Comments on: Halladay Heats Up http://bjays.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/halladay-heats-up/ Everything you always wanted to know about the Toronto Blue Jays, but were afraid to ask. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:13:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: halejon http://bjays.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/halladay-heats-up/#comment-4317 halejon Fri, 02 May 2008 14:55:07 +0000 http://bjays.wordpress.com/?p=863#comment-4317 Oh, right....THAT'S just a typo. On the Star Blog I say the exact opposite. Thanks! Oh, right….THAT’S just a typo. On the Star Blog I say the exact opposite. Thanks!

]]> By: Steve http://bjays.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/halladay-heats-up/#comment-4313 Steve Fri, 02 May 2008 11:06:04 +0000 http://bjays.wordpress.com/?p=863#comment-4313 Late arrival, but still... i think what HalifaxJaysFan had issue with is that in your blog post, you write "Halladay’s sinker drops less in the cold", but your graph shows that the sinker drops less in the heat. A typo maybe? Late arrival, but still… i think what HalifaxJaysFan had issue with is that in your blog post, you write “Halladay’s sinker drops less in the cold”, but your graph shows that the sinker drops less in the heat. A typo maybe?

]]> By: halejon http://bjays.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/halladay-heats-up/#comment-4284 halejon Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:33:12 +0000 http://bjays.wordpress.com/?p=863#comment-4284 Ok, for the second graph that <i>is</i> how it's supposed to read. Halladay is in the strike zone more often, and he gets slightly more swings and misses. I combined them into one graph for the sake of dramatic effect. The first one I was trying to be less confusing and I guess I ended up being more. That's the <i>amount</i> of sink/drop/whatever, as opposed to where the ball is actually going. I flipped the movement because I figured if I showed a graph going downwards then people who hadn't seen a movement graph before would wonder why I was saying it was dropping less. The scale for the second one is actually compared to his normal fastball. So in the coldest weather it usually sinks about 5-6 inches, and then in the heat that's only 4-5. I think that probably has something to do with the density of the air, because you see the same sort of things happen to big breaking balls. Otherwise, glad you like. Thanks for stopping by... Ok, for the second graph that is how it’s supposed to read. Halladay is in the strike zone more often, and he gets slightly more swings and misses. I combined them into one graph for the sake of dramatic effect.

The first one I was trying to be less confusing and I guess I ended up being more. That’s the amount of sink/drop/whatever, as opposed to where the ball is actually going. I flipped the movement because I figured if I showed a graph going downwards then people who hadn’t seen a movement graph before would wonder why I was saying it was dropping less.

The scale for the second one is actually compared to his normal fastball. So in the coldest weather it usually sinks about 5-6 inches, and then in the heat that’s only 4-5. I think that probably has something to do with the density of the air, because you see the same sort of things happen to big breaking balls.

Otherwise, glad you like. Thanks for stopping by…

]]> By: HalifaxJaysFan http://bjays.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/halladay-heats-up/#comment-4280 HalifaxJaysFan Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:51:41 +0000 http://bjays.wordpress.com/?p=863#comment-4280 I'm having a simple moment and doing something wrong in reading these graphs. The 2nd graph, to me, shows him throwing more strikes as the temp goes up. What am I doing wrong? (His strike % goes up) And I also am confusing myself on the 1st graph which again to me looks to say the opposite of what you're doing... I don't think I'm reading the movement graph right. Can you clarify it a bit? It looks like when the temp. is coldest his sinker is up 5 - 6 inch range of downward movement while when it's the warmest it's in the 4 - 5 range. Please help! You do fantastic work here. I'm sure once I really start to understand it will be even more fantastic to me. I’m having a simple moment and doing something wrong in reading these graphs.

The 2nd graph, to me, shows him throwing more strikes as the temp goes up. What am I doing wrong? (His strike % goes up)

And I also am confusing myself on the 1st graph which again to me looks to say the opposite of what you’re doing… I don’t think I’m reading the movement graph right. Can you clarify it a bit? It looks like when the temp. is coldest his sinker is up 5 - 6 inch range of downward movement while when it’s the warmest it’s in the 4 - 5 range.

Please help! You do fantastic work here. I’m sure once I really start to understand it will be even more fantastic to me.

]]> By: Why Stop Now, Just When I’m Hating It? « The Mockingbird http://bjays.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/halladay-heats-up/#comment-4277 Why Stop Now, Just When I’m Hating It? « The Mockingbird Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:09:33 +0000 http://bjays.wordpress.com/?p=863#comment-4277 [...] to prove that I wasn’t making this stuff up, here’s the Doc’s movement on the [...] [...] to prove that I wasn’t making this stuff up, here’s the Doc’s movement on the [...]

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