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post #61 of 88
1/29/10 at 7:05pm

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They seem to think that throwing the ball at the bat @ 150mph does the same thing as account for a 90mph pitch and a 60mph swing.  I would think they're somewhat different...but maybe not.

yeah i wish they'd have "timewarped" a natural swing from above or something to see how much / if the bat bends.  with regards to the ball compressing, it was something i've always wondered too, but even in the super-slo-mo Fox Cams etc it never seems like it does.
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post #62 of 88
2/12/10 at 8:30pm
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It was "Truck Day" in Boston today!

We are thisclose to pitchers & catchers.

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post #63 of 88
3/11/10 at 3:11pm
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Some sad video @ CNN.


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post #64 of 88
3/11/10 at 4:00pm
*distant trumpets*



So long old friend.
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post #65 of 88
3/21/10 at 7:50am
Had to refresh to get the reply box!  I have Firefox 3.6.

In case anyone is interested in MLB - first game on my TV (ESPN-America) is Monday at 18:00 CET (11AM NYC). We change time this coming weekend. The game will be NYY-PHI
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post #66 of 88
3/22/10 at 4:50pm
WOW.  Mauer signs for $184m, 8y (that's $23m per).  i didn't think he would get that much for that long.  maybe the 23 per is 'justified', but 8 years for a catcher?  maybe he won't be catching for that long...
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post #67 of 88
3/22/10 at 6:45pm
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He's only 26, Eric.  The Twins are going to get eight prime years out of the guy.  That deal makes a lot of sense...as long as he stays healthy.  That's always the crapshoot with these longterm contracts.
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post #68 of 88
3/23/10 at 1:04pm
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...oooooh.  We are getting so close to Opening Day! 


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post #69 of 88
3/31/10 at 8:03am
Cool story of a pitcher who can throw righty and lefty, hope he can make it on the Yankees roster this season:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Pat-Venditte-throws-with-both-arms-in-appearance?urn=mlb,231182
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post #70 of 88
3/31/10 at 8:39am
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Cool story of a pitcher who can throw righty and lefty, hope he can make it on the Yankees roster this season:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Pat-Venditte-throws-with-both-arms-in-appearance?urn=mlb,231182

That IS a great story, Patrick.

I doubt he'll make it to the show this year--he's just 24.  I think the last paragraph of the story sums up the reports on him:

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But so long as Venditte can develop his stuff — and he thinks he has to continue pitching with both arms because neither is overpowering enough on its own — it's hard to imagine a big league manager not wanting the benefit of a relief pitcher who doesn't have to be burned up because of simple lefty-righty matchups.

The Yanks are on ESPN this afternoon.  I was hoping his outing would be today. 


I was aghast at the story floating around a couple of weeks ago about potential "floating" realignment because of the "Yankees/Red Sox axis of power" in the AL East.

I'm okay with brainstorming sessions...as long as people realize that many of the ideas which result are stupid and reckless and should be ignored. 

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post #71 of 88
3/31/10 at 8:53am
If that guy was a good starting pitcher from either side, he could potentially pitch every 2 days, alternating each arm every 4 days.  Haha.
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post #72 of 88
3/31/10 at 9:51am
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If that guy was a good starting pitcher from either side, he could potentially pitch every 2 days, alternating each arm every 4 days.  Haha.

  Hadn't thought of that!

I'd like to see how they constructed the six-fingered glove he uses. 

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post #73 of 88
4/1/10 at 6:57am
Now where did I put that copy of my Sidd Finch article....

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post #74 of 88
4/1/10 at 7:06am
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post #75 of 88
4/1/10 at 12:04pm


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That IS a great story, Patrick.

I doubt he'll make it to the show this year--he's just 24.  I think the last paragraph of the story sums up the reports on him:


The Yanks are on ESPN this afternoon.  I was hoping his outing would be today. 


I was aghast at the story floating around a couple of weeks ago about potential "floating" realignment because of the "Yankees/Red Sox axis of power" in the AL East.

I'm okay with brainstorming sessions...as long as people realize that many of the ideas which result are stupid and reckless and should be ignored. 

 


If you're aghast at the floating realignment, you would probably really be aghast at the idea I've been toying with:  floating locations.

