Firebarn David Ross

[Tinker to Evers to Chance]

I still hate this guy.

[CubFaninHydePark]

Did they get the call right on replay? Too hard to tell from the last row of the 200 level.

[ChuckD]

Did they get the call right on replay? Too hard to tell from the last row of the 200 level.

Yes.

[CubFaninHydePark]

FYSKO

[Tonker]

FYSKO

This game had so, so much FYSKO.  It was probably the FYSKO-iest game all year.

[Quality Start Machine]

Did they get the call right on replay? Too hard to tell from the last row of the 200 level.

Isn't it like every other replay where there has to be conclusive evidence in order to overturn the call on the field? On every replay I saw (on the TVs hanging over the 200 level, plus the ginormous screen in LF) you couldn't tell if the tag got applied on his arm or not, so the call stands.

[SKO]

Did they get the call right on replay? Too hard to tell from the last row of the 200 level.

Isn't it like every other replay where there has to be conclusive evidence in order to overturn the call on the field? On every replay I saw (on the TVs hanging over the 200 level, plus the ginormous screen in LF) you couldn't tell if the tag got applied on his arm or not, so the call stands.

I think he was talking about when Ol' Granddad bunted in the 9th and almost beat it out, not the Fowler play.

[Quality Start Machine]

Did they get the call right on replay? Too hard to tell from the last row of the 200 level.

Isn't it like every other replay where there has to be conclusive evidence in order to overturn the call on the field? On every replay I saw (on the TVs hanging over the 200 level, plus the ginormous screen in LF) you couldn't tell if the tag got applied on his arm or not, so the call stands.

I think he was talking about when Ol' Granddad bunted in the 9th and almost beat it out, not the Fowler play.

Oh, there, you can tell on the same screens that he was beaten by a pube, but he was beaten.

[CubFaninHydePark]

Did they get the call right on replay? Too hard to tell from the last row of the 200 level.

Isn't it like every other replay where there has to be conclusive evidence in order to overturn the call on the field? On every replay I saw (on the TVs hanging over the 200 level, plus the ginormous screen in LF) you couldn't tell if the tag got applied on his arm or not, so the call stands.

I think he was talking about when Ol' Granddad bunted in the 9th and almost beat it out, not the Fowler play.

Oh, there, you can tell on the same screens that he was beaten by a pube, but he was beaten.

I guess my eyesight isn't quite as good.  I was worried that the same people who said Hossa didn't kick it in the other night were also the MLB replay officials.

[Quality Start Machine]

Did they get the call right on replay? Too hard to tell from the last row of the 200 level.

Isn't it like every other replay where there has to be conclusive evidence in order to overturn the call on the field? On every replay I saw (on the TVs hanging over the 200 level, plus the ginormous screen in LF) you couldn't tell if the tag got applied on his arm or not, so the call stands.

I think he was talking about when Ol' Granddad bunted in the 9th and almost beat it out, not the Fowler play.

Oh, there, you can tell on the same screens that he was beaten by a pube, but he was beaten.

I guess my eyesight isn't quite as good.  I was worried that the same people who said Hossa didn't kick it in the other night were also the MLB replay officials.

Wait, you thought that was a kick? He was hitting the brakes to avoid a fly-by, and was even trying to get his stick on the puck when it went in.

[PenFoe]

I know we're all reading the couple of decent Cubs blogs out there and there's not much point to re-linking their content, but I'll make an exception this time for David Ross, the best pitch framer in all of baseball. 

Link is to the WaPo article, not Bleacher Nation. 

...no catcher has seen a higher percentage of pitches out of the zone called strikes than Chicago Cubs' backstop David Ross. According to Baseball Savant, Ross has framed 14 percent of pitches for strikes with Yasmani Grandal the second best at 11.7 percent (minimum 1,000 pitches caught).

[SKO]

I know we're all reading the couple of decent Cubs blogs out there and there's not much point to re-linking their content, but I'll make an exception this time for David Ross, the best pitch framer in all of baseball. 

Link is to the WaPo article, not Bleacher Nation. 

...no catcher has seen a higher percentage of pitches out of the zone called strikes than Chicago Cubs' backstop David Ross. According to Baseball Savant, Ross has framed 14 percent of pitches for strikes with Yasmani Grandal the second best at 11.7 percent (minimum 1,000 pitches caught).

Has anyone worked pitch framing into a calculation of WAR yet? I am legitimately curious as to just how good of a framer Ross has to be to make up for his bat being so impotent.

[Eli]

I know we're all reading the couple of decent Cubs blogs out there and there's not much point to re-linking their content, but I'll make an exception this time for David Ross, the best pitch framer in all of baseball. 

Link is to the WaPo article, not Bleacher Nation. 

...no catcher has seen a higher percentage of pitches out of the zone called strikes than Chicago Cubs' backstop David Ross. According to Baseball Savant, Ross has framed 14 percent of pitches for strikes with Yasmani Grandal the second best at 11.7 percent (minimum 1,000 pitches caught).

An article about pitch framing, framed by maybe the worst experimental web design I've ever seen.

[PenFoe]

I know we're all reading the couple of decent Cubs blogs out there and there's not much point to re-linking their content, but I'll make an exception this time for David Ross, the best pitch framer in all of baseball. 

Link is to the WaPo article, not Bleacher Nation. 

...no catcher has seen a higher percentage of pitches out of the zone called strikes than Chicago Cubs' backstop David Ross. According to Baseball Savant, Ross has framed 14 percent of pitches for strikes with Yasmani Grandal the second best at 11.7 percent (minimum 1,000 pitches caught).

Has anyone worked pitch framing into a calculation of WAR yet? I am legitimately curious as to just how good of a framer Ross has to be to make up for his bat being so impotent.

[Yeti]

I know we're all reading the couple of decent Cubs blogs out there and there's not much point to re-linking their content, but I'll make an exception this time for David Ross, the best pitch framer in all of baseball. 

Link is to the WaPo article, not Bleacher Nation. 

...no catcher has seen a higher percentage of pitches out of the zone called strikes than Chicago Cubs' backstop David Ross. According to Baseball Savant, Ross has framed 14 percent of pitches for strikes with Yasmani Grandal the second best at 11.7 percent (minimum 1,000 pitches caught).

An article about pitch framing, framed by maybe the worst experimental web design I've ever seen.

Indeed...

So how much of his framing is subject to Lester being the veteran and getting the calls? Asking for a friend