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Postby iladelph53 » Fri Jun 05, 2015 02:30:00

McGwire had 4 as a rookie and then 2 the rest of his career
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby iladelph53 » Fri Jun 05, 2015 02:30:39

I think Abreu had 0 career triples #paddingdoubles
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Ace Rothstein » Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:45:21

A's called up Pat Venditte today, he is a switch pitcher

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby phatj » Fri Jun 05, 2015 12:01:35

That's awesome. Hope he does well.
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Bucky » Fri Jun 05, 2015 12:17:12

i really think a pitcher should be allowed to pitch with either arm at his whim.

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Ace Rothstein » Fri Jun 05, 2015 22:31:15

Ace Rothstein wrote:A's called up Pat Venditte today, he is a switch pitcher

Pitched 2 scoreless getting outs with both pitching arms

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby cartersDad26 » Fri Jun 05, 2015 22:51:20

A female fan in Boston was struck with a broken bat shard and stretchered off bleeding profusely and shrieking according to reports.
This is awful, twice this week?
These maple bats need to go or they need additional netting. My fear is a player is gonna get hurt - amazing it hasn't happened yet.

Edit- just saw replay on mlbn the bat broke at the handle and most of the barrel went flying. Awful.
They need to make a rule about the handle thickness or ban maple.

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Bucky » Sat Jun 06, 2015 11:28:33

I hate to make a judgement based on the selective quotes of one article, but this article sure makes Brett Lawrie (who was the batter seem like a clueless dick.

“I just think the netting (needs to be addressed). I don’t think it’s necessary for the bats to change," he said, per WEEI.com. You come into a game, you see I don’t know how many foul balls fly into the stands every game and for the most part, everyone is fine all the time, and these things are coming in at 100 miles an hour. And then when one bat flies into the stands at a low (speed), and if you’re not paying attention, it’s just one of those things where it was some bad luck. There’s really no time to react behind the dish.

“I really don’t feel like it’s necessary to change bats or anything like that. It’s just one of those things that’s part of baseball and unfortunately, everything is so close behind there and there’s limited netting. Yeah, it’s really important to be heads up back there.”

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby smitty » Sat Jun 06, 2015 12:27:06

Ace Rothstein wrote:
Ace Rothstein wrote:A's called up Pat Venditte today, he is a switch pitcher

Pitched 2 scoreless getting outs with both pitching arms


Is he on a pitch count?
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Bucky » Sat Jun 06, 2015 13:32:35

smitty wrote:
Ace Rothstein wrote:
Ace Rothstein wrote:A's called up Pat Venditte today, he is a switch pitcher

Pitched 2 scoreless getting outs with both pitching arms


Is he on a pitch count?



that's an excellent question. I wonder if, given the right mix, he could go 150 or so. Legs are a huge part of pitching, so I don't think it's feasible that he could go 100+ on each arm, but I wonder....

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Monkeyboy » Sat Jun 06, 2015 17:40:11

he could get tjs on one arm and still pitch while rehabbing the bad arm.
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Slowhand » Sat Jun 06, 2015 18:01:53

I always heard that if a pitcher were ambidextrous, once he went went from one hand to the other it actually counted as a pitching change so he couldn't go back. But I guess that's not true and he can even switch in the middle of an at bat, but he rarely does. Although, for a switch hitter he apparently has to choose one and stick to it and then the batter adjusts. Pretty interesting.
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Bucky » Sat Jun 06, 2015 18:05:37

he must declare his throwing hand before every batter, and cannot switch hands until the batter has completed the AB or is pinch-hit for.

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Slowhand » Sat Jun 06, 2015 18:11:34

Bucky wrote:he must declare his throwing hand before every batter, and cannot switch hands until the batter has completed the AB or is pinch-hit for.


Are you saying ESPN steered me in the wrong direction?!?!?!?!

Venditte has the matchup edge, throwing left-handed to lefties and right-handed to righties, except when he's facing a switch-hitter. In that case, the rule states he must decide which arm he's throwing with and the batter adjusts to that. He rarely, if ever, changes throwing arms within the same at-bat.


I thought it sounded a bit weird since a switch hitter can't change in the middle of an AB. And having different rules for for an ambidextrous pitcher dealing with a switch hitter vs. non switch hitter didn't seem right either.
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby bleh » Sat Jun 06, 2015 18:20:16

If his one arm is injured he can finish the at bat with the other arm, then he can't pitch with the injured arm for the rest of the game.

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Slowhand » Sat Jun 06, 2015 18:26:49

bleh wrote:If his one arm is injured he can finish the at bat with the other arm, then he can't pitch with the injured arm for the rest of the game.


Why would he even want to? I guess unless he was faking it or something.
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby pacino » Mon Jun 08, 2015 17:25:18

now that is some A+ ballot stuffing
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Ace Rothstein » Mon Jun 08, 2015 17:27:20

Royal fans are good at the internets

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby ReadingPhilly » Mon Jun 08, 2015 17:29:27

shame to see that occur in something more important than the presidential election.

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