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  • Jr.
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    • Feb 2003
    • 19171

    #736
    Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

    Originally posted by Blzer
    Juiced ball isn't settling well with me really. It's making players hit balls that never should have been hit before. Players are making Bonds' homers look like nothing.
    Yeah, Bonds did everything 100% naturally...
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    • Blzer
      Resident film pundit
      • Mar 2004
      • 42520

      #737
      Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

      Originally posted by Jr.
      Yeah, Bonds did everything 100% naturally...
      The irony of my post was intentional.

      Yet still, only he could homer in areas of Pacific Bell/SBC/AT&T/Oracle Park that even righties are now doing with regularity. Harper's long ball at Citizens Bank Park was something that only Bonds or Howard had done at the time as well, and his ball just took off like a missile.

      I just sit and wonder what Bonds would have done in the juiced ball era. That's a scary awesome thought.
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      • DieHardYankee26
        BING BONG
        • Feb 2008
        • 10178

        #738
        Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

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        Originally posted by G Perico
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        • TripleCrown9
          Keep the Faith
          • May 2010
          • 23694

          #739
          Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

          Here's the thing. There were 520 fewer home runs last year than the year before.

          And the ball may be juiced, but it's still the same size. These guys are still trying to hit a 3 inch ball with a 2 inch piece of wood, a ball that's usually coming at least 90MPH.

          So nothing has been done to make hitting the ball easier. If they have the ability to swing at the right time in the right place and make solid contact, they should absolutely be rewarded with that ball going over the fence.

          EDIT: And when I say we're slightly ahead of last year's pace, it's only by a day. There's been 354 home runs, and we're 13 days into the season. Last year we hit 354 on the 14th day.
          Last edited by TripleCrown9; 04-08-2019, 06:31 AM.
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          • Master Live 013
            Hall Of Fame
            • Oct 2013
            • 12398

            #740
            Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

            Well, I don't like it for the ball to juiced. I prefer it when hitting 40 homers is a feat.
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            • countryboy
              Growing pains
              • Sep 2003
              • 52775

              #741
              Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

              Originally posted by Blzer
              The irony of my post was intentional.

              Yet still, only he could homer in areas of Pacific Bell/SBC/AT&T/Oracle Park that even righties are now doing with regularity. Harper's long ball at Citizens Bank Park was something that only Bonds or Howard had done at the time as well, and his ball just took off like a missile.

              I just sit and wonder what Bonds would have done in the juiced ball era. That's a scary awesome thought.
              PED's....Bonds would've done PED's.

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              • Jr.
                Playgirl Coverboy
                • Feb 2003
                • 19171

                #742
                Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

                Originally posted by Blzer
                The irony of my post was intentional.

                Yet still, only he could homer in areas of Pacific Bell/SBC/AT&T/Oracle Park that even righties are now doing with regularity. Harper's long ball at Citizens Bank Park was something that only Bonds or Howard had done at the time as well, and his ball just took off like a missile.

                I just sit and wonder what Bonds would have done in the juiced ball era. That's a scary awesome thought.
                And you could sit and wonder what all of these guys would've done with the legal use of PED's. Has anyone else hit a ball where Harper did? His power has been like that his whole career. The dude was hitting balls off the back wall in Tampa at 15 years old (granted with an aluminum bat, but BBCOR bats are much closer to wood than the ones we used).
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                • bcruise
                  Hall Of Fame
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 23274

                  #743
                  Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

                  Jameson Taillon just took a line drive off the dome (at least the radio guys think so) and is somehow okay to stay in the game.

                  Nightmare inning for the Pirates after a 2 out throwing error opened the floodgates.

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                  • LambertandHam
                    All Star
                    • Jul 2010
                    • 8008

                    #744
                    Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

                    Originally posted by bcruise
                    Jameson Taillon just took a line drive off the dome (at least the radio guys think so) and is somehow okay to stay in the game.

                    Nightmare inning for the Pirates after a 2 out throwing error opened the floodgates.
                    Classic Pirates, hope Taillon is ok.
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                    • bcruise
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Mar 2004
                      • 23274

                      #745
                      Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

                      Well, Taillon's out probably more as a precaution than the fact that a bunch of unearned runs scored, but now Lester's out as well after having an RBI double and later scoring in the last inning. Came out for the next inning with no velocity and everything up.

                      Update: left hamstring tightness for Lester.

                      Pirates update on Taillon: Evaluated by a doctor and everything was normal. Will be re-evaluated on Tuesday.

                      The liner that hit him came off Anthony Rizzo's bat at 102 MPH (yikes), and Taillon probably got a small piece of it with his glove before it struck him.
                      Last edited by bcruise; 04-08-2019, 04:14 PM.

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                      • BigOscar
                        MVP
                        • May 2016
                        • 2971

                        #746
                        Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

                        Another game, another pitching gem, another win! 8-3, don't think we've ever started a season this well. Amazing considering our offense really isn't doing much at all, leaving men in scoring position constantly and relying far too much on people getting walked in, balked in or suicide squeezed in.

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                        • DieHardYankee26
                          BING BONG
                          • Feb 2008
                          • 10178

                          #747
                          Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

                          Keuchel going to be shaving that beard soon if this Severino news goes the way its looking.
                          Originally posted by G Perico
                          If I ain't got it, then I gotta take it
                          I can't hide who I am, baby I'm a gangster
                          In the Rolls Royce, steppin' on a mink rug
                          The clique just a gang of bosses that linked up

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                          • franch1se
                            All Star
                            • Apr 2004
                            • 9060

                            #748
                            Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

                            Luis Urias called up. Time for the Urias Tatis combo we've been waiting for.


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                            • Godgers12
                              MVP
                              • Dec 2012
                              • 2265

                              #749
                              Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

                              Originally posted by DieHardYankee26
                              Keuchel going to be shaving that beard soon if this Severino news goes the way its looking.
                              Nah hed refuse to sign with the NYY based on their outdated and asinine grooming regulations.

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                              • Sportsforever
                                NL MVP
                                • Mar 2005
                                • 20368

                                #750
                                Re: 3/28 - 4/14 Game Discussion Thread

                                That inning is what separates the Verlander/#1 type pitchers from the rest; bases loaded, 1-out. Verlander limits the damage to 1 run...others pitchers will get too cute and end up giving up 3-4.
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