Wbc

Printable View

Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page

03-22-2009, 11:14 PM
200tang

Re: Wbc

What does Jeter care? Despite being one of the worst hitters for USA in the tournament and committing an error he'll still get all the praise for how well his teammates hit because he's the captain :p
03-22-2009, 11:15 PM
DarthJaker

Re: Wbc

9-4 well that about does it for Team USA:(:( See ya in 2013 WBC Pujols will be on the DR team, Manny will be retired, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens will be behind bars, Sammy Sosa and Miguel Tejada will have been deported and Ozzie Guillen will have had his final ******ing press ****ing confrence
03-23-2009, 12:17 AM
KowboyKoop

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarthJaker

9-4 well that about does it for Team USA:(:( See ya in 2013 WBC Pujols will be on the DR team, Manny will be retired, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens will be behind bars, Sammy Sosa and Miguel Tejada will have been deported and Ozzie Guillen will have had his final ******ing press ****ing confrence

You think Ozzie Guillen is gonna be out of baseball by 2013?? LOL, keep dreaming. He's got a ring, that'll buy him another decade easy with some team IF he ever gets fired from Chicago...
03-23-2009, 05:30 PM
DarthJaker

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by KowboyKoop

You think Ozzie Guillen is gonna be out of baseball by 2013?? LOL, keep dreaming. He's got a ring, that'll buy him another decade easy with some team IF he ever gets fired from Chicago...

not like that they will kick him out for his the press conferees he cusses in
03-23-2009, 05:53 PM
HoustonGM

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarthJaker

not like that they will kick him out for his the press conferees he cusses in

Say what?
03-23-2009, 06:05 PM
actionjackson

Re: Wbc

yamiviet, stop posing as DarthJaker, and before you ask, yes I am jealous of you.
03-23-2009, 06:41 PM
DarthJaker

Re: Wbc

???
03-23-2009, 06:56 PM
RedsoxRockies

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarthJaker

???

We all know you are Yamiviet
03-23-2009, 07:07 PM
DarthJaker

Re: Wbc

I'm DarthJaker..:rolleyes::rolleyes:
03-23-2009, 07:41 PM
200tang

Re: Wbc

Dr. Pepper bandwagon fan.
03-23-2009, 08:15 PM
metsguy234

Re: Wbc

It's finally over. Everything can go back to normal now.
03-23-2009, 09:09 PM
actionjackson

Re: Wbc

Yes, metsguy your team can finally get on with their spring male bonding session so that come opening day that team chemistry is better than any other major league team. We might as well just give the Mets the World Championship trophy right now because everybody knows that the team with the best chemistry always wins. ;) :rolleyes:
03-23-2009, 09:14 PM
DarthJaker

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by actionjackson

Yes, metsguy your team can finally get on with their spring male bonding session so that come opening day that team chemistry is better than any other major league team. We might as well just give the Mets the World Championship trophy right now because everybody knows that the team with the best chemistry always wins. ;) :rolleyes:

Japan still has Ichiro and Aknora Iwamaura it's far from over:rolleyes:;)
03-23-2009, 10:30 PM
Joe12Pack

Re: Wbc

Man, Asian women are gorgeous...
03-23-2009, 10:47 PM
200tang

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarthJaker

Japan still has Ichiro and Aknora Iwamaura it's far from over:rolleyes:;)

I guess Shin Soo Choo and Kenji Johjima don't count even though they're playing better than both guys you named :(

Not to mention Daisuke too.
03-23-2009, 10:54 PM
OregonDuck1989

Re: Wbc

Iwakuma is good.
03-23-2009, 11:19 PM
Joe12Pack

Re: Wbc

Wow! What a game so far. If only Korea could get some offense going...
03-23-2009, 11:19 PM
Joe12Pack

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe12Pack

Wow! What a game so far. If only Korea could get some offense going...

And *there* it is.

Tie game. I'm pulling for Korea. Love their style.
03-23-2009, 11:25 PM
Joe12Pack

Re: Wbc

Remarkable play from the Japanese LF.
03-23-2009, 11:43 PM
OregonDuck1989

Re: Wbc

Ouch.
03-24-2009, 12:25 AM
200tang

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe12Pack

And *there* it is.

