08/04/2012 Blue Jays at Athletics Game 3 Scorecard

From "O.co" Coliseum, Oakland, California,

United States

Toronto Blue Jays

(51-55)

Manager: John Farrell

@

Oakland Athletics

(58-48)

Manager: Bob Melvin

Game 3 of 4

First pitch: 4:05 pm edt

Starting Pitchers
Toronto Blue Jays: Ricky Romero (8-8, 5.69 ERA)
Oakland Athletics: A.J. Griffin (3-0, 2.51 ERA)

Umpires
Home - Gerry Davis

First Base - Phil Cuzzi

Second Base - Greg Gibson

Third Base - Manny Gonzalez

Weather



Accurate Reporting & Scoring

Scoring off the radio broadcast today on the FAN 590 Toronto with Jerry Howarth and Alan Ashby, and I'd just like to provide some constructive criticism by saying that I've had to go the MLB Gameday Play by Play 'thinger' on several occasions so far today beacause the broadcasters are not narrating the story concisely.

For example, in the Jays' 2nd on Gose's double to left centre, no one mentioned that it was CF Reddick who fielded the ball and threw to SS Rosales at cut-off (who then threw to Toronto's own, C George Kottaras for the out at home). That happens often, especially with lots going on.

I should note ESPN's automatic Play-by-Play narrative also does not mention who threw the ball to whom on that play. As well, the ESPN widget regularly calls 1B to Pitcher covering a "ground out to first" - which in my universe means 3UA, rather than 3-1 (out by pitcher covering). It makes a big difference in the stats: the way the widget records the play, the first baseman gets a Put Out; the way it actually happened, the pitcher gets the PO and the 1B gets an Assist.

As we advance towards much better defensive stat keeping it would be nice if the old school stats we do keep for defence were at least accurately kept. MLB Advanced Media supplies all the necessary info for a complete and accurate record of each game; it is all available through an API - it's just a matter of building an interface which supports the data stream. (I guess I''ll have to do it.)


The Radio Meme

The between inning advertising on the FAN590 features an ad from the Power Workers Union that starts off with 'did you know that wind power generators are off half the time?' ... and later, 'instead we can use bio-mass technology to fire generators that are carbon neutral'.

What they're talking about is 'strip mining' the northern boreal forest. The northern boreal forest is a band of forest that starts generally, on a latitude marked by the northern edge of Lake Superior (see image).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Taiga_ecoregion.png

'Strip mining forestry' (my term) is a new kind of forestry practice. The industry here in Ontario calls it 'whole tree harvesting'. Basically they harvest all the trees in a forest as in clear-cut forestry - but now, towards a leap in efficiency, they harvest the tops, the branches and now - the stump and roots as well.

With almost all funiture now made out of fibreboard, and most housing sheathing materials made out of composites, these new sources of chipped wood and fibre are important; but now the forest industry sees a slow down in consumer demand. Housing starts in the US are down due to the housing collapse, the continuing global economic crisis and the neo-liberal remedy - austerity - is reducing demand for new disposable furniture; like that which Ikea sells. How is the forest industry to maintain profit rates during an forced economic slow down while at the same time maintain their control of global forest sources going forward? The brilliant plan: burn biomass from whole tree harvesting.

Makes you want to vote for more nuclear power stations, doesn't it?


The Northern and Southern boreal forests are one of the biggest 'Carbon Sinks' on the planet. Biomass fired electricity generators are not carbon neutral at all. What we're doing is reducing the planet's ability to sequester carbon; and at the same time releasing thousands of years of natural biomass carbon sequestering through burning. By my reading of several papers on this, it appears, depending on species, that about half the biomass of a tree is in the root system - that biomass in the ground rotting then returns nutrients to the soil that in turn feeds the next generation of growth.

The Power Worker Union claim they are lobbying the Provincial government to go with biomass electricity production - but it's more likely that the Union and the Province are working together - just like they did in the run up to the last Provincial Election. This play by the Province - where the Power Workers Union play the ignorant blue collar moron; and the Province plays the prince all shinny in white to the rescue with the science, the white collar smarts, the nuclear solution - is a play designed to divide the sentiments of the environmentally aware, university educated, white collar urban voter.

The thing is, we have to double electricity rates because the nuclear power stations only last half the time we thought they would when we we built them - so now: How to raise electricity rates by 100% and at the same time build 4 Trillion dollars worth of new reactors?

Macro-engineering of the population through deception - that's how.

In my opinion, wind, solar, tidal power and perhaps orbital solar collection delivered by lasers are the answers. We need to invest in these technologies and perfect them; along side a rebuild of existing reactor cores and a modest expansion of this very expensive nuclear power technology to serve the gap in the near term.

Because of the macho-war-culture jingoism in all the ads on Rogers Inc, I can't watch baseball on TV with out muting commercials; now I have to turn off the radio between innings now too because of these evil doings there.

