General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[Sammy Sofa]

 

08 was easily more painful than 07, especially coming off of 07.

 

Yeah, 2007 was more of a pleasant surprise than anything else; 2008 felt like they were just going to steamroll through and I spent the weeks before the playoffs raging at people acting like the Cubs were doomed. I was more mad at the team than anything else for vindicating those dumb, terrified meatballs.

 

not only did that team not win a game after steamrolling through the regular season, but they barely even showed a pulse at any point. game 1 for a little bit and that was it.

 

Pretty sure I technically gave up on baseball for at least a few hours. Sample size broke me that year.

[David]

i'm not trying to be a dick but starlin's dad is skeeving me the horsefeathers out

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJi5rMWDgqJ/

[Sammy Sofa]

Holy horsefeathers. Noriega is on the lam and he's Starlin's dad.

[Liam Neeson]

i'm not trying to be a dick but starlin's dad is skeeving me the [expletive] out

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJi5rMWDgqJ/

 

I immediately thought of the enemies from Double Dragon.

 

http://punchpedia.com/games/nes/ddragon2/img/char.png

Edited August 26, 2016 by Liam Neeson

[David]

guy could totally be a character actor

[Transmogrified Tiger]

his watch confuses and frightens me

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm more at unease over the couch, though between that at the remote I'm assuming/hoping it's a hotel.

 

Though it would still be pretty shitty hotel. Step it up, Starlin.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

how the horsefeathers were they able to take that picture in 1978?

[Sammy Sofa]

I feel like that picture was taken in the middle of some version of this:

 

[badger]

These articles where you have to click through 15 pages suck balls but it was interesting to see who made the list for top fastest 15 pitches in history:

 

http://www.trendingtoplists.com/the-top-15-fastest-pitches-recorded-in-mlb-history/15

[Clem Fandango]

These articles where you have to click through 15 pages suck balls but it was interesting to see who made the list for top fastest 15 pitches in history:

 

http://www.trendingtoplists.com/the-top-15-fastest-pitches-recorded-in-mlb-history/15

 

It's more interesting when you start at #15 instead of #1, haha.

 

http://www.trendingtoplists.com/the-top-15-fastest-pitches-recorded-in-mlb-history/1

 

Also, its been mentioned before by myself and someone else I think, but the documentary "Fastball" is very good and worth watching because it goes in depth about a lot of the fastest throwers in history.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybw2W2pXm6Y

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I will eat the hat that SSR already ate all those years ago if Bob Feller or Nolan Ryan actually threw a ball 107+ mph

[Clem Fandango]

I will eat the hat that SSR already ate all those years ago if Bob Feller or Nolan Ryan actually threw a ball 107+ mph

 

Spoiler alert, but in the documentary they use the technology they used to measure the fastballs of Feller and Ryan back in the day and then an MIT professor (I think it was MIT) applied it to modern techniques using math and stuff to determine what the actual speeds they threw back then would've been calculated at using a radar scanner the way they use them today.

 

Feller threw a pitch through some weird scanner device at home plate which clocked him at like 97 or 98 or something, pre radar technology, that they then said by todays standards would've been measured at 107mph.

 

Nolan Ryan was scanned using a radar at about 100 or 101 (I forget the actual numbers), but the scanner they used was aimed at home plate. Scanners today measure speed within 5 feet of being released from the pitchers hand (which I did not know, I thought they scanned it at home plate, personally), so the ball traveled at that speed coming out of their hands.

 

It's a fascinating documentary, I can't recommend it enough.

[bukie]

The Dodgers front office today called up Brock Stewart, a bullpen arm, specifically for the weekend series with the Cubs. To make room for Stewart, they optioned Kenta Maeda to rookie ball.

 

The reason they did this was because rookie ball ends Sunday, so Maeda can bypass the 10-day rule for minor league options since the season ends and still make his scheduled start Monday.

[Clem Fandango]

Carlos Correa hit his 41st career home run last night, his 40th as a shortstop in an Astros uniform.

 

He is the became the franchise record holder for most home runs hit by a shortstop in Astros history... when he hit 36. Former record holder Adam Everett hit 35 at the position.

 

I know SS is historically a futile offensive position, but I never would've guessed 35 career home runs was a franchise record for the position on any team.

[Sammy Sofa]

Beltran must be going to Boozer's stylist:

 

[Derwood]

Beltran must be going to Boozer's stylist:

 

 

That looks drawn on with a sharpie

[Clem Fandango]

It was done with eye black to make fun of Rougned Odor's haircut apparently

[imb]

saw that pic earlier and seriously thought it was jose lima lol

[soccer10k]

Corey Seager has the most home runs in a season ever by a Dodgers shortstop.

[soccer10k]

Went to Pitch Talks in SF last night and it was a pretty enjoyable evening. Jonah Keri, Dave Cameron, Eno Sarris and Grant Brisbee were among the writers there and Keri also interviewed Jon Miller and Giants GM Bobby Evans.

 

Eno was quite intoxicated as was Ray Ratto, who was more enjoyable and entertaining then I expected him to be. They've got one in Chicago in a couple weeks and I'd recommend going.

[David]

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[Cubswin11]

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I can't believe 27 teams showed up for that sideshow

[David]

the dude is an Adonis

[David]

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I can't believe 27 teams showed up for that sideshow

 

meh....i guess it's possible that he *might* be good enough at hitting a baseball to use all that strength and athleticism in some way. at least in the minors.