Anyone see Andrew Miller today?

by sungod7 on Aug 30, 2006 4:02 PM EDT Comment 23 comments

Saw in the boxscore that Miller pitched today, finishing off a loss to Yankees. Anyone see the game? How did he look?

An uneventful 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 line
17 pitches, 12 for strikes

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that really sucks!

I was hoping to see him tonight.

"Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical" - Yogi Berra

by the pinstripes on Aug 30, 2006 4:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Miller

He was throwing his 4 seamer at around 93 with one up to 97. His 2 seamer was around 89-91 and his slider was around 80-84 with some good bite to it.

His slider wasn't as sharp as I have seen it previously but he used his pitches well and induced 2 groundouts and a fly out. The fly out was a line drive off of the bat of Cabrera. That was the first batter he faced.

The second batter was Craig Wilson who he hit with a slider that broke from the left handed batters box all the way to the right to hit Wilson in the thigh.

He worked both sides of the plate well. He was able to get Jeter on his third pitch I believe. Damon ended up being his hardest out as he was able to foul off a ton of Millers offerings.

Hope this kinda is what you were looking for.

by VtTigers on Aug 30, 2006 4:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

no

pls be more specific. i'm looking for a better in depth perspective..... maybe some charts and graphs. thank you.

"Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical" - Yogi Berra

by the pinstripes on Aug 30, 2006 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yea...

Unless you can post video & a pitch chart that's pretty good. Thanks!

by sungod7 on Aug 30, 2006 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

miller

the kid looked pretty sharp. i like the easy delivery and mid-to-high 90's heat. the movement on that slider is something, too.

one thing i have to say, and this is not directly related to miller: damn, johnny damon is a tough out. it's not just his AB against miller, of course. but every time i see him he is fouling off pitch after pitch and then smacking one into the gap. and he's got 20 bombs this year, too. twenty! i hate him so much. this is the same guy who hit 256/324/363 for the A's in his only season with us. grr.

by jpahk on Aug 30, 2006 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damon

I remember Damon from his time in Oakland and his numbers took a hit because a number of his foul balls stayed in play in the enormous foul territory in Oakland.

Waiting for Travis Buck

by Furious George on Aug 30, 2006 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

eh?

Damon? Foul balls? Seriously? :)

by BobbyMac on Aug 30, 2006 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

For all you kids

http://youtube.com/watch?v=flyfEWCXi5k

by PooNani on Aug 30, 2006 4:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ha...

I was kidding... but thanks!

by sungod7 on Aug 30, 2006 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Excellent...

Thanks a lot. Now I will see if my memory is any good.

by VtTigers on Aug 30, 2006 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn

You work quickly.

by mcq fesijiba on Aug 30, 2006 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well

ive been known to deliver in the clutch. maybe a-rod can spot me a couple grand and i can teach him my ways

by PooNani on Aug 30, 2006 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah right

nobody can teach A-Rod clutch. actually, a friend of mine thinks clutch doesn't exist. Just look at the numbers. Screw A-Rod!

"Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical" - Yogi Berra

by the pinstripes on Aug 30, 2006 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you are an absolute dunce-cap.....

and a typical yankee fan. a-rod` going to end up with 40 homers and 120+ rbi`s and to hear you and the rest of your lot tell it, he`s no better than some little fat kid i grew up with named r. lamontagne who used to soil himself while playing shortstop. doesn`t soil himself now but get`s the norm peterson sweat-stains under his arm pits real bad. you people crack me up!!!!!! dumb! dumb! dumb!

he truly is the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be- bret hart on zodiac

by thisisthezodiacspeaking on Sep 2, 2006 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm

One thing I noticed watchin the video is that a lot of his pitches seemed up in the zone. I won't analyze a player based on 17 pitches during his first major league appearance, but it's just an observation.

by Jgaztambide on Aug 30, 2006 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's awesome!

thanks for the video hook up Uncle PooNani!

"Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical" - Yogi Berra

by the pinstripes on Aug 30, 2006 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

thanks

on a side note, as teh person above said; damon just works the count by consistently seeming to foul off touch pitches (i.e. fouling off that 97 mph fastball and then that slider)

Giants '08

by z4 landshark on Aug 30, 2006 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If he was nervous

He hid it pretty well. It was nice to see him throw strikes. That slider he threw that hit Craig Wilson was somewhat impressive in that is broke too much. I was almost afraid that first batter had a base hit on a line drive, but it hung up there long enough to go right to Magglio Ordonez. The batters didn't really make any solid contact for the rest of the inning.

Really VtTigers said about everything that can be said. Encouraging debut for the kid with barely any pro experience in legendary Yankee Stadium.

by mcq fesijiba on Aug 30, 2006 4:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs