Oswalt Credits Catcher Transition With Improvement
Buster Olney's blog at ESPN interviewed Roy Oswalt about the Astros' second half runs, as well as Roy's improved pitching in recent weeks. Oswalt says it took time to learn to work with Pudge, particularly since he was a late signing, and they are a good combo now.. Oswalt says that other people don't understand the importance of the relationship between the catcher and pitcher. Roy also says that a catcher from the American League faces a transition because the style of pitching is different in the NL. Note that the Astros round up article included this same link.
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Sorry, I just noticed that the Astros’ round up included this Olney blog link. The round up article, however, didn’t focus on Oswalt’s comments about the catcher transition….so this post may still have some value to you if you didn’t read the link.
by clack on Jul 20, 2009 2:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It did for me
Since I’m not an Insider, so thanks.
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by DyingQuail on Jul 20, 2009 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Roy
seems quite devoted to the pitcher/catcher relationship. He still had Ausmus catching for him even when Towles as named the everyday starter.
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by Artest4Prez on Jul 20, 2009 2:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
catcher/pitcher relationship a hot topic in brewcrew land
The crowd noise for tarring and feathering Jason Kendall seems to be picking up energy. The sort of group energy for or against players is interesting to me. Kendall does all sorts of things really well and he is hitting about the same, maybe better than his backup, yet the crowd imagines the backup scorching doubles all over the place. Ironically I sometimes wonder about some of his game calling. Anyway, interesting comment by Roy.
by ol Pete on Jul 20, 2009 3:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
what the hell happened with Hampton?
Did the astros realize they were over .500 and decided to even things up? going into the series i would have been happy with a 2-2 split with the dogers, but after the weekend it’s getting harder to admit to people that i’m an astro fan. This weekend was just ugly. hey astros, WAKE THE F—K UP!
by mutombo4life on Jul 20, 2009 4:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Do what?
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by DyingQuail on Jul 20, 2009 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i was referiing to the missed spike in the glove and then the casual walk over while runs scored.
this was just ugly. i had to take off my jose cruz jersey after that. i had people over to BBQ and the whole 9 yards.
by mutombo4life on Jul 20, 2009 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hahaha
Frustrating, yes. Hugely embarrassing, probably. Cause for alarm, like no.
One of my college professors said that the thing that is beautiful about baseball is every time you watch a game, you’ll likely see something you’ve never seen before. Hampton’s mishap was definitely one of those moments, but not something I think makes you hang your head in shame.
Now, Alberto Arias booting two balls back to back…
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by DyingQuail on Jul 20, 2009 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hampton...
thought he saw the umpire give the time out signal after the play at the plate was finished. That is why he didn’t seem to be in a hurry going after the ball. But it turned out that the umpire’s “signal” was just some additional gestures after the safe call, as best Hampton could explain it afterward. As they say, you know what you make yourself out to be when you assume…
Arias’ bad fielding plays seemed to be due to being over-anxious to make the plays. They were embarrassing. However, I’ve seen many young pitchers make those kind of fielding plays. But I will give him credit for getting out of the inning with more damage. At least he didn’t totally melt down after losing the lead as a result of bad fielding. Everyone wants to see young pitchers in the game, but something which comes with that is patience, because these kind of errors will follow them at times. I recall a young Daryl Kile who pitched a gem, as a rookie or 2d year player, and then threw the game away when he got the game ending routine comebacker and threw it into the dugout, letting the tying and winning runs score. I was so pissed….as a fan…but now realize that lots of shit happens with young pitchers.
by clack on Jul 20, 2009 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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NL Central Standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Louis
|
91 | 71 | .561 | 0 | Lost 6 |
|
Chicago
|
83 | 78 | .515 | 7.5 | Lost 1 |
|
Milwaukee
|
80 | 82 | .493 | 11 | Won 3 |
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Cincinnati
|
78 | 84 | .481 | 13 | Won 2 |
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Houston
|
74 | 88 | .456 | 17 | Lost 3 |
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Pittsburgh
|
62 | 99 | .385 | 28.5 | Lost 2 |
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