Nutriaitch Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Post your favorite scene(s) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutriaitch Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 This one always touched close to home for me I attended a catholic school. And i could hit heat. Like i wasn't afraid of anyone's #1. Don't care how hard you threw, if it didn't dance, I was smoking that shyte. But damn if any kind of somewhat decent breaker didn't make me look terrible.** **In reality, I faced quite a few that were professional caliber. Guy I graduated with is in Tulane's Hall of Fame had a cup of coffee with the Padres. Another is on his College team's hall of fame (and logged few years in minors). Guy graduated year after focused on Soccer in college instead of even attempting baseball, but had the nastiest lefty slider I have ever seen. Just disgustingly hard 10 to 3 filth while touching mid 80's, at 16 years old. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nutriaitch Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Obviously never played at the Bog League level, but this quote is exactly right. when that bat and ball make that squared up contact....damnif the whole world doesn't feel exactly perfect for just that instant. For that split second, you're immortal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nutriaitch Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 1:36 of this one .. "shyte. I woulda played for nothing" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutriaitch Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 1:3 ... "Just Throw. The boys are here for you." COMPLETELY different situation, but reminds me of one of my last little league games. we was teenagers (16-ish) playing against the most hated roostah-smokers on the planet. Happened to be two best teams, by far, in tri-parish area. game was already getting heated. chin music, take out slides high and late at 2nd, couple really hard tags on close plays, etc. Couple fans already been tossed by ump. Few guys already had gotten plunked. Tempers flaring. Think Red Sox/Yankees, except we all knew each other personally. Catcher calls timeout. Entire infield meets him on the mound. Pitcher says something to effect "_____ is on deck. Two down. If that fucker gets to the plate I'm smoking him, don't care the situation." Third baseman replies "Do what you got to do. We got you." Batter hits one up the middle. Single. _____ comes up. Man on two down. First pitch is in the dirt. 2nd one drills hims him in back part of his ribcage. Benches Clear. Several years of intense battle all erupt at that moment. Last black eye I ever got was in that skirmish. Somehow, field was cleared. Nobody was ejected. and game went on. Guys played all busted up. Jerseys ripped, lips bleeding, etc. We both played last few games of season. the day before the post-season tourney, we get notified by league that both teams were suspended and ineligible for postseason play. just like that. #1 (us) and #2 (them) seed in the tourney were eliminated without a single pitch being thrown. and my career was over. I would pay a ridiculous sum of money to go back in time and be able to play that tourney. We'd lost 2 games total over the previous 4 years. Both to that team (both in post season). They'd lost probably 4-6 games over same time frame. All to us. We both played (and beat the hell outta) all-star teams from other parishes, and a couple travel teams (this was very early in the travel ball era). At 16 years old, we beat the Varsity High School team in more than one scrimmage (even though somehow most of us never even made a HS roster). Goddamn I miss playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutriaitch Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Heroes get Remembered. But Legends Never Die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutriaitch Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 "Just one more dying quail a week, and you're in Yankee Stadium" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nutriaitch Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 so, for absolutely no reason at all, this scene popped into my head movie was set in 1988 for context, but: 18 walks = 72 pitches minimum (if he doesn't throw a single strike to the batter) 18 strikeouts = 54 pitches minimum (if he doesn't throw a single ball, or no foul balls hit on 3rd strike, etc.) and he hits at least 1 batter on a 1-0 count = 2 pitches that's a minimum of 128 pitches thrown, but let's be real it's likely well above that. in a "professional debut", which we know is early season because the radio announcer guy says the bull lost their first three games of the year. meaning this game was played somewhere around April 10. even by 1988 standards that's absolutely insane! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 An old one, but a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 In this one, Babe Ruth was played by Babe Ruth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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