2015 All Star Break Thread

[Sportsforever]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

That is so cool...seeing Pujols congratulate Joc. It's almost like watching one generation hand it off to another...

[DamnYanks2]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

Yep, hate this, Pujols just got squeezed with that hangtime, otherwise I like this alot.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

Well this is the right final pairing. Frazier and Pederson have been the most impressive in addition to winning their pairings.

[Sportsforever]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

Yep, hate this, Pujols just got squeezed with that hangtime, otherwise I like this alot.

I think his pitcher screwed him...the ball landed with a second on the clock. He should have been ready to fire it home and get one more chance.

[jasontoddwhitt]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

His pitcher should've just launched a pitch at the buzzer lol

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk

[ShowTyme15]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

The Todd Father vs Young Joc.

[Blzer]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

It's impossible to hit a baseball with any kind of power with your hands below the ball unless the pitch is above your hands to start. I can guarantee Bryant doesn't hit the ball with his hands below the ball.

Spoiler

Again, his swing plane is going to be more of a loop because of his height. Any pitch at his knees, he has to drop the barrel lower than the typical player because it's farther from his level swing plane. I'm guessing that's part of the reason for his very wide stance.. to try to lower his hips and hands a bit.

"Hands below the ball" is more of a figure of speech than anything else, but I don't mean that he makes contact with his hands below the ball. That's impossible. I was referring to his swing path. Ideally, you want you make contact at the bottom of your bat's path (plane landing), then go upward from there (plane taking off).

Doesn't matter how tall or short you are, because your hands should always be above a ball you're swinging at so you're always swinging down at the ball. The difference is Bryant begins coming upward before contact, hence my "uppercut" point.

[Speedy]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

Gosh.

I thought Todd Frazier wore #17 and was wearing #21 to honor Sean Casey today. I need to shore up my roster skills more on The Show.

...

I love this format; only thing I'd change is make it machine pitch to remove the remaining variable. Think of the long balls we could see then.

[Chip Douglass]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

That is so cool...seeing Pujols congratulate Joc. It's almost like watching one generation hand it off to another...

Pretty awesome to see Pujols embrace Joc's brother like that.

Anyways, there's power and then there's JOC POWER.

[Jr.]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

"Hands below the ball" is more of a figure of speech than anything else, but I don't mean that he makes contact with his hands below the ball. That's impossible. I was referring to his swing path. Ideally, you want you make contact at the bottom of your bat's path (plane landing), then go upward from there (plane taking off).

Doesn't matter how tall or short you are, because your hands should always be above a ball you're swinging at so you're always swinging down at the ball. The difference is Bryant begins coming upward before contact, hence my "uppercut" point.

I completely disagree. If you're making contact at the bottom of your swing plane, then you're late on everything and hitting the ball too deep. It's great for pushing the ball the other way, but power comes from bat speed and at that point, your bat hasn't reached it's highest speed.

Also, think about it.. if the ball is coming at you on a downward plane, why would you also want to be on a downward plane to meet it? That makes the possible points of contact very small. The barrel needs to get on the same plane as the ball, which means it needs to be on a slightly upward plane. That allows the barrel to remain in the path of the ball for the longest amount of time.

Watch slo-mo video of the best hitters.. their bat path is slightly upward going into contact. If they're hitting the ball at the bottom of their swing plane, they're late on the ball.

The bat path should look a lot like the Nike swoosh.

Just for some video evidence of what I'm talking about. These guys all make contact while extending through, not at the bottom of their swing plane. They even show Bryce Harper making contact deep into his swing, and he's late and pops up foul.

<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lX_dm39fkfw" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe>

<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DzJms7RW02A" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe>

[jasontoddwhitt]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

Great story on reds great ernie lombardi

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

This is some unreal power tonight

[DamnYanks2]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

Young Joc vs Cincinnati lol this is awesome.

[Jr.]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

Pretty awesome to see Pujols embrace Joc's brother like that.

Anyways, there's power and then there's JOC POWER.

I think Pujols' son has Down's Syndrome as well. He did a lot of charity work in St. Louis with Down's Syndrome, so I'm sure he has a special place in his heart for those with the disease. He's really been great for the game in his career.

[ShowTyme15]

Re: 2015 All Star Break Thread

He's on a roll now