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Your Taint posted:To be honest he should be thinking about it because it's something they teach you in goddamn Little League and the Cubs should insist he work on it in the offseason. As someone earlier alluded to it's actually not at all uncommon for pitchers to have trouble throwing to 1st, funny as it is to watch. It's a completely different mechanic and some guys just have the "yips" were it's a mental block more than physical. It's really been a non-issue for Lester in his career so far, you could even argue it messes with average base runners as they by instinct still don't wan't to take the massive lead that Lester is giving them and gives the catcher a chance for a back pick. I am sure Lester has tried before to work on his pick off during the off season, I doubt it's lack of effort on his part. I'm sure he's just resigned that it's not gonna happen at this point and forcing himself to try it could easily mess with his pitching mechanics. With how well he has pitched these past few years there is no way any team/pitching coach is going to want to mess with him at all. In fact I'm sure the entire org is telling him to not even think about it.
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The Reds did one like that for Griffey last year when the Mariners were in Cincinnati.
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That's two bobbling heads for the price of one. You don't look a gift horse in it's bobbling mouth you idiot.
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Your Taint posted:To be honest he should be thinking about it because it's something they teach you in goddamn Little League and the Cubs should insist he work on it in the offseason. Do you really think that the issue here is just that the guy doesn't practice enough or something?
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bawfuls posted:The Rockies may have just straight up overpaid for a reliever with a lot of health risk. Normally I expect that they pay an expected amount for an old or risky reliever or they overpay for a reliever without a lot of risk but overpaying for a reliever with a lot of risk is a new one. bewbies posted:Do you really think that the issue here is just that the guy doesn't practice enough or something? Yeah, that's definitely not the issue considering he can throw a ball 92 mph with drat good accuracy. It's Chuck Knoblach syndrome. http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/what-causes-yips.htm tadashi fucked around with this message at 15:49 on Jan 26, 2017 |
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tadashi posted:Yeah, that's definitely not the issue considering he can throw a ball 92 mph with drat good accuracy. I think it is more pronounced in pitchers too because the mechanics of pitching are so different from just throwing....to use myself as an example I always played either 3B or SS up through high school and never had any significant issues with throwing the ball to anyone. Then however comes the time when All Left Handed Players Must Choose Either 1B/OF or Become A Pitcher and since I wasn't a very good hitter I was made to pitch. Pitching was easy enough for me, but the focus on pitching mechanics, especially in-game, really messes with just the good old throwing the ball, especially under pressure. I could still play catch and hit the target just fine but I'll be goddamned if I wasn't terrified of a bunt or a dribbler to the mound for about a year or so before it all worked itself out. In Lester's case I can definitely see how the mental block just became too big/annoying to deal with as his career progressed....kind of like how Wilt Chamberlain just sort of gave up on free throws after years of torturing himself with it.
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Braves are trying to bilk even more money out of Cobb County: http://www.myajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/braves-cobb-spar-over-transportation-projects-suntrust-park/fzOpzDHPcFPvrEPUxYAWiK/
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looks like the Indians are going to be awarded the 2019 all-star game they last hosted in 1997; Coors was the next year in 1998. Please give Colorado the game for 2020 or 2023; 25th year of the ballpark or the 30th year of the franchise, I would so loving go. 
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Also have another milwaukee all star game please
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Dodger Stadium hasn't hosted an All Star Game since 1980, so get in line newer NL parks!
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Marlins are finally hosting one this year....we were supposed to have the 2000 one or something like that I believe, but I'm pretty sure that it was given to another team after Huizenga burned the team down in 1998.
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Brett Anderson deal starts at 3.5 million and has the following incentives: 11th start: +500k 14th start: +750k 17th start: +750k 20th, 23rd, 26th start: +1MM each 29+ starts: +1.5MM, max value $10MM
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Rick Renteria went to a high school and cooked up some queso. Glad to see him get another shot, Ventura was pretty rough there towards the end.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Jon Lester just needs to quote Playboy articles when he throws to first. What?
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AsInHowe posted:What? wow, how could you show your face in this thread without seeing the cinematic masterpiece major league ii
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Jon Lester just needs to quote Playboy articles when he throws to first. I find Fredericks of Hollywood always fixes my yips.
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This is how Micah Johnson learned he was traded The Pussy Boss posted:Braves are trying to bilk even more money out of Cobb County: http://www.myajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/braves-cobb-spar-over-transportation-projects-suntrust-park/fzOpzDHPcFPvrEPUxYAWiK/ quote:$5.8 million for public roads inside the mixed-use development; Yeah, this is all poo poo developers normally pay for if they want to build something on land that doesn't have those amenities already. If the Braves didn't specifically negotiate for reimbursement for these things up front, it's the price of doing business. I used to work for a developer and the company paid for all sorts of public use things. They paid to extend a county road so that it would connect between two parallel roads near a development. They paid $100k to build a park across the street from one development, etc. It's just the cost of doing business and it's something you are supposed to work out with the city/county before you start building. tadashi fucked around with this message at 15:35 on Jan 27, 2017 |
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R.D. Mangles posted:Rick Renteria went to a high school and cooked up some queso. "Towards the end"???
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R.D. Mangles posted:Glad to see him get another shot, Ventura was pretty rough there towards the end. The way the Cubs treated him two years ago was just so unbelievably lovely.
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Just popping in to give you guys and awesome piece of baseball trickery, about 12 years before "Little Big League" did it... https://www.facebook.com/NCAACWS/videos/10154066019006640/
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Your Taint posted:Just popping in to give you guys and awesome piece of baseball trickery, about 12 years before "Little Big League" did it... Is it not a balk just because he took that exaggerated step off the rubber first or were the rules just different back then?
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I love it when baseball players acknowledge they read things written about them. https://twitter.com/El_Coffee/status/825033658817843200
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Timby posted:The way the Cubs treated him two years ago was just so unbelievably lovely. I mean... if one of the best managers in baseball becomes available right before your window opens what can you do. You don't let Joe Maddon slip away for Rick Renteria. I swear to god Cubs fans here would be happier if we had not won the World Series.
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beejay posted:I mean... if one of the best managers in baseball becomes available right before your window opens what can you do. You don't let Joe Maddon slip away for Rick Renteria. I swear to god Cubs fans here would be happier if we had not won the World Series. Being happy with the Cubs winning the WS in '16 has nothing to do with stating that Renteria was treated extremely shittily by the Cubs.
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N: The A's just announced that they are providing free food at their free Fanfest tomorrow. V: I am confused because it's the A's.
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Explosionface posted:Being happy with the Cubs winning the WS in '16 has nothing to do with stating that Renteria was treated extremely shittily by the Cubs. Firing him after being up front and communicative throughout the process isn't really that lovely.
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John Wilkes Booth posted:White Sox sign Peter Bourjos, now to learn how to pronounce his last name. Just keep repeating "Gorgeous Bourjos" to yourself. It'll sink in.
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Pancakes posted:Just keep repeating "Gorgeous Bourjos" to yourself. It'll sink in. It is no accident that they rhyme. Also how is Bourjos 30 years old he still looks 20. I remember his 2011 season and thinking he'd be our CF of the future but then he very quickly got replaced after he stunk it up. 
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