MLB 2021 season: Corn-Driven Humidity
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Okay, so lemme get this straight...Zach Plesac (Indians) breaks his thumb from ripping off his shirt? How is that even possible?
Add it to Timby's master list -
Plus whoever hurt his pitching hand slamming it on a table playing a video game this year.
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Someone on Twitter thinks that video didn't have enough "Yakety Sax," and they were right.
https://twitter.com/ajhtweeting/status/1397972240520548352
The madness on that Cubs / Pirates play reminds me of the legendary Skunk in the Outfield play from like 15 years ago.
Got "us" 1-0, today.
But the Wind was Blowing in
... Git em' tomorrow though.-----------------------
Miami???
Cubs currently have 4 hamstrings on the IL. Did they hire some ex-Mets conditioning staff?
After dislocating two fingers earlier this week while sliding into third, Marcell Ozuna has been arrested for felony assault, specifically for aggravated assault strangulation and misdemeanor battery - family violence.
Fuck that guy. I hope the Braves cut him loose as soon as they can.
Fuck that guy. I hope the Braves cut him loose as soon as they can.
TBH, his wife was arrested for abuse/assault a while back. Clearly a toxic relationship.
He couldn't stand to be around her for an extra couple of days while there were no games. You can't make this shit up, but the next giveaway day scheduled was Ozuna's yellow sleeve night. Now they can't pass those out or do any of the exicitng celebrations he brought to the team anymore.
Yet life goes on.
Hat tip Iron Mike:
HOW DID HE DO THIS? Mike Marshall died yesterday. Old Guys will recall him as a member of the despised Dodgers (back when the Reds and LA played in the same division) and as a pitcher who took the ball. Period. AP:
During his Cy Young-winning 1974 season with the Dodgers, Marshall set a record that will likely never be broken - appearing in 106 games and tossing 208 1/3 innings out of the bullpen. He finished the year with a 15-12 record, a league-best 21 saves and 2.42 ERA.
That resurrects a question frequently asked in This Space: Why can’t today’s pitchers even conceive of this? They’re bigger and stronger. They have the benefit of better science, nutrition etc. And yet, they can’t get off the bus without tweaking something. If they pitch two days in a row, they might as well stay at the hotel the next day.
HOW DID HE DO THIS? Mike Marshall died yesterday. Old Guys will recall him as a member of the despised Dodgers (back when the Reds and LA played in the same division) and as a pitcher who took the ball. Period. AP:
During his Cy Young-winning 1974 season with the Dodgers, Marshall set a record that will likely never be broken - appearing in 106 games and tossing 208 1/3 innings out of the bullpen. He finished the year with a 15-12 record, a league-best 21 saves and 2.42 ERA.
That resurrects a question frequently asked in This Space: Why can’t today’s pitchers even conceive of this? They’re bigger and stronger. They have the benefit of better science, nutrition etc. And yet, they can’t get off the bus without tweaking something. If they pitch two days in a row, they might as well stay at the hotel the next day.
It's a pretty simple answer and that dipshit writer basically saying, in code, that today's pitchers are babies really pisses me off.
Not only do today's pitchers throw harder with a much greater emphasis on breaking pitches than they did in the 1970s, player health--especially pitcher health--was considered an afterthought. Remember, this was the era when amphetamines were being put in the clubhouse coffee and being passed around and popped like Skittles. Hell, 1974, the year that writer is waxing poetic about, is when Tommy John had his revolutionary elbow surgery. Before that, pitchers with torn elbow ligaments were told to just rub some dirt on their arms and tear them to shreds, often with life-changing consequences.
It is abhorrent and, quite frankly, offensive to me for this guy to think players are just coddling themselves. Science and medicine have improved by leaps and bounds in the nearly five decades since 1974. For example, we learned back in the 1980s that modern-day pitching is an inherently unnatural motion for the human body, and it's only through modern medicine that teams don't blow through 50 pitchers a season due to dead arms.
Edit: To go back to my point about pitchers throwing harder, the current K rate for the average MLB pitcher is nearly the same as Nolan Ryan's career average.
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Well said - why do we look at the "astounding record of endurance" but not at the person's overall health after they retired?
These are real people, and they don't have to perform ridiculous and dangerous feats just so we can patch some random label on them.
As Reds fan-atic I hated Iron Mike and anything Dodger Blue when I was a kid--w/ the exception of Walt Alston, that guy was pure Class--back in the day.
But, opinions soften and I will add this about that.
Marshall eventually earned a doctorate in kinesiology at Michigan State while with the Twins. In the months leading up to his record-setting 1974 season, he nearly retired to focus on school. Instead, he decided to pitch for the Dodgers.
He later advocated a pitching method he developed that he believed could eradicate arm injuries. Marshall thought many pitchers' arm rotations led to ulnar collateral ligament injuries that required Tommy John surgery, named after Marshall's former Dodgers teammate. It was Marshall who encouraged John, a 31-year-old left-hander at the time, to undergo the still experimental procedure that repaired his elbow and preserved his career.
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-borough...shall-1st-reliever-to-win-cy-young-dies-at-78
But, opinions soften and I will add this about that.
Marshall eventually earned a doctorate in kinesiology at Michigan State while with the Twins. In the months leading up to his record-setting 1974 season, he nearly retired to focus on school. Instead, he decided to pitch for the Dodgers.
He later advocated a pitching method he developed that he believed could eradicate arm injuries. Marshall thought many pitchers' arm rotations led to ulnar collateral ligament injuries that required Tommy John surgery, named after Marshall's former Dodgers teammate. It was Marshall who encouraged John, a 31-year-old left-hander at the time, to undergo the still experimental procedure that repaired his elbow and preserved his career.
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-borough...shall-1st-reliever-to-win-cy-young-dies-at-78
After Lou Gehrig Day earlier this week, I looked up Lou's career stats. It can be argued that Lou was the greatest hitter of all time. Had he lived he would easily have accomplished the career triple crown of HOF stats to go along with his .340 batting average. He was just barely short of 3,000 hits, 500 homers and 2,000 rbi. Over his career he averaged 200+ hits and 149 rbi. and twice as many walks as strikeouts. I think it's way past time that Lou comes out from the Babe's shadow. You can look it up.
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