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  1. Derwood
    if it quacks like a duck
  2. Derwood
    How about Gravity? When you dive you are not traveling parallel to the ground. Gravity doesn't affect your forward momentum. How will it stop you from reaching the bag...by pulling you down towards it? the overall point is that the second you stop pumping your legs, you're slowing down. also, it's not like you would just fly through the air at a constant speed if there were no gravity to pull you down, so all this "you don't slow down when you dive" stuff is nonsense
  3. Derwood
    yeah but when people talk about great home runs, that one often gets omitted. there's the shot heard round the world, ruth's called shot, maris' 61st, carlton fisk... hell i think people talk about bernie carbo more than the maz homer. but the maz homer was the only game 7 walkoff in world series history, and it was hit by a guy who had little power, playing at a cavernous ballpark. plus it marked a it probably should be regarded as the most dramatic hit in the history of the game, but for some reason it often gets overlooked. what game was the Joe Carter walk-off against the Phillies? Game 6?
  4. Derwood
    not to mention the small change of THE SPREAD OPTION OFFENSE
  5. Derwood
    Illinois, and to a lesser extent PSU, is a very dangerous team in the Big Ten tournament. I'd prefer IU avoid Illinois. If PSU still had Claxton, I'd agree. Of course they wouldn't be an 8 seed if they had him either. Yeah, honestly, at this point Michigan is probably a better dark horse choice than Penn State. They've won three straight, have a very good coach and some talent. If the tournament started now they'd play PSU in the first round and I'd expect them to win. they already beat Penn State in Ann Arbor this year. we'll see how they do in State College
  6. Derwood
    okay, you REALLY whetted my appetite for baseball with that video
  7. Derwood
    Good post. But that is exactly my point about diving. You aren't taking those steps, so instead of your velocity dropping and increasing with a step, it stays the same. Ground resistance = 0 while in the air. And the air resistance I already covered...I don't think it is much, but that is the only thing causing a deceleration of the runner during the dive. By the time the runner approaches the base, he would have already reached a kind of terminal velocity (aside from the spikes you mentioned). The act of taking steps only serves to keep the runner upright and combat wind resistance. Diving won't slow you down much at all, IMO. I really would like to see an in depth study of this. Would be fun. the moment your legs stop running and you're airborn, you are slowing down. oh, and gravity
  8. Derwood
    Per Rotoworld. supposedly a major league deal with him being used in the pen MEH
  9. Derwood
    B-Rob is as "sick" of all this as we are. get it? sick?
  10. Derwood
    if PSU plays UofI in the B10 tourney, I think they lose. It's nearly impossible to beat the same team 3 times in one year, especially when you probably shouldn't have won one of the others. either way, the winner would play the #1 seed, so it's a one and done scenario anyways (though I wouldn't be shocked to see a team like the Illini make some crazy romp to the conf. tourney final)
  11. Derwood
    Aside from opening day, it does look like there was a sellout at the GABP for a Saturday game. I doubt it went quickly and the others didn't sell out, though. well that's good news. I never know what i'm doing in September when tix go on sale in February
  12. Derwood
    anyone know how fast the Cubs series sell at GAB? i don't want to get lazy and lose my shot at some tix this year. I have no such worries about PNC
  13. Derwood
    to their credit, the comments in the post are surprisingly objective, even if the poll figures aren't
  14. Derwood
    while i feel that firing sampson is the right move from a university stand point, what negative impact might it have on the team?
  15. Derwood
    I won't even say Vazquez was better last yr. To be honest, Lilly and Vazques are on the same level based on the 2007 numbers. the fact that Vasquez put up those numbers in the AL probably means he had a better year
  16. Derwood
    for some reason i immediately assumed Red Sox. color me surprised
  17. Derwood
    I believe you are one of two at NSBB. nice, Raisin. way to "out" Roast. I keed, I keed
  18. Derwood
    ain't no room for nancy boys in that guy's locker room
  19. Derwood
    Purdue falls to IU and its a race again in the Big 10
  20. Derwood
    Modzilla has just risen from its lair
  21. Derwood
    calling him a faggot is more likely to get you banned. just saying. and i'm just saying that a truly scientific experiment will have neutral test subjects.
  22. Derwood
    Some did, but a lot of them thought that it would turn out untrue. well my point is that once your test subjects are seeded with your theory, the results will be skewed
  23. Derwood
    did your test subjects know your theory before you conducted the test? if so, it's a bogus experiment
  24. Derwood
    funny, i thought McDonalds just looked at the Duke recruiting class and named THEM the All-Americans
  25. Derwood
    that IS the point. any "theory" of getting to the bag fastest is tossed right out the window when it has no real world application
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