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Big Mean Jerk posted:I'd also never heard of these things before and I'd love to try one out. Trying hard to justify the $130 cost just to tool around with one in a cage.  Would be interesting to try but yeah I'd just gently caress around at the cages and then switch back to aluminum for any softball I play
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Intruder posted:Beltran at #7 for OF is a joke, he's OPS+ing 91 with a slash of .235/.285/.415 and primarily being used at DH Marisnick should get more votes than Beltran this year.
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Goodpancakes posted:I showed my better half the ridiculous baseball name of Sicnarf Loopstock and she pointed out its Francis backwards. Weird.
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If Freddie was traded I would stop being a Braves fan.
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Hotdog In A Hallway posted:That was his dad's name. He's named after him, they just reversed it instead of doing the traditional "Jr.". Pretty sure Nomar was the same deal.
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Intruder posted:Also I just saw the thing on Deadspin about how George Springer is using the bat designed for Mookie Betts. I had literally never seen the axe handled bats before. I think about all the blisters I could have avoided... (never felt quite right wearing gloves when playing softball) Watching the college world series championships and these things are everywhere. Honestly it is one of those things that you would totally miss if you weren't looking for it, and even then it can be hard to tell at distance. The asymetrical barrel can be easier to pick out then the axe handle sometimes. If these stay legal I bet we will see a bunch more in the majors once the current group of college players where some managers are encouraging entire teams to use them start playing in the bigs.
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Rand alPaul posted:Wait it is? I thought it heals itself over time. It can, but I believe it requires a really long time to get to a point where it's fully healed/alleviated, and it's longer than sports players or teams want to allow for. It's also somewhat degenerative regardless, but you can do activities and exercises to help alleviate it or go periods without the pain. For example, I have a slight case of it from running and working retail during college, but I can stretch my arch out in the morning, try to sit as much as possible on days where it's noticeable, etc., and then I might go a few months without much if any pain. If he's to the point where he's having surgery every year to alleviate the pain, then he's probably going to be in pain the rest of his life, which sucks.
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Let's play guess the umpire! Answer: CB Bucknor His eyes were literally closed on pitch #5.
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The "CB" stands for "Certifiably Bad"
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seiferguy posted:Let's play guess the umpire! I'm going to pretend #6 was a called strike Fangraphs tracks these and picks the worst of the season and IIRC there was a Kershaw pitch that was literally middle middle earlier this season that was called a ball, no clue who the ump was
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SourKraut posted:It can, but I believe it requires a really long time to get to a point where it's fully healed/alleviated, and it's longer than sports players or teams want to allow for. It's also somewhat degenerative regardless, but you can do activities and exercises to help alleviate it or go periods without the pain. For example, I have a slight case of it from running and working retail during college, but I can stretch my arch out in the morning, try to sit as much as possible on days where it's noticeable, etc., and then I might go a few months without much if any pain. Can't they just snip the tendon and get rid of the issue entirely? I guess that would probably have to wait until he's not playing anymore? I thought I had plantar fasciitis for a while, but somewhat regular stretching for a bit seemed to get rid of it completely so I dunno.
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Inspector_666 posted:Can't they just snip the tendon and get rid of the issue entirely?  no no no no no no NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NOn onwONF ONON OL NO NO NO NON O
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Brad Peacock Has Become a Strikeout God I love my dumb team (except when they lose gently caress YOU IF YOU LOSE)
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Poque posted:
THE ANTI-TOMMY JOHN.
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Wtf is all this chatter about axe handled bats and asymmetrical barrels?
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Joey Freshwater posted:If Freddie was traded I would stop being a Braves fan. There's no way they're trading him at this point. If they were going to, it would have happened already. They are going to have to play Freeman at third sometimes if they want to keep Fat Adams in the lineup regularly. As soon as loving possible, they should really trade Adams for a controllable reliever. I don't know if that time would ever come since first base is not really a need for most decent teams.
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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:Wtf is all this chatter about axe handled bats and asymmetrical barrels? The future, my friend
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Inspector_666 posted:Can't they just snip the tendon and get rid of the issue entirely? Poque posted:
The surgery he had last offseason was actually to release the plantar fascia ligament.
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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:Wtf is all this chatter about axe handled bats and asymmetrical barrels? It's a bat with a handle like an axe. Here's a Baseball America article about them. Pretty much it's a more bio mechanically advantageous design that puts less stress on the hand and allows better extension, etc. Since the "face" of the bat is always going to be the same, the metal ones have a tapered endcap thing on them. The wood bats seem to have the same barrels as a standard version, though. I really want to try swinging one sometime. Not that I've swung a normal bat in a long while... Inspector_666 fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Jun 21, 2017 |
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Speaking of Brad Peacock, I still can't believe the Astros traded Lowrie to the A's, talked him into signing with them again, then traded him right back to the A's
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NO TENDON SNIPPING I also have plantar fasciitis and it loving sucks, it's been way better for me this year though. we'll see if it holds.
