Random Baseball Musings

[Sammy Sofa]

Only 5 comments until the n-bomb was dropped. Way to go, YouTube!

 

Reading YouTube comments is one of the quickest and surest ways to lose the remainder (or a good portion of) of your faith in humanity.

 

True, though Yahoo comments still take the trophy.

[Derwood]

Only 5 comments until the n-bomb was dropped. Way to go, YouTube!

 

Reading YouTube comments is one of the quickest and surest ways to lose the remainder (or a good portion of) of your faith in humanity.

 

True, though Yahoo comments still take the trophy.

 

There have been two more n-bomb comments made just since you posted about the first n-bomb comment

[UMFan83]

Alright Pirates just need to go 1-25 now. This is going to be historic.

[OleMissCub]

This is pretty neat. Minor league ump wearing a GoPro on his mask. Second pitch is a nice POV of a fastball coming right at you.

 

[captain_kickass]

Alright Pirates just need to go 1-25 now. This is going to be historic.

 

Honestly I hope they get to the WS this year. If there's one fanbase that deserves it other than us, it's the long-suffering Pirates fans.

 

At least we've had a few winning teams and playoff appearances since 1992.

[imb]

This is pretty neat. Minor league ump wearing a GoPro on his mask. Second pitch is a nice POV of a fastball coming right at you.

 

 

was intrigued, clicked and saw it was sano at bat, got very intrigued, read and saw it was a pelotero sequel and GOT SUPER RAGING INTRIGUED

[OleMissCub]

This is pretty neat. Minor league ump wearing a GoPro on his mask. Second pitch is a nice POV of a fastball coming right at you.

 

 

was intrigued, clicked and saw it was sano at bat, got very intrigued, read and saw it was a pelotero sequel and GOT SUPER RAGING INTRIGUED

 

Never saw it. Guessing I should.

[Clem Fandango]

This is pretty neat. Minor league ump wearing a GoPro on his mask. Second pitch is a nice POV of a fastball coming right at you.

 

 

was intrigued, clicked and saw it was sano at bat, got very intrigued, read and saw it was a pelotero sequel and GOT SUPER RAGING INTRIGUED

 

Never saw it. Guessing I should.

 

I think if anyone likes baseball as much as we all do here they owe it to themselves to see that documentary. It's extremely good.

[Sammys Boombox]

This is pretty neat. Minor league ump wearing a GoPro on his mask. Second pitch is a nice POV of a fastball coming right at you.

 

 

was intrigued, clicked and saw it was sano at bat, got very intrigued, read and saw it was a pelotero sequel and GOT SUPER RAGING INTRIGUED

 

Never saw it. Guessing I should.

 

Yes. Yes, you should.

 

I umpired my way through college. This video made me miss it a little bit.

[rocket]

This is pretty neat. Minor league ump wearing a GoPro on his mask. Second pitch is a nice POV of a fastball coming right at you.

 

 

was intrigued, clicked and saw it was sano at bat, got very intrigued, read and saw it was a pelotero sequel and GOT SUPER RAGING INTRIGUED

 

Never saw it. Guessing I should.

 

it's on netflix instant, and it's very good.

[Cubswin11]

Just looked through box scores for the night, when the [expletive] did the Dodgers get Edinson Volquez?

[Clem Fandango]

Very recently (August 28th). Padres released him, Dodgers signed him.

[UMFan83]

Very recently (August 28th). Padres released him, Dodgers signed him.

 

I was gonna say, I thought he just pitched against us as a Padre

[Post Count Padder]

A friend posed a question on Facebook: "Who would you rather build a franchise around, Mike Trout or Manny Machado?" It was almost universally Trout, but I was curious to see what people here would say, or if you would pick someone else.

[Cubswin11]

A friend posed a question on Facebook: "Who would you rather build a franchise around, Mike Trout or Manny Machado?" It was almost universally Trout, but I was curious to see what people here would say, or if you would pick someone else.

Trout and it isn't that close between the two for me.

[Andy]

Very recently (August 28th). Padres released him, Dodgers signed him.

