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Post by inger on Apr 8, 2019 19:29:17 GMT -5
Phew, I didn't think Altuve could hit it that far. He's a piece of work. How does a 5'4" guy hit the ball 440 feet? Piss ants can carry crumbs four times the size of their bodies, so there’s that explanation... |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 8, 2019 19:30:19 GMT -5
How does a 5'4" guy hit the ball 440 feet? Hall of Famer. I love watching that guy play. I don't. Stupid Altuve.  |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 8, 2019 19:30:53 GMT -5
How does a 5'4" guy hit the ball 440 feet? Piss ants can carry crumbs four times the size of their bodies, so there’s that explanation...  You always have a funny comment, inger. Hats off to you. |
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Post by inger on Apr 8, 2019 19:30:55 GMT -5
How does a 5'4" guy hit the ball 440 feet? Hall of Famer. I love watching that guy play. Agree. I was begging for Cashman to find a deal for him when he first came up. The ability and passion ooze out of him... |
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Post by pippsheadache on Apr 8, 2019 19:32:28 GMT -5
You're right on the Toy Cannon, Inger. He was six inches taller than Altuve. If memory serves, Mick was also 5'10". Of course he outweighed Jimmy Wynn by probably 50 pounds. All of it muscle.
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Post by kaybli on Apr 8, 2019 19:34:37 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Apr 8, 2019 19:34:45 GMT -5
Hall of Famer. I love watching that guy play. Agree. I was begging for Cashman to find a deal for him when he first came up. The ability and passion ooze out of him... Altuve and Judge have homers. That’s the long and the short of it... |
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Post by pippsheadache on Apr 8, 2019 19:38:45 GMT -5
Kay stole your line Inger.
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Post by inger on Apr 8, 2019 19:42:20 GMT -5
You're right on the Toy Cannon, Inger. He was six inches taller than Altuve. If memory serves, Mick was also 5'10". Of course he outweighed Jimmy Wynn by probably 50 pounds. All of it muscle. I recall my first four or five Mantle baseball cards all saying he was 6’ 0” and weighed 200 pounds. I was disappointed when I got my card in about ‘67 or ‘68 when the back of the card read 5’ 11” and 195. It was very confusing to me then how a human being might shrink or to have a long known fact simply obliterated before my eyes...Most of my earliest cards were the ones snipped off the back of cereal boxes. A source like that HAS to be right, right? I would imagine Mantle might have decided to have one of those “best shape of his life” seasons that year and was pushing to have his weight reported lighter on his card. Looks like a barrel full of snakes. Who was it that described Mantle’s back that way?... |
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Post by inger on Apr 8, 2019 19:43:40 GMT -5
Kay stole your line Inger. Then he can eat a hat... |
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Post by pippsheadache on Apr 8, 2019 19:44:29 GMT -5
Nice short inning for Tanaka.
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Post by inger on Apr 8, 2019 19:47:57 GMT -5
Nice short inning for Tanaka. Shorter than Altuve... |
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Post by pippsheadache on Apr 8, 2019 19:48:16 GMT -5
You're right on the Toy Cannon, Inger. He was six inches taller than Altuve. If memory serves, Mick was also 5'10". Of course he outweighed Jimmy Wynn by probably 50 pounds. All of it muscle. I recall my first four or five Mantle baseball cards all saying he was 6’ 0” and weighed 200 pounds. I was disappointed when I got my card in about ‘67 or ‘68 when the back of the card read 5’ 11” and 195. It was very confusing to me then how a human being might shrink or to have a long known fact simply obliterated before my eyes...Most of my earliest cards were the ones snipped off the back of cereal boxes. A source like that HAS to be right, right? I would imagine Mantle might have decided to have one of those “best shape of his life” seasons that year and was pushing to have his weight reported lighter on his card. Looks like a barrel full of snakes. Who was it that described Mantle’s back that way?... Baseballref lists him as 5'11" and 195. That's probably pretty close for his prime years. He just looked a lot bigger. |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 8, 2019 19:49:36 GMT -5
Le-My-Hero!
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Post by pippsheadache on Apr 8, 2019 19:50:31 GMT -5
DJ Lamehieu really looking like a genius signing so far.
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You always have a funny comment, inger. Hats off to you. 