Archive 2017 MLB Chatter

Ironman92

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Apr 9, 2017 7:43pm

Uh....anyone see where Stanton hit a ball in BP at Citi Field? He and Eduardo Perez are sitting in the upper deck, 15 rows from nose bleed top of stadium in LCF. I'd guess 540 ft.

Ironman92

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Apr 9, 2017 7:49pm

Angels down 9-3 going to bottom of 9th and beat Mariners 10-9

Ironman92

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Apr 9, 2017 9:56pm

Ironman92

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Apr 11, 2017 9:00pm

Cespedes 3 HR tonight and only in the 5th inning

Ironman92

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Apr 13, 2017 7:00am

And the best record in MLB......

The Cincinnati Reds

Heretic

Posts: 18,820

Apr 13, 2017 2:14pm

In strange and wacky news, someone from the Pirates (McCutchen) hit a ball so hard it went over the wall. Usually, it seems it's them watching guys on the other team doing that.

SnotBubbles

Posts: 4,492

Apr 13, 2017 2:27pm

Heretic;1847608 wrote:In strange and wacky news, someone from the Pirates (McCutchen) hit a ball so hard it went over the wall. Usually, it seems it's them watching guys on the other team doing that.

I wonder what happened to Cutch? As a Cubs fan, I'm glad he's found mediocrity, but damn....I like the guy and hope he bounces back.

Heretic

Posts: 18,820

Apr 13, 2017 2:45pm

SnotBubbles;1847617 wrote:I wonder what happened to Cutch? As a Cubs fan, I'm glad he's found mediocrity, but damn....I like the guy and hope he bounces back.

Last year, the word was that he just had a bunch of nagging injuries and never got into a comfort zone. He usually gets off to slow starts, but has been hitting better recently. Against the Reds, he was one of the few guys who was actually making connection.

Commander of Awesome

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Apr 14, 2017 1:16pm

[video=youtube;JwMfT2cZGHg][/video]

Ironman92

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Apr 14, 2017 5:41pm

Commander of Awesome;1847808 wrote:[video=youtube;JwMfT2cZGHg][/video]

Thanks for that.

Ironman92

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Apr 14, 2017 10:57pm

Damn, Hank Aaron looks bad.

Ironman92

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Apr 15, 2017 4:33pm

Kris Bryant just joined Joey Gallo with the longest HR I've seen this year.

Azubuike24

Posts: 15,933

Apr 15, 2017 4:36pm

Carlos Martinez with an interesting line.

5.1 innings, 11 K's, 8 walks. The first 62 pitches he threw in the game resulted in a walk or a K. Nobody put the ball in play.

Ironman92

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Apr 15, 2017 5:14pm

Azubuike24;1847998 wrote:Carlos Martinez with an interesting line.

5.1 innings, 11 K's, 8 walks. The first 62 pitches he threw in the game resulted in a walk or a K. Nobody put the ball in play.

My god. Get it together. That stuff drives me crazy. Impressively unimpressive

Heretic

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Apr 16, 2017 7:31pm

Pirates sweep the Cubs! Good times!

Azubuike24

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Apr 16, 2017 7:38pm

Marcell Ozuna with a cool catch. Gets to the wall, hangs on it for 2 seconds with one arm and snags the ball with the other.

http://sports.yahoo.com/video/ozuna-hangs-onto-wall-catch-183246189.html

Ironman92

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Apr 16, 2017 8:06pm

Azubuike24;1848130 wrote:Marcell Ozuna with a cool catch. Gets to the wall, hangs on it for 2 seconds with one arm and snags the ball with the other.

http://sports.yahoo.com/video/ozuna-hangs-onto-wall-catch-183246189.html

Dude is raking too

Ironman92

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Apr 16, 2017 8:48pm

Bullshit replay in Yankees game. Judge got hosed. Replay showed ball definitely was going out

Laley23

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Apr 16, 2017 9:56pm

Azubuike24;1848130 wrote:Marcell Ozuna with a cool catch. Gets to the wall, hangs on it for 2 seconds with one arm and snags the ball with the other.

http://sports.yahoo.com/video/ozuna-hangs-onto-wall-catch-183246189.html

Other than the fact he could've stopped 2 steps prior to wall and caught it eye level...

like_that

Posts: 26,625

Apr 17, 2017 4:28pm

[video=youtube;XzbJn2UAoIs][/video]

Any baseball historians have a counter to this? I always just assumed Ty Cobb was just a piece of shit who happened to be amazing at baseball.

justincredible

Posts: 32,056

Apr 17, 2017 4:38pm

like_that;1848339 wrote:[video=youtube;XzbJn2UAoIs][/video]

Any baseball historians have a counter to this? I always just assumed Ty Cobb was just a piece of shit who happened to be amazing at baseball.

I didn't watch this video, but I have seen rumblings recently that the whole "Ty Cobb was a racist" meme was basically started by one dude with a grudge and that there really isn't any evidence to support it. I haven't researched it independently, however, but it seems it's a growing movement.

like_that

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Apr 17, 2017 4:45pm

justincredible;1848344 wrote:I didn't watch this video, but I have seen rumblings recently that the whole "Ty Cobb was a racist" meme was basically started by one dude with a grudge and that there really isn't any evidence to support it. I haven't researched it independently, however, but it seems it's a growing movement.

The video covers that. Give it a watch, it only takes 4 minutes of your time.

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Sonofanump

Apr 17, 2017 5:19pm

Apparently almost all of it is lies except the time he went into the stands to fight a guy who may have lost his fingers from working at Tammany Hall (pieces of shit themselves) causing the Tigers to protest his suspension and field a team of amateurs & minor leaguers (Have you seen that lineup?).

Ironman92

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Apr 17, 2017 10:38pm

like_that;1848348 wrote:The video covers that. Give it a watch, it only takes 4 minutes of your time.

"Once turned a tap back to the pitcher into an inside the park HR"

That takes away a lot of potential credibility in my eyes.

He gave a lot of good stuff siding well with Cobb but a couple trying to hard moments hurt his overall video.

GOONx19

Posts: 7,147

Apr 18, 2017 7:03am

Ironman92;1848467 wrote:"Once turned a tap back to the pitcher into an inside the park HR"

That takes away a lot of potential credibility in my eyes.

He gave a lot of good stuff siding well with Cobb but a couple trying to hard moments hurt his overall video.

This. I stopped watching when I heard that.