A couple of interesting posts from the Canadutch blog of Leon Boyd, the Dutch-Canadian pitcher who was the closer for the both Dutch wins over the Dominican Republic in the 2009 WBC. One about the daily routine in the Toronto Blue Jays camp in Dunedin, Florida, and another with a collection of links and photos to interesting articles about his Dutch exploits.
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Leon Boyd, the Dutch-Canuck Blue Jay
Posted by japanstats on 2009 March 29日 Sunday
Posted in 02_English, baseball, information, MLB, opinion | Tagged: 2009, bc, blue jays, british columbia, canada, dominican republic, dr, dunedin, dutch, florida, grapefruit, holland, league, leon boyd, minor league, nederland, netherlands, pr, puerto rico, toronto, Vancouver, wbc, white rock | Leave a Comment »
WBC Pitch f/x
Posted by japanstats on 2009 March 21日 Saturday
Some interesting WBC Pitch f/x articles for Japanese, Korean, and Cuban pitchers for their games pitched in MLB parks, these are normally data that are not seen or available, either in these pitchers home countries or in the US. The websites BeyondTheBoxscore and FanGraphs are doing a great job gathering and breaking down the data, so I’m just gonna link to them here (also for posterity since these articles are already getting buried under the usual barrage of MLB articles). All articles are interesting.
Yu Darvish (Japan) – FanGraphs, BeyondTheBoxscore (satisfying all observers with his stuff)
Hisashi Iwakuma (Japan) – FanGraphs (getting rave reviews for his pitch selection)
Ryu Hyun-Jin (Korea) – FanGraphs
Yoon Suk-Min (Korea) – BeyondTheBoxscore
Felix (Venezuela), LaMura and Cody Cirillo (Italy, the latter with his 67mph “changeup”) – BeyondTheBoxscore
Cuban pitchers who pitched in their first game against Japan (from wild Chapman to Maya to Vladimir Garcia) – BeyondTheBoxscore
Wily Cuban veterans Vera and Lazo (and his 57mph somthing) in their elimination game against Japan – BeyondTheBoxscore
HardballTimes also has analyzed Pitch f/x data from Round 1 and Round 2 featuring pitchers in the Toronto Round (Yoel Hernandez, DiFelice, Mestri, Cillo), and the 2nd Round in Florida (Leon Boyd, who pitched himself into the Toronto Blue Jays organization, congrats!) and San Diego (Chapman, Vladimir Garcia, Oliver Perez).
Added: Hisashi Iwakuma and Kyuji Fujikawa (Japan), and Bong Jung-Keun and Ryu Hyun-Jin (Korea) – Hardball Times
WBC pitch speeds, they were generally slower than during the regular season showing that pitchers are not ready in March, not a big surprise. The pitcher with the most decline in velocity was Matsuzaka, which is kinda surprising considering he was training from January – BeyondTheBoxscore
The Dutch-Canadian pitcher and recent Toronto Blue Jays signee Leon Boyd – one, two
Posted in 02_English, baseball, information, opinion, statistics | Tagged: 2009, blue jays, boyd, canada, chapman, cirillo, cody, cuba, darvish, dutch, florida, fujikawa, garcia, holland, hyunjin, italy, iwakuma, Japan, korea, lazo, leon, maya, miami, netherlands, pitch fx, pitchf/x, ryu, san diego, toronto, vera, wbc, yoon | 1 Comment »
Happy Canada Day!
Posted by japanstats on 2008 July 2日 Wednesday
モントリオール・エクスポズが無くなってしまった今、唯一のカナダ在籍のメジャーのチームであるトロント・ブルージェイズ。
7月1日はカナダ・デー（建国記念日）で、アメリカの独立記念日みたいに国を挙げたお祭りなのであり、当然ジェイズのカナダデーの試合も観客の入りが多くお祭り騒ぎになるし、ジェイズもカナダデー仕様のユニフォームを着て盛り上げている。
でも、ここ2年、何故かブルージェイズはカナダ・デーをアウェイで過ごしている、このスケジュールは球団がＭＬＢ になめられているという事なのか？
今年のカナダデーはシアトルでの試合、ちょっとだけカナダデータッチになっているのが、帽子のブルージェイが赤くなっているとこ。なんでブルージェイなのに赤なんだ、これじゃカージナルじゃないか、と初め思ってしまった程控えめなアピール…
まあ、過去例がこんな感じ↓だからユニフォーム的にはアウェイで正解なのかもしれないｗ
Posted in 01_日本語, baseball, culture, information, MLB | Tagged: カナダ, カナダ・デー, トロント, ブルージェイズ, ユニフォーム, blue jays, canada, canada day, toronto, uniform | Leave a Comment »