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Snip every tendon IMO even if they're healthy
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Inspector_666 posted:Can't they just snip the tendon and get rid of the issue entirely? I guess that would probably have to wait until he's not playing anymore? It's not a tendon issue. Plantar Fasciitis is literally an inflammation of the Plantar Fascia, which is the whole complex of muscle on the sole of your foot. If you just sit down and elevate it for a day or two when you first notice pain it will totally go away. If your job is to be on your feet, run hard, etc constantly it's just gonna get worse and worse. I imagine that the way they treat someone like Albert is to just jack his feet full of cortisone every chance they get, but it's basically impossible for an athlete to actually recover from without going on the disabled list for a long-rear end time and who wants to do that?
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Intruder posted:Snip every tendon IMO even if they're healthy 
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Intruder posted:I'm going to pretend #6 was a called strike You don't have to, it literally was. That AB was a clusterfuck.
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Intruder posted:I'm going to pretend #6 was a called strike http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-worst-called-ball-on-record/ Cliffs: the catcher hosed up the framing so bad on a pitch down the middle the ump thought it was a ball.
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Most of the worst calls are either on awful framing, check swings, or attempts to throw out a runner. It's so frustrating when a good pitch gets check swung on and the ump's brain just shifts down the decision tree into "was that a swing, Y/N" without considering it should be a called strike.
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cis autodrag posted:It's not a tendon issue. Plantar Fasciitis is literally an inflammation of the Plantar Fascia, which is the whole complex of muscle on the sole of your foot. If you just sit down and elevate it for a day or two when you first notice pain it will totally go away. If your job is to be on your feet, run hard, etc constantly it's just gonna get worse and worse. I imagine that the way they treat someone like Albert is to just jack his feet full of cortisone every chance they get, but it's basically impossible for an athlete to actually recover from without going on the disabled list for a long-rear end time and who wants to do that? Yep. I had a somewhat mild case of this about ten years ago. During the course of a normal workday, I was walking maybe four miles or so. There was no way around this and no way to take time off to heal up... and keeping weight completely off the foot is the only way it will heal up in any reasonable amount of time. Because of my walking, mine took about six or seven months to get better, and this was not an extreme case of plantar fasciitis. It really sucked, at times it felt like all the tissue between the ball and heel of my foot was burning. This just would not stop on a lot of days, at least not until I could go home and sit or lay for a couple of hours. I feel sorry for him and anyone else who has this.
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Salvor_Hardin posted:Most of the worst calls are either on awful framing, check swings, or attempts to throw out a runner. It's so frustrating when a good pitch gets check swung on and the ump's brain just shifts down the decision tree into "was that a swing, Y/N" without considering it should be a called strike. I feel that going to the base umps for check swings calls has increased this year, or at least in the games I've been watching, so that's good at least.
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seiferguy posted:Let's play guess the umpire! I believe this was during a steal attempt and for some reason Bucknor called 5 a ball. Romine got thrown out at second.
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Addison Russell's wife has filed for divorce; additionally, ESPN reports that she is refusing to meet with MLB investigators regarding claims of domestic abuse.
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Timby posted:Addison Russell's wife has filed for divorce; additionally, ESPN reports that she is refusing to meet with MLB investigators regarding claims of domestic abuse. Ugh what the gently caress... Not you too Addison.
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Popete posted:Ugh what the gently caress... The DV stuff was alleged by a friend of hers on an Instagram post a few weeks ago, not by Melissa Russell herself.
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Timby posted:The DV stuff was alleged by a friend of hers on an Instagram post a few weeks ago, not by Melissa Russell herself. Yeah I just saw that, Russell has denied the claim and she hasn't said anything. Seems it stems from infidelity.
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Some Numbers posted:Hot take: pitcher wins and losses are stupid. They're in the unholy trinity of counting stats, along with RBI and saves.
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Intruder posted:Fangraphs tracks these and picks the worst of the season and IIRC there was a Kershaw pitch that was literally middle middle earlier this season that was called a ball, no clue who the ump was seiferguy posted:http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-worst-called-ball-on-record/ That was last year with Kershaw, but same exact thing. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/we-might-already-have-the-seasons-worst-called-ball/
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