Terry_Tate
Posts: 7,606
May 6, 2012 10:16pm
Great play by Harper.
Tiger2003
Posts: 15,421
May 6, 2012 10:17pm
Laley23;1163960 wrote:Where?
Cy Young: A life in baseball.
lhslep134
Posts: 9,774
May 6, 2012 10:23pm
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.Laley23;1163960 wrote:Where?
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/
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
May 6, 2012 10:31pm
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.
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.
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
May 6, 2012 10:38pm
FWIW...Waddell and Young faced each other 2 days late after each pitching 20 innings.
lhslep134
Posts: 9,774
May 6, 2012 10:42pm
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.Ironman92;1163998 wrote:FWIW...Waddell and Young faced each other 2 days late after each pitching 20 innings.
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.
ts1227
Posts: 12,319
May 7, 2012 5:16pm
I had no idea Guillermo Mota was still pitching, but now he's not again thanks to his 100 game suspension.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120507&content_id=30646892&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120507&content_id=30646892&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
Tiger2003
Posts: 15,421
May 7, 2012 10:03pm
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.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
May 7, 2012 10:11pm
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.
Rotinaj
Posts: 7,699
May 8, 2012 11:43am
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
/Coolstorybro
mucalum49
Posts: 1,639
May 8, 2012 1:49pm
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
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
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
May 8, 2012 8:57pm
Josh Hamilton is good at baseball.
4/4 with 3 HRs, 2b and 6 RBI so far tonight.
4/4 with 3 HRs, 2b and 6 RBI so far tonight.
Mulva
Posts: 13,650
May 8, 2012 9:01pm
I was just going to post that. He's a monster.Laley23;1165639 wrote:Josh Hamilton is good at baseball.
4/4 with 3 HRs, 2b and 6 RBI so far tonight.
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
May 8, 2012 9:03pm
not enough rbisLaley23;1165639 wrote:Josh Hamilton is good at baseball.
4/4 with 3 HRs, 2b and 6 RBI so far tonight.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
May 8, 2012 9:07pm
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.pnhasbeen;1165649 wrote:not enough rbis
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
May 8, 2012 9:12pm
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.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
May 8, 2012 9:17pm
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.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.
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
May 8, 2012 9:19pm
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
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
May 8, 2012 9:22pm
Now he has 8 RBI. HOLY FUCK. 4 HRs and a 2B...5/5. What a night!
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
May 8, 2012 9:27pm
He is on the coke again.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
May 8, 2012 9:29pm
Not his fault Ron Washington keeps spilling all over the clubhouse!pnhasbeen;1165693 wrote:He is on the coke again.
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
May 8, 2012 9:32pm
Laley23;1165697 wrote:Not his fault Ron Washington keeps spilling all over the clubhouse!
You don't spill coke . you don't.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
May 8, 2012 9:33pm
Maybe he is just slipping it to him in his morning coffee or something.pnhasbeen;1165705 wrote:You don't spill coke . you don't.
Oh, and going back to last night.
-Last 6 PA, 10 swings, 5 HR, 1 2B, 10 RBI. Again, wow.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
May 8, 2012 9:35pm
Just think how much Coke uncle Ron is going to do tonight
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
May 8, 2012 9:37pm
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