Dr's R/X

Gotta get yer three W's --- > Wit, Wisdom, and Wayyyy too much caffeine. As y'know, we live to serve

Dr. Detecto's Mariner prescriptions.  The Mainframe circuit boards were originally designed to solve chess positions before they started fritzing out on baseball shtick.  Like Bobby Fischer said, "Chess is not that hard a game.  Whatever position you've got, it's been played before."

Well, yeah - if you can fit an Isolated Queen Pawn position into a block of similar patterns that you recognize, THEN you can ask "in what ways is this situation subtly different?"  Figure out what has been done before, and what has been said before, and you might be able to organize your thinking as to how you judge the situation in front of you to be different.

When Tim Lincecum came into pro baseball, one thing different about him was that he could throw 150 pitches on Friday and then enjoy an easy game of foul-line-to-foul-line long toss the next day.  Scott Bankhead he wasn't.  Nolan Ryan less a few inches was more like it.  Get you the right basic template, and then it's easy and pleasant to start asking where you see differences.

Ah, but what's the right basic template?  That's what makes a ball game ... :- )

Posts in this blog:

M's Playoff Chances
and some mixed signs from the King
Posted on: 08/23/18
Coming Through at the Plate
round up the usual suspects, Bogey
Posted on: 08/18/18
Quick Reads
with the Mainframe, I'm in, I'm out, I'm up to speed
Posted on: 08/16/18
Posted on: 08/09/18
Adam Warren or Juan Nicasio?
and a remarkable Felix piece
Posted on: 07/30/18
How to Help at SSI and D-O-V
easy as pie, thanks to Dan
Posted on: 07/20/18
More Trade Rumors
Johns likes Eovaldi as a "6th Man"
Posted on: 07/18/18
M's 6-4, after Rox 5-1
Edwin Diaz "swims" through the air to the tune of 14.9 / 2.5 / 0.4
Posted on: 07/09/18
Sizzlers and Fizzlers - Top Half
whattta I gotta do to get a game around here, Dept.
Posted on: 04/07/18
1 Comments
Sizzlers and Fizzlers - Bottom Half
an' I don' have to paint my teeth to play?!
Posted on: 04/07/18
3 Comments
M's 5, Reds 2
some guys can catch 140, 145. Can Zuumball?
Posted on: 03/10/18
8 Comments
How Critical Is the Bench?
Depends on how healthy your starters are
Posted on: 03/09/18
3 Comments
State of the Roster, as of 3.18
and a surprising 4-man bench for April?
Posted on: 03/08/18
11 Comments
Chinks in Shohei Ohtani's Armor?
wow, lots of reasons here for skepticism about Sosh and his ilk
Posted on: 03/06/18
4 Comments
Readables
with a bit of shtick on Monday's 9-9 tie.
Posted on: 02/27/18
12 Comments
Lynn, Cobb, Arrieta and other unemployed baseball players
the hourglass drifts ever-further as the staredowns continue
Posted on: 02/27/18
8 Comments
Noise: the Catcher Slot
Yogi Berra, preparing to take a pot roast out of the oven
Posted on: 02/24/18
1 Comments
The Monday Before: 4 Good Things Right Off the Bat
well, depending on whether you consider Wolf Packing good
Posted on: 02/18/18
27 Comments
A Bit of Celebration on Dee Gordon
oh, whoops, you don't throw like that from CF do you Dr. D
Posted on: 02/06/18
9 Comments
Felix or Zeus on Opening Day?
come to think of it, this may be a P.R. call anyhow, eh
Posted on: 02/06/18
6 Comments
James Paxton and Randy Johnson
Those who don't know history ...
Posted on: 01/18/18
9 Comments
Echo Box, 1.5.18
yo, Wishhiker dept.
Posted on: 01/05/18
4 Comments
POTD Kyle Seager
k-swag may have a little more swag in mind than we realize
Posted on: 01/02/18
2 Comments
Posted on: 12/21/17
18 Comments
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Japanese Style
and lots of it, amigo
Posted on: 12/01/17
30 Comments
Thursday Afternoon Tazoberry!
The mighty SSI think tank swats the news feed into the 2nd deck
Posted on: 11/30/17
2 Comments
Posted on: 11/17/17
13 Comments
More on Eric Filia
Looks like John Jaso is the floor here ;- )
Posted on: 11/05/17
7 Comments
Now THAT's what Dr. D calls Stars & Scrubs
but has anybody ever seen George Allen and Bat571 in the same room at the same time
Posted on: 11/04/17
24 Comments

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