Thoughts On A Picture
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 22, 2009 4:25 PM PDT
in Miscellaneous
- This looks like it was shot during the interrogation scene of a gangster movie.
Wakamatsu: Tell me what I want to know.
Felix: No.
Wakamatsu: I highly recommend that you take this opportunity to cooperate.
Felix:
Wakamatsu: I am not always this congenial.
Felix: I don't care.
Wakamatsu: Tell me, Felix.
Felix: No.
Wakamatsu: Give me the information, Felix.
Felix: No.
Wakamatsu: Tell me, Felix.
Felix: No.
Wakamatsu: SWEET BABY CHRISTOPHER JUST TELL ME WHY YOUR CHANGEUP IS SO GOD DAMN FAST
Felix: I DON'T KNOW
Wakamatsu: That's it.
Felix: What's it?
Wakamatsu: Tony, Leo, take care of the puppy.
Felix: WHAT
Felix: WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS
Felix:
Felix: OH MY GOD
Wakamatsu: Now tell me what I want to know.
Felix: YOU ARE A MONSTER
- I think everybody was surprised when Reynolds' fly ball left the yard. When he first made contact I thought it was going to be a lazy pop-up behind second base. In my head I like to think that Felix just stared in disbelief the whole time and held this pose, frozen, until Wakamatsu came out, waved his hands and snapped his fingers in front of Felix's face, and finally got Felix's attention by twisting his nipples.
- This is all part of Chris Woodward's plan to make his face just a little bit visible in every picture that's taken while he's up so that a week from now he can prove to all his neighbors that he really was in the Majors. Unfortunately, his efforts are a little too subtle. "There's my name, right there - Bart Simpson." "Looks more like Brad Storch." "No! It says Betty - Betty Symington." :punch: "That's for taking credit for other people's work."
- The term "pitcher's duel" is weird to me, if only because no one actually dies, or even gets wounded. And where the best duels involved a blow or a death, the best pitcher's duels hand a mutual shutout over to the bullpen. Pitchers don't so much duel as participate in competitive parenting.
- An unsupervised duel is a murder.
I'm pretty sure, in an unsupervised duel, you could just claim self-defence .
abender20 - June 22, 2009
I think an unsupervised duel is just a rebranded suicide though.
pdb - June 22, 2009
Something for everyone, really.
abender20 - June 22, 2009
Off days bring out your creative side.
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 22, 2009
"Where the fuck is that damn dog!"
ThundaPC - June 22, 2009
Good gravy, Jeff.
Unbelievable.
royalcurve - June 22, 2009
To me it looks like Felix is thinking...
you want to take me out and put in who??!!
mwalter - June 22, 2009
I believe I once heard a song about a banjo getting murdered
Fett42 - June 22, 2009
If there was an actual pitchers' duel, in the classic/Wild West sense of the word
it would most likely involve Clay Zavada.
Also, I’m new here. Woo first post!
I Lick Squirrels - June 22, 2009
Well done!
royalcurve - June 22, 2009
Also, licking squirrels is a serious health risk.
Lanky - June 23, 2009
My uncle died from licking squirrels.
JamMasterJesus - June 23, 2009
it's seems to be heading more to a tweak of the love handles.
msb - June 22, 2009
Is competitive parenting like the Upper Class Twit of the Year competition?
Events could include mothers bragging about how much better their children are than all the other kids and who can yell the most obnoxiously at their kids’ sporting events.
Jed MC - June 22, 2009
Duel was Steven Spielberg's first movie.
waldo rojas - June 22, 2009
It's about a guy dueling with a trucker, right? Saw that movie years ago.
russak - June 22, 2009
Yes, but you never actually see the trucker. Also, Dennis Weaver!
waldo rojas - June 23, 2009
Love it
nickmo - June 22, 2009
Does anyone actually KNOW why Felix throws 85-89 MPH changeups?
It keeps me up at night.
JamMasterJesus - June 22, 2009
During the game Niehaus announced one at 87 and I got all kinds of excited thinking that was a bit slower than usual.
Gameday called it a slider, so I still don’t know if it was a changeup. I’d like to see what results a consistent 85 would produce.
Kermit. - June 23, 2009
I've noticed that Niehaus has been calling a lot of breaking balls "changeups".
The one that caught my attention was the first pitch to Jamie Burke in the 5th. That would be the 66mph pitch with -10 inches of vertical break and -5 inches of horizontal break. That is one ginormous looping curveball.
abender20 - June 23, 2009
And Blowers does the opposite.
When Felix is pitching, anything under 94 mph is a “breaking ball.”
Teej - June 23, 2009
In fairness, everything outside of his 4-seamer is nasty.
abender20 - June 23, 2009
Along those lines though
even the 4 seamer has some break
Bearskin Rugburn - June 23, 2009
Power changeup! I've heard power curve mentioned now and again, kind of rare. Why not.
Someone had a killer name for his changeup the other day, I can’t find it or remember who said it.
Kermit. - June 23, 2009
His changeup may be fast
but it’s pretty awesome. This year, it’s worth 3.56 runs above average per 100 changeups thrown.
Phil Hatzenbuehler - June 23, 2009
Mainly because it's got the most vicious break I've ever seen on a baseball thrown 89 mph
seattlebruin - June 23, 2009
7 inches of horizontal break!
abender20 - June 23, 2009
Maybe he doesn't throw a change... Maybe, just maybe, it's always a hanging slider with more control.
Just brainstorming here…
JamMasterJesus - June 23, 2009
Can a pitch hang with control?
I guess a knuckleball could…
SethGrandpa - June 23, 2009
No no, it's a change
and the increased speed seems to be intentional (according to Jeff, who has some kind of BFF thing going with Felix). I don’t know if the sample is yet meaningful, but the pitch is working for him better than ever now. It’s not even remotely close.
Bearskin Rugburn - June 23, 2009
Whatever it is. its almost like a splitter, and its amazing.
JamMasterJesus - June 23, 2009
Hilarious.
Omerta - June 23, 2009
I also like to imagine that there's a loose puma on the field and Wak is trying to tell Felix not to make direct eye contact and it will leave them alone
OlSalty - June 23, 2009
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