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Fri, Nov 1 2013 6:39 AM (80 replies)
  • fatdan
    3,379 Posts
    Wed, Oct 30 2013 11:21 PM

    Props to the sox, well deserved....

    as far as the stuff on the glove goes...I pitched in HS and small college and any decent pitching coach in junior ball will have already taught you that if you want it to sink get some sweat on your fingers for less spin and throw a 2 seamer and if you want it to cut or sail get  some dirt for more spin and 4 seams....

    you can take the rosin bag(laying on the mound) and put it all over you and it is legal...you can't go to the mouth on the mound(which is usually dry anyway during a game) but you can rub your forehead, forearm, neck, and adjust your jersey, all soaked with sweat, but don't touch your "dry mouth"....

    any pitcher knows how to get an advantage, in Lesters case the real proof was that the cutter was breaking a foot at the last second in cool thin air, and that don't happen on the natural....so what...the minor leaguer who spotted it was just doing his job, these pro teams have a guy watching everybody to see if they give anything away...one of the hardest habits to break is infielders who lean right on a curve or inside pitch and left on a fastball or breaking ball away...

     

    The sox played World Series ball and the cardinals didn't, thats 2 years in a row the cards will have a long winter....

  • dandycap
    1,828 Posts
    Thu, Oct 31 2013 6:01 AM

     ~~~ Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox ~~~   This is a quote by sports writer Jeff Passan that I felt summed up the season.  "Ellsbury got picked off first base and after a rundown that included five throws, slid back to first safely.  It was the Cardinals' night in a nutshell and the Red Sox season too.  For seven months, teams have chased Boston, and in the end, nobody, not even the great Cardinals, could catch them".  Thank you Red Sox management for putting together a bunch of guys that went from hack to tour legend in such short time.  --  just dandy

     

  • andyson
    6,415 Posts
    Thu, Oct 31 2013 8:17 AM

    hyena64:

    SOX IN SIX!!!       The Boston Bearded Idiots are World Champions!!!    :-)

    Its obvious they hide stuff in their beards!  The cheating paraphernalia below was allegedly found by a minor league Cardinal trainer on the field after the Red Sox player's celebration!!  They really shouldn't jump up and down so much!

     

  • MBaggese
    15,367 Posts
    Thu, Oct 31 2013 9:04 AM

    LMBO Andy!

    I didn't have a horse in the race, but would have been nice to see a tighter game 6.

  • borntobesting
    9,706 Posts
    Thu, Oct 31 2013 11:44 AM

    andyson:

    hyena64:

    SOX IN SIX!!!       The Boston Bearded Idiots are World Champions!!!    :-)

    Its obvious they hide stuff in their beards!  The cheating paraphernalia below was allegedly found by a minor league Cardinal trainer on the field after the Red Sox player's celebration!!  They really shouldn't jump up and down so much!

     

    You don't even have to hide one of the most effective things to doctor a baseball. Remember Jim Bunning's buckle ball?? 

  • YankeeJim
    25,827 Posts
    Thu, Oct 31 2013 12:15 PM

    borntobesting:
    You don't even have to hide one of the most effective things to doctor a baseball. Remember Jim Bunning's buckle ball??

    I had the pleasure of hitting against Bunning in a Labor Day tournament in Albany (3-4.) It was over-30 hardball and he was in his early 50's at the time. Ball Four had been out for a while and it was fun as hell to talk to him about the real level of hardball he played.

    He could still throw that knuckler and I got to learn how he did it and it was not hard to make that ball dance. LOL. It's almost impossible to catch. In fact, I think it was McCarver that said the only way to catch it was to wait until it stopped rolling and pick it up!  :-)

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