest additions to Fangraphs (pitcher MPH data, 5 projection systems consolidated, and many other great statistics) is there any reason to use some of the other sites player cards anymore?