F. Cordero still posting "mind-boggling numbers"

So now we're going to start trying out the new 'more posts, shorter length' philosophy as detailed last night. Our first subject is Francisco Cordero, who we've discussed earlier here. Cordero is basically making major league hitters look like children. Literally. What are hitters batting against Cordero this season? .088. Take a step back and think about that for a second. 12 batters go up to the plate to face Francisco. 1 of them gets a hit. 1 walks. 5 strike out. 2 will ground out. 3 will fly out. Not exactly great odds. Anyway, he also has a .36 ERA. That one run scored on a wild pitch. He's opened the season by saving 22 consecutive games. Also, keep in mind that he is pitching in the 9th inning after Derrick Turnbow holds the 8th down... hopefully.

Derrick Turnbow is an interesting story. I'm sure it's already been done... but someone needs to look for a tell in the tape or something. Turnbow was lights out until 2006, when he just starting becoming bad. In 2005, it was 39 saves and a 1.74 ERA. In 2006 - 24 saves, 6.87 ERA. I'm not sure how you manage to save 24 games with an ERA like that, but he did it. Anyway, he throws hard. So it's not like guys are figuring out how to hit his fastball. There's only one way to hit a 100+ mph fastball - swing sooner. But it's not the speed of the fastball that makes it hard to hit - it's the threat of an off speed pitch. By the time you decide it's not an off speed pitch, it's too late to swing. I've read that a fastball of virtually any speed is hittable if you know it's coming. This is mostly true. So if guys are standing in the box, knowing that Turnbow is going to give them heat, his heat is useless. If they're not sure whether there is a changeup coming, they have to stick around, and that's when 100mph starts to get hard to hit. So, again, why are hitters no longer confused between his changeup and his fastball? I'm sure the Brewers figured this out a year ago, and I'm sure if there was a tell, they would have found it. Perhaps they have, and he's still trying to fix it. I haven't seen Turnbow pitch in about a year so I can't say. But he's 29 years old; he'll figure it out soon. More likely than not, it's more of a confidence issue.

That's it for now. By the way... I've been getting a huge amount, (thousands) of hits from Taiwan lately. Would you guys like to share?