S;portscenter update: with bones broken in his left hand, little details
Stanton
My Yanks pulled through. Wish Texeira actually got in those bases loaded though.
Forgot about JOHN CARLOS STANTON as the one announcer on mlb network keeps calling him. Hes a beast too. Sucks about the hand man mlb players always fuck themselves up in the weirdest way (shoutouts to clint barmes)
Yeah machado threw the bat then acted like it was slippery lol douche af
Carlos gomez the supreme douche in mlb. Flips his bat on a fly ball LOL
McCutchen & linceCUM both hit on the elbow yesterday too
both rockstars, but both have cut their hair this year.
Robinson Cano got a fuckin Hematoma, sittin in the wrong bench? Albert POOholes felt his pain.
http://i4.minus.com/ibtZJ6WtYaJe95.jpg
shoutouts to the bad decision Bradley Fight, ESPN also had full video from
This guy who caught A-Rod’s 3000th hit HR is getting a news conference on SportsCenter while giving him the ball back.
dat 15 seconds of fame
Miggy Cabrera out too now, just running to 2nd, damn
SEATTLE VS OAKLAND
battle of last place has been good.
1.5 games up from the sea men. & Defeated KING FELIX at home for the first time since 2008, freaking 7 years. And a noob pitcher somehow had an awesome game on the other side. It was like in the 6th before they walked one Seattle Batter, thru the whole series so far.
Bryce Harper - being pissed Giants Walked him 3 times, and he missed some fat hits he thought he should’ve had, going deep. And shit, after being walked intentional nearly, the next guy up hit a 2 run bomb that wins the game eventually, Buster posey’s 5 HR in like 10 games wasn’t enough being solo.
Only good part of his ESPN the body issue piece being shown to everyone, was that He gave Robinson Cano props for being smooth at the plate, the guy he wants to look like when he’s up there with a clean swing. Cano got some of that back for a few at bats, the commentary team noticed.
ICHIRO : LEGEND got lots of shine on National TV, even though he couldn’t produce except on Defense. Still Hitting .258! Despite the longest non hit streak, like 10 games, of his whole career. He had some longass hit streaks in the past, buoying the whole team in Seattle.
Showing Carlos Stanton’s Stats, said he is only getting 6.5 Mil this year of that insane 305 MILLION deal. Baseball Reference showed the terms that he can opt out in 2020 or something early even though he could be signed until he’s age 38.
Harper getting that 01-07 Barry treatment…Barry didnt like it either. gotta stay calm and not lose your cool. Harpers no barry tho, barry would still rake the few chances he got
I was reading about Stanton’s contract, it’s actually pretty unselfish of him (as unselfish as such a huge contract can get anyway). he only gets like 5 or 6 mil the first 6 years to help the Marlins build around him then it kicks in and gets hella end loaded dudes gonna be making like 30m plus a year near the end of it. and yeah he can opt out after year 7 or something
The commentary guys talked about how BARRY choked up on the bat to avoid the problems Stanton had gripping the end of the bat: “knub” lol nub.
Can he choke up and be like Barry LAMAR? And avoid injury like this - if hit on the hands since its not putting your bones inbetween 2 unforgiving Rock and a Hard place? If he does, that’ll be awesome and extend his career.
Greatest part of Barry LAMAR Bonds was his insane batting stance, so intimidating, like pumping up at the plate with the bat behind his head by mere millimeters, since inches is kinda big. Ever holding a bat, I tried to emulate that even though I’m not a lefty, it was tough!
-edit said Barry 3 times, lol. Lets change it up
This could be an issue, said it might be up to 6 weeks. Need Polanco to step up in a big way, it’ll get Kang more run at 3rd but Josh being out also means less days off for our out fielders.
Oh yeah, Marte is out for some time too. Oh and Cervelli was a late scratch for today’s game, but I’m 90% certain it’s just soreness from getting hit with every foul tip ever.
e: goddamn mccutchen just got robbed, fucking rain* delay cleared out the wall so upton didn’t have any competition to catch the ball over the wall.
*shit came from nowhere. tarp almost ate a member of the grounds crew.
haha no one could do Barry’s swing. bat cocks aside, its one of the most efficient swings ever. still, a cock right bfore swinging to slowdown his bat speed is ridiculous lol.
I’ve never liked “choking up” on a bat. it looks and feels stupid, even when you make contact. just find the right bat size for you.
Harper’s swing is savagely chaotic. he doesnt keep his weight back, instead he throws his whole body forward into the motion. I tried to swing that way myself, when i make contact the ball FLIES. but its harder to hit reactively
Tarp monster
Polanco’s game winning triple was evidence of why people are so high on him, he hit the ***shit ***out of the ball. Dude just needs to learn base running, he almost blew out his knee “sliding” into second last night. Granted the ground was probably not perfect due to that storm but he like stuck his heel right into the ground.
ESPN went with the July 4th lots of viewers weekend craziness with Harper. Side by side comparisons to Babe ruth, including in motion. Ridiculous shifting of his weight and lifting his heel. Explaining his torque, does he already have a “sportscience” piece?
Felt exactly like Kobe splitscreened with Michael Jordan’s jumpshot, back in the 3 early 2000’s NBA Finals
-that I read that Jordan saw and was super pissed off! Screaming at his TV, don’t you know who I am, I’m a LEGEND - DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I DOMINATED?!
Babe Ruth overrated AF, took advantage of horrible pitching in his time
The Fix is in…
AJ gets a shit call on what should have been a strike out then dude* turns around knocks a dinger Cervelli stands up and yells at the ump and gets tossed with a QUICKNESS. I think he was thrown before the ball even left the park, not only that but the game is only in the 2nd inning. The bad call was a ‘foul tip’ that the dude didn’t even see that would have ended the inning.
/salt
*Reynolds, and he did kill the ball. Shit was on a line.
e: Oh yeah Hurdle got chucked too.
e2: AJ said, “I’ll do it my damn self.” First first home run in almost a decade.
e3: McCutchen waits all fucking night to extend his career long hit streak https://twitter.com/ForbesToFederal/status/620086113475166208
swag
e4: wonder if I can get people to go to the game with me tomorrow night.
CUUUIUUTCHHHJHJJJH
FUCKIN EPIC
PLS WIN THE WORLD SERIES
GOD DAMN PITTSBURGH IS SO LIVE RIGHT NOW
IF THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS IM DRIVING DOWN, I NEED TO BE PART OF THAT HYPE
CLASSIC PITTSBURGH HYPE MOMENT
Currently moving so I haven’t been able to follow baseball for a while. Rangers have turned to shit after a great 1.5 months. Glad to see Pittsburgh making noise, fuck the Cardinals