MLB Chatter Thread

[NoDak]

WWhhhhhhhheeeeeewwwwww.

 

[Texas Ace]

Wow. That looked like a ball but I'll take it.

Damn sure was

 

[NoDak]

@Genghis Khan , this pitcher give you flashbacks to Mitch Williams?

Dude was wild as shit in and around the strikezone. Didn't know if he was gonna blow one by the batter, spike one, or bang one off the backstop.


WIIIIILD THIIIIING!!!

 

[Texas Ace]

@Genghis Khan , this pitcher give you flashbacks to Mitch Williams?

Dude was wild as shit in and around the strikezone. Didn't know if he was gonna blow one by the batter, spike one, or bang one off the backstop.


WIIIIILD THIIIIING!!!

What a perfect description.

 

[Cotton]

He called one very similar a strike earlier in the game, as well. We got lucky, but that's how it goes sometimes.

 

[Genghis Khan]

@Genghis Khan , this pitcher give you flashbacks to Mitch Williams?

Dude was wild as shit in and around the strikezone. Didn't know if he was gonna blow one by the batter, spike one, or bang one off the backstop.


WIIIIILD THIIIIING!!!

Not far off.

 

[Rev]

 

[Genghis Khan]

Feh. We would have won anyway.

 

[Rev]

Feh. We would have won anyway.

Its an asterisk win.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Its an asterisk win.

All I hear is 'win'.

 

[Cotton]

"Sweeper" is a new term for me. Is this a new thing? I know I have been out of touch with baseball the last couple of years, but I am just now hearing this term used.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

"Sweeper" is a new term for me. Is this a new thing? I know I have been out of touch with baseball the last couple of years, but I am just now hearing this term used.

Yes, it's new (last two or three years) and yes it's stupid.

 

[Genghis Khan]

"Sweeper" is a new term for me. Is this a new thing? I know I have been out of touch with baseball the last couple of years, but I am just now hearing this term used.

Yes it's newish. Probably a few years old as a term now.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Yes, it's new (last two or three years) and yes it's stupid.

What makes it stupid?

 

[Cotton]

Yes, it's new (last two or three years) and yes it's stupid.

Yes it's newish. Probably a few years old as a term now.

Obviously, it's a breaking ball, but what is it similar too? Like a slider? A cutter?

 

[Genghis Khan]

Obviously, it's a breaking ball, but what is it similar too? Like a slider? A cutter?

It's a variant of a slider pretty much. A "sweeping slider". Breaks a little more and is generally slower.

 

[Cotton]

It's a variant of a slider pretty much. A "sweeping slider". Breaks a little more and is generally slower.

So. it's used basically as a changeup?

 

[Genghis Khan]

So. it's used basically as a changeup?

I think the movement is the main thing.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

What makes it stupid?

It's basically just a slider. Not like pitchers haven't always thrown them at different speeds.

What I think is stupid is all the young social media baseball fans pick up and promote this stuff because they think it makes them sound like real baseball people on the cutting edge. I saw this firsthand on other topics when I was really following the Rangers closely on 2009-11 or so, but we see it in football and other areas too.

 

[Cotton]

I remember a time when you threw a fastball, breaking ball and changeup. Now, there are 45 words to describe the same damn pitch.