R.A. Dickey's Three Movingest Knucklers from Monday
by Carson Cistulli - June 18, 2012
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Mets right-hander and soft-spoken Southern gentleman R.A. Dickey threw his
second consecutive one-hitter tonight — in this case, against the Orioles of
Baltimore. Nor do his defense-independent numbers suggest that he was
anything but excellent on Monday night (box): 9.0 IP, 30 TBF, 13 K, 2 BB, 11
GB on 15 batted-balls (73.3% GB), 1.14 xFIP.
R.A. Dickey在今天对上金莺又投出一场一安打比赛(连续两场)
9局 面对30位打者 13K 2BB 15个打到球的有11个是滚地球 xFIP是1.14 !!!
The average knuckleball from Dickey has approximately zero inches of
horizontal movement and a single inch of positive vertical movement —
or "rise," a concept the present author discussed briefly earlier on Monday.
Of course, the idea of an "average" knuckleball is a bit of a misnomer: given
the nature of the pitch, the standard deviation of both sorts of movement is
likely quite high. Indeed, this is the strength of the pitch: no one really
knows where it's going, not even Dickey.
Dickey的蝴蝶球几乎不会横移 但是会垂直落下或上升1吋
当然去讲蝴蝶球"平均"位移有点奇怪 事实上就连Dickey都不知道球会怎么跑
As a sort of celebration of Dickey's last two games — of his entire season,
really — I sought out Dickey's three "movingest" knuckleballs from his
Monday start. In this case, I've identified the three of Dickey's knuckleballs
with the highest absolute value of total movement (i.e. the sum of the absolute
values of both horizontal and vertical movement, in inches).
在这两场 我看到了三种位移最大的蝴蝶球(纪录下其位移)
It's hard to say if what follows are necessarily Dickey's three best
knuckleballs from Monday. However, each of them really does move quite a bit:
indeed, the reader will note that catcher Josh Thole is unable to catch two
of the three pitches and has to sort of violently move his glove to catch the
other.
很难说下面提到的就是Dicley投出的最棒的蝴蝶球 但这三球的确位移很多
事实上Josh Thole为了接变化很大的蝴蝶球已经快速移动手套 却只接到一球
Below are those three knuckleballs. Click on individual GIFs for Maximum
Pleasure™. (Data from Brooks Baseball.)
No. 3: Wilson Betemit, Third Inning
Movement: 5.2 in. armside, 7.5 in. rise (12.7 in.)
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/RAD3.gif
上升7.5英吋(19.05公分)
No. 2: Brian Roberts, Third Inning
Movement: 4.2 in. gloveside, 9.9 in. drop (14.1 in)
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/RAD2.gif
掉9.9英吋(25.14公分)
No. 1: Chris Davis, Seventh Inning
Movement: 6.9 in. gloveside, 8.8 in. drop (15.8 in)
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/RAD1a.gif
掉8.8英吋(22.35公分)
Bonus
Here's a bonus: Dickey's reaction to that last pitch — a reaction that suggests
even he was surprised (and/or impressed) by the amount of movement on same.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/RAD1.gif
最后一球就连Dickey都对球的变化感到惊讶
译按: R.A. Dickey is the MAN
球太会跑了 怎么接拉(／‵Д′)／~ ╧╧
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