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2010 Baseball Thread No. 2 (which was my Little League number!)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, May 5, 2010.

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  1. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    The thing with pitch counts is that some guys can certainly handle it. Some arms can take almost any amount of pitches. But you don't know who they are until you try it and find out who gets hurt and who doesn't.
     
    RickStain, May 9, 2010
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  2. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    That's true too. Tons of talented guys from decades past flamed out because arm injuries meant the end of a career. Many of the best pitchers from the past two decades would never have been around without the progress we've seen in surgeries.
     
    Flying Headbutt, May 9, 2010
    #122
  3. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Makes you also wonder about the pitch counts of guys like Christy Mathewson, Jack Chesbro and Iron Man McGinnity. Those guys would throw 400 innings in a season.
     
    Baron Scicluna, May 9, 2010
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  4. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    Mathewson famously wrote in his book that stamina was important because he might have to throw as many as 100 pitches to complete a game. There was a ton of cruising on the softened ball back then.
     
    RickStain, May 9, 2010
    #124
  5. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Does anyone know the name of the song that ESPN played at opening of tonight's game? It had kind of an Irish jig beat and words about a sailor losing his leg.
     
    Boom_70, May 9, 2010
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  6. chester

    chester Member

    Was it "Mrs. McGrath"? I didn't hear it, but that sound like the one. Springsteen did that on his "We Shall Overcome" CD, but I'm not sure who originally sang it.
     
    chester, May 9, 2010
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  7. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    No - definitely was not Mrs Mcgrath.
     
    Boom_70, May 9, 2010
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  8. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Dam - they showed Faneul Hall and it had snow on the ground. That has to be a first for May.
     
    Boom_70, May 9, 2010
    #128
  9. Deskgrunt50

    Deskgrunt50 Well-Known Member

    If it's the same song they just went to break on, it's "Shipping up to Boston" by the Dropkick Murphys. Also part of The Departed soundtrack.
     
    Deskgrunt50, May 9, 2010
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  10. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Yes - that was same song played at start of game.
     
    Boom_70, May 9, 2010
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  11. Gutter

    Gutter Well-Known Member

    That would be a great song to play anytime a team from Boston plays on ESPN. Good on them to pick up on that.
     
    Gutter, May 9, 2010
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  12. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    FWIW, Buster Olney in his Insider column today:

    "I'd be stunned if Ortiz finishes the month on the Boston roster."
     
    Herbert Anchovy, May 9, 2010
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