Kipnis' Futures Game Home Run (Video)

the result of "advanced approach" at the plate.

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’Swings a little like Choo.

by jhon on Jul 11, 2011 8:46 AM EDT reply actions

Magic helmet!

Also, nice replay angle there at the end.

"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady

by westbrook on Jul 11, 2011 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I thought this several times, but I figured that I was imagining things and pining for Choo.

Matt LaPorta is the bane of my existence.

by USSChoo on Jul 11, 2011 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

The real question then, is how he drinks and drives.

by emd2k3 on Jul 12, 2011 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions

Sweet!

"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter

by Denver Tribe Fan on Jul 11, 2011 12:56 PM EDT reply actions

Hm. It looks like he has just the faintest of toe taps. A well-known stumbling block on the way to 50 home runs.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jul 11, 2011 5:09 PM EDT reply actions

Get that out of the way and watch the 900 OPS seasons start rolling in.

by Brad D on Jul 12, 2011 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions

Imagine how many RBIs he could have!

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jul 12, 2011 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Wow, I just imagined his parents never met, because his dad woke up next to Suzanne Pleshette one morning.

by YoDaddyWags on Jul 12, 2011 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions

For those concerned with Pomeranz’s line in the futures game, here is some solace (courtesy BP):

Drew Pomeranz had the ugliest pitching line of the night, but his PITCHf/x numbers were stellar. PITCHf/x recorded 19 Pomeranz fastballs, which averaged 93 miles per hour, two inches of tail, and ten inches of pop. A similar fastball belongs to Clayton Kershaw. Pomeranz’s best fastball was an 0-2 pitch to Yonder Alonso that he painted on the outside corner for a called strike three.

He also threw two breaking balls, one of which might have been the nastiest pitch of the day. It was a 1-1 82-mph slurve to Chiang that was taken for a ball…..

More at the link.

by APV on Jul 12, 2011 10:48 AM EDT reply actions

I think I understand the concept tail on a fastball but what does “ten inches of pop” mean?

"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter

by Denver Tribe Fan on Jul 12, 2011 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions

The tail is the horizontal movement on the pitch, the pop is the vertical movement. I have no idea where this usage of “pop” comes from.

by APV on Jul 12, 2011 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s soda in a lot of places.

by YoDaddyWags on Jul 12, 2011 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions

and orange

by APV on Jul 12, 2011 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions

And Coke in the South, no matter the flavor.

by emd2k3 on Jul 13, 2011 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Rick Vaughn’s fastball had a lot of Coke on it, I hear.

Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile

by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jul 15, 2011 6:11 AM EDT up reply actions

KLaw:

Drew Pomeranz was 93-95 but didn’t command the pitch, throwing an average changeup at 84-86 but not the curveball that has helped him strike out 32 of the 56 left-handed hitters he’s faced this year, allowing two walks, four singles, and three doubles to the other 24. It looked like Cleveland has done a little maintenance work on the delivery so he’s not so horribly long in back, although he still doesn’t repeat it well enough for average fastball command.

by Jay on Jul 13, 2011 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions