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Hondo

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  1. Ah, the ol' "you seem..." Let me give it a shot. You seem...like a person who's likely average/mediocre in every way because you spend more time/effort focusing on and blaming external factors vs. making sure everything within your control is 100% wired tight. If you execute perfectly and get screwed that's one thing, but... It's a terrible look to bitch about an umpire or a bad call when the pitcher hangs pitches up/middle for the other team to crush. It's a terrible look to bitch about an umpire or a bad call when you run up the HBP and walk numbers. It's a terrible look to bitch about an umpire or a bad call when the pitcher is consistently throwing off-speed to the outer half of the plate and hitters are consistently swinging out of their shoes trying to pull it. It's a terrible look to bitch about an umpire or a bad call when the team forgets how many outs there are and runs into a double play.
  2. This is LSU-level "whine about the refs/umpires" nonsense. They didn't get their asses kicked in either game because of the home plate umpire. Arky showed up two days in a row with the intent to kick the shit out of us. We responded by failing to execute the basics, instead hanging meat from the mound and trying to win one solo HR at a time at the plate. That's all there is to it. And it'll happen again today if they have poor plate discipline and refuse to hit to all fields if/when the pitcher won't give them the pitch they want.
  3. No disagreement there. However, the solution (look to hit the ball up the middle or opposite field) also addresses everything but the FB up in the zone. When you're committed to going oppo, you see the ball longer because you let it travel (more time to lay off), your hips stay closed longer which extends your ability to cover the outer half (especially low/away), etc. There's really only one swing-and-miss pitch and that's a heater in or up/in. In contrast, when you're playing hero ball and trying to pull everything, everything BUT the FB can be a swing-and-miss pitch (you're out in front), your hips open early, you can't barrel up the outer half, and you're just early in general (which means you have to decide sooner...less time to see it). When I was a kid, I remember my dad wouldn't wrap up BP until I hit 50 straight balls to the right side of 2B. If I was in a slump, he'd up it. It absolutely works.
  4. I've posted the solution multiple times. They'll either figure it out or he and the rest of the team will continue to struggle. Every team from here on out will pitch us the same way until we make the adjustment.
  5. Borba scared to round third. HA! "That shit's dangerous, coach!"
  6. Couldn't have said it better myself.
  7. I don't give a shit what you think.
  8. Galvan sure was dancing, just not by choice.
  9. I'll be damned, Arky learned to catch popups in foul territory.
  10. We're getting the shit kicked out of us and Galvan's up there dancing around like a clown.
  11. Another inning of this. Swinging Ks and weak ground balls. Free trip through the order for the pitcher.
  12. You can't go up there and try to pull the ball against a guy, especially a lefty, with a good changeup and curveball. You have to look to take it up the middle or away to make sure you're not out front. When you do that, there's only one pitch he can get you with and that's the fastball. Trying to pull everything means he's got multiple out pitches. When we're really raking, we hit the ball opposite field consistently. It ain't rocket science.
  13. He absolutely smoked that ball.
  14. What did the announcer say? "They've got him picked off"...????? Weird that baseball guys would say that... (Scored as a caught stealing, of course, as there is no stat for "picked off.")
  15. As has been mentioned, that wasn't a slide into the bag. That was a "get the F down so I don't get drilled" move. Runners sliding late/high to break up a DP are dealt with by smoking them center chest/face.
  16. Where was that last pitch? High? Inside?
  17. A-Rod made a beauty and Sorrell one-upped him.
  18. Hustle out of the box, Galvan. Lazy'd your way out of a single.
  19. Letdown periods over the course of a season are inevitable in softball and baseball. Great teams like some of the OU juggernauts have them too; they just find ways to scratch out wins while playing like shit. We're in the middle of a stretch like that, but it should have us trending upward right in time for the postseason. It's all about timing and getting hot at the right time.
  20. You guys are comical. Can either one of you provide a reference for the baseball statistic "picked off"...? Can you explain this video, discussing lefties/pickoffs and why the very first example provided is the runner going on 1st move and getting thrown out at second by the 1b...particularly why the expert states "Petit picked off David Wright...", "They'll go first move and you can pick them off that way"...?
  21. I played college ball. I understand what happened on the play. The pros in the booth, the guy who makes notations for the books, me, and everyone else who isn't a fucking nerd trying to one up people on the internet, refers to it as getting picked, even if he was going on first move, when the pitcher catches the break and goes to first. The official scoring is "caught stealing" and yes, he was attempting to steal by going first move. The pitcher caught it, picked to first, resulting in the 1B throwing the runner out at 2nd vs. the catcher doing it. Hence "they've got him picked."
  22. h) The Official Scorer shall charge a runner as “caught stealing” if such runner is put out, or would have been put out by errorless play, when such runner (1) tries to steal; (2) is picked off a base and tries to advance (any move toward the next base shall be considered an attempt to advance); or (3) overslides while stealing. You're going to argue semantics/official scoring? "Is picked off a base..." is quite literally part of the official scoring for the "caught stealing" charge. He was picked off. He tried to advance. He was caught stealing. Because he was picked off and tried to advance. FFS.
  23. I stole lots of bases, off of lefties and righties. "1st move" is only one of many options for breaking on a lefty. And if you go first move, you'd better make it to 2nd before the throw from 1B or...wait for it...you've been picked off.
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