Tie game. I'm pulling for Korea. Love their style.

I'm rooting for Korea as well and I'm a Mariners Fan!!! Go Once Failed Mariners Prospect Choo! :p
03-24-2009, 12:28 AM
actionjackson

Re: Wbc

Um, is the Japanese manager related to Grady Little? Of course, he can't completely immolate himself and his country's pride due to the pitch count but still...Oh, there you go got him out. Let's see if it was too late.
03-24-2009, 12:32 AM
OregonDuck1989

Re: Wbc

Great game.
03-24-2009, 12:54 AM
KowboyKoop

Re: Wbc

Man, that slider was the balls..........that particular one was 100% unhittable.
03-24-2009, 01:01 AM
OregonDuck1989

Re: Wbc

Come on Korea
03-24-2009, 01:07 AM
Arctic Blast

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by actionjackson

Um, is the Japanese manager related to Grady Little? Of course, he can't completely immolate himself and his country's pride due to the pitch count but still...Oh, there you go got him out. Let's see if it was too late.

I don't think Japan is aware of pitch counts. :D
03-24-2009, 01:08 AM
bucher34

Re: Wbc

Extras baby!
03-24-2009, 01:27 AM
OregonDuck1989

Re: Wbc

Damn Japs are too good.
03-24-2009, 01:58 AM
Joe12Pack

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by KowboyKoop

Man, that slider was the balls..........that particular one was 100% unhittable.

I think I know exactly which pitch you're talking about. The third strike on the first batter Darvish faced, right? That was one of the absolute greatest pitches I've seen a guy not named Johnson or Martinez throw, probably *the* greatest. That was some kind of insane video game pitch, the way that thing moved. Not even fair.

Granted, he doesn't always locate that pitch that perfectly, but as hard as he can throw the slider while getting that kind of movement (Johnsonesque), and being able to throw it as hard as his fastball... this guy is absolutely sick.
03-24-2009, 09:52 AM
RedsoxRockies

Re: Wbc

Japan won 5-3! So they have won both WBC's, that is impressive.
03-24-2009, 11:59 AM
actionjackson

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe12Pack

I think I know exactly which pitch you're talking about. The third strike on the first batter Darvish faced, right? That was one of the absolute greatest pitches I've seen a guy not named Johnson or Martinez throw, probably *the* greatest. That was some kind of insane video game pitch, the way that thing moved. Not even fair.

Granted, he doesn't always locate that pitch that perfectly, but as hard as he can throw the slider while getting that kind of movement (Johnsonesque), and being able to throw it as hard as his fastball... this guy is absolutely sick.

I was thinking more along the lines of Dave Stieb when I saw the Darvish slider in terms of movement. I don't think Stieb had that kind of velocity, but he did make a lot of hitters look like little leaguers with that slider. Definitely Stieb had the best slider I ever saw until yesterday.
03-24-2009, 12:03 PM
HoustonGM

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by actionjackson

I was thinking more along the lines of Dave Stieb when I saw the Darvish slider in terms of movement. I don't think Stieb had that kind of velocity, but he did make a lot of hitters look like little leaguers with that slider. Definitely Stieb had the best slider I ever saw until yesterday.

Randy Johnson?
03-24-2009, 12:18 PM
filihok

Re: Wbc

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-co...03/darvish.jpg

Quote:

Let’s focus in on that slider. Darvish tossed it 18 times an had the following results: ball, ball, ball, ball, called strike, called strike, called strike, ball, ball, hit, swinging strike, called strike, in play out, ball, called strike, swinging strike, swinging strike, and finally swinging strike. That’s 4/18 swinging strikes, or 22% total, and of those who actually dared to swing, Darvish recorded 4/6 whiffs, or nearly 70%.

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/200...yu-darvish-f-x

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index...ing-yu-darvish
03-24-2009, 01:01 PM
actionjackson

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by HoustonGM

Randy Johnson?

