Eastern Conference
The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams, and organized in three divisions of five teams each. The three division winners are seeded 1, 2 and 3 for the playoffs in order of their record, with all non-division winners seeded 4 through 8. This leaves open the possibility that a #4 seed could have a better record than a #3 seed. On the other hand, home-court advantage in a playoff series is decided by record, not by seeding, so if a #3 and #4 team met in a playoff series in which the #4 team had the better record, the #4 team would have home-court advantage. The Eastern Conference playoffs is divided into three rounds, with the winner facing the Western Conference champion in the NBA Finals to determine the champion. All playoff series are best-of-seven. The current divisional alignment was adopted at the start of the 2004-05 season, when the Charlotte Bobcats began play as the NBA's 30th franchise. This necessitated the move of the New Orleans Hornets from the Eastern Conference's Central Division to the newly-created Southwest Division of the Western Conference. Full Article on Wikipedia
Labwork: ‘Advanced’ Offense Heatmap
(Click to enlarge)Continuing with the heatmap theme, here is a graph using the same concept but with the more advanced statistics. All numbers are pulled from Fangraphs as of 8/28/10. I cheated and used Excel for this particular graph.
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Friday Visual: Basic Offense Heatmap
A little bit of visual labwork on this Friday. I’ve been playing around with R lately and I’ve been working on ‘heatmaps’. Each square has a number value and that value is ranked within each column by color — ie: all HR’s are compared against other HR totals for that column. White (higher value) -> dark red (lower value). For example, you can see that Aubrey Huff — the Giants’ best player on offense this year — has mostly orange and yellow squares.
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Giants Get Creamed in Philly and St. Louis; Get Cody Ross
Well, that’s how these things go sometimes. After going 20-8 and in the month of July, the Giants have struggled in August. The team’s current W/L record in August of 9-10 actually downplays just how bad things have looked in the last few series. Errors, poor pitching, and vintage bad hitting have all combined to put a sizable dent in the Giants quest to reach the playoffs.
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First-Rounder Gary Brown Expected to Sign
From MLBTR:The Giants agreed to sign first-round pick Gary Brown for about $1.3MM, according to Yahoo’s Kendall Rogers (on Twitter).
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Giants Do Something Wacky
Oh, that Giants.Ken Rosethal tweets:Rival executive says Guillen to #SFGiants is “done,” confirming ESPNDeportes report. #Royals #MLB
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The Heater, the Change, and the Hook
Your Wednesday graph comes a little late this week. This week’s graph is the seasonal percentage of Lincecum’s pitch-types — and their usage — and his whiff% on said pitch-types.
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Renteria DL’d, Mike Fontenot Acquired
There’s nothing like the old switcheroo trade. Mike Fontenot started today as a Chicago Cub, but he’ll end it as a Giant. The Giants have traded A-ball outfield prospect, Evan Crawford, to the Cubs in exchange for 2B Mike Fontenot.Fontenot describes the weirdness of changing sidelines and changing teams before a game.
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Win a luxury holiday for two to watch the Euro Pro PGA Tour Finale at the Aphrodite Hills Resort, Cyprus
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Brief Musings After The Brave Series
Well, that sucked.1. The offense, while chocked full of league averageness, is still going to be an issue most days. I know that’s going to come as a shock to you, but the offense is going to fluctuate between just enough to get the job done and terrible. Which one will show up today’s game? It’ magic inside! I tend to think that because the Giants’ offense is primarily powered by Huff and Torress — two players having great success at odd times in their respective careers — the foundation is a little shakier than most.
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Free Competition to win Lyle & Scott fashionable golf wear
Free Competition to win Lyle & Scott high quality, fashionable golf wear
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The Trade(s)
I’m a bit late on responding to the Giants deadline deals, but I wanted to briefly write a few words about the two relievers the Giants picked up.Giants Lose: OF John Bowker, RHP Joe MartinezGiants Get: LHP Javier LopezI guess this means the quest for the LOOGY is over. I’ll state up front that I don’t really love this trade for the Giants. My gut reaction is that the Pirates did very well while the Giants got a guy that throws baseballs with his left arm.
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The Butchermasters: The Top 10 Worst Fielding Seasons in Giants History
*From 1901-2010I’m in love with the new Baseball-Reference WAR data. WAR, or Wins Above Replacement, is the uber-stat that attempts to encompass the total value of what makes a player, erm, valuable. With the development of FanGraphs and other saber-slanted websites, WAR has become a pretty well known statistic. If you’re new to the game, check out the glossary section of the site for a definition.
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Tiger Woods & Phil Mickelson- Two Big Contenders for the 2010 Bridgestone Invitational
The number one ranked player in the Official World Golf Ranking, Tiger Woods, has been questioned after his latest competitions. However, Woods arrives at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational as a leading candidate for the title.
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Hitting F5
Taking a week long break from baseball can leave you feeling refreshed. We all love the game — living and dieing most nights by the final score — but sometimes, over the long grind of a season, it’s nice to take a step back and unwind a little. It helps to put things in the proper perspective. Of course, coming back to the Giants as they play some of their best baseball on the year is a nice thing, too.
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