MLB Chatter Thread

[Cotton]

but we see it in football and other areas too.

Tuddy is the one that fucking infuriates me. Man, it's called a god damn touchdown. Fucking soy boy hipsters.

 

[Genghis Khan]

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.

It definitely is an analytics darling right now, that's true.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Tuddy is the one that fucking infuriates me. Man, it's called a god damn touchdown. Fucking soy boy hipsters.

I HATE when someone says tuddy. Nails on a chalkboard.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

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

For instance - and to further answer Geng - on the Rangers telecast, they now instantly put what type of pitch it was in addition to the speed. And they don't even use slider anymore, but sweeper. So they just replaced one term that's been around forever with a new trendy one.

Is it the end of the world, of course not, but one of the great things about baseball is the tradition and how things stay stable through generations. That's why I'm not a fan of "sweeper" . Rant over (maybe).

 

[Cotton]

one of the great things about baseball is the tradition and how things stay stable through generations

Don't even get me started.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I HATE when someone says tuddy. Nails on a chalkboard.

Embarrassing term. What is it the Skins mascot is called now? Commander Tuddy?

 

[Genghis Khan]

Commander Tuddy?

That's even gayer than Rowdy.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Embarrassing term. What is it the Skins mascot is called now? Commander Tuddy?

To clarify according to wiki their mascot is Major Tuddy to you sir...

 

[Cotton]

Embarrassing term. What is it the Skins mascot is called now? Commander Tuddy?

Seriously? I wonder if ole Commander Tuddy also took on the role of mayor of the DTC.

 

[Cotton]

To clarify according to wiki their mascot is Major Tuddy to you sir...

That sounds like a character actor in a reacharound porn series.

 

[Rev]

I think the movement is the main thing.

Sweeper moves horizontally and the slider moves vertically or diagonal

 

[Cotton]

Sweeper moves horizontally and the slider moves vertically or diagonal

So, a cutter.

 

[Cotton]

All these names are dumb. A cutter used to just be called a cut fastball. The term I haven't heard in a while and I miss it is screwball.

 

[Rev]

Oh and the only way Tuddy can get any gayer is if the Fox crew of old man use the term.

Oops.

 

[Genghis Khan]

All these names are dumb. A cutter used to just be called a cut fastball.

That's why I don't really mind Sweeper as a term. It's the same idea behind Cutter. People are just shortening Sweeping Slider.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Oh and the only way Tuddy can get any gayer is if the Fox crew of old man use the term.

Oops.

I noticed Brady uses it a bunch.