Not if we're talking about the type of "video game" movement like Darvish has. I'm talking as if I'm watching from the CF angle, not standing in the batter's box (I bat left so there's no way I'd do that against Johnson ;) ), and I see the pitch almost defy physics and break ridiculously not only side to side, but simultaneously on a downward plane. It was a pitch that time and again you'd look at and say: a) did I really just see that? and b) he sure made (fill in great hitter's name) look feeble on that one. Johnson's definitely had more mustard on it and therefore was probably the better pitch from the the hitter's perspective, but I have never seen the kind of movement on a slider that Dave Stieb had until I saw Darvish last night and he has a lot more zing on his. Is my bias or foggy memory (I was 11-20 during the '80's when he was Dave Stieb) getting in the way? Maybe, but I don't think so because every article I read (can't find no stinking videos) talks about his knee-buckling slider. I don't know if him throwing from three-quarters put extra movement on it, but I do know that it was filthy, sick and nasty and not because of the velocity.
03-24-2009, 01:09 PM
KowboyKoop

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe12Pack

I think I know exactly which pitch you're talking about. The third strike on the first batter Darvish faced, right? That was one of the absolute greatest pitches I've seen a guy not named Johnson or Martinez throw, probably *the* greatest. That was some kind of insane video game pitch, the way that thing moved. Not even fair.

Granted, he doesn't always locate that pitch that perfectly, but as hard as he can throw the slider while getting that kind of movement (Johnsonesque), and being able to throw it as hard as his fastball... this guy is absolutely sick.

I believe so, yes. It was just ridiculous.

His fastball, however, didn't impress me that much, seemed straight and lacked command with it. That is just based off of one time seeing him and he is 22 (right?) so I won't draw any conclusions. When he's pitching for the Red Sox in 5-6 years, then we'll see.
03-24-2009, 01:14 PM
actionjackson

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by KowboyKoop

I believe so, yes. It was just ridiculous.

His fastball, however, didn't impress me that much, seemed straight and lacked command with it. That is just based off of one time seeing him and he is 22 (right?) so I won't draw any conclusions. When he's pitching for the Red Sox in 5-6 years, then we'll see.

He has said that he's staying in Japan for his whole career. We'll see if his "knees buckle" on that one when MLB teams start flashing the cash.
03-24-2009, 01:19 PM
KowboyKoop

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by actionjackson

He has said that he's staying in Japan for his whole career. We'll see if his "knees buckle" on that one when MLB teams start flashing the cash.

Players say they want to "finish their careers" with certain teams all the time. Rarely happens....and with a 22 year old saying it, I'd say it means even less.

I'd say there's a 75% chance of him pitching for the BoSox when the time comes....maybe 15% chance with the Yankees, and 10% chance of staying in Japan.
03-24-2009, 01:20 PM
actionjackson

Re: Wbc

Kowboy, could you help me out with my lottery number picks? ;)
03-24-2009, 01:30 PM
KowboyKoop

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by actionjackson

Kowboy, could you help me out with my lottery number picks? ;)

47 24 29 29 98

9,000,000% lock. Congrats on your riches, can I borrow a million?
03-24-2009, 03:10 PM
HoustonGM

Re: Wbc

Quote:

Originally Posted by actionjackson

Not if we're talking about the type of "video game" movement like Darvish has. I'm talking as if I'm watching from the CF angle, not standing in the batter's box (I bat left so there's no way I'd do that against Johnson ;) ), and I see the pitch almost defy physics and break ridiculously not only side to side, but simultaneously on a downward plane. It was a pitch that time and again you'd look at and say: a) did I really just see that? and b) he sure made (fill in great hitter's name) look feeble on that one. Johnson's definitely had more mustard on it and therefore was probably the better pitch from the the hitter's perspective, but I have never seen the kind of movement on a slider that Dave Stieb had until I saw Darvish last night and he has a lot more zing on his. Is my bias or foggy memory (I was 11-20 during the '80's when he was Dave Stieb) getting in the way? Maybe, but I don't think so because every article I read (can't find no stinking videos) talks about his knee-buckling slider. I don't know if him throwing from three-quarters put extra movement on it, but I do know that it was filthy, sick and nasty and not because of the velocity.

I'm not old enough to have seen Dave Stieb's slider, nor have I seen Yu Darvish's, but I just mentioned Randy Johnson because he has the best slider I've ever seen.

Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page