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Washington DC

The Pierces are recovering from their trip last week to Washington DC.  Actually, it was a trip to Maryland to see Robert’s parents. We had not seen them for two years, so it was time to go.  Coincidentally, the Michael Pierce family was out there too, so it was  a sort of reunion. We didn’t get out much because of the heat and the all-consuming activities at the Riderwood senior living compound. Robert gorged himself on steak frites and ice cream sandwiches at the new “French bistro” at Riderwood. As to sights, we did walk on the mall and see a Nationals baseball game.  The waterfront area near the stadium in the SW part of DC is very cool (a la dogpatch) by the way. Very exciting when the Nationals came back from a nine run deficit to beat the Marlins, including a grand slam. Happy 84th birthday to Tata!

Here’s the photos . . .

Truffaut

The list of children’s entertainment is pretty short at the Pierce house. Last night the kids “got” to watch The 400 Blows. One of Robert’s favorites.  The movie chronicles the boyhood of Doniel, who, after repeated mistreatment (i.e., “blows”) by his parents, teachers, and society, ends up quasi-delinquent. It’s a masterpiece, of course.

Anyway, thing is, when you see the movie before having kids yourself, the parents are basically monsters.  When you see it after having kids yourself, the parents appear to be, uhh, parents.

 

Terra Linda Invitational

Congratulations to Jacob Bobrow,  winner of the 2018 Terra Linda 12U Tennis Invitational, which took place this morning.  Jacob won all three of his matches to take the title.  Thanks to all the other participates for some hard fought tennis in the summer heat!

World Cup

About time to start paying attention to the World Cup.  Robert just figured out that the US is not in it this time.  They had a very disappointing set of games at the qualifiers. Here’s an interesting video about US men’s soccer needing help.

Google Visit Today

We visited the Google main campus today. Robert’s good friend Halbert Au-Yeung was kind enough to give us a tour of ground zero.

 

