Warning!! Danger!! Annual Off-topic Baseball Thread '07!! Beware!!

[ChuckElias]

Jeez, DJ, your M's are killing me! Dice-K pitches outstanding ball for 8 innings and the offense can't score any runs. 3 game sweep. UGH! Manny and Papi combined to go 0-fer-10. Ouch. Veritek threw in an 0-fer-4 for good measure.

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

As a Ranger fan, I rarely look at the standings past mid April. Who are some of the division leaders?

Some? Here's all of them:

AL East: Red Sox by 9 games over Toronto
AL Central: Detroit by a half game over Cleveland
AL West: LA Angels of Anaheim by 5 over Seattle

NL East: Mets by 3.5 over Philly and Atlanta
NL Central: Milwaukee by 7.5 over the Cubbies
NL West: San Diego and Arizona are tied, a half game in front of the Dodgers.

Aggie, your Rangers are 16 games out. But as I noted in last year's thread, the last two teams to have fired Buck Showalter have won the World Series the very next year (Yankees did it with Torre, Diamondbacks did it with Bochy as manager). So take heart, your Rangers will upset my Red Sox in the ALCS and win the World Series.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

AL East: Red Sox by 9 games over Toronto

We're finally over the 500 mark! W00t!

[mick]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

So take heart, your Rangers will upset my Red Sox in the ALCS and win the World Series.

Rangers are certainly having their way with Detroit.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by mick

Rangers are certainly having their way with Detroit.

Especially last night - Detroit didn't even bother to take the field from what I understand.

[mick]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Especially last night - Detroit didn't even bother to take the field from what I understand.

And further, they rescheduled the game for September so they may have time to get in a little more fielding and bullpen work.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by mick

And further, they rescheduled the game for September so they may have time to get in a little more fielding and bullpen work.

I'm not sure Detroit needs the work as much as some other teams, though.

Last night sure made us old guys feel good - there were 7 pitchers scheduled to start who were over the age of 40: Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Clemens, Moyer, Williams, and Rogers. Only Mother Nature kept Kenny Rogers from getting to start.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by mick

Rangers are certainly having their way with Detroit.

Don't feel bad. Two different leagues are having their way with the Yankees.

[mick]

Factoid:

The Chef just lined one to Jack City.
386 ' in 3.5 sec = 75.2 mph

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by mick

Factoid:

The Chef just lined one to Jack City.
386 ' in 3.5 sec = 75.2 mph

Emeril Lagasse? Bobby Flay?

Frank Thomas?

[mick]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Emeril Lagasse? Bobby Flay?

Frank Thomas?

Quite a few Tiger fans wearing #3 Chefs' hats at Comerica.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by mick

Quite a few Tiger fans wearing #3 Chefs' hats at Comerica.

Sheffield?

We may have made a mistake there. We mighta got rid of the wrong 'roid monster. How about Giambi for Sheffield? Sound like a deal?

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by mick

Factoid:

The Chef just lined one to Jack City.
386 ' in 3.5 sec = 75.2 mph

You might want to check your calculations, Mick. I'm guessing the 386' distance is as the crow flies. Since most homeruns will travel in a parabolic arc, the ball actually travelled further than 386 feet and was going faster than 75.2 MPH.

- Mr. Annoying Ex-Physics Teacher Guy

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Mark Dexter

You might want to check your calculations, Mick. I'm guessing the 386' distance is as the crow flies. Since most homeruns will travel in a parabolic arc, the ball actually travelled further than 386 feet and was going faster than 75.2 MPH.

- Mr. Annoying Ex-Physics Teacher Guy

I've seen some of Sheffield's home runs - there may not have been any arc.

[mick]

Originally Posted by Mark Dexter

You might want to check your calculations, Mick. I'm guessing the 386' distance is as the crow flies. Since most homeruns will travel in a parabolic arc, the ball actually travelled further than 386 feet and was going faster than 75.2 MPH.

- Mr. Annoying Ex-Physics Teacher Guy

Good call, but then it bounced.
My calculations were correct. Just weren't enough of them.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Mark Dexter

You might want to check your calculations, Mick. I'm guessing the 386' distance is as the crow flies. Since most homeruns will travel in a parabolic arc, the ball actually travelled further than 386 feet and was going faster than 75.2 MPH.

- Mr. Annoying Ex-Physics Teacher Guy

The longest home run I ever saw hit in person was back when I was a kid playing in our city's version of Little League (a Park District league). I was 11 years old and Pete Ward, then with the White Sox, came to our field to put on a clinic. This was in Chicago Heights, where I grew up (physically, not mentally). He hit a ball not only completely out of our park (not too great a feat, actually), but it landed across the highway in the parking lot of a gas station down the road. Later that day, one of the dads (who was in construction) went out and measured it with a tape. He measured it went just over 470 on the fly. BTW - Ward hit it off a relatively slow pitch from one of our teenage coaches. I'll never forget that.