maryte wrote:

Yes. But also he's 50# heavier than he used to be. 
However his vocabulary seems to be expanding because when the manager came to get him, he let go a string of not-very-nice terms that kept going until he was in the dugout.

edit: he's made $420 million. I don't think I could cuss about anything if I was sittin' on a mountain like that.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Isn't he getting a little long in the tooth for this game?   

Verlander just got pulled in the 3rd. I wanted him to do well of course but mostly I wanted him to hold his own and not ...do this.

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 GeneP59 wrote:


don't be hatin' on the Tush Push!!

 GeneP59 wrote:
There was a big discussion when Barry Bonds was hitting so many home runs; his bat was a 34, McGwire's was a bit longer and heavier but they were both shorter than the traditional "slugger" bats that were often max length and weight. The key for them was to increase bat speed. But Bonds actually choked up almost 2 inches! Any player who goes up to the plate with a 32" bat will get pitched outside all day long but for Bonds, they still made the mistake of coming inside to him. 

So the Torpedo bats are doing this without sacrificing length BUT there aren't a lot of positive results that come from hitting a ball off that last 2" unless it's fouling off strike 3, so I'd be inclined to taper that end down to a point and have as much mass around the 18–28" zone, tapering down to a point. I wouldn't be so subtle and the overall length might be 32. That would get the bat speed up, increase the sweet spot by a lot, and if the batter's fooled by a pitch outside, he wouldn't even hit it into that double play...

The Torpedo bats are as bad as the tush-push.  
Give it to the Yankmees to try and recapture their dominance by creating controversy and skirting the cork bats of old. 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Giants have the 3rd best record in all of baseball and we're in 3rd place in the NL West.

 rgio wrote:

Yeah I think the Giants scored 6 with 17 Ks. 

The Phillies scored 7 runs and struck out 19 times.  Gonna be a long, bumpy ride.

Apparently the Giants' first {opening-day} {9th-inning comeback} {road} win ever.

Giants1 - 02nd NL West

6 Final 4

Reds0 - 13rd NL Central

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Giants	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Reds	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1

R	H	E
6	6	0
4	8	0

W:Rogers, Ty1 - 0|0.00 ERAL:Gibaut0 - 1|54.00 ERAS:Walker, R1|9.00 ERA

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 kcar wrote:
No, I enjoyed the game and I do think they will put a much better team on the field this year. I ment that the game put me in a comfy warm zone.

 GeneP59 wrote:

Ya gotta have faith, Gene! The BoSox could be...unsucky this year! 

It'll be fun to watch the young Boston stars progress. 

The Dodgers have become the Yankees...

I watched the Red Sox vs the Braves Sunday on tv and it was a nice nap that occurred during the game.   

I saw that Max Muncy (Born August 25 2002) got a hit for the Sackamenna A's and was shocked that the Dodgers let him go! Turns out it's a different Max Muncy, born exactly 12 years earlier (August 25 1990), no relation.

The Athletic's 2024 Baseball Trivia Extravaganza is hard. I got 13 out of 50.

I think you can play here without a subscription (gmail address?)
 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
At this point I’d call that success

 Red_Dragon wrote:

Yeah and the Giants have picked up some guys that should at least get them into oh maybe 3rd place. I expect the Padres to collapse like the Giants have been so maybe we can Wild Card the Dodgers again.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Looking forward to Kyle Tucker's career as a Cub.