MLB N/V March: Why, back in my day

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Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

Salvor_Hardin posted:

Who is/was that pitcher with the weird, possibly illegal, stutter-step off the mound during his delivery? I need to look up gifs of that dude's pitches from that awesome site.

...who is a reliever and so sadly not on the Pitcherlist site.

FanGraphs has written a few articles about Capps, though, and they include a handful of gifs every time: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/carter-capps-has-become-baseballs-most-unhittable-pitcher/

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# ? May 9, 2024 07:59

Crimson Sox: Jan 16, 2008; Bromance

at least we still have Jordan Walden to cringe at

# ? Mar 11, 2016 17:09

Julio Cruz: May 19, 2006

ZenVulgarity posted:

Who is dead now rip

The only thing that surprises me about this is that it was his UCL that went and not his landing ankle/foot, because every time he threw a pitch I was anticipating it shattering into splinters.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 17:55

New Concept Hole: Oct 10, 2012; 東方動的

Inspector_666 posted:

...who is a reliever and so sadly not on the Pitcherlist site.

FanGraphs has written a few articles about Capps, though, and they include a handful of gifs every time: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/carter-capps-has-become-baseballs-most-unhittable-pitcher/

His FIP was lower than his ERA and his ERA was 1.16. Pretty hosed up if you ask me.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 18:24

Dubious: Mar 7, 2006; The Heroes the Vikings Deserve; Lipstick Apathy

Any of you Twins goons been to any of the spring training games? how are they looking?

# ? Mar 11, 2016 18:51

rickiep00h: Aug 16, 2010; BATDANCE

Dubious posted:

Any of you Twins goons been to any of the spring training games? how are they looking?

IcePhoenix went to one, I think.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 21:05

DoctaFun: Dec 12, 2005; Dammit Francis!

Dubious posted:

Any of you Twins goons been to any of the spring training games? how are they looking?

Adequate.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 21:32

zakharov: Nov 30, 2002; Tater Love

Jarrod Parker re-fractured his elbow

:rip:

# ? Mar 11, 2016 22:14

Rand alPaul: Feb 3, 2010; by Nyc_Tattoo

zakharov posted:

Jarrod Parker re-fractured his elbow

Poor guy. He was really good when he was healthy.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 22:22

Intruder: Mar 5, 2003; I got a taste for blown saves

Jon Singleton has struck out 9 times in 20 spring at-bats and is slashing .100/.100/.300

Our first baseman to start the year :toot:

(sample size sample size yes I know but career he's already below the Mendoza line)

# ? Mar 11, 2016 22:33

Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

Intruder posted:

Jon Singleton has struck out 9 times in 20 spring at-bats and is slashing .100/.100/.300

Our first baseman to start the year

(sample size sample size yes I know but career he's already below the Mendoza line)

Slade Heathcott is having an ugly spring, but then again he's 5th on the OF depth chart at best (probably more like 7 right now.)

I still love him though.

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LonesomeCrowdedWest: May 8, 2008

I was helping my parents clean up the house in preparation for a move the other day and I found this :

It was a giveaway from sometime in the 70's when the Jays were still at exhibition stadium. My grandmother thinks she got it at either an Opening Day game or a Ladies Night game, but she is now 98 so her memory isn't the best.
It's a poncho/rain jacket type thing that appears to made from vinyl. I was wondering if anyone knew a way to look up past promotions so we could figure out where/when it actually came from. Im not expecting it to be worth anything, but it is still in the original packaging. I guess if it was worth something that would be a nice surprise too, I just figured I would see if you guys knew anything before I open it and or give it away.

