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Post by kaybli on Jun 23, 2021 13:52:27 GMT -5
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 23, 2021 16:27:52 GMT -5
And he still pitched a good game. I can't imagine anyone will be dense enough to use anything on the ball while the spotlight is on this. Then it blows over, and then the pitchers go back to doctoring the ball like they have for 150 years. |
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Post by inger on Jun 23, 2021 16:47:01 GMT -5
And he still pitched a good game. I can't imagine anyone will be dense enough to use anything on the ball while the spotlight is on this. Then it blows over, and then the pitchers go back to doctoring the ball like they have for 150 years. I think between Ford and Berra, they were able to do surgery on the entire ball and put it back together with their combine efforts before the batter, umpire, or anyone else were aware. Yogi with his sharpened shin guards. Whitey with his belt buckle. It’s a wonder they never cut themselves in a game (maybe they did)… I believe Whitey was also a suspected user of slippery elm… |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 23, 2021 17:27:04 GMT -5
Whitey was far from the only one, just one of the more prominent and a target because he pitched for the Yankees. Lew Burdette was basically the forerunner of Gaylord Perry. Camilo Pascual and Pedro Ramos with their so-called "Cuban Forkball." Don Newcombe. There was talk that Warren Spahn had a bit more going on with his scroogie than met the eye.
It's always been around.
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Post by kaybli on Jun 24, 2021 12:56:12 GMT -5
This is just hilarious. Must watch  :
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Post by kaybli on Jun 27, 2021 14:47:24 GMT -5
Mariners’ Hector Santiago Ejected Following Foreign Substance Inspection
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Post by inger on Jun 27, 2021 15:35:12 GMT -5
Mariners’ Hector Santiago Ejected Following Foreign Substance Inspection
Dumbest thing Hector’s done since he was a pup… |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 28, 2021 0:32:41 GMT -5
Not so fast. According to Héctor:
“I think once they take it back and check, it’s just sweat and rosin,” Santiago said. “They’re going to inspect it and all this science stuff and it’s going to be sweat and rosin.”
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Post by inger on Jun 28, 2021 10:49:30 GMT -5
Not so fast. According to Héctor: “I think once they take it back and check, it’s just sweat and rosin,” Santiago said. “They’re going to inspect it and all this science stuff and it’s going to be sweat and rosin.” So then I would suppose they reinstate him. But in the mean time his team has no access to his services. Found guilty, and then tried after the fact? I just guessing here… |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jul 4, 2021 16:47:38 GMT -5
Apparently the Yankees pitchers can't pitch without it.
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Post by inger on Jul 5, 2021 0:43:12 GMT -5
One of the unfortunate aspects of spin rate is the nomenclature that has been built around it makes it harder to apprehend than is necessary. We hear 2600 revolutions per minute, and we picture a tremendous whirling dervish headed toward the plate. A closer look:
2600 per minute divided by 60 seconds equal 43.33 revolutions per second.
The ball takes about .4 of a second to reach the plate out of the pitchers hand, 43.33 x .4 = 26 revolutions.
So when we hear of this loss of 300-400 rpm, what we’re really talking about is somewhere between 2-3 revolutions from pitchers hand to the plate.
I used to bowl, and rpm = number of turns on the ball was a factor in that sport, too. I never got that far into depth enough to understand it, or try to manage my ball that much, but it did make a difference. That is, it was on factor that helped lead to results. Lane dressings, mechanics, speed and pace were also factors.
Baseball is the same way. Funny that no one is mentioning Chapman’s spin rate. Cole and Chapman both have other demons attacking them right now. Cole looked every bit as mentally frustrated as Chapman today. I have no idea how to fix either one of them…
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Post by kaybli on Oct 14, 2021 14:17:17 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Oct 14, 2021 14:31:27 GMT -5
It’s cold weather. Noses are running. They’re using snot… |
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