2009-2010 MLB Hot Stove (1 Viewer)

[EricW]

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.

 

[Mike Frezon]

It was "Truck Day" in Boston today! [/url]

 

[Mike Frezon]

Some sad video @ CNN.

 

[Ed Moroughan]

*distant trumpets*



So long old friend.

 

[Sumnernor]

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

 

[EricW]

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...

 

[Mike Frezon]

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.

 

[Mike Frezon]

...oooooh. We are getting so close to Opening Day!

 

[Patrick Sun]

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

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by Patrick Sun /forum/thread/294354/2009-2010-mlb-hot-stove/60#post_3676293

 

[Patrick Sun]

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.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by Patrick Sun Hadn't thought of that!

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

 

[Ockeghem]

Now where did I put that copy of my Sidd Finch article....

 

[Mike Frezon]

 

[Dave B Ferris]

Originally Posted by Mike Frezon

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.

 

[Ockeghem]

Originally Posted by Mike Frezon

Mike,

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

 

[Walter C]

Originally Posted by Dave B Ferris

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.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Youse guys is talkin' heresy.

None of that must happen.

 

[Ockeghem]

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

 

[Mike Frezon]

April 14, 1910



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.