MLB Regular Season 2019
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Grip and wrist action. I’m guessing that’s a two seam that he gets insane action on. Much safer pitch too.
(A screwball you’re forcing to spin by rolling your hand outward, the opposite of the pull-the-shades-down on a curve. It’s harsh.)
(A screwball you’re forcing to spin by rolling your hand outward, the opposite of the pull-the-shades-down on a curve. It’s harsh.)
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They do call it a two seamer. Also, pretty sure the screwball is not the danger people thought it was and actually protects the UCL better than "traditional" motions. I think it was Passan's The Arm that debunked that, or at least informed me of the debunkment.
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That's....hard to argue.
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That was an all-time ump show. Worst I've seen the Astros be a part of, that's for sure.
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Here is, if the link works, every 2-strike 2-out 9th inning swinging strike on a fastball with the go-ahead run on base in the last 3 years and you can click on each result and watch video if it exists (and every pitch from 2018-19 does).
Holy fucking shit. The moon. My god. (Long pause) We're on the fucking moon. Over.
Holy fucking shit. The moon. My god. (Long pause) We're on the fucking moon. Over.
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
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Is Kulpa the crew chief? Because the thing that would probably drive him the most crazy is if the manager completely ignored him and just argued with the crew chief or another on the crew just denying him from having an umpshow. My first memory of Kulpa was when I argued that he provoked Carl Everett.
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Blue jays have been no hit thru six four times already this season.
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They are something like 1 for 67 in the first 3 innings.
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Why is Chris Davis still a thing? Ofer in his last 38 dating back to last year.
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Khris Davis is deservedly still a thing.
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It's like an excessively cruel update on the Milgram experiment - with the Orioles being told they have to keep pushing the button, so they do, no matter how much he screams in pain.
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mister d and bronto are tied for the league lead in "cryptic posts that make me go to google to see what they hell he is talking about".
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Going back to last season, Chris Davis is 1/54 w 31k.
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I could LITERALLY do that maybe?
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rass is the leader by far for me.
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I’d give it to one of the baseball guys.
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He should've shut it down at the end of last season if he couldn't commit to another year. Now we've got a vacuum as a result.
ETA: especially when he's citing "the passion just isn't there anymore." He knew it wasn't there last year when he (admittedly) was dragging.
Selfish stuff, IMO.
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Yeah, Ryan deserves a nod, too.
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It was free.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 4:22 pmHe should've shut it down at the end of last season if he couldn't commit to another year. Now we've got a vacuum as a result.
ETA: especially when he's citing "the passion just isn't there anymore." He knew it wasn't there last year when he (admittedly) was dragging.
Selfish stuff, IMO.
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Yes, but that's irrelevant to my point. I'm simply stating that by bailing on his blog now, he's leaving a void that would've been easier to fill had he left at the end of last season.mister d wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 5:11 pmIt was free.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 4:22 pmHe should've shut it down at the end of last season if he couldn't commit to another year. Now we've got a vacuum as a result.
ETA: especially when he's citing "the passion just isn't there anymore." He knew it wasn't there last year when he (admittedly) was dragging.
Selfish stuff, IMO.
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Been a while since I spent a lot of time at RAB, but for a time it had the status of “only website I’ll visit when the Yankees are knocked out of the playoffs”, which is really a sacred status. I have to imagine it’s exhausting to cover a baseball team day in and day out, especially if you consider it important to cover the entire farm system, analytics & the business of baseball too. I wonder if they sought out a new editor and none of those fucking lazy millennials would bite.
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Man it just seems wrong to see Andrew McCutchen in a Phillies uniform. I mean that’s not supposed to happen to beloved ex-Yankees.
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I think there's likely some truth in what you're pondering. They opened up a few positions the past year and a half and were accepting applications (for what, I don't remember). That wound up morphing into guest contributions, but I think the jobs he was soliciting were of a more permanent nature.Rex wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 6:25 pm Been a while since I spent a lot of time at RAB, but for a time it had the status of “only website I’ll visit when the Yankees are knocked out of the playoffs”, which is really a sacred status. I have to imagine it’s exhausting to cover a baseball team day in and day out, especially if you consider it important to cover the entire farm system, analytics & the business of baseball too. I wonder if they sought out a new editor and none of those fucking lazy millennials would bite.
He's working at CBS Sports Online - I'm sure he's burned out doing RAB because he's got to churn out a few thousand words a week on the job anyway..
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The Rays are going to be 4.5 games ahead of the Red Sox. I know its early but that's going to be hard to make up since the Rays are a very good team.
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The rays are a good team.degenerasian wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 8:27 pm The Rays are going to be 4.5 games ahead of the Red Sox. I know its early but that's going to be hard to make up since the Rays are a very good team.
That’s not gonna be hard to make up because...it’s April. And somehow Boston has not played one home game yet.
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The Reds have scored 11 runs.
This season.
This season.
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Yeah. I made fun of jays to deflect.
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11 game west coast road trip is a real fan friendly way to start the season (having the team be historically bad for a returning World Series Champion doesn't help either).tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 8:40 pmThe rays are a good team.degenerasian wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 8:27 pm The Rays are going to be 4.5 games ahead of the Red Sox. I know its early but that's going to be hard to make up since the Rays are a very good team.
That’s not gonna be hard to make up because...it’s April. And somehow Boston has not played one home game yet.
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I don’t remember that last time any team was sentenced to that kind of slog to start a year. It’s weird.
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Probably good from a weather perspective.
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