Looks like it's Toronto Maple Leafs semi-pro ball at Christie Pits, or the University League at Stan Waldlow for me... .

Maybe that was always where I had to end up. Outside, in a Park.

This media is no country for old men.



References:

Blogger Baseball Scorecard | 08/04/2012 Blue Jays at Athletics Game 3 Scorecard | http://internetbaseballscorecard.blogspot.ca/2012/08/08042012-blue-jays-at-athletics-game-3_5994.html

Government of Canada | Canadian Forest Service Publications | Effects of forest biomass harvesting on soil productivity in boreal and temperate forests – A review. 2011. Thiffault, E.; Hannam, K.D.; Paré, D.; Titus, B.D.; Hazlett, P.W.; Maynard, D.G.; Brais, S. Environ. Rev. 19:278-309. - http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=32736

Government of Ontario | Ministry of Natural Resources | A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE ISSUES SURROUNDING FULL TREE HARVESTING [PDF] | by Alan Wiensczyk | http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/lr/@mnr/@nwsi/documents/document/mnr_e005393.pdf



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Line-ups and Pitching Totals help from ESPN - Boxscore.

Colour Legend (as of this date)

Neon Green is a Base Hit Forest Green is a runner advanced by a Base Hit or a Sacrifice Yellow is Intentional Base on Balls, Defensive Indifference, a Sacrafice or Fielder's Choice Red is an out Pink are un-earned bases - Wild Pitch, Passed Ball or an Error Neon Blue is a Stolen Base Navy Blue is a base earned via a Hit or a Sacrifice, that results in a Run Scored

The Scoring Notations

BB Base on Balls - Batter to first base because the umpire ruled that pitched ball was the forth pitch of the at-bat out of the strike zone HBP Hit By Pitch - Batter is ruled by the umpire to have been hit by pitch - awarded one base BH Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at first base via a hit ball 2BH Two Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at second base via a hit ball 3BH Three Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at third base via a hit ball HR Home Run - Batter-runner safe at home plate via a hit ball RBI Run Batted In - via a SAC, a BH or a BB - a run scores RS Run Scored. SAC Sacrifice - With less than two outs the batter causes a base runner to advance but in the process, is put out FC Ball hit on the ground, fielded and a put-out made of any base runner other than the batter-runner DI Defensive Indifference - A baserunner advances because the defence, for strategic reasons, does nothing IBB Intentional Base on Balls - The defences decides to walk a batter for strategic reasons

SB Stolen Base - Base runner advances on a pitched ball despite the defence's best efforts CS Caught Stealing - A baserunner is put out while tring to advance on a pitch K Called third strike - Batter out because the umpire ruled that with two strikes in an at-bat, a pitched ball was in the strike zone Ks Batter out, swinging third strike IFR Infield Fly Rule - A ball popped up on the infield that an umpire rules is easily catch-able - batter-runner is out, the ball is dead LO Ball caught that was hit so hard it appears like the vector was a straight line GO Ball hit on the ground, fielded and the batter-runner is put out at 1B FO A high arching hit ball caught on the fly by a fielder E The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar play Eth The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar throw WP Wild Pitch - a pitched ball that bounces in and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing PB Passed Ball - a pitched ball that doesn't bounce and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing

pop A ball hit in a high arch such that the distance travelled up is greater than the distance travelled from the plate GR To prevent injury, "Ground Rules" define what hit or thrown balls are in, and out of play - announced before each game by the home team manager f Hit ball caught in foul territory - for example "FO3f" - Fly Ball caught by First Base, foul op Out of Play - for example "FO5op", Fly ball caught by Third Base across the railing in the stands, or in the camera bay... BRIF Base runner is out for interfering with the defence while they're making a play on a batted ball Ks2f Foul tip with 2 strikes, caught by catcher - strike three - - - - - - - - - - - -

Box Score - F/11	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Toronto Blue Jays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	10	0	8
Oakland Athletics	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	8

Toronto Blue Jays	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th
1.  Y Escobar SS	4:08 BBCF FFX BH8/7		6-3		5-3 /			FO9		Ks		AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
2.  K Johnson 2B	FO8		Ks /			Ks		3UA /		Ks /		AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
3.  E Encarnacion 1B	FO7			BH8		shift 4(6) P. Neshek P 4(6)-3			R. CookP FO3 pop		SB np 2Eth RS BH7 gb5/6	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
4.  D Cooper DH	FO4 pop /			#3> 5-3 #3 1,2		FO9 /			RS RBI HR8/9		LO5 5-3 #3 safe!	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
5.  R Davis LF		3UA		SB BH7 #3 2,3			FO9		FO3f		2Eth RS #3 1,2 BB	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
6.  Y Gomes C PH 9th J Mathis C		FO8/9		#5 1,2 FO9 short			FC BB		ph FO8 /		run's > Ks Eth2-7 #3 3,H #5 1,2	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
7.  M Sierra RF		CB injury time out J. NorbertoP out! 8-6-2 BH 6-3 safe!		5-3 /			Ks			J. BlevinsP BH7	2BH7 #5 2,H Out 4-2 RBI	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
8.  A Gose CF		2BH8/7 8-6-2 /			FO6/7 pop		FC4-6 #6 out /			SAC bunt5 #7 1,2	BH4/7 4-2 #7 out /	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
9.  A Hechavarria 3B			Ks		Ks			G. Balfour P FO6 pop		BB		AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	0 1 0 1	0 2 0 1	0 0 0 0	0 2 0 2	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 1	0 0 0 0	1 1 0 0	0 1 0 2	2 3 0 1	3 10 0 8

