hardballtimes.com - 6/14/2009
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There has been some recent discussion around the web about Chien-Ming Wang's release point this year, particularly as shown in the PITCHf/x data. Matthew Sisson's original post at Baseball Daily Digest was picked up by Rob Neyer in his ESPN blog and subsequently challenged by Harry Pavlidis at ...
yankees.lhblogs.com - 6/16/2009
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Chien-Ming Wang and his wife Chia-Ling are proud
parents. Justin Jesse Wang arrived this morning in NYC....
He checked it at 7 pounds, 12 ounces. J.J. Wang is a good name. Sounds like a shortstop maybe. My Taiwanese friends say that in their ...
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Congrats to Chien-Ming Wang
sportscracklepop.com - 6/13/2009
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sportscracklepop.com —
With a miserable 0-4 record and 14.34 ERA
this season, Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang is getting one...
last chance to prove himself as a starter. Girardi is planning to pitch Wang on Wednesday, right after the birth of his first child. Wang’s wife is expected to induce labor on Tuesday if ...
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Wang’s career as starter rests on shoulders of mini-Wang
sports.espn.go.com - 6/11/2009
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River Avenue Blues —
Mike Fast at THT took another look at Chien-Ming Wang’s Pitch f/x data to try and figure out what’s wrong with the guy, but unlike everyone else, he actually adjusted for differences in PFX cameras at the New and Old Yankee Stadiums. His data is more correct, but the problem is that he still comes to same conclusion: Wang’s releasing ball from a different spot than he has in the past. Why, who knows, but Fast’s analysis shows that it is indeed happening. Check it out. (h/t dan)
Meanwhile, Wanger became a dad for the first time ...
PITCHf/x Summit Recap
FanGraphs Baseball —
... The differences are much corrected from last year, but still evident. In addition, we discussed that at even within a season in one park PITCHf/x values can shift. Marv White of Sportvision told us that before every game the system is re-registered to make sure that it is in proper registration. The registration is super sensitive, in PETCO, for example, the weight of additional fans sinks the entire stadium enough to draw the cameras out of registration. Some suggested that Sportvision release the information whenever a system in re-registered so that analysts knew of ...
Hierarchical Pitch Classification
Baseball Analysts —
... the CH category even further down in search of another cluster. For pitcher B, the 85 mph pitches don't look as fastball-y as his 95 mph pitches, which have to be fastballs. This causes the algorithm to shift the FB category up to 95 mph. The CH category will then sweep in to 85 mph fill the gap. Only by using information about the pitchers other pitches can we successfully discriminate between these two pitch types.
Park Effects
There has been some good work looking at differences in the pitch F/X set-up at different parks. I first ...
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yanksgoyard.com 6/11/2009 — Chien-Ming Wang is in the record books! Hooray!
Yo if you need a lil somethin somethin, I can hook you up.
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Judg-Ming-t Day: Wang Faces Last Chance to Stay in Yankees Rotation
heartbeatofthebronx.blogspot.com 6/16/2009 — Yankees fans attempt to remember a time when Chien-Ming Wang led all of MLB in wins. They try to hold onto the memories of a sinker once described as “trying to hit a bowling ball.” Concerns of a recurring injury have subsided, and a steady and explosive velocity has returned to Wang’s ...
Chien-Ming Wang was broken. Did they fix him?
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newyork.yankees.mlb.com 6/17/2009 — By Jared Diamond / MLB.com 06/16/09 11:28 PM ET NEW YORK -- It is virtually impossible for Chien-Ming Wang to have a better day on Wednesday than he did on Tuesday. The Yankees just hope he comes close. Wang and his wife, Chia-Ling Wu, had their ...
Chien-Ming Wang is Doing Something Wrong
baseballdailydigest.com 6/12/2009 — After another less than stellar performance last night, the Yankees have to be worried about Chien-Ming Wang. Wang, who entered the 2008 season fresh off back-to-back 19 win seasons, suffered a season ending sprain to his right foot while running ...
Should Joe Girardi take Chien-Ming Wang out of the starting rotation?
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com 6/11/2009 — Unlike Tuesday's loss against Boston, the Yankees - or at least Mark Teixeira - did show a little fight last night, but the end result was still the same. And Sox fans can still gloat over their team being undefeated against the Bombers. If the Yankees don't win tonight, we're going to hear an ...
What should the Yankees do with Chien-Ming Wang?
nydailynews.com 6/11/2009 — After Wednesday night's game, Joe Girardi was non-committal about giving Chien-Ming Wang another start on Tuesday, saying he would sleep on it before making a decision.
So let me get this straight: A week ago, as Wang prepared to make his first ...
CHIEN-MING'S ROTATION SPOT IN JEOPARDY —
NY Post: Sports 6/12/2009
> BOSTON -- The string attaching Chien-Ming Wang to the Yankees' rotation is very short and severely frayed. After watching a video of Wang's miserable outing Wednesday night against the Red Sox at Fenway Park, manager Joe Girardi opted to ...
What's Wrong With Chien-Ming Wang? —
Bleacher Report - MLB 6/12/2009
On the heels of yet another loss to the hated Red Sox, and entering a crucial series with the hated Mets, the New York Yankees have some 'splainin to do.
Namely, they have a pretty tall order explaining the continued presence of one Chien-Ming Wang ...
The New York Yankees' Tale of Inconsistency —
Bleacher Report - MLB 6/13/2009
The Yankees started this season with extremely high hopes after making blockbuster deals in signing Nick Swisher, Mark Teixeira, A.J. Burnett, and C.C. Sabathia. The team would also have a healthy Chien-Ming Wang, a more experienced Joba Chamberlain, ...
TIME FOR WANG TO PRODUCE ... OR ELSE —
NY Post: Sports 6/15/2009
> The pressure continues to mount on Chien-Ming Wang. After getting spanked by the Red Sox last week, the Yankee right-hander received a reprieve when manager Joe Girardi, pitching coach Dave Eiland and GM Brian Cashman opted to keep him in ...
