MLB Random Thoughts

[Youk]

Those Braves hats :fap:

 

[MVPete]

:bautista:

 

[ThomasTomasz]

There were seven reported teams who showed up to the Johan throwing session- Phillies, Blue Jays, Pirates, Rangers, Twins, Orioles and Yankees.

 

[MVPete]

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Even after the walls were brought in last season, Petco Park in San Diego is still one of the stingiest home run ballparks in all of baseball. The park factors at FanGraphs say the building suppressed homers by roughly 11 percent before the walls came in, the highest percentage in baseball.

The creative folks in the team's marketing department came up with a neat promotion built around the park's unfriendly dimensions. Simply put: hit a home run and you get a pair of season tickets.


Here are the particulars:

• Register for one of five time slots for Saturday, March 15. That is the day you'll get your chance to hit a homer.
• You get to take one swing against a maximum of two pitches from a pitching machine. If don't swing at either pitch, your turn is over.
• Participants must be at least 16 years of age. Professional or Division I collegiate experience is not allowed, so this is for novices only.

Simple, right? Show up, take a swing, and possibly win two season tickets. You've got two weeks and a little more than a day to prepare, so hit those batting cages. And the weight room. It is Petco, after all.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on...tickets-to-fans-who-hit-a-homer-at-petco-park

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Anyone have a gif of the Carl Crawford face plant yet?

 

[MVPete]

Anyone have a gif of the Carl Crawford face plant yet?

 

[Slateman]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/jayson-werth-would-like-a-word-regarding-his-baseball-card-190726056.html

It's just so ...

"Vague?" Werth said.

Desmond likes the card so much, he keeps it taped by the nameplate in his locker as if it were his.

"I actually saw this picture on a computer and didn’t realize it was a baseball card," Desmond said. "I put it in my locker the other day. We got ourselves a team baseball card."

 

[SuperKevin]

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2...ct-miguel-sano-to-undergo-tommy-john-surgery/

Twins prospect Miguel Sano is having Tommy John surgery. Sucks. Pushing back his callup a year

 

[NAHSTE]

:golfclap:

 

[ThomasTomasz]

He's at practice?

 

[SuperKevin]

LOL. Read the tweet. That's Marlon Byrd

 

[ThomasTomasz]

LOL. Read the tweet. That's Marlon Byrd

I never pass on a chance to mention practice..........and yes, I know it's Marlon Byrd. Good try.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Just got two of my Opening Day tickets in the mail yesterday :buck:

 

[Sharkweather]

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2...ct-miguel-sano-to-undergo-tommy-john-surgery/

Twins prospect Miguel Sano is having Tommy John surgery. Sucks. Pushing back his callup a year

Damnit.

 

[EmpireWF]

Steven Matz, LHP from Long Island, pitched against the Cards yesterday and showed off his arm. Maxes out in the Mid 90s, with a solid change, and a developing source.

Missed about 2 years because of TJ, made 20+ starts last year.

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Hawaii with the troll job...

 

[NAHSTE]

Brewers finally make a smart acquisition.

 

[Slateman]

Steven Matz, LHP from Long Island, pitched against the Cards yesterday and showed off his arm. Maxes out in the Mid 90s, with a solid change, and a developing source.

Missed about 2 years because of TJ, made 20+ starts last year.

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Hawaii with the troll job...

It's gotta be all the military based on Hawaii who have been deployed for the last three years and think the Mets are still kind of good.

 

[MVPete]

It's gotta be all the military based on Hawaii who have been deployed for the last three years and think the Mets are still kind of good.

:wat: Look again.

Hawaii looks like the smartest state imo :notbad:.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Joe Saunders to Rangers on a minor league deal. With Holland and Harrison shelved with injury, makes sense, even though he will likely get shelled when he's pitching at home.