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TheIncredulousHulk: Sep 3, 2012

Intruder posted:

Jon Singleton has struck out 9 times in 20 spring at-bats and is slashing .100/.100/.300

Our first baseman to start the year

(sample size sample size yes I know but career he's already below the Mendoza line)

At least his ISO is pretty solid

# ? Mar 11, 2016 23:10

seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
INTUITION; Toilet Rascal

One of the scrappiest, grittiest players not named David Eckstein retired today:

https://mobile.twitter.com/williebloom/status/708394578777255936

He does it in the most disrespectful way possible, hitting a dinger and flipping a bat. Shameful.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 23:16

Senf: Nov 12, 2006

zakharov posted:

Jarrod Parker re-fractured his elbow

Mother fucker. That sucks so much.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 23:37

Thom P. Tiers: May 29, 2008; Red Birds
Red Ass
Red Text

seiferguy posted:

One of the scrappiest, grittiest players not named David Eckstein retired today:

He does it in the most disrespectful way possible, hitting a dinger and flipping a bat. Shameful.

He's played the game the right way for so many years that he has finally earned the privilege to flip the bat.

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Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

Apropos of Goose, here's a Mickey Mantle embarrassing all of the white players, whoever came before him with a batflip.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 23:59

ZenVulgarity: Oct 9, 2012; I made the hat by transforming my zen

Intruder posted:

Jon Singleton has struck out 9 times in 20 spring at-bats and is slashing .100/.100/.300

Our first baseman to start the year

(sample size sample size yes I know but career he's already below the Mendoza line)

Who's the not aj reed player who's hitting right now

He seems solid

Edit: Tyler white

ZenVulgarity fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Mar 12, 2016

# ? Mar 12, 2016 00:19

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

The Pirates got David Freese
https://twitter.com/Pirates/status/708433198229942272

# ? Mar 12, 2016 00:29

Intruder: Mar 5, 2003; I got a taste for blown saves

ZenVulgarity posted:

Who's the not aj reed player who's hitting right now

He seems solid

Edit: Tyler white

Tyler White's been tearing up the spring and slashed .325/.442/.496 across AA and AAA last year

I wouldn't mind having him man first base if the Astros want to hold off Reed's arb clock. He's not considered anywhere near the prospect Reed is though

# ? Mar 12, 2016 00:51

ZenVulgarity: Oct 9, 2012; I made the hat by transforming my zen

Intruder posted:

Tyler White's been tearing up the spring and slashed .325/.442/.496 across AA and AAA last year

I wouldn't mind having him man first base if the Astros want to hold off Reed's arb clock. He's not considered anywhere near the prospect Reed is though

Seems like you're better off with him than Singleton no, maybe platoon them

# ? Mar 12, 2016 00:53

Intruder: Mar 5, 2003; I got a taste for blown saves

Singleton is the first baseman right now because the Astros signed him to a $10m contract and want to make sure he really is a bust before flushing that investment away. Dumb, but whatever

# ? Mar 12, 2016 00:54

Ammat The Ankh: Sep 7, 2010; Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!

achillesforever6 posted:

The Pirates got David Freese

Not a bad signing. Good insurance if Kang isn't ready opening day.

# ? Mar 12, 2016 00:55

The Berzerker: Feb 24, 2006; treat me like a dog

LonesomeCrowdedWest posted:

I was helping my parents clean up the house in preparation for a move the other day and I found this :

It was a giveaway from sometime in the 70's when the Jays were still at exhibition stadium. My grandmother thinks she got it at either an Opening Day game or a Ladies Night game, but she is now 98 so her memory isn't the best.
It's a poncho/rain jacket type thing that appears to made from vinyl. I was wondering if anyone knew a way to look up past promotions so we could figure out where/when it actually came from. Im not expecting it to be worth anything, but it is still in the original packaging. I guess if it was worth something that would be a nice surprise too, I just figured I would see if you guys knew anything before I open it and or give it away.

I can't answer your question but uhhh gimme it

# ? Mar 12, 2016 01:16

Rand alPaul: Feb 3, 2010; by Nyc_Tattoo

Inspector_666 posted:

I don't know who this young buck thinks he is but he needs to learn how to play the game the right way or he isn't going to make it.

# ? Mar 12, 2016 01:30

Dingleberry Jones: Jun 2, 2008; If I'm posting a new thread, it means there is a thread already posted and I failed at using the forum search correctly

That's a "disgusted" bat flip, not a "I just crushed a homer" batflip.

I look at them differently.

