tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post2733845522477727016..comments2024-02-17T14:57:50.954-05:00Comments on The Verdant Dude: PhenomVerdant Earlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-81505630346627062282010-06-09T13:49:46.416-04:002010-06-09T13:49:46.416-04:00Heff - Nope...sailed thru just fine.
Uncool - Y...Heff - Nope...sailed thru just fine. <br /><br />Uncool - Yeah, but that may have been the one time in history that a coach was kinda glad a player of his didn't bust it down the line. I don't think they wanted him running the bases in his first outing.<br /><br />Sybil - And a Reds fan, apparently. :)<br /><br />Doggie - Oh, was there a basketball game on somewhere last night. I must have missed that.Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-79896000571189074952010-06-09T11:50:39.517-04:002010-06-09T11:50:39.517-04:00*snore**snore*Water Logged Caninehttp://www.geocities.com/KY_monday/pics/wet_dog.jpgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-26090779491019982022010-06-09T11:07:32.072-04:002010-06-09T11:07:32.072-04:00Once again, my best comment for this is
GO REDS!
...Once again, my best comment for this is <br />GO REDS!<br />Haha<br />I am such a freaking girl.sybil lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629349319977383547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-48100454620089784402010-06-09T10:42:15.765-04:002010-06-09T10:42:15.765-04:00SS had some mega-movement on all his pitches. I ac...SS had some mega-movement on all his pitches. I actually had to all in my son to watch how every thing zipped and bent and dipped.<br /><br />Too bad he didn't run hard in his 1st AB -- he would have also had his first hit. Kids - let that be a lesson to ya.Kevin McKeeverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10673014424525900380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-92189539518586974152010-06-09T10:17:07.061-04:002010-06-09T10:17:07.061-04:00I actually heard about this guy. Pretty impressive...I actually heard about this guy. Pretty impressive.<br /><br />I'm guessing the "Quiz Your Friends" test DIDN'T lock up your system this time ?Heffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13396114362826135207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-12031451202893562822010-06-09T08:57:45.209-04:002010-06-09T08:57:45.209-04:00RW - I love 1968 as well. But it was a bit of a f...RW - I love 1968 as well. But it was a bit of a farce. Huge strike zone (I would love to see today's strike zone expanded) and uber-steep pitching mounds. I love seeing pitchers excel DESPITE a lower mound and smaller strike zone. Tom Seaver in 1971. Ron Guidry in 1978. Dwight Gooden in 1985. Greg Maddux through most of the 1990's. Pedro from 1997-2003. Zack Greinke in 2009. And yeah, Ubaldo in 2010. Those are the masters. Playing a rigged game and still dominating. I dig that.Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-78605160766111304822010-06-09T08:37:54.381-04:002010-06-09T08:37:54.381-04:00Yes. But it wasn't just Gibson. Just on a quic...Yes. But it wasn't just Gibson. Just on a quick look at the almanac, how deep will 2010 run? My copypasta of the final leaders from both leagues in 68 reads like this;<br /><br />Gibson (STL) 1.12<br />Tiant (CLE) 1.60<br />McDowell (CLE) 1.81<br />McNally (BAL) 1.95<br />McLain (DET) 1.96<br />John (CHW) 1.98<br />Bolin (SFG) 1.99<br />Veale (PIT) 2.05<br />Bahnsen (NYY) 2.05<br />Koosman (NYM) 2.08<br />Blass (PIT) 2.12<br />Drysdale (LAD) 2.15<br />Seaver (NYM) 2.20<br />Washburn (STL) 2.26<br />Nash (OAK) 2.28<br />Horlen (CHW) 2.37<br />Marichal (SFG) 2.43<br /><br />And you know from what I speak when we hear broadcasters talk about a 4 ERA pitcher like he's some kind of God. Yes the set-up has moved back to the hitters since 68 but still.<br /><br />When it gets as deep as this I'll buy into the return to the year of the pitcher. We'll have to see at year-end.RWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416316296228157208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-68997136555750835562010-06-09T08:25:21.010-04:002010-06-09T08:25:21.010-04:00RW - Then you have to be loving what Ubaldo Jimene...RW - Then you have to be loving what Ubaldo Jimenez is doing this year in Colorado. His stats are just plain sick. 11-1 with a 0.93 ERA. Bob Gibson from 1968 is jealous of those numbers. (Fun fact...Jimenez' ERA+ - a stat that measures his ERA vs the rest of the league - is 483. Gibson in 1968 was <i>only</i> 268. To help put it in perspective, the best ERA+ for a full season was Pedro Martinez' 2000 season with a 291. What Jimenez is doing this year is legendary!)Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-87602931098576079682010-06-09T00:38:29.613-04:002010-06-09T00:38:29.613-04:00The Flubs had a phenom too a few years back named ...The Flubs had a phenom too a few years back named Kerry Woods. They said the arm wasn't meant to do those things. We'll see.<br /><br />I'd love it if this guy lasted, though. I came from the Bob Gibson / Sandy Koufax era. So when I hear announcers say a pitcher with a 4.37 ERA is soooooo good I want to just hurl.RWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416316296228157208noreply@blogger.com