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AvatarDan Szymborski
10:53
That's kinda what the Dodgers did!
AvatarAlex Sonty
10:53
lol
touche
ChuckNChino
10:54
pretty sure the LAD did keep kofax in till his arm fell off
AvatarAlex Sonty
10:54
These days, you don't get multiple shots at the crown. When you'r in, you're in and this could always be the best shot you got. A true ace of aces is better than who I wanna bring in from the pen. I believe that.
Steve Nebraska
10:55
Catching up, but don't blame dusty for prior... Blame... Marcus Giles.
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:56
I loved the horrified look on that blonde guy's face after the check swing
RTJ
10:56
is there ever going to be a better way to define a "swing" ?
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:56
The Judge Potter Check Swing
AvatarDavid Laurila
10:56
OK. Opened a second beer. Going with a Granola Brown Ale, from the Black Hog Brewing Co. this time. Meanwhile, Go Astros. We need to make this game.
GoBarves
10:57
What year did they change what constituted a check swing?
Jeremy
10:57
Koufax beat the Twins 2-0 on 2 days rest in game 7 in 1965. The Dodgers also had Drysdale available on normal rest. I've always wondered if Drysdale was upset at being passed over for Koufax.
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:57
I don't thin kthere was ever a definition change
it was more a cultural change in ump calls
But I could be wrong
GoBarves
10:57
I remember seeing old games where batters fully swung through but because they slowed down halfway it was a check swing
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:57
Ah, yes, that was a cultural change
GoBarves
10:57
OK, OK, enough with the "best when all the hitters were white and bad" takes. Best pitching performance in the last 40 years? Randy/Schilling in '01 has to be up there?
AvatarAlex Sonty
10:57
I think it's Johnson/Schilling, unless I'm missing something from the Phillies or White Sox
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:58
There's a hypothesis going around that umps started calling more check swings as strikes when slow motion replays started to become available
and you could see just how far the bat sometimes got
BigDaddeh
10:58
taco bell advertisement behind homeplate - they see u dan
Kate Mitchell
10:58
I've got a Dreamsicle Ale from Backwoods Brewing Company. Tastes like the real thing! Also, there's not really a rulebook definition of a swing at all.
ChuckNChino
10:58
Mad Bum?
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:59
The NCAA has an actual rule
An attempt by the batter to stop the forward motion of the bat while swinging, which puts the batter in jeopardy of a strike being called. The half swing shall be called a strike if the barrel head of the bat passes the batter’s front hip. This does not apply to a bunt attempt when the batter pulls the bat back.
Jeremy
10:59
Ok, now I'm thirsty again. Had an Omnipollo Noa Pecan Mud Cake earlier. Whatever I have next won't be as good.
Phil
10:59
Pedro in game 5 against Cleveland, '99, was the best situational pitching performance I've ever seen.
BigDaddeh
10:59
it changed when umpires realized we were there to see them, not the players
Lzfreak
10:59
I'm partial to Bumgarner
Skyline Chili
11:00
We have 24/7 delivery Mr. Szymborski. FYI
ChuckNChino
11:01
Im going with Zombie of Dankness, double IPA -- but its only 8PM here.
Lzfreak
11:01
David, who you got in Michigan vs Michigan St?
Kate Mitchell
11:01
Speaking of going to see the umps: Anyone got a favorite ump? Mine's Pat Hoberg
AvatarDan Szymborski
11:01
Joe West, I like a good heel
AvatarAlex Sonty
11:01
Bumgarner wasn't that long ago and guys as tough and stubborn as him do exist.
GoBarves
11:02
The other part of Dan's CHWAR - he loves a heel and a hot taek
Hugh Duffy
11:02
Joe West umpired a really good playoff game. Really turned up his game behind the plate for his final game.
Kate Mitchell
11:02
Joe West's music isn't half bad. Out at Home is genuinely well-done comedy country.
ChuckNChino
11:02
Ump: Doug Harvey, please
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