Questec ?

DonMarco · Jul 29, 2003

Can anyone name all the ballparks where the system has been used this year ?

Thanks.

MdTerps · Jul 29, 2003

just the mets i believe are the only team using it

raiders72001 · Jul 29, 2003

Arizona, Anaheim, Boston, Cleveland, Houston, KC, Milwaukee, Oakland, Tampa Bay and both stadiums in New York.

[This message was edited by raiders72001 on July 30, 2003 at 12:20 AM.]

raiders72001 · Jul 29, 2003

They had planned on using it this year in Cinc and WSox but have not as of yet.

raiders72001 · Jul 30, 2003

Questec is in the head of both Glavine and Schilling. Are there any other pitchers that need the Shrink when pitching in Questec parks?

mjred · Jul 30, 2003

david wells has been bitching about it too, last i checked he had been pitching better on the road.

DonMarco · Jul 30, 2003

Thanks guys. BTW raiders, are you sure that there are no other ballparks using Questec ?

wilheim · Jul 30, 2003

I have all of yours except KC having Questec. Have they always had it since its inception?
Questec Article
wil.

raiders72001 · Jul 30, 2003

Questec is available in 13 ball parks but is being used in 11 currently. Wil is right that it wasn't used in KC to start the season but now is used there. In fact Grimsley and MacDougal hate it. They blamed a 6-1 loss to Oak a week or two ago on 6 straight walks that were given up to start the 9th.

DonMarco · Jul 30, 2003

Thanks Raiders and Wil.

By the way, I had the chance the watch the late innings of that KC game the other night, and believe me raiders, Grimsley was missing the strike zone by a mile. I've never seen him pitching that bad. Wild pitch after wild pitch.

raiders72001 · Jul 30, 2003

I'm happy to hear that. KC's in a lot of trouble. I need the WSox and I'm still more worried aboput the Twins than KC.

DonMarco · Jul 30, 2003

speaking of cws, kc...

just for the fun, i compared today's starters and their stats @questec ballparks (assuming that kc ballpark has it) and here are the numbers...

garland 26 er in 23.2 ip, cws 1-4 in his last 5 @ballparks with questec, 8er in 28 ip, cws 3-1 in last 4 when he was pitching @ ballparks w/o the questec.

hernandez 5 er in 38.2 ip (kc 5-1 in these starts) when pitching @ballparks with questec, and 18 er / 35 ip (kc 2-4) in his starts @ballparks w/o questec.

looks like garland is way more affected by the system than hernandez, but this is a small sample to have something conclusive in it.

raiders72001 · Jul 30, 2003

interesting

raiders72001 · Jul 30, 2003

Did you also see that umps need to get a grade of at least 90% at questec parks to get post season assignments.

DonMarco · Jul 30, 2003

yes i did.

here is the breakdown of a few umps in today's games...

Welke 6-0 under in last 6 w/o questec (avg 5.17)

Wolf 6-2 under last 8 w/o questec, 4-2 over with questec (a difference of 4.2 rpg)

Montague (this is kinda confusing) with questec 3-0 under the total in last 3 (avg 3.33), 5-1 under in last 6, while 5-1 over in last 6 with no questec.

DonMarco · Jul 30, 2003

tomorrow :

kinney 36 er in 44 ip last 8 with questec, 7-0 over in last 7.

Heilman 3-0 over, 17 er in 17 ip with questec.

Guccione (should be the ump) 4-1-1 over in last 6 with questec.

raiders72001 · Jul 30, 2003

Great info Don but I'm a bit confused. Kodiak says that umpire info has no bearing on totals.

DonMarco · Jul 30, 2003

Take it easy raiders. Kody the chalk is only 13 years old. Remember when you were that young ?

wilheim · Jul 30, 2003

Intersting stuff. I think this Questec is responsible for a lot of guys not doing as well as usual this baseball season. I have always liked bases as my best sport and still do. I have to say some of the things I have seen so far this year have me scratching my head.

wil.