Official MLB Discussion Thread

[PeepShow]

Speaking of Hafner, what ever happened to that dude. He was a beast, and haven't heard from him in like a year.

 

[Enigma22]

he didnt do to well last year cause he had some nagging injuries throughout the year and same with this year and now hes on the DL with a shoulder injury i think. he should be back somewhat soon i think. hopefully hes gonna be back to his old self when he gets back.

 

[Travis40]

Holy shit at this game...15 innings so far? Damn


EDIT: IT IS 12:24, I AM CALLING IAN KINSLER'S SHOT...HOME RUN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 15TH TO WIN IT

 

[MikeRaw]

Its actually 1:28, eastern time, and actually, thats the only time that mattersBut holy shit, what a long game. Didnt see this coming.

 

[Enigma22]

kinsler had a chance to end it but he couldnt. well pretty much everyone had a chance to end it and it just hasnt happened. ive only watched the last 4 innings and its been great from what ive seen...

 

[Travis40]

Well....there goes my guess...but hey, a Ranger won the game again!

 

[Enigma22]

ya that was close as hell but he would have had to make a perfect throw to get moneau. J.D. Drew will probably get the MVP...

EDIT: yep i was right

 

[Conc3pt]

jason varitek is the catcher for the redsox and his stats are down cause he has to catch for matsasoka (sp?) who throws like 7 different pitches and wakefield (a knuckleballer) so he has to concentrate on catching and hes one of the best catchers in the league. hes back up in the all star game anyways. the red sox have him just to do the catching. not to do much offense.

and ya hamilton did amazing in the first round although he still lost overall to monreau unfortunately.

and again travis, grady sizemore is in the home run derby cause hes leading the AL in homeruns with 23. and no one really expected him to win it... he did fine.

Just like to say that the last time I checked, Matsuzaka throws 3 pitches, Fastball, changeup and a slider (or it might be a curveball, Sox fans should know this). I highly doubt "focusing on catching" would cause someone to bat sub-.220 unless they were just a bad hitter. I mean come on, he gets paid what, $12million a year to call a good game for the pitchers but not hit a lick at the plate?

 

[Travis40]

Joe Mauer > ALL


except Taylor Teagarden >_>


but anyways...yeah, Varitek is just a bad hitter imo. The only reason the Red Sox are keeping him is because he can catch...plus he never catches when Wakefield pitches.

 

[Enigma22]

Just like to say that the last time I checked, Matsuzaka throws 3 pitches, Fastball, changeup and a slider (or it might be a curveball, Sox fans should know this). I highly doubt "focusing on catching" would cause someone to bat sub-.220 unless they were just a bad hitter. I mean come on, he gets paid what, $12million a year to call a good game for the pitchers but not hit a lick at the plate?

he throws a 4 seam fastball, a 2 seam fastball, curveball, cut fastball, slider, fork ball, and the gyroball.

and varitek is usually a better hitter but hes having a bad hitting year. hes doing what he needs to do and thats catch

 

[Travis40]

he throws a 4 seam fastball, a 2 seam fastball, curveball, cut fastball, slider, fork ball, and the gyroball.

and varitek is usually a better hitter but hes having a bad hitting year. hes doing what he needs to do and thats catch

I have a question for you...does the gyroball even exist?!?!?!? :shifty:


but really...I saw a vid where CJ Wilson (closer for Rangers) was discussing whether the gyroball existed or not. Wilson is saying that he can throw the gyroball...so...yeah :dry:

So basically Dice K has a fastball, curve, slider, fork and (maybe) gyroball

4 definate pitches...and he makes them work so :thumbsup:

 

[Enigma22]

he has three different fastballs tho and theres a big difference between the three if u didnt know.

and ya the gyro ball is like a screwball/change up but its about as fast as a fastball.

 

[Travis40]

I pitch and damn would I love to learn the gyroball...that would be fucking awesome. But I don't feel like learning all of this body shit...so I'll stick to using my screwball ...and my fastball that breaks up

 

[Enigma22]

i used to pitch. i pitched a fastball, curveball, circle change, screwball but i mostly stuck the fastball and circle change.

 

[JJdaBuckeye]

im trying to learn how to throw a good curve right now, and screw around with an eephus, cause when you do it right its probably the fucking funniest thing in the world to see the batters face.

Right now i got a 4 seam, 2 seam, slider, circle change, and trying for a curve

But back on MLB...

We (The Reds) Were so close to sweeping the Mets in a 4 game series! We were close to winning it to! The first loss came when Cordero lost a 2 run lead in the ninth. And then last night it went into extra's after a series of ties and lead changes.

I think the Mets will eventually end up failing to win the NL East. They might have been white hot before the break, but if they keep up the way they did against the Reds, almost getting swept in a 4 game series, there isn't any way they'll win.