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Old Thu Jun 28, 2007, 09:22am
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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.
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Rangers are certainly having their way with Detroit.
Especially last night - Detroit didn't even bother to take the field from what I understand.
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Old Thu Jun 28, 2007, 09:37am
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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.
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Old Thu Jun 28, 2007, 09:51am
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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.
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Old Thu Jun 28, 2007, 10:02am
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Rangers are certainly having their way with Detroit.
Don't feel bad. Two different leagues are having their way with the Yankees.
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The Chef just lined one to Jack City.
386 ' in 3.5 sec = 75.2 mph
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The Chef just lined one to Jack City.
386 ' in 3.5 sec = 75.2 mph
Emeril Lagasse? Bobby Flay?

Frank Thomas?
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Emeril Lagasse? Bobby Flay?

Frank Thomas?

Quite a few Tiger fans wearing #3 Chefs' hats at Comerica.
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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?
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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?
BATTERS BA SLG OBA G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI
Sheffield .289 .523 .398 74 277 67 80 145 12 1 17 50

Giambi .262 .436 .380 45 149 19 39 65 5 0 7 23

Close call.
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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.

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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.

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I've seen some of Sheffield's home runs - there may not have been any arc.
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Old Thu Jun 28, 2007, 03:30pm
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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.

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

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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.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/sports/01cage.html?hp

btw, I saw Reggie Jackson hit a line drive into the back of the bleachers at Yankee Stadium.

Most impressive HR I ever saw.
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