Comments on: This just in … Papelbon is good http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/ Bill Burt's blog on sports Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:38:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: Anonymous http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-785 Anonymous Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:15:00 +0000 http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-785 <p>I've heard this "exploding" fastball comment a lot, and not only here. It seems like a baseball buzzword to me (like other phrases like "it was a grind" and "well, a lot factors into it..."). Does this just mean late movement?<BR/><BR/>That being said, I don't think that Pap could be more effective even if his fastballs actually exploded.</p> I’ve heard this “exploding” fastball comment a lot, and not only here. It seems like a baseball buzzword to me (like other phrases like “it was a grind” and “well, a lot factors into it…”). Does this just mean late movement?

That being said, I don’t think that Pap could be more effective even if his fastballs actually exploded.

]]> By: Jeff http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-784 Jeff Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:18:00 +0000 http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-784 <p>Rob, with the Durbin pickup, a thought came to my mind and you're the most accessable qualified person to ask.<BR/><BR/>The kid's out of options, the Sox picked him up on waivers. They may try to send him down and hope he clears waivers for the Sox, which may not happen. Is there a limit as to how many times you can claim a guy? Like, can the Diamondbacks claim him again if the Sox try to send him to Pawtucket? And if the D-Backs try to send him down, can we claim him back again? Is there a mechanism to stop this kid from being bounced from place to place outside of a team keeping him on the 25 man roster?</p> Rob, with the Durbin pickup, a thought came to my mind and you’re the most accessable qualified person to ask.

The kid’s out of options, the Sox picked him up on waivers. They may try to send him down and hope he clears waivers for the Sox, which may not happen. Is there a limit as to how many times you can claim a guy? Like, can the Diamondbacks claim him again if the Sox try to send him to Pawtucket? And if the D-Backs try to send him down, can we claim him back again? Is there a mechanism to stop this kid from being bounced from place to place outside of a team keeping him on the 25 man roster?

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-783 Anonymous Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:19:00 +0000 http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-783 <p>Tek.</p> Tek.

]]> By: TJ http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-782 TJ Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:27:00 +0000 http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-782 <p>Two Words: Late Movement.</p> Two Words: Late Movement.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-781 Anonymous Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:05:00 +0000 http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-781 <p>fransworth came in for the 9th innning tonight and his first 4 pitches were balls. he was throwing up there at 97 but missing. papelbon can locate better and his fast ball explodes through the zone. it's the life on the ball that make papelbon the dominant pitcher he his, the one who can overpower michael young, mark texiera and an aging samy sosa.</p> fransworth came in for the 9th innning tonight and his first 4 pitches were balls. he was throwing up there at 97 but missing. papelbon can locate better and his fast ball explodes through the zone. it’s the life on the ball that make papelbon the dominant pitcher he his, the one who can overpower michael young, mark texiera and an aging samy sosa.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-780 Anonymous Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:44:00 +0000 http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-780 <p>Someone enlighten me. What are the rumors?<BR/><BR/>Chris Nelson<BR/>Batavia, Ill.</p> Someone enlighten me. What are the rumors?

Chris Nelson
Batavia, Ill.

]]> By: Dover http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-779 Dover Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:17:00 +0000 http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-779 <p><I>I want you to tell me one original thought or opinion that Glenn Ordway has had in the last five years that he didn't read from the Globe or Herald that morning.</I><BR/><BR/>And if the rumors are true this only means Ordway will sound smarter. ;)</p> I want you to tell me one original thought or opinion that Glenn Ordway has had in the last five years that he didn’t read from the Globe or Herald that morning.

And if the rumors are true this only means Ordway will sound smarter. ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-778 Anonymous Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:54:00 +0000 http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-778 <p>Rob... if the rumors are true, congratulations. You've worked damn hard to rise through the ranks.<BR/><BR/>Though honestly, I want you to tell me one original thought or opinion that Glenn Ordway has had in the last five years that he didn't read from the <I>Globe</I> or <I>Herald</I> that morning.</p> Rob… if the rumors are true, congratulations. You’ve worked damn hard to rise through the ranks.

Though honestly, I want you to tell me one original thought or opinion that Glenn Ordway has had in the last five years that he didn’t read from the Globe or Herald that morning.

]]> By: John http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-777 John Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:17:00 +0000 http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-777 <p>Two points, 1) His splitter is nasty. Plenty of guys throw splitters