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  • Sportsforever
    NL MVP
    • Mar 2005
    • 20368

    #76
    Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

    Originally posted by Jr.
    I don't agree with the moving parts comment about his mechanics, I think he's just landing way too far toward 3rd base.
    But that is exactly what I'm talking about...the throwing across his body motion means everything has to line up just right in order for his release point/command to be on.
    "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby

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    • Jr.
      Playgirl Coverboy
      • Feb 2003
      • 19171

      #77
      Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

      Originally posted by Sportsforever
      But that is exactly what I'm talking about...the throwing across his body motion means everything has to line up just right in order for his release point/command to be on.
      Oh ok. I have a different idea of what moving parts means in this context then.
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      • Sportsforever
        NL MVP
        • Mar 2005
        • 20368

        #78
        Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

        Good heavens...Jose Ramirez is one of those guys who pitches great when it doesn't matter, but give him a lead and he really struggles. How do you come in and throw 5 straight balls before giving up a tater?
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        • Speedy
          #Ace
          • Apr 2008
          • 16143

          #79
          Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

          More I see if this Camargo kid, more I like him.

          Good win by the bats.
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          • SPTO
            binging
            • Feb 2003
            • 68046

            #80
            Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

            Nice to see the Jays avoid the sweep today. Hopefully the offense can get things going again. I said it before and i'll say it again but the vibe I get is of a team that's going to hover around .500 all year long and never really break out of it. I'd LOVE to be wrong about that though.
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            • Sportsforever
              NL MVP
              • Mar 2005
              • 20368

              #81
              Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

              Originally posted by Speedy
              More I see if this Camargo kid, more I like him.

              Good win by the bats.
              Amazing that the same guy (Phillips) got the game winning hit and knocked in the same guy (Camargo) two games in a row...awesome stuff. Yes, I have loved Camargo since spring training...he could be a really good one.
              "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby

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              • daflyboys
                Banned
                • May 2003
                • 18238

                #82
                Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

                In all fairness, and I've been brutally critical of the Nats broadcast teams over the past few years, this TV crew for the Phillies is absolutely undesirable. Tom McCarthy has always struck me as a bit "Magoo" and now that he has higher level ex-players with whom he broadcasts, he acts more smitten than ever. When I hear John Kruk, it feels like I'm watching the game at a bar and there's a fully homer-ific fan sitting there who won't shut up about his team. Schmidtty is okay, but I can take or leave him. They really need to bring Larry Andersen over from radio, corral him just a bit in his commentary and he would be terrific I think. But this present arrangement sucks as much as the team.

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                • SPTO
                  binging
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 68046

                  #83
                  Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

                  Originally posted by daflyboys
                  In all fairness, and I've been brutally critical of the Nats broadcast teams over the past few years, this TV crew for the Phillies is absolutely undesirable. Tom McCarthy has always struck me as a bit "Magoo" and now that he has higher level ex-players with whom he broadcasts, he acts more smitten than ever. When I hear John Kruk, it feels like I'm watching the game at a bar and there's a fully homer-ific fan sitting there who won't shut up about his team. Schmidtty is okay, but I can take or leave him. They really need to bring Larry Andersen over from radio, corral him just a bit in his commentary and he would be terrific I think. But this present arrangement sucks as much as the team.
                  I don't know if you've watched SNY Mets broadcasts but I've a feeling Mike Schmidt's style would be very similar to Keith Hernandez. If you've heard enough of Keith would say their style is similar? I ask because I've heard Schmidt talk in the booth at times (though never as an employee of a team) and he seems pretty conversational and casual like Hernandez tends to be.

                  I happen to like that style
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                  • TheMatrix31
                    RF
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 52918

                    #84
                    Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

                    Nolan Arenado hit for the cycle and completed it with a walkoff 3 run HR.

                    The dude is ****ing unbelievable

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                    • Mabster
                      Crunchy
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 7659

                      #85
                      Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

                      4 game sweep of a first place team always feels great. Loving the youth. Bring in the Astros. See if we can ride this high longer.
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                      • countryboy
                        Growing pains
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 52775

                        #86
                        Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

                        I really hope that Moz doesn't try to sell off part of the farm to try and get into the playoffs this season. Even if we somehow made it, we're not going anywhere. This team is inconsistent and just doesn't have it this year.

                        Let's play out the year, assess the ball club and look forward to making moves during the winter to be a better, more competitive team next year.
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                        • jasontoddwhitt
                          MVP
                          • May 2003
                          • 8095

                          #87
                          Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

                          Bronson Arroyo admitted he's been pitching with a bum shoulder hopped up on cortisone and he probably made his last start for the Reds.

                          You had an awesome career Bronson. One of my favorite Reds. You showed flashes of your old self, but it's time to hang it up.


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                          • daflyboys
                            Banned
                            • May 2003
                            • 18238

                            #88
                            Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

                            Originally posted by SPTO
                            I don't know if you've watched SNY Mets broadcasts but I've a feeling Mike Schmidt's style would be very similar to Keith Hernandez. If you've heard enough of Keith would say their style is similar? I ask because I've heard Schmidt talk in the booth at times (though never as an employee of a team) and he seems pretty conversational and casual like Hernandez tends to be.

                            I happen to like that style
                            I actually have..... no, didn't mind him at all either. Kruk is just so unpolished though. Maybe the bar reference was too harsh.....maybe more like he's still in the dugout.

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                            • TerryP
                              Pro
                              • May 2003
                              • 623

                              #89
                              Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

                              Originally posted by TheMatrix31
                              Nolan Arenado hit for the cycle and completed it with a walkoff 3 run HR.

                              The dude is ****ing unbelievable
                              Amazing performance! Also love that it was against the Giants. 180 mil. payroll and done by mid June.

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                              • WaitTilNextYear
                                Go Cubs Go
                                • Mar 2013
                                • 16830

                                #90
                                Re: 6/12 - 6/25 Game Discussion Thread

                                Anthony Rizzo has been a wrecking ball since moving to the leadoff spot in Zobrist's absence. I know the Schwarber leadoff man thing has sort of gone down as a failure, but it makes you wonder about more experimentation with things that don't exactly seem orthodox (like sluggers leading off). I don't think Rizzo's long-term future is as a leadoff man or anything, but it's really something to start off each game this way: he's 10 for 23 with 3 HR and juuuust missed a 4th homer by about 5 feet just now (not to mention the "foul ball" thing which was momentarily ruled a homer a couple games back).

                                Gotta get me some Rizzo Wrap too, lol.
                                Last edited by WaitTilNextYear; 06-19-2017, 08:09 PM.
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