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Terry_Tate

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May 6, 2012 10:16 PM
Great play by Harper.
May 6, 2012 10:16pm
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May 6, 2012 10:17 PM
Laley23;1163960 wrote:Where?

Cy Young: A life in baseball.
May 6, 2012 10:17pm
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why so serious?

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May 6, 2012 10:23 PM
Laley23;1163960 wrote:Where?
It's simple. The easier you throw, the less stress on the arm. There's physically no way you can pitch that many innings/games throwing more than 60 MPH and not throw out your arm. Walter Johnson's fastball was clocked, I read, somewhere between 95-98 and that was his fastest, he probably averaged around 80. He wouldn't have been nicknamed the Big Train if other people threw even remotely close to that.

Old time baseball was about movement and control not speed. I have a tough time believing that current major league hitters, even the mediocre ones, wouldn't have a heyday smacking around the pitchers throwing 60 MPH. But that's evolution I guess, as pitchers improved hitters had to as well.

http://www.efastball.com/baseball/stats/fastest-pitch-speed-in-major-leagues/
May 6, 2012 10:23pm
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May 6, 2012 10:31 PM
I cannot believe how hard Bryce Harper plays....all-out full-tilt sprint on everything hit.

I've timed him twice tonight and on a bunt pretty much right back to Hamels in which he had zero chance of making it.....home to first in 3.53

Full cut fister over the SS for a bloop hit....he turned into a double....home to 2nd 7 seconds flat.

I've never witnessed the level of intensity and hustle of this kid. He really does play like his hair is on fire. If he ever has a tight play at the plate and the catcher is around.....he'll end their career.
May 6, 2012 10:31pm
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May 6, 2012 10:38 PM
FWIW...Waddell and Young faced each other 2 days late after each pitching 20 innings.
May 6, 2012 10:38pm
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May 6, 2012 10:42 PM
Ironman92;1163998 wrote:FWIW...Waddell and Young faced each other 2 days late after each pitching 20 innings.
Yeah like I said they couldn't have thrown hard. When I pitched in summer league/high school I didn't get much velocity, topping out at 68 MPH (so I probably threw between 58-63 most fastballs and relied on my control/offspeed) but I could pitch damn near every day. I didn't ice much, but I didn't have to because my shoulder/elbow were never that sore.

I got into a massive argument with my roommate last year about whether it should devalue what the hitters did back then, but I said that it's all relative because you can only hit whats thrown to you.
May 6, 2012 10:42pm
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May 7, 2012 10:03 PM
And the Phillies fail to score in the 7th and 8th after getting the first 2 hitters on and the Mets hit a 3 run bomb to take the lead in the 9th.
May 7, 2012 10:03pm
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May 7, 2012 10:11 PM
Tiger2003;1164737 wrote:And the Phillies fail to score in the 7th and 8th after getting the first rug otters on and the Mets hit a 3 run bomb to take the lead in the 9th.
May 7, 2012 10:11pm
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May 8, 2012 11:43 AM
Gonna be in Florida next week for a wedding and hittin up the Rays vs the Red Sox. My first MLB game in about 10 years(LOL Cinergy). Apparently its going to be on ESPN. Ill make sure to tell all of the Rays fans how terrible they are.
/Coolstorybro
May 8, 2012 11:43am
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May 8, 2012 1:49 PM
Hold up a sign telling the Rays to move to Charlotte for me. Thanks!

I was slightly psyched when I saw the Rays/Saux were playing next week because I'm in Maine for work. Only to see its in FL. /Fail
May 8, 2012 1:49pm
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May 8, 2012 8:57 PM
Josh Hamilton is good at baseball.

4/4 with 3 HRs, 2b and 6 RBI so far tonight.
May 8, 2012 8:57pm
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May 8, 2012 9:01 PM
Laley23;1165639 wrote:Josh Hamilton is good at baseball.

4/4 with 3 HRs, 2b and 6 RBI so far tonight.
I was just going to post that. He's a monster.
May 8, 2012 9:01pm
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May 8, 2012 9:03 PM
Laley23;1165639 wrote:Josh Hamilton is good at baseball.

4/4 with 3 HRs, 2b and 6 RBI so far tonight.
not enough rbis
May 8, 2012 9:03pm
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May 8, 2012 9:07 PM
pnhasbeen;1165649 wrote:not enough rbis
If you are commenting on the lack of an S, with my RBI than I will just tell you I have always thought and will always consider RBI to be a singular entity. You can get 6 of them. So you have 6, RBI. It is a run batted in...you knock in multiple runs, you dont pluralize RBI, you just change the number of RBI you have.
May 8, 2012 9:07pm
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May 8, 2012 9:12 PM
Laley23;1165660 wrote:If you are commenting on the lack of an S, with my RBI than I will just tell you I have always thought and will always consider RBI to be a singular entity. You can get 6 of them. So you have 6, RBI. It is a run batted in...you knock in multiple runs, you dont pluralize RBI, you just change the number of RBI you have.

I'm no grammar bitch. I was commenting on how he hit three home runs and a double. That should equal more than 6 rbis. He needs more rbis.
May 8, 2012 9:12pm
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May 8, 2012 9:17 PM
pnhasbeen;1165670 wrote:I'm no grammar bitch. I was commenting on how he hit three home runs and a double. That should equal more than 6 rbis. He needs more rbis.
haha. Gotcha. He is on my fantasy team. Not complaining with the night, but a few more RBI would have been nice for sure lol.
May 8, 2012 9:17pm
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May 8, 2012 9:19 PM
Laley23;1165676 wrote:haha. Gotcha. He is on my fantasy team. Not complaining with the night, but a few more RBI would have been nice for sure lol.

I figure a day like that for hamilton should give him 10 rbi. Lol but that's baseball
May 8, 2012 9:19pm
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May 8, 2012 9:22 PM
Now he has 8 RBI. HOLY FUCK. 4 HRs and a 2B...5/5. What a night!
May 8, 2012 9:22pm
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May 8, 2012 9:27 PM
He is on the coke again.
May 8, 2012 9:27pm
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May 8, 2012 9:29 PM
pnhasbeen;1165693 wrote:He is on the coke again.
Not his fault Ron Washington keeps spilling all over the clubhouse!
May 8, 2012 9:29pm
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May 8, 2012 9:32 PM
Laley23;1165697 wrote:Not his fault Ron Washington keeps spilling all over the clubhouse!

You don't spill coke . you don't.
May 8, 2012 9:32pm
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May 8, 2012 9:33 PM
pnhasbeen;1165705 wrote:You don't spill coke . you don't.
Maybe he is just slipping it to him in his morning coffee or something.

Oh, and going back to last night.
-Last 6 PA, 10 swings, 5 HR, 1 2B, 10 RBI. Again, wow.
May 8, 2012 9:33pm
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May 8, 2012 9:35 PM
Just think how much Coke uncle Ron is going to do tonight
May 8, 2012 9:35pm
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May 8, 2012 9:37 PM
Laley23;1165709 wrote:Maybe he is just slipping it to him in his morning coffee or something.

Oh, and going back to last night.
-Last 6 PA, 10 swings, 5 HR, 1 2B, 10 RBI. Again, wow.

that boy is on a heater
May 8, 2012 9:37pm