Toronto Blue Jays Bench (Bat/Throw)

Fielders

Bullpen

Starters

Infielders
30 David Cooper L-L
10 Edwin Encarnacion R
5 Yunel Escobar R-R
3 Adeiny Hechavarria R
2 Kelly Johnson L-R
13 Brett Lawrie R-R
17 Omar Vizquel S-R
Outfielders
11 Rajai Davis R-R
43 Anthony Gose L-L
28 Colby Rasmus L-L
14 Moises Sierra R-R
Catchers
68 Yan Gomes R-R
6 Jeff Mathis R-R

20 Jesse Chavez R-R
50 Steve Delabar R-R
48 J.A. Happ L-L
44 Casey Janssen R-R
49 Brad Lincoln L-R
62 Aaron Loup L-L
31 Brandon Lyon R-R
38 Darren Oliver R-L

37 Henderson Alvarez R-R
32 Aaron Laffey SP
33 Carlos Villanueva R-R

Blue Jays Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Ricky Romero (small w)	7.0	3	1	1	4	5	0	99/60	5.47
Steve Delabar	1.1	0	0	0	1	3	0	33/21	3.83
Casey Janssen	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3/2	2.16
Jesse Chavez (W, 1-1)	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	28/16	8.44
Darren Oliver (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14/10	1.34

Oakland Athletics	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th
1.  J Weeks 2B	FO8/9		Ks		BB #8 2,3 #9 1,2			S. DelabarP K		BH7 #8 1,2		AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
2.  M Taylor RF PH 10th C Crisp - CF	6-3 gb 2nd		DP 6-4-3 #9 out /		Ks (app. ump.) /			K		3-2 ph BB #8 2,3 #1 1,2		AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
3.  J Reddick CF - RF	FO9 /			shift 5(9) FO7		FO6/8 pop		Ks /		K /		AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
4.  C Carter 1B  PH 9th Y Cespedes   10th B Moss - 1B		FC BB		K		FO3f			DP BB pr		D. Oliver P FO8	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
5.  J Gomes LF		FO6 lo		FO9 /		5-3 /			FO8		Ks	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
6.  B Inge 3B		RS FC 1-4			6-3		Ks		C. Janssen P DP 6-3 #4 out /		FO7 /	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
7.  D Norris DH		2BH9 #6 2,H RBI wp#6 1,2			5-3		BB			J. ChavezP scoring error FO8		AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
8.  G Kottaras C		3-1 gb3 /			BH gb4-9		wp#7 1,2 Ks			SAC BB		AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
9.  A Rosales SS PH 10th E Sogard - SS			DP BH9		BB #8 1,2		FO9 /			ph FO8/9		AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	0 0 0 0	1 1 0 1	0 1 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 3	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 1	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 3	0 0 1 0	1 4 1 8

Oakland Athletics Bench (Bat/Throw)

Fielders

Bullpen

Starters

Infielders
22 Chris Carter R-R
7 Brandon Inge R-R
37 Brandon Moss L-R
17 Adam Rosales R-R
28 Eric Sogard L-R
19 Jemile Weeks S-R
Outfielders
52 Yoenis Cespedes R-R
4 Coco Crisp S-R
31 Jonny Gomes R-R
16 Josh Reddick L-R
23 Michael Taylor R-R
Catchers
14 George Kottaras L-R
36 Derek Norris R-R

50 Grant Balfour R-R
13 Jerry Blevins L-L
48 Ryan Cook R-R
62 Sean Doolittle L-L
40 Pat Neshek S-R
77 Jordan Norberto L-L

54 Travis Blackley L-L
21 Bartolo Colon R-R
57 Tommy Milone L-L
11 Jarrod Parker R-R
67 Dan Straily R-R

Athletics Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
A.J. Griffin	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	32/19	2.42
Jordan Norberto	3.2	4	0	0	0	4	0	64/39	2.70
Pat Neshek (H, 1)	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	27/16	0.00
Grant Balfour (H, 15)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13/8	2.60
Ryan Cook (B, 7)	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	12/10	2.47
Jerry Blevins (L, 4-1)	2.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	35/22	2.45