7/8 Cubs (Wada) at Reds (Holmberg) 6:10pm CSN

[DiamondMind]

what have I done

[Clem Fandango]

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[Sammy Sofa]

Darwin Barney!

 

http://37.media.tumblr.com/e5e40b3e7e9732cd0a69024e89859434/tumblr_mwuhfcMbU41t05hv1o1_500.gif

 

http://38.media.tumblr.com/4cdc7b252dd636261bfd606610fc5334/tumblr_miwualoF3f1qatmzjo1_500.gif

 

But seriously...the Miley thing is a joke, right?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Castro crushed that. I can't believe it didn't get out.

[DiamondMind]

Billy Hamilton: Rising on the hate list

[Hairyducked Idiot]

But seriously...the Miley thing is a joke, right?

 

http://media.giphy.com/media/CcNEZcibpCJMI/giphy.gif

[DiamondMind]

But seriously...the Miley thing is a joke, right?

 

http://giant.gfycat.com/MessyFairAuklet.gif

[Sammy Sofa]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7zvrxKXSb1qzxdgfo1_500.gif

[Sammy Sofa]

But seriously...the Miley thing is a joke, right?

 

http://giant.gfycat.com/MessyFairAuklet.gif

 

Might want to rethink that one.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Might want to rethink that one.

 

They all look alike.

[DiamondMind]

What the hell are we going to talk about the rest of the season?

[Sammy Sofa]

What the hell are we going to talk about the rest of the season?

 

I say you have a new pop culture opinion every game thread and we get to pounce on it.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Billy Hamilton: Rising on the hate list

 

I definitely hate him. I thought Reds fans sounded like a bunch of meatball idiots talking about how he'd be a 5-win player without having to hit because baserunning and defense, and so far he is.

[Sammy Sofa]

Holy [expletive], it's only the 4th inning.

[DiamondMind]

This is interesting, didnt someone say earlier his fastball seems faster than it is?

 

Though Wada had ruptured his left triceps muscle the previous fall and struggled to even reach 130 km/h (81 mph) with his fastball during the tournament, Teikyo High players remarked after facing Wada that "[his fastball] looked like it was 150 km/h (93 mph)."

 

Wada is a 5 ft 11 in, 180 lb, left-handed pitcher with an unorthodox delivery, throwing from an overhand arm slot but deceiving hitters by keeping his throwing arm back and delaying its swing as he drives to the plate with his lower body.

 

Wada's four-seam fastball has good late life but decidedly below-average velocity, topping out at 92 mph and usually sitting at 85 to 89 mph. He compensates for this with his deceptive arm swing and late release point, complementing it with a solid-average slider and a changeup.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

that one was 92.

[DiamondMind]

GAS

[Illini Iceman]

If there was a stat on most times hit by a pitch on a swing and miss Rizzo would be leading the league. The best part is he doesn't even flinch when the ball hits him.

[Guest]

I'm late, but gameday said Olt hit a line drive for an out. The HR I can believe, but a line drive? no way.

[mul21]

Whoever said he was throwing everything the same speed is nuts. FB is low 90s, slider is around 83-84 and the curve has been in the mid to upper 70s.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Whoever said he was throwing everything the same speed is nuts. FB is low 90s, slider is around 83-84 and the curve has been in the mid to upper 70s.

all the fastballs were 91-92 according to gameday that inning. Threw a few changeups at 84 and a curveball at 75.

[mul21]

I'm late, but gameday said Olt hit a line drive for an out. The HR I can believe, but a line drive? no way.

 

It happened. Kind of off the end of the bat but still a well hit ball, especially for him.

[DiamondMind]

I'm late, but gameday said Olt hit a line drive for an out. The HR I can believe, but a line drive? no way.

 

It was. It almost split the gap if it weren't for that damned Hamilton.

[DiamondMind]

Whoever said he was throwing everything the same speed is nuts. FB is low 90s, slider is around 83-84 and the curve has been in the mid to upper 70s.

 

Seems like his fastball has gotten more life as the games progressed.

[Illini Iceman]

Whoever said he was throwing everything the same speed is nuts. FB is low 90s, slider is around 83-84 and the curve has been in the mid to upper 70s.

all the fastballs were 91-92 according to gameday that inning. Threw a few changeups at 84 and a curveball at 75.

 

Jed is already on the phone trying to flip him to Toronto.