 

I was gonna say, I thought he just pitched against us as a Padre

He did, and it was his last game - they DFA'd him the next day

[TruffleShuffle]

trout, and i couldn't even really give another name to go along with him. i mean, harper is really good and will be a beast, but he's had some knee and hip issues already. and the main thing is, trout is putting up back to back 10 war seasons as a [expletive] 20/21 year old. what you dream that harper or machado might possibly become, mike trout already is. he is the only answer to "what mlb player would you start a franchise with right now?"

[Post Count Padder]

trout, and i couldn't even really give another name to go along with him. i mean, harper is really good and will be a beast, but he's had some knee and hip issues already. and the main thing is, trout is putting up back to back 10 war seasons as a [expletive] 20/21 year old. what you dream that harper or machado might possibly become, mike trout already is. he is the only answer to "what mlb player would you start a franchise with right now?"

Yeah, that was my exact argument. My friend tried to say Machado was more valuable because great third basemen are harder to come by than great outfielders. That is true, but Trout is probably the best player in baseball now as a 21 year old.

 

I guess a more interesting question would be if you had to pick one young pitcher, who would it be?

[TruffleShuffle]

trout, and i couldn't even really give another name to go along with him. i mean, harper is really good and will be a beast, but he's had some knee and hip issues already. and the main thing is, trout is putting up back to back 10 war seasons as a [expletive] 20/21 year old. what you dream that harper or machado might possibly become, mike trout already is. he is the only answer to "what mlb player would you start a franchise with right now?"

Yeah, that was my exact argument. My friend tried to say Machado was more valuable because great third basemen are harder to come by than great outfielders. That is true, but Trout is probably the best player in baseball now as a 21 year old.

 

I guess a more interesting question would be if you had to pick one young pitcher, who would it be?

 

well he's not that young, but clayton kershaw. i guess after that, probably jose fernandez, since matt harvey's arm is falling off.

[Guest]

imagining what mike trout's career might look like in 15 years, barring injury, is just [expletive] mind blowing.

[TruffleShuffle]

imagining what mike trout's career might look like in 15 years, barring injury, is just [expletive] mind blowing.

 

basically ted williams with better defense and not losing four of his prime years flying around shooting asian people out of the sky.

[TruffleShuffle]

and speaking of ted williams, he played in the major leagues from age 20 to age 41 and had ONE season (age 40) with an ops under 1.000. his ops that year was .791 and he was suffering from multiple injuries, the worst being a neck injury that made it difficult for him to even turn his head to look at the pitcher. then in his goodbye season (1960, age 41) he hit .316/.451/.645/1.096.

[imb]

and speaking of ted williams, he played in the major leagues from age 20 to age 41 and had ONE season (age 40) with an ops under 1.000. his ops that year was .791 and he was suffering from multiple injuries, the worst being a neck injury that made it difficult for him to even turn his head to look at the pitcher. then in his goodbye season (1960, age 41) he hit .316/.451/.645/1.096.

 

every time i stumble in a baseball reference rabbit hole and end up at his page im just blown away.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

[expletive] WWII ruined Ted Williams, and he's still like the 2nd or 3rd best hitter of all time.

[Clem Fandango]

trout, and i couldn't even really give another name to go along with him. i mean, harper is really good and will be a beast, but he's had some knee and hip issues already. and the main thing is, trout is putting up back to back 10 war seasons as a [expletive] 20/21 year old. what you dream that harper or machado might possibly become, mike trout already is. he is the only answer to "what mlb player would you start a franchise with right now?"

Yeah, that was my exact argument. My friend tried to say Machado was more valuable because great third basemen are harder to come by than great outfielders. That is true, but Trout is probably the best player in baseball now as a 21 year old.

 

I guess a more interesting question would be if you had to pick one young pitcher, who would it be?

 

well he's not that young, but clayton kershaw. i guess after that, probably jose fernandez, since matt harvey's arm is falling off.

 

I think that's correct, though I'd throw in an honorable mention to Strasburg, still.