2018 MLB Spring Training Running Thread

Altuve, Correa, Springer, Bregman ... seriously, man.

 

Looking at those numbers, the D'backs are going to have a great defensive line.

 

Justin Turner just broke his wrist. Hit by a pitch.

 

Cool stuff. The catcher and the ump are so far behind the batter's box compared to today.

 

(Insert comment about my fantasy team that nobody cares to read here.)

 

Boy, I thought he would just go out and lead a nice, quiet, philanthropic life after baseball:

Milton Bradley Charged with Battery, Allegedly Beat Up Wife

 

Ruth was swinging at what he heard.

Damn, and I thought only today's players didn't run out balls.

 

So the battery was included?

 

Here's another fascinating one about Ruth. What looks to be a third base coach is staying far away from the third base box. Afraid of getting hit by a Ruth line drive?

 

And the catcher is damned near standing up. Also, I find it difficult to believe that Johnson threw in the high 90s when Ruth could take a Happy Gilmour swing and still hit the ball.

I'm always fascinated by how guys could start in the 1910s, for example, and thrive into the '30s. (or the '20s into the '40s, etc.) The game evolves in subtle but important ways. I guess athletes adjust.

 

Purely a guess, but I figure maybe he threw 90 or so, which would have been a big deal in that time when players were much smaller, and offseason workouts consisted of throwing hay bales and rocks at squirrels.

Ruth was considered a big guy, and he was just 6-2, and 200-250 pounds. Nowadays, he'd be just average sized.