Attendance always 'spikes' when baseball expands to a previously virgin territory.  Of course, sometimes, the 'spike' only lasts a year or two.  So why not take a low-drawing team, and move them to Oregon for two years, then to Virginia for two years, and then back to their 'base'.  In a way, the Marlins already do this (to a very small degree) when they schedule an entire homestand in Puerto Rico.
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post #76 of 88
4/1/10 at 12:05pm


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Mike,

I fell for that article back when Plimpton originally wrote it.  It was a very believable story, at least to me.

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post #77 of 88
4/2/10 at 5:38am


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If you're aghast at the floating realignment, you would probably really be aghast at the idea I've been toying with:  floating locations.

Attendance always 'spikes' when baseball expands to a previously virgin territory.  Of course, sometimes, the 'spike' only lasts a year or two.  So why not take a low-drawing team, and move them to Oregon for two years, then to Virginia for two years, and then back to their 'base'.  In a way, the Marlins already do this (to a very small degree) when they schedule an entire homestand in Puerto Rico.

Don't you mean the Expos, who did that in their final 2 seasons.

 

I remember when he toyed with the idea of radical realignment idea, which made the divisions based on geography. I thought it would have happened, if Selig would drop the NL and AL names and use East and West like the NBA and NHL, as some teams' main issue was switching leagues.



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post #78 of 88
4/2/10 at 6:59am
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Youse guys is talkin' heresy.

None of that must happen. 

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post #79 of 88
4/3/10 at 10:31am
Another childhood icon of mine has passed.  Mike Cuellar was one of those four twenty-game winners on that 1971 Orioles team that were very special to me growing up.  They are among my most cherished of baseball memories.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5051729


Edited by Ockeghem - 4/3/10 at 10:42am
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post #80 of 88
4/3/10 at 2:13pm
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April 14, 1910

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President Obama will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first-ever Presidential "first pitch" at the Nationals' first home stand.  All presidents since Taft, except Carter, have thrown out a first pitch at the start of a major league season.


There were some great players/teams in Baltimore in the 60s & 70s, Scott.  Cuellar had a lifetime 3.14 ERA.  Not bad at all. 
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post #81 of 88
4/3/10 at 8:53pm
Mike,

Yes, that 1971 team was a joy to watch.  And, I loved watching the 1969 World Series.  Even though it lasted only five games, it was for me one of the most -- and perhaps the most -- thrilling World Series I have ever seen.  So many great memories from that one.  Tommie Agee, Tom Seaver, Jerry Grote, Don Clendenon, and Ron Swoboda will forever be etched in my baseball memory because of that amazing World Series.

I heard a wonderful interview today with Tim McCarver.  He was asked whom he believed were the greatest catchers ever to play the game.  His first two names were the same two names I had on my list.  I'll let you guess who they were. :)
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post #82 of 88
4/3/10 at 8:59pm
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Bench & Fisk?

We'll have to see what kind of career Mauer has...  I bet he'll end up ranking up at the top of the list.

There's always the guy Mickey Mantle was named after (Mickey Cochrane)...and Bill Dickey...and Yogi...
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post #83 of 88
4/3/10 at 9:30pm
Mike,

I purposely left out the bit about McCarver saying that he limited his choices to those with whom he played, and yet you still got it exactly right.  Nicely done!


Did you happen to hear the interview?  It was excellent.  Yogi, Cochrane, and Dickey were all mentioned.  But McCarver said that the best defensive catcher he had ever seen was Grote -- and he didn't get along with him, which I didn't know until today.

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post #84 of 88
4/3/10 at 10:07pm
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If you had mentioned it, it might have stumped me...because I wouldn't have figured McCarver's career and Fisk's career would have overlapped. 

Nope.  Didn't hear the interview.  I love listening to baseball talk from guys who played the game...and can tell good stories.

I listened to most of today's Red Sox/Nationals game. 
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post #85 of 88
4/4/10 at 8:18pm

^^^

It's quite an opening night game at Fenway, eh?  Pedroia's home run really got the adrenalin going at the park, and in our home.  But you know that the Yankees are going to make some noise in the latter two innings.

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post #86 of 88
4/4/10 at 9:21pm
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Gosh...but they didn't, Scott. 

The 2010 season thread has been started HERE.
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post #87 of 88
4/10/10 at 7:54pm
Mike,

I moved it to the correct thread. :)


Edited by Ockeghem - 4/10/10 at 8:25pm
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post #88 of 88
4/10/10 at 7:57pm
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Somebody's got to remember the difference between the Hot Stove thread and the season thread...



I wonder what Joe West was thinking calling out the Red Sox and Yankees for intentionally drawing out the length of their games?
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