# ? Mar 12, 2016 02:07

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

Dubious posted:

Any of you Twins goons been to any of the spring training games? how are they looking?

Park looked good, Mauer looked good, Milone gave up a dinger but otherwise looked good, Rosario made some good plays in the field but made a dumb baserunning mistake that cost us a run. Otherwise I think it was mostly guys that will be bench players or not make the team. Oh, and Tonkin looked really bad.

# ? Mar 12, 2016 02:37

The MUMPSorceress: Jan 6, 2012; ^SHTPSTS; Gary’s Answer

Looks like we're gonna be in philly this June when the Brewers are there. Hotel recommendations? We'd like to have easy public transportation to the park if possible.

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Geoff Peterson: Jan 1, 2012; by exmarx

LonesomeCrowdedWest posted:

I was helping my parents clean up the house in preparation for a move the other day and I found this :

It was a giveaway from sometime in the 70's when the Jays were still at exhibition stadium. My grandmother thinks she got it at either an Opening Day game or a Ladies Night game, but she is now 98 so her memory isn't the best.
It's a poncho/rain jacket type thing that appears to made from vinyl. I was wondering if anyone knew a way to look up past promotions so we could figure out where/when it actually came from. Im not expecting it to be worth anything, but it is still in the original packaging. I guess if it was worth something that would be a nice surprise too, I just figured I would see if you guys knew anything before I open it and or give it away.

The team is probably your best bet for this. Looks like the Blue Jays email format is first.last@bluejays.com...I'd send an email with basically what you just posted to someone in the promotions/giveaway department (check the website) along with the picture and ask them when it was from. Some teams really geek out about items from their history (Yankees, Red Sox, surprisingly the Twins), but at the very least they should be able to tell you when and where it was given away.

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Poque: Sep 11, 2003; =^-^=

Geoff Peterson posted:

The team is probably your best bet for this. Looks like the Blue Jays email format is first.last@bluejays.com...I'd send an email with basically what you just posted to someone in the promotions/giveaway department (check the website) along with the picture and ask them when it was from. Some teams really geek out about items from their history (Yankees, Red Sox, surprisingly the Twins), but at the very least they should be able to tell you when and where it was given away.

Also try tweeting at them, MLB is getting huge about good Twitter interactions with fans

# ? Mar 12, 2016 05:09

Rand alPaul: Feb 3, 2010; by Nyc_Tattoo

Dingleberry Jones posted:

That's a "disgusted" bat flip, not a "I just crushed a homer" batflip.

I look at them differently.

To the Royals they're all disrespectful and must be dealt with.

# ? Mar 12, 2016 05:53

Duke Pukem: Oct 23, 2010; Three cheers for dark beer!

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v551569783/texmil-gallo-launches-a-threerun-shot-in-the-2nd

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LonesomeCrowdedWest: May 8, 2008

Geoff Peterson posted:

The team is probably your best bet for this. Looks like the Blue Jays email format is first.last@bluejays.com...I'd send an email with basically what you just posted to someone in the promotions/giveaway department (check the website) along with the picture and ask them when it was from. Some teams really geek out about items from their history (Yankees, Red Sox, surprisingly the Twins), but at the very least they should be able to tell you when and where it was given away.

Thanks! I will try this. Thanks to Poque as well for the twitter suggestion. My phone can't seem to figure out how to quote and thank both of you in one post, and I have never made a tweet (although I have an account strictly to follow baseball people). I'll let y'all know if it turns out to be anything more interesting than an old raincoat.

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BallerBallerDillz: Jun 11, 2009; Cock, Rules, Everything, Around, Me; Scratchmo

gently caress yeah! Ryan Howard got a hit.
:hellyeah:

# ? Mar 12, 2016 10:38

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

Here's the album of the pictures I took at the ST game on Wednesday. It was lots of fun! Also here is a picture of Park hitting a single.

They are all straight from my phone to imgur because it is an old phone and whenever I try to upload them to my computer first it either doesn't work or deletes my entire gallery, so apologies for them being huge.

# ? Mar 12, 2016 11:14