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| sirbrianwilson | Feb 15 2012, 12:03 AM Post #1 |
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http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/2/14/2796560/the-ten-worst-swings-of-the-2011-season number 9 and 1 are hilarious. br |
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| blak_rob0 | Feb 15 2012, 01:00 AM Post #2 |
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Number 1 definitely cracked me up. |
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| IUCOLTFAN | Feb 15 2012, 11:59 AM Post #3 |
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In defense of #1, as soon as you are old enough to play in a league that allows base stealing you are taught to protect guys trying to steal a base.....when a ball is generally coming at 90+ mph you dont have much time to de-commit to a pitch. Obviously in the situation the offensive team was trying to get the base runner in scoring position either with a hit and run or a straight steal....hitters are supposed to protect the runner in that situation. Although the swing was at a pitch well outside the zone I wouldnt hold it against the hitter unless I knew the exact game situation that it happened in. I'm sure that is not the only time in MLB that a hitter swung at a pitch like that in a given game situation. Most of the others appear to me that either the hitters were trying to guess the pitch according to ball/strike count or situation or the were facing pitchers that on that given night had really nasty breaking stuff and the hitters werent seeing te ball very well. In all of MLB there are some pretty bad swings taken over the course of the season either due to game situation or quality of pitching that given night. There is a reason why most people with any sports knowledge will tell you that hitting MLB pitching is the toughest thing to do in all of sports.....becase it is. |
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| blak_rob0 | Feb 15 2012, 12:03 PM Post #4 |
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You just put wayyyyyy too much thought into something that is just suppose to be funny. |
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| IUCOLTFAN | Feb 15 2012, 12:11 PM Post #5 |
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It may look funny in a 3 second clip to a casual observer but baseball has a little more strategy and nuance than most casual observers even care to know.....its just the baseball coach coming out of me....coached for years. |
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| blak_rob0 | Feb 15 2012, 12:56 PM Post #6 |
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I agree with the strategies you laid out and thought about them too but it's funny to me regardless. All I was saying was the video wasn't meant to analyze coach ;) |
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| IUCOLTFAN | Feb 15 2012, 01:31 PM Post #7 |
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right...it was meant for the casual fan who knows nothing about the game. Either that or the writer who posted it is having a really slow news day. |
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| sirbrianwilson | Feb 15 2012, 04:15 PM Post #8 |
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we all know it was a failed hit and run. br |
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| IUCOLTFAN | Feb 15 2012, 04:50 PM Post #9 |
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So taken in context it is really not that funny, yet you found it so funny that it was in your top 2. Weird. |
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| dreachon | Feb 15 2012, 04:51 PM Post #10 |
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#1 was just fantastic. |
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| sirbrianwilson | Feb 15 2012, 04:52 PM Post #11 |
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If you've played baseball, you know why it's funny. br |
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| sirbrianwilson | Feb 15 2012, 04:54 PM Post #12 |
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| brumdog44 | Feb 15 2012, 07:52 PM Post #13 |
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#1 was great. |
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| IUCOLTFAN | Feb 18 2012, 03:51 PM Post #14 |
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If you had video of every MLB at bat you could find many of those... |
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| sirbrianwilson | Feb 18 2012, 06:18 PM Post #15 |
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Not from last season. Those are the ten worst swings of 2011 based on pitch/fx data. Stats! br |
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