**The MLB Thread**

[ConcernedMember 10+ year member]

50's is nothing, If you can throw from 2nd to 1st on a line you are throwing at least 50.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

50's is nothing, If you can throw from 2nd to 1st on a line you are throwing at least 50.

i haven't actually stood on a mound and threw a pitch in over 3 years so i don't know how much velocity i have left. pitching wasn't my strong suit. 2-seam fastball, changeup, and splitter, but none were really that good. i know i tipped my changeup cause my arm motion was not the same as the 2 seam and my splitter was basically a slower 2 seamer, with little downward movement

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

i was also easy to run off. i really don't have the strongest arm so i used my lower body to generate power and had a huge leg kick, kinda like dontrelle willis without all the arm action, and a long stride towards home plate. i also didn't have quick feet and was right handed so i didn't have a good pick-off move either

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

after kansas city, chicago has 3 at minnesota, and 4 at detroit. i do not believe detroit will loose 4 at home. detroit is gonna come out and play hard at home against chicago

 

[DragonCub 10+ year member]

fu(kin Mets are ****** major a$$

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

Mets are teh ghey right now....

shyt!

its cool though....we'll pick it up!

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

after kansas city, chicago has 3 at minnesota, and 4 at detroit. i do not believe detroit will loose 4 at home. detroit is gonna come out and play hard at home against chicago

It will be interesting....and Im kinda worried after these last 2 days....then we have KC again I think after you

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

wow what the **** are you talking about? polanco was never an all-star. polanco has stolen at most 14 bases in a season wheras infante has stolen 13 in fewer games. polanco before coming to detroit hasn't played more then 144 games, and before that played 126 and fewer. polanco batted 277 with 1 home run and 19 rbi's when he was 24. you my friend are the one who needs glasses
also polanco 10 homeruns and 77 rbi's first 4 years. infante 26 homeruns and 69 rbi's. also consider infante played on some bad teams were polanco played on some very good st. louis teams, and both had 19 steals. only think polanco had was a better batting average wich i'm not denying. once infante learns to hit off-speed and breaking pitches, he will be a great player.

Need to read some of my posts before. In no way did I say Polanco was a power hitter, said Infante is more a threat for that, but Polanco did have 2 seasons where he hit 14 hrs and 17 in back to back seasons. He also played less games than Infante. Also where I dont know what your talking about speed as well, when I said Infante had that age a little too. But, you said clearly that Polanco stole 14 bases at most where as Infante has stolen 13 in less games. Thats funny because Polanco stole that in a 126 games to where Infante stole that in 142 games. So dont understand that.

So he has a little more power, and speed, but not by much. Polanco is a better all around hitter and better at the field, like I said if he was so much more talented and has so much potential then why start Polanco? Just cause Polanco is a vet? Come on mang! I would do that maybe with a rookie, but Infante has been in the leauge for awhile now.

You were right about him not being an allstar. Thought he was the one year, but got hurt and replaced by another player.

 

[ConcernedMember 10+ year member]

White Sox barely manage a split. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Against KC too! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

just saw the highlights....WTF!! that was wayyyyy to close

we've caught up all this ground in the last few weeks....I bet we lose a lot of it after this next week.

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

giants are making a comeback, sweeping san diego for teh win!

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

Need to read some of my posts before. In no way did I say Polanco was a power hitter, said Infante is more a threat for that, but Polanco did have 2 seasons where he hit 14 hrs and 17 in back to back seasons. He also played less games than Infante. Also where I dont know what your talking about speed as well, when I said Infante had that age a little too. But, you said clearly that Polanco stole 14 bases at most where as Infante has stolen 13 in less games. Thats funny because Polanco stole that in a 126 games to where Infante stole that in 142 games. So dont understand that.
So he has a little more power, and speed, but not by much. Polanco is a better all around hitter and better at the field, like I said if he was so much more talented and has so much potential then why start Polanco? Just cause Polanco is a vet? Come on mang! I would do that maybe with a rookie, but Infante has been in the leauge for awhile now.

You were right about him not being an allstar. Thought he was the one year, but got hurt and replaced by another player.

::shakes head::

polanco is a veteran who makes more money then infante. infante is an up and coming player. they are grooming him into an everyday player. he is a raw talent, who really should've been in the minors the past few seasons. did you watch that boston game? no way in hell polanco makes the play infante did at second. he took away a hit and threw out lopez from the outfield

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

ray durham>polanco

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

atleast kenny rogers put together 2 solid starts