Is there a Random Baseball Thoughts Thread?

by **Grotewold** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:50:49

Yep, third base and shortstop as well

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:51:47

no shit

by **Woody** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 13:04:27

there was a left-handed third basemen in my softball league one time. it was hilarious

by **Grotewold** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 13:06:35

Woody wrote:there was a left-handed third basemen in my softball league one time. it was hilarious

We had a lefty who begged to play third and couldn't be talked out it. One time I was playing third and cut off a ball to my left and he chewed me out for c-blocking the shortstop

by **Bakestar** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 13:09:56

Woody wrote:there was a left-handed third basemen in my softball league one time. it was hilarious

I remember during the Thome/Howard Conundrum of 2005, people suggesting that Howard play 3B.

by **Soren** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 13:13:30

there's something similar with 1Bman where it's a billion times easier to play there if you throw lefty

by **lethal** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 13:22:14

Soren wrote:there's something similar with 1Bman where it's a billion times easier to play there if you throw lefty

More balls are hit to the right of the 1B than the left.

by **Eem** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 13:23:04

Yes often if a ball is hit to the left of the first baseman it is deemed FOUL by the rules of baseball yes

by **Woody** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 13:25:48

by **JFLNYC** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 13:42:32

Don Mattingly Played 3 games (starting 2 of them) at 3B for the Yanks in 1986.

by **BigEd76** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 13:46:23

I remember when Benny Distefano was a catcher for a few games. Funny shit

EDIT: 3 games in 1989....one of them was against the Phils (box score)

by **Bill McNeal** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 14:01:43

JFLNYC wrote:Don Mattingly Played 3 games (starting 2 of them) at 3B for the Yanks in 1986.

Yeah, but he's Donnie Fucking Baseball. The rules do not apply to him

by **laf837** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 14:31:37

Houshphandzadeh wrote:This is from an interview with Jason Sudeikis about playing a catcher in Eastbound & Down. I never realized this before; is it true?
... you have a technical advisor, you know, a guy who knows what he’s doing [on the field]. And I’m left-handed, and [he told me] there is not a left-handed catcher in high school, college, or pro, because, when you have a right-handed batter, I can’t throw someone out at third. I’d have to make a big move to the right to throw a guy stealing from second to third. And I didn’t realize that. And so I had to throw right-handed on the show.

My son, who is a lefty, is pretty down about this.

by **CalvinBall** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 16:59:03

the blob fish pitcher from the dodgers does cocaine

by **phatj** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 20:08:26

Bakestar wrote:
Woody wrote:there was a left-handed third basemen in my softball league one time. it was hilarious

I remember during the Thome/Howard Conundrum of 2005, people suggesting that Howard play 3B.

COULDN'T HURT LOL AMIRITE

by **Eem** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:45:07

This is meant as a honest question: are projection systems like ZIPS and the like even worth paying attention to?

by **Bakestar** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:51:20

Eem wrote:This is meant as a honest question: are projection systems like ZIPS and the like even worth paying attention to?

Maybe if you're a fantasy sports wonk and need to "aggregate" team performance and mitigate losses tied to regression, but for individual players I think they're pretty turdy.

by **Woody** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:52:10

Jeremy Lin's ZIPs projection?

by **Grotewold** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:01:37

Cops: ex-Rays OF Elijah Dukes tried eating a bag of weed when stopped by police

by **BigEd76** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:25:55

Looks like Edgar Renteria is retiring

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