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Saturday night's contest between the Nationals and Dodgers -- not coincidentally one of the weekend games previewed in the Friday edition of the perpetually infallible Daily Notes -- was an excellent one ( box ). Uberprospect Bryce Harper made his major-league debut, hitting an impressive line-drive double to the center-field wall ( video ) and also displaying his strong, accurate throwing arm ( video ); Stephen Strasburg struck out a third of the 27 batters he faced while walking none, posting a single-game xFIP of 1.82 ( video ); and Matt Kemp hit his league-leading 11th home run to win the game in extra innings ( video ).
About a month ago in this space I introduced a new version of the Balls In Play Charting software for Windows, affectionately known in these parts as the "BIPChart". Some may recall that the application provides five years' worth of batted ball data for every hitter and pitcher in the game, broken down by hit type (popup, flyball, groundball, and line drive) and vector (left, center, and right) to which the ball was hit (actually, primarily by whom it was fielded). After the release I received some feedback from loyal readers indicating that something was a bit amiss with several of the spray charts.
BIP Chart