tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post7482471353483721194..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: 2012 Giants: September/October PQS and Final PQSobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-90511756371314186812012-11-20T15:47:08.035-08:002012-11-20T15:47:08.035-08:00I'd also add the Leyland really did not do a g...I'd also add the Leyland really did not do a good job of managing. Certainly this is all in retrospect, but even at the time it seemed clear to me that Leyland was doing a Dusty: sticking for too long with his 'A' starter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-22233320993912721682012-11-07T17:02:02.320-08:002012-11-07T17:02:02.320-08:00Thought I would follow up and show how the Tigers ...Thought I would follow up and show how the Tigers did with PQS. Overall, they were better than the Giants. 13 starts, they had 11 DOM starts, and had the higher PQS in 8 of those games, ties in 2 of the starts, and only 1 DIS start. That is a great 85% DOM/8% DIS overall profile. That is what drove them to the World Series. <br /><br />Unfortunately for them, their one and only DIS start was the one Verlander had for them in the first World Series game, then Bumgarner outpitched Fister in Game 2, for two games where the Giants had higher PQS (in the 9 games in the AL playoffs, they only had one start where they had a lower PQS). They actually had the higher PQS in game 3, but Vogelsong had a gutsy performance and was not that far away from a DOM start nor far away from the same PQS. That's baseball luck for you.<br /><br />Then in the last game, both starters had the same PQS, and that is where our bullpen came in, it shut down the Tigers while the Tigers allowed the winning run. Game and World Series over.<br /><br />The Tigers had a dominant staff going into the World Series, but the Giants were just that much better, not sweep better, but still measurably better. And they were more attuned to do-or-die scenarios than the Tigers were, I totally believe that was our edge in game 4, the Giants might not have been actually eliminated, but they knew what was coming up - Verlander and Fister - and fought hard to close it up in game 4, succeeding.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.com