Comments on: B-Log: Anatomy of a Bomb

By: Joe Michalowski

Joe Michalowski — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:01:16 +0000

Nothing to do with this article; but I saw your thoughts about the “loveable” Cubs. As a white sox fan who grew up on the north side, I have made tons of money over the years betting with idiot cub fans – yes that is redundant, leave them alone, they are fun to pick on…I firmly believe WC Fields said it best; there’s a cub fan born every minute. They will lose for another hundred years!!

By: Bellweather Johnson

Bellweather Johnson — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:15:35 +0000

And Perry, don’t forget about the original Screwballer, Christy Mathewson. Of course, he called it “The Fallaway.”

By: skott

skott — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:06:21 +0000

” Guillen She Wrote “

By: McKingford

McKingford — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:05:28 +0000

Whenever someone hits a home run, you will hear announcers beef about pitch location.

I live in Blue Jay country, although I’m not a fan. But the Joe Carter 93 WS winning homer is an interesting case study on this point. As much as people want to pin it all on Mitch Williams, the fact is that Joe Carter hit a great pitch – down and away, out of the strike zone. (of course that doesn’t let the Wild Thing off the hook for blowing his other save and putting runners on in front of Carter…).

By: Dan Whitney

Dan Whitney — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:11:02 +0000

Pedro throws the screw, I think. At least, he did in MLB 2k7, for what that’s worth… I can’t think of another pitcher off the top of my head who does, though.

By: Perry

Perry — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:11:08 +0000

Hey, thinking about Mike Marshall brought another question to mind: Whatever happened to the screwball? Is ANYONE in the majors throwing it now? Seems like until the last decade or two there were always a few prominent screwballers around. Tug McGraw. Fernando. John Hiller. Marshall. Mike Cuellar. And of course Hubbell and Spahn made it to the HOF throwing it. Why has it disappeared?

By: Perry

Perry — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:35 +0000

SMPERK, to further your Mike Marshall education you are also hereby sentenced to read Ball Four immediately.

By: Balboni

Balboni — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:56:21 +0000

Jus’ Banny being Tranny.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:28:02 +0000

Wonder what Mike Marshall thinks of Tim Lincecum…

By: Bellweather Johnson

Bellweather Johnson — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:15:35 +0000

Is anyone else like me?

I know he’s not from Santo Domingo, but everytime I think of large, power hitting, underachieving first baseman, I think this guy:

.267/.332/.402, 12 homers in 465 at-bats