Baseball Miscellany

If you never do that, how could it be tired?

FStL

It’s like the restaurant no one goes to because it’s too crowded.

Ohtani may be healthy again. Hit 101 from the mound in the top of the 1st, hit the first pitch he saw in the bottom of the 1st 451 feet.

100.6 from the mound (fastest pitch by a starter of opening weekend)
115.2 from the box (hardest hit ball of opening weekend)

Just watch the video. It sounds like a damn gunshot off the bat.

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Oh, I’m watching the game. In case anybody missed it:

eta: that twitter thread says he’s the 1st SP to hit in the top 2 of the lineup in 118 years, which is pretty damn cool if true.

Large caliber.

Wow.

Of course, the gunshot sound is partially a result of the weird home plate mic-ing that ESPN does.

But only partially.

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Before you ask, no, I was not on that team. I already had graduated.

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Castellanos suspend 2 games for being too enthusiastic.

???

Here’s video of Nick yelling too enthusiastically at the pitcher after scoring on a wild pitch.

I’m sure this is covid distancing/don’t be more stupid than usual related.

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Yadier Molina can only take hearing “LET’S GO” so many times before he snaps. Every man has his breaking point.

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Did he say “let’s go” or “get your knee outta my kidney”?

I just put the Toronto/Texas game on. Big crowd at the new park, barely a mask in sight.

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The governor backed out of throwing the first pitch to protest MLB’s ASG protest.

What a bunch of slapdicks.

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I heard today on that broadcast that they’re selling as many tickets as they can all year, not cutting down as initially proposed after the opening series.

Good God.

Rangers fans.