General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[David]

have you guys noticed how good blake parker is?

[Agony and Ivy]

have you guys noticed how good blake parker is?

 

My fantasy teams have.

 

Where the horsefeathers is the GDT?

[Agony and Ivy]

have you guys noticed how good blake parker is?

 

My fantasy teams have.

 

Where the horsefeathers is the GDT?

 

Scrolling is your friend, Dave.

[bukie]

Offense has exploded almost everywhere this year, but the Astros' team offense numbers are insane . Eight hitters have an OPS of .799 or higher. Their team OPS is .859. Their team wOBA is .362, and their team wRC+ is 130.

 

Their offense has been so much better than every other offense, only six offenses currently sport a positive fWAR this season.

[Derwood]

Dodgers have played 60 home games and only 46 road games. Seems like an extreme split for this time of year. Schedule makers saddled them with a ton of road games down the stretch

[David]

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[Cubswin11]

Seams are clearly different. This season ball is on left older ball is on right

 

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[Sammy Sofa]

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Damn. That's a rough read.

[Banedon]

Seams are clearly different. This season ball is on left older ball is on right

 

 

 

Clearly!

 

I can't see anything different.

[jersey cubs fan]

Seams are clearly different. This season ball is on left older ball is on right

 

 

 

Clearly!

 

I can't see anything different.

 

Yeah, this is like OMC picking out johnson rods and ball bearings from a 1927 Spitter Kanoodle landing gear in a grainy photo of someone's balls.

[Clem Fandango]

The stitches are "pointing" in the opposite direction, but other than that I don't really see anything. Maybe the horseshoe of the stitch on the new one is wider? I don't know, nor do I care.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

The stitches are "pointing" in the opposite direction, but other than that I don't really see anything. Maybe the horseshoe of the stitch on the new one is wider? I don't know, nor do I care.

nah, the stamps are just in different spots. stitching looks the same to me

[Bobson Dugnutt]

i think mccarthy is just talking about the ink. if you look closely, one of them has blue text. the other one actually has gold.

[Sammy Sofa]

i think mccarthy is just talking about the ink. if you look closely, one of them has blue text. the other one actually has gold.

 

I just figured everyone was horsefeathering around not pointing that out; it seemed like an obvious callback to the whole blue/gold dress debate.

[jersey cubs fan]

i think mccarthy is just talking about the ink. if you look closely, one of them has blue text. the other one actually has gold.

 

I just figured everyone was horsefeathering around not pointing that out; it seemed like an obvious callback to the whole blue/gold dress debate.

 

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/05/willis.gif

[Sammy Sofa]

I mean, it's either that or who gives a horsefeathers.

[jersey cubs fan]

I mean, it's either that or who gives a horsefeathers.

Just curious if you are aware of the theory this year that the baseballs are different and that pitchers are noticing something wrong with the stitching that may be causing blisters.

 

I assume that he was either making a point or joke about that topic.

[Sammy Sofa]

I mean, it's either that or who gives a horsefeathers.

Just curious if you are aware of the theory this year that the baseballs are different and that pitchers are noticing something wrong with the stitching that may be causing blisters.

 

I assume that he was either making a point or joke about that topic.

 

I have to keep checking back to make sure this wasn't started by David.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

He is 100% talking about the seams.

 

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[Cubswin11]

Yeah, McCarthy is also currently on the DL with a blister problem too. Just FYI

[NonProfitCow]

Blows my mind every year.

 

178 players have made their MLB debuts this year. Over half of them (92) are older than Bryce Harper.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

He is 100% talking about the seams.

 

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Wait, is McCarthy saying the seams on the new ball are higher? Because that is the opposite of what the research suggests, and the lowered seams are supposedly one of the main reasons the ball is flying out of the park.

[David]

He is 100% talking about the seams.

 

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Wait, is McCarthy saying the seams on the new ball are higher? Because that is the opposite of what the research suggests, and the lowered seams are supposedly one of the main reasons the ball is flying out of the park.

 

i figured they were "higher" because of the ball being more tightly wound but i don't know anything about these things

[jersey cubs fan]

He is 100% talking about the seams.

 

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Wait, is McCarthy saying the seams on the new ball are higher? Because that is the opposite of what the research suggests, and the lowered seams are supposedly one of the main reasons the ball is flying out of the park.

he's talking about the stitches keeping his skull intact

[Aaron_Kennelly]

He is 100% talking about the seams.

 

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Wait, is McCarthy saying the seams on the new ball are higher? Because that is the opposite of what the research suggests, and the lowered seams are supposedly one of the main reasons the ball is flying out of the park.

 

i figured they were "higher" because of the ball being more tightly wound but i don't know anything about these things

 

It's a few things. Ball is more tightly wound, but seams are lower, which lets it fly more, as the ball has less drag.