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Carlosologist posted:in case you didn't love Clayton Kershaw already: It's with a heavy heart that I must admit that Clayton Kershaw loving owns
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Spoeank posted:It's with a heavy heart that I must admit that Clayton Kershaw loving owns
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Comptroll The Forums posted:N: Tigers recalling Anibal Sanchez, who has a 5.17 era in 15 IP... In AAA. Tigers are going to wait way too loving long to sell and somehow only move like Justin Wilson. JD Martinez should already be off this team, the longer another team has him the more valuable he is in a trade.
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Jun 19, 2017 02:48
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Abel Wingnut posted:who is zack hample? dodgers beat? No, he's the rear end in a top hat who has 7,000 baseballs that he's personally caught at baseball games, including pushing kids aside and sneaking into a veteran's only game. He did get banned from some stadium, right? Am I misremembering?
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Jun 19, 2017 02:51
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The Walrus posted:During the final week at the old Yankee Stadium, Hample gained worldwide recognition by catching home run balls on consecutive nights. On September 16, 2008, he made a leaping catch on a Jason Giambi home run and immediately celebrated with a goofy dance that was captured on TV. The following night, in nearly exactly the same spot in the right field bleachers, Hample reached far over a railing to make a backhanded catch on a Johnny Damon home run and celebrated with the same dance.[3] The Yankees' announcers recognized him from the previous game, and within the next 24 hours the story was covered by ESPN, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN International, Japanese TV, and many other media outlets. Yahoo! Sports initially acknowledged Hample's baseball-snagging skills, but did not know that it was he who had made the catches.[4] so when he isn't at baseball games, he's busy editing wikipedia
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Jun 19, 2017 03:02
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Some Numbers posted:No, he's the rear end in a top hat who has 7,000 baseballs that he's personally caught at baseball games, including pushing kids aside and sneaking into a veteran's only game. He also rigs up a glove to retrieve balls that have fallen behind the outfield walls during BP. So he doesn't "catch" all of them.
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Jun 19, 2017 03:23
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iospace posted:He also rigs up a glove to retrieve balls that have fallen behind the outfield walls during BP. So he doesn't "catch" all of them.  That's ridiculous.
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Jun 19, 2017 04:06
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Some Numbers posted:
Yup. It's pretty simple. Take a rubber band to fold the glove, lower it over the ball with a string, and let gravity do the rest (ideally the ball should also be "above" the band in the glove to help secure it). Pull up when ball is snagged.
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Jun 19, 2017 04:11
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Carlosologist posted:in case you didn't love Clayton Kershaw already: Why was Hample trying to bargain with Kershaw for a ball? Isn't he the guy who literally wrote a book on how to best position yourself in each stadium to shag balls? I guess he just didn't feel like shoving more kids out of the way today? Also Kershaw owns.
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Jun 19, 2017 04:24
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No I believe it's possible, I just hate the idea.
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Jun 19, 2017 04:25
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Sydin posted:Why was Hample trying to bargain with Kershaw for a ball? Isn't he the guy who literally wrote a book on how to best position yourself in each stadium to shag balls? I guess he just didn't feel like shoving more kids out of the way today? First time ever Special blue laced balls that were only being used today. I'm assuming they'd use them again next year but still.
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Jun 19, 2017 05:13
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Joey Freshwater posted:First time ever Special blue laced balls that were only being used today. I'm assuming they'd use them again next year but still. Yeah but he's the guy who will do all sorts of bullshit so he shouldn't have to ask for a ball is the point.
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Jun 19, 2017 05:24
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Remember when he snuck into that veterans-only game at an army base?
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Jun 19, 2017 05:28
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Luigi Thirty posted:Remember when he snuck into that veterans-only game at an army base? Then gloated about it on twitter like a moron, and had the nerve to get offended when people rightly told him to hand over all the balls he'd shagged to kids and gently caress off forever, yes. Joey Freshwater posted:First time ever Special blue laced balls that were only being used today. I'm assuming they'd use them again next year but still. Oh I get why he wanted one, I just don't get why he was trying to haggle with Kershaw when he could just body slam a kid and steal one like usual.
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Jun 19, 2017 05:52
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I'd sign the petition that gets Hample banned from the 30 parks
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Jun 19, 2017 07:11
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Carlosologist posted:in case you didn't love Clayton Kershaw already: lol
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Jun 19, 2017 07:40
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Sydin posted:
I've never heard of the guy up to this point but I assume "my good buddy Kershaw gave me this sweet ball!" makes for a better story. And yes I avoided the blue balls joke e: also just realized my phone autocorrects Kershaw to Keyshawn
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Jun 19, 2017 12:58
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N: Nolan Arenado hit a walk off dinger to complete a cycle. V: I love baseball.