Pierce Statistics-Phillies Minors 2018

Rory Pierce
Phillies Minors 2018
Statistic Result Rank on Team Notes
OFFENSE
GP = Games played 17 2
PA = Plate appearances 54 4
AB = At bats 46 1
H = Hits 20 2
1B = Singles 19 1
2B = Doubles 1 3
3B = Triples 0 4
HR = Home runs 0 4
RBI = Runs batted in 13 3
R = Runs scored 11 5
HBP = Hit by pitch 0 4
ROE = Reached on error 3 1 ROE most times on time
FC = Hit into fielder’s choice 4 1 Hit into most FC of players on team
CI = Batter advances on catcher’s interference 0 1 No instances for team.
BB = Base on balls (walks) 8 11 Fewest BB on team
SO = Strikeouts 8 1 Tied for fewest Strikeouts on team.
AVG = Batting average (season) 0.435 3
OBP = On-base percentage (season) 0.519 4
SLG = Slugging percentage 0.457 4
OPS = On-base percentage plus slugging percentage (season) 0.975 4
PA/BB = Plate appearances per walk 6.75 12
BB/K = Walks per strikeout 1 5
C% = Contact rate 0.826 1
K-L = Strikeouts Looking 3 1
SB = Stolen bases 2 5
CS = Caught stealing 0 1 Tied for first with six others.
SB% = Stolen base percentage 1 Tied for first with five others.
PIK = Picked off 0
GIDP = Hit into double play 0
GITP = Hit into triple play 0
XBH = Extra-base hits 1
TB = Total bases 21 4
AB/HR = At bats per home run 0
BA/RISP = Batting average with runners in scoring position 0.364 5
PS = Pitches seen 148 12 Least on team
PS/PA = Pitches seen per plate appearance 2.741 12 Least on team
2S+3 = Plate appearances in which batter sees 3+ pitches after 2 strikes 3 5
2S+3% = % of plate appearances in which batter sees 3+ pitches after 2 strikes 0.056
6+ = Plate appearances with 6+ pitches 8 6
6+% = % of plate appearances of 6+ pitches 0.148
FLB% = Fly ball percentage 15.15%
GB% = Ground ball percentage 75.76% 12.00% Lowest on team
SAC = Sacrifice hits & bunts 0
SF = Sacrifice flies 0
LOB = Runners left on base when batter is out 20
2OUTRBI = 2-out RBI 4
HHB = Hard hit balls: Total line drives and hard ground balls 3
QAB = Quality at bats (any one of: 3 pitches after 2 strikes, 6+ pitch ABs, XBH, HHB, BB, SAC Bunt, SAC Fly) 16
QAB% = Quality at bats per plate appearance 29.63%
BABIP = Batting average on balls in play 0.526
DEFENSE
IP = Innings Pitched 5
GP = Games pitched 4
GS = Games started as the pitcher 0
W = Wins 0
L = Losses 0
SV = Saves 0
SVO = Save opportunities 0
BS = Blown saves 0
SV% = Save percentage 0
H = Hits allowed 10
R = Runs allowed 8
ER = Earned runs allowed 7
BB = Base on balls (walks) 5
SO = Strikeouts 7
HBP = Hit batters 0
ERA = Earned run average (season) 8.4
WHIP = Walks plus hits per innings pitched 3
BF = Total batters faced 31
#P = Total pitches 105
TS = Total strikes 60
TB = Total balls 45
P/IP = Pitches per inning 21
P/BF = Pitches per batter faced 3.387
<3 = Batters on or out in three pitches or less 14
<3% = % of batters on or out in three pitches or less 0.452
LOO = Leadoff out (1st batter of inning) 1
1ST2OUT = Innings with 1st 2 batters out 0
123INN =   1-2-3 Innings 0
<13 = Innings of 13 pitches or fewer 0
FIP = Fielding Independent Pitching 4.652
S% = Strike percentage 0.571 3 Third out of 7 pitchers
FPS = First pitch strikes 22
FPS% = First pitch strike percentage 0.71
FPSO% = % of FPS at-bats that result in an out 0.5
FPSW% = % of FPS at-bats that result in a walk 0.045
FPSH% = % of FPS at-bats that result in a hit 0.455
BB/INN = Walks per inning 1
0BBINN = Zero-walk innings 2
BBS = Walks that score 0
LOBB = Leadoff walk (1st batter of inning) 1
LOBBS = Leadoff walk that scored (1st batter of inning) 0
WP = Wild pitches 0
ABA = At Bats against 26
SM = Opposing batter swings-and-misses 17
SM% = % of total pitches that are swings and misses 0.162
K/G = Strikeouts per regulation game 8.4
K/BF = Strikeouts per batter faced 0.226 4 Fourth out of 7 pitchers.
K/BB = Strikeouts per walk 1.4
WEAK% = % of batted balls weakly hit (fly balls and ground balls) 0.947
HHB% = % of batted balls that are line drives or hard ground balls 0.053
GB% = % of all batted balls hit on the ground 0.632
FLB% = % of batted balls that are hit in the air 0.368
GO = Ground outs 5
FO = Fly outs 1
GO/FO = Ratio of ground outs to fly outs 5
BAA = Opponent batting average 0.385 5 Fifth out of 7 pitchers
HR = Home runs allowed 1
BABIP = Opponent batting average on balls in play 0.5
LOB = Runners left on base 8
BK = Balks 0
PIK = Runners picked off 0
SB = Stolen bases allowed 0
CS = Runners caught stealing 0
SB% = Opponent stolen base percentage 0
FB = Number of pitches thrown as Fastballs 0
FBS = Number of Fastballs thrown for strikes 0
FBS% = Percentage of Fastballs thrown for strikes 0
CT = Number of pitches thrown as Cutters 0
CTS = Number of Cutters thrown for strikes 0
CTS% = Percentage of Cutters thrown for strikes 0
CB = Number of pitches thrown as Curveballs 0
CBS = Number of Curveballs thrown for strikes 0
CBS% = Percentage of Curveballs thrown for strikes 0
SL = Number of pitches thrown as Sliders 0
SLS = Number of Sliders thrown for strikes 0
SLS% = Percentage of Sliders thrown for strikes 0
CH = Number of pitches thrown as Changeups 0
CHS = Number of Changeups thrown for strikes 0
CHS% = Percentage of Changeups thrown for strikes 0
OS = Number of pitches thrown Offspeed (Curveball, Screwball, Changeup) 0
OSS = Number of pitches thrown Offspeed for strikes 0
OSS% = Percentage of Offspeed pitches thrown as strikes 0
TC = Total Chances 39
A = Assists 0
PO = Putouts 36
E = Errors 3
DP = Double Plays 1
TP = Triple Plays 0
FPCT = Fielding Percentage 0.923
cINN = Innings caught 13.2
cPB = Passed balls allowed 7
cSB = Stolen bases allowed 18
cCS = Runners caught stealing 1
cCS% = Runners caught stealing percentage 0.053
cPIK = Runners picked off 0
cCI = Batter advances on catcher’s interference 1