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Man, gently caress tradition. I want to see MLB catch up to Japan in terms of mascots and logos. They are LIGHT YEARS ahead of us in terms of making awesome/adorable mascots. I haven't done real checking on this, but it feels like more Japanese players are sticking longer in the majors. It always used to seem like Japanese players peaked in their rookie season (memory brings to mind Tadahito Iguchi, Shingo Takatsu, Kaz Matsui, Hideo Nomo). Is this simply a function that most of the players who come over are already at/past their peak? Or do they usually succeed early due to different/unique approaches that eventually get figured out by scouting reports and experience? Probably not a question with a set answer, just something I've been curious about wrt Japanese players who come over.
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Walk-off grandslam from down 3, with that batting stance. That's awesome.
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May 17, 2013 18:52
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That is amazing. Add it here if'n you don't mind. I really wish it was humanly possibly to lob a 15 mph eephus, but that'll do.
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Jul 19, 2013 14:32
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Mr. Cool Ice posted:I was thinking the 22 km/h might be just the horizontal component of the velocity, but doing the math, that would take a full 3 seconds to make it to the plate. Doing the math, the slowest thrown non-forced (no air resistance or magnus force) ball that can still cross the plate under vacuum conditions is 30 mph (about 48 kph) thrown at 45 degrees. Of course, if you add backspin and the typical forces in play you can slow it down to about 27mph. That pitch looks like it caught the zone better than any of the other eephuses I've seen, like an inside curve.
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Jul 19, 2013 16:15
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I think one of the few advantages that the US standard has over the metric system is that 100 MPH is such an amazing round number for "holy poo poo that pitch is fast" while 161 is kinda just out there somewhere. Like it's cool when Verlander used to hit 99 in the 9th inning, and when Chapman throws it 104 you poo poo yourself.
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