Yoenis Cespedes throw last night..
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Is it still eligible for "play of the year" if he dropped the ball in the first place? I ask because I saw it called play of the year, and he totally drops and boots it to get in that spot. But yes, that's a hose.
Good shot of the umps working together. That's the 1st base ump making the call, the HP ump is between pitchers mound and 3rd for a call at 3rd if needed and 3rd base ump is in foul territory watching for fan interference etc.
Good question. You know that's the stuff umpire's dreams are made out of though. I would have spun around and fallen down from punching him out so hard.
Baseball Prospectus posted about the physics of that throw
Alan Nathan, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, did a whole bunch of calculations and stuff and came up with this conclusion...
"I find that the ball was released at a speed of 97-99 mph and at a launch angle of 12-14 degrees..."
He goes on to say that "Cespedes’s margin of error was less than (but comparable to) ±1 degree in each direction"
Holy 17
Alan Nathan, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, did a whole bunch of calculations and stuff and came up with this conclusion...
"I find that the ball was released at a speed of 97-99 mph and at a launch angle of 12-14 degrees..."
He goes on to say that "Cespedes’s margin of error was less than (but comparable to) ±1 degree in each direction"
Holy 17
Haha they have zero desire to get an SEC education but I do think we should attempt to get some players south of Florida. Here's Puig.
It's like Groundhog Day...all over again. He gets Pujols last night...
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...hletics-nails-albert-pujols-third-repeat-feat
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...hletics-nails-albert-pujols-third-repeat-feat
4 outfield arms in my lifetime; Bo, Ichiro, Rick Ankiel, and Cespedes....
have displayed throws that seemed to defy gravity. Cespedes is a book that has just gotten started but the other 3 have "what-it's" in the first couple of lines in their baseball obituaries. Bo knows he would have been special had he committed all of his energy on being the best baseball player on the planet. He hit over 30 home runs in a season, including one in all-star game that NASA is still tracking, while doing things on the gridiron that few have ever done at footballs most position, including jacking up one Brian Bosworth into an orbit that NASA is still tracking. Harold Reynolds is still saying WT17?
Rick Ankiel was such a phenomenal high school player that after being drafted at age 18 he would have been in the Cardinals outfield at age 21 had he chosen to be a hitter just as he was as on their mound at age 21. Had Mike Matheny not sliced his hand open on knife he received for his birthday just prior to game 1 of the division series vs the Atlanta Braves in 2000, most commentators, teammates, and coaches think he could have rescued Ankiel after that 2nd wild pitch allowing the pitcher whom was called the best lefty since Randy Johnson to possibly fulfill that promising career. Barring major injury he probably would still be an all-star starter approaching 250 wins and 4000 K'a with many starts still to come. Some have used that phrase "nut case" to describe his mental instability following his barrage of wild pitches in his first playoff game. Steve Blass felt his pain, as did Steve Sax and Chuck Knoblauch(As did the mother of ESPN's Keith Olberman, who was sitting several rows up on the 1st base side, when one of Knoblauch's wild throws struck her in the head). But few knew Ankiel grew up with a dad that dealt drugs and had landed in prison, hardly the nurturing youth needed to produce a young man armed with the mental strength to handle the adversity and pressure that comes with a blowup like his in front of 40,000+ rabid fans with millions more watching on TV. Based on the raw power he showed in his brief major league career as an outfielder that began over a decade after he put the bat down at age 18, he would probably be in the neighborhood of 500 HR today. In Colorado he gunned down 2 runners at 3B from CF on throws that combined traveled some 500 feet on the fly. As impressive as Cespedes' throws were, they didn't come in the same game.
Simply put, had Ichiro played his entire career in the majors instead of playing the first 8-10 seasons in Japan, "Charlie Hustle" is probably looking up at him on the Career Hit List. I'm betting Pete Rose wouldn't bet against Ichiro passing him. If you look up "frozen rope" in the dictionary, you'd see a couple of the throws he made to 3B from RF to gun down runners.
Who knows what will be said about Cespedes 20 years from now? The conversation may end with, "man, what if?" For his sake and as a baseball fan, I hope the conversation begins with, "Man, what was!"
have displayed throws that seemed to defy gravity. Cespedes is a book that has just gotten started but the other 3 have "what-it's" in the first couple of lines in their baseball obituaries. Bo knows he would have been special had he committed all of his energy on being the best baseball player on the planet. He hit over 30 home runs in a season, including one in all-star game that NASA is still tracking, while doing things on the gridiron that few have ever done at footballs most position, including jacking up one Brian Bosworth into an orbit that NASA is still tracking. Harold Reynolds is still saying WT17?
Rick Ankiel was such a phenomenal high school player that after being drafted at age 18 he would have been in the Cardinals outfield at age 21 had he chosen to be a hitter just as he was as on their mound at age 21. Had Mike Matheny not sliced his hand open on knife he received for his birthday just prior to game 1 of the division series vs the Atlanta Braves in 2000, most commentators, teammates, and coaches think he could have rescued Ankiel after that 2nd wild pitch allowing the pitcher whom was called the best lefty since Randy Johnson to possibly fulfill that promising career. Barring major injury he probably would still be an all-star starter approaching 250 wins and 4000 K'a with many starts still to come. Some have used that phrase "nut case" to describe his mental instability following his barrage of wild pitches in his first playoff game. Steve Blass felt his pain, as did Steve Sax and Chuck Knoblauch(As did the mother of ESPN's Keith Olberman, who was sitting several rows up on the 1st base side, when one of Knoblauch's wild throws struck her in the head). But few knew Ankiel grew up with a dad that dealt drugs and had landed in prison, hardly the nurturing youth needed to produce a young man armed with the mental strength to handle the adversity and pressure that comes with a blowup like his in front of 40,000+ rabid fans with millions more watching on TV. Based on the raw power he showed in his brief major league career as an outfielder that began over a decade after he put the bat down at age 18, he would probably be in the neighborhood of 500 HR today. In Colorado he gunned down 2 runners at 3B from CF on throws that combined traveled some 500 feet on the fly. As impressive as Cespedes' throws were, they didn't come in the same game.
Simply put, had Ichiro played his entire career in the majors instead of playing the first 8-10 seasons in Japan, "Charlie Hustle" is probably looking up at him on the Career Hit List. I'm betting Pete Rose wouldn't bet against Ichiro passing him. If you look up "frozen rope" in the dictionary, you'd see a couple of the throws he made to 3B from RF to gun down runners.
Who knows what will be said about Cespedes 20 years from now? The conversation may end with, "man, what if?" For his sake and as a baseball fan, I hope the conversation begins with, "Man, what was!"
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