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Jun 19, 2017 13:28
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Zack Hample is a piece of poo poo adult man and a great shame on the game of baseball.
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Jun 19, 2017 14:22
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Joey Freshwater posted:I've never heard of the guy up to this point I'd never heard of him until last year but his public slapfight with Marlins Man over weaseling into the Fort Bragg military-only game was baseball comedy gold. http://nypost.com/2016/07/04/ballhawk-fiend-called-out-for-sneaking-into-mlb-military-game/
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Jun 19, 2017 14:26
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He could always just buy one off eBay, but I guess that wouldn't provide the thrill of shoving a child out of the way or begging another adult for it.
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Jun 19, 2017 15:21
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The Pussy Boss posted:Beltran feels like a classic "Hall of Very Good" player to me. Never won an MVP or came close. Was never really in the conversation for best player in baseball at any point in his career. He's got to be like the 8th or 9th center fielder by WAR, dudes a no brainer. e: 8th by WAR, 9th by JAWS and 11th by WAR7. Dude is a Hall of Famer without a doubt. Paul Zuvella fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Jun 19, 2017 |
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Jun 19, 2017 15:43
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Also Mike Trout is currently 6th is WAR 7. He has played only 5 full seasons.
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Jun 19, 2017 15:46
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Paul Zuvella posted:He'ls got to be like the 8th or 9th center fielder by WAR, dudes a no brainer. Jim Edmonds was 16th on each of those metrics. I will sullenly repeat that he shouldn't have been a one-and-done. Scott Rolen is 10, 14, 10 for third basemen. Sad that he's likely to get the same treatment. At least one of the MV3 crowd is going into the hall.
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Jun 19, 2017 15:55
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Hample trying to extort ARod for his 3000th hit ball and ARod rightly telling him to keep the ball and gently caress off is another reason to love ARod e: And that's how I learned the Yankees and Hample came to an arrangement for that ball, by googling AFTER posting
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Jun 19, 2017 16:01
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If you haven't read the latest ESPN magazine feature about Latin culture and baseball, you should.
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Jun 19, 2017 16:06
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Beltran never led the league in anything. But to be fair, he certainly should have had an MVP-2 in 2006. Beltran is a really, really, really good player. I think he should be in the hall, but if he just plays three more years he will be a lock with 3k hits  Also, Carlos Beltran has more games and PA's with the Mets than the Royals and was probably the best part of his career. Thom P. Tiers fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Jun 19, 2017 |
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Jun 19, 2017 16:09
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Here's why Gurriel got himself ejected last night https://twitter.com/_CBoutwell/status/876654557270384641
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Jun 19, 2017 16:14
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Some low rent local cable station did a "top 10 Royals hitters", which was kind of embarrassing, but it also showed 5-tool Beltran in his prime and that dude was goddamn something.
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Jun 19, 2017 16:14
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bewbies please tell me about your sodium levels
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Jun 19, 2017 16:15
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I think Beltran has quite a bit better rep than Edmonds, and did have that "star" rep earlier in his career. They're going to put some of the current older guys in the Hall and I think he's pretty high up on that list.
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Jun 19, 2017 16:16
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Beltran is going to pretty easily get in which is annoying because his numbers are worse than Bagwell's and he did way more steroids than Bagwell
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Jun 19, 2017 16:20
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I don't understand how Beltran was as good as he was while being a switch hitter, so by virtue of baffling me, he probably deserves to be in the Hall.
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Jun 19, 2017 16:44
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Intruder posted:Here's why Gurriel got himself ejected last night did he swing at any of them?
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Jun 19, 2017 16:52
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IcePhoenix posted:did he swing at any of them? Nope. And he had to get out of the way of the called strike 3.
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Jun 19, 2017 17:06
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BREAKING: Zack Hample is still a dipshit. https://twitter.com/zack_hample/status/876677039897493505
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Jun 19, 2017 17:12
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tinstaach posted:BREAKING: Zack Hample is still a dipshit. Goddamn, I had totally forgotten about this guy and didn't realize he was still a thing.
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Jun 19, 2017 17:24
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Timby posted:Nope. And he had to get out of the way of the called strike 3. Saying he had to get out of the way is overstating it a bit. Yeah he did the "Whoops the pitch almost hit me" thing batters like to do when fishing for a call but the pitch was definitely well inside and not close to being a strike The pitch just barely got into the batter's box
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Jun 19, 2017 17:29
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tinstaach posted:BREAKING: Zack Hample is still a dipshit. I'm laughing pretty hard at the idea of Fangraphs getting mad at Paul Sporer for cursing on Twitter.
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https://twitter.com/sporer/status/876677296358395904 I don't think he's worried
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