Baez impresses Baez

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I'm starting to hate the PIrates and I'm pretty ok with it. The Brewers and Cards are horsefeathering boring right now.

Starting?

yeah no horsefeathers. how could anyone not already hate the pirates?

[Cubswin11]

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[CaliforniaRaisin]

Get him, Joe.

[Cubswin11]

Get him, Joe.

He killed him. Hurdle might be too dumb to realize it though because Joe talked for more than 10 seconds, didn’t use stupid baseball platitudes and articulated his statement with adult words and thoughts

Edited April 13, 2018 by Cubswin11

[Banedon]

https://www.lockedoncubs.com/cubs/hey-clint-who-decides-how-to-respect-the-game/

 

Baez and Contreras don’t play baseball the way Hurdle wants them to, because that’s just ‘not the way we do it here.’ Unfortunately, he’s not alone in that view. St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Bud Norris was even less subtle than Hurdle about his thoughts on the growing Latin American influence on Major League Baseball.

 

I think it’s a culture shock. This is America’s game…We’re opening this game to everyone that can play. However, if you’re going to come into our country and make our American dollars, you need to respect a game that has been here for over a hundred years…I understand you want to say it’s a cultural thing or an upbringing thing. But by the time you get to the big leagues, you better have a pretty good understanding of what this league is.

[jersey cubs fan]

It's great until you realize he'd use the same phrase when defending Trump against his "hyper critics".

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

https://www.lockedoncubs.com/cubs/hey-clint-who-decides-how-to-respect-the-game/

 

Baez and Contreras don’t play baseball the way Hurdle wants them to, because that’s just ‘not the way we do it here.’ Unfortunately, he’s not alone in that view. St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Bud Norris was even less subtle than Hurdle about his thoughts on the growing Latin American influence on Major League Baseball.

 

I think it’s a culture shock. This is America’s game…We’re opening this game to everyone that can play. However, if you’re going to come into our country and make our American dollars, you need to respect a game that has been here for over a hundred years…I understand you want to say it’s a cultural thing or an upbringing thing. But by the time you get to the big leagues, you better have a pretty good understanding of what this league is.

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[WrigleyField 22]

It's great until you realize he'd use the same phrase when defending Trump against his "hyper critics".

You beat me to it. 1000 hearts.

[Regular Show]

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Well played, Maddon.

[ScrubMD]

https://www.lockedoncubs.com/cubs/hey-clint-who-decides-how-to-respect-the-game/

 

Baez and Contreras don’t play baseball the way Hurdle wants them to, because that’s just ‘not the way we do it here.’ Unfortunately, he’s not alone in that view. St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Bud Norris was even less subtle than Hurdle about his thoughts on the growing Latin American influence on Major League Baseball.

 

I think it’s a culture shock. This is America’s game…We’re opening this game to everyone that can play. However, if you’re going to come into our country and make our American dollars, you need to respect a game that has been here for over a hundred years…I understand you want to say it’s a cultural thing or an upbringing thing. But by the time you get to the big leagues, you better have a pretty good understanding of what this league is.

 

Have they built a statue for him outside Busch Stadium IX yet?

[SeldomSeen]

Javy is working real hard to become my all time favorite Cub.

[sneakypower]

still in awe at his game-tying double last game, where he hit a ground ball to the wall and no OF were remotely close to cutting it off

 

video

[CaliforniaRaisin]

still in awe at his game-tying double last game, where he hit a ground ball to the wall and no OF were remotely close to cutting it off

 

video

 

With a wet outfield grass.

[bcl412]

still in awe at his game-tying double last game, where he hit a ground ball to the wall and no OF were remotely close to cutting it off

 

video

 

With a wet outfield grass.

I’m trying to think if I’ve ever seen a hit like that actually. That rolled like a ball hit on AstroTurf or something

[UMFan83]

still in awe at his game-tying double last game, where he hit a ground ball to the wall and no OF were remotely close to cutting it off

 

video

 

With a wet outfield grass.

I’m trying to think if I’ve ever seen a hit like that actually. That rolled like a ball hit on AstroTurf or something

 

Fangraphs did a story on that game and that hit. They tracked balls hit at a similar launch speed and angle and almost every other hit was a single and did not roll to the wall

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-bonkers-game-that-probably-shouldnt-have-been/

[Cubswin11]

Wet grass has a tendency for the ball to kinda “skip” like that instead of killing it i think. Even though you’d think it would kill it, it usually “runs” more.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

There had to be some serious topspin on that, too. When it first hit the grass, it just took off. I'm not sure of the physics of everything with the wet grass. But, from that Fangraphs article looking at similarly hit balls, that data doesn't include spin. So I'm wondering if it has something to do with how quick Javy's hands are and if it had something to do with how fast the bat was, I guess, rotating or whatever as Javy's swing went through the ball.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

There had to be some serious topspin on that, too. When it first hit the grass, it just took off. I'm not sure of the physics of everything with the wet grass. But, from that Fangraphs article looking at similarly hit balls, that data doesn't include spin. So I'm wondering if it has something to do with how quick Javy's hands are and if it had something to do with how fast the bat was, I guess, rotating or whatever as Javy's swing went through the ball.

Yeah, spin/weather pretty much has to be the reason for the difference, but whether that is hand speed or swing plane versus pitch type is up for debate.

[Cubfanintheknow]

still in awe at his game-tying double last game, where he hit a ground ball to the wall and no OF were remotely close to cutting it off

 

video

 

With a wet outfield grass.

I’m trying to think if I’ve ever seen a hit like that actually. That rolled like a ball hit on AstroTurf or something

 

Game 5, 1984 NLCS, Tony Gwynn hit a rocket that almost killed Ryne Sandberg and rolled all the way to the wall for a triple.

[CyHawk_Cub]

I recall Doug Glanville winding up with a postseason triple (almost positive it was in Miami in '03 NLCS vs. Marlins) on ball that was a smashed grounder that skidded all the way to the wall.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I recall Doug Glanville winding up with a postseason triple (almost positive it was in Miami in '03 NLCS vs. Marlins) on ball that was a smashed grounder that skidded all the way to the wall.

I was thinking of that one too, but it was only made possible by the SS going to cover the bag as I recall. still impressive but not as cool as javy's

[CyHawk_Cub]

Looks like I was wrong about that particular batted ball anyway:

 

https://web.kitsapsun.com/archive/2003/10-11/280691_glanville_triple_keeps_cubbies_.html

 

Glanville hit a liner that skipped past diving left fielder Jeff Conine in the gap and using his best asset, streaked into third.

 

Haven't been able to find a vid clip of that AB.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Looks like I was wrong about that particular batted ball anyway:

 

https://web.kitsapsun.com/archive/2003/10-11/280691_glanville_triple_keeps_cubbies_.html

 

Glanville hit a liner that skipped past diving left fielder Jeff Conine in the gap and using his best asset, streaked into third.

 

Haven't been able to find a vid clip of that AB.

 

 

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[David]

man i vividly remember watching that game with a box of giordanos and several empty bud lights laying around at my friend's apartment by northwestern

[jersey cubs fan]

man i vividly remember watching that game with a box of giordanos and several empty bud lights laying around at my friend's apartment by northwestern

Empty bud light is better than actual bud light so that's smart

#beersnob