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:

Pathology Report
We're not sure exactly where we went wrong, but ...
Posted on: 08/28/15
4 Comments
Und Zum Marinerss Opinions, Yet! Vot Next?
Dr. D's capacity for service knows no bounds
Posted on: 08/20/15
12 Comments
M's Playoff Odds Steady at 2.2%
Specials at the bar, Dept.
Posted on: 08/17/15
3 Comments
Jobu's Echo Box
Where's the KFC when you really need it
Posted on: 08/12/15
8 Comments
Posted on: 08/08/15
4 Comments
Be Right Witcha
M's don't always make it easy, but ….
Posted on: 06/09/15
Posted on: 05/31/15
2 Comments
M's 3, Rays 0
Cruz rains death on Rays, rays
Posted on: 05/27/15
6 Comments
Managerial Change?
Dr. D has finally gone 'round the bend
Posted on: 05/23/15
15 Comments
Dr's R/X: Play Lousy Teams
Mismatch, Dept.
Posted on: 05/11/15
4 Comments
Pepper
Can't fault the M's for effort, anyway
Posted on: 05/11/15
9 Comments
The Plot Thickens
Lose a SS, gain a …. Gomez? Jones? Harper? or Reed...
Posted on: 05/07/15
15 Comments
LoMo Clubs Up
LoMo's 240 lbs. + Boomstick = Love at 1st sight for Dr. D
Posted on: 05/05/15
15 Comments
Steady Hand at the Tiller
Stay rational, Capt. Jack
Posted on: 05/01/15
11 Comments
SP's Hop On the Kewl Bus
When will it ever turn around? Oh, like 8 games ago
Posted on: 04/28/15
flex R/X
predictability is overrated, even for robots like Dr. D
Posted on: 04/25/15
6 Comments
Quick Prescriptions
Cheap at half the price, too
Posted on: 04/23/15
25 Comments
Inside Jokes, Seattle Baseball Dept.
That's one scary knuckleballer
Posted on: 04/22/15
1 Comments
M's On Pace for 223 Homers and 101 Losses
Dr. D's epiphany at the chalkboard
Posted on: 04/14/15
2 Comments
Echo Box
Your body is present. Is your mind? (Kershaw ain't.)
Posted on: 04/12/15
6 Comments
NOW vs LATER
You've got to be kidding me
Posted on: 04/10/15
2 Comments
Posted on: 04/05/15
By The Numbers
Small "Sample", dept.
Posted on: 03/25/15
Echo Box
Say what you like, but watch what you say Dept.
Posted on: 03/20/15
Posted on: 02/26/15
Platoons in LF and RF
Hey, there's a lot to be said for lowering the pressure ...
Posted on: 02/25/15
I Wanna Put On My Boogie Shoes
… and boogie witchoo
Posted on: 02/25/15
Stars, Scrubs, and Shortstops
The wheels come off of Dr. D's pre-March assumptions
Posted on: 02/22/15
Comic Book Pitching Staffs
or is it "Staves"? There's been a Zum-Bro' sighting
Posted on: 02/06/15
Pokemon and Pitching Changes
Any resemblance to David Ortiz and Joe Beimel is strictly coincidental
Posted on: 02/05/15

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