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4 hours ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

Don't get me started on the giant wimpy gloves players use now.

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I think we need a video review on this call. the next frame is the 2B making the "headphones" sign.

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3 hours ago, chase25 said:

I knew the catch probability on this ball was low, didn’t know it was that low

 

that was basically the game.  our 2nd worst hitter, probably 7-3 with Flores on 3rd and no one out.  In the stadium, as I watched it I said he's fucking going to run that down. he actually didn't really have to dive.  he caught it while he was running and dove just to help him stop.  

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that was basically the game.  our 2nd worst hitter, probably 7-3 with Flores on 3rd and no one out.  In the stadium, as I watched it I said he's fucking going to run that down. he actually didn't really have to dive.  he caught it while he was running and dove just to help him stop.  

It was very Jim Edmonds like.
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4 hours ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

Don't get me started on the giant wimpy gloves players use now.

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Bid McPhee isn't walking through that door 

Posted (edited)
7 hours ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

Don't get me started on the giant wimpy gloves players use now.

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csb/Our high school shortstop played with his Dad's glove from the early 60s.  His Dad played at aggy and for the Dodgers.  It was a lot bigger than that, and very heavily padded.  Very flat.  Easy transfer, probably hard to scrape a ball off the ground.  A lot like this

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Less of a pocket, because I guess that's an outfielder's glove

And before you snide lil whippersnappers chirp up, this was in the 80s.  Our 2B played a small HOH Wingtip, but he'd broken it it in so flat it probably played really similar.  They were the two best players on our team./csb

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6 hours ago, chase25 said:

I knew the catch probability on this ball was low, didn’t know it was that low

 

The most impressive thing about that play is that Borba stayed put and didn’t get thrown out at third after a late attempt to tag.

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6 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Joe Morgan, one of the greatest second baseman of all time, used a very small glove like most second baseman did or still do.

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Not just small, but a very shallow pocket, really shallower than shown there.  I never played any infield except 3B, but the two guys mentioned above basically caught most things two-handed and used the glove to kind of "knock down" the ball to have it drop into their meat hand for the throw.  Especially apparent with Jamie's really old school glove.

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22 hours ago, dcar00 said:

that was basically the game.  our 2nd worst hitter, probably 7-3 with Flores on 3rd and no one out.  In the stadium, as I watched it I said he's fucking going to run that down. he actually didn't really have to dive.  he caught it while he was running and dove just to help him stop.  

Beast of a play and was absolutely the dagger to our hearts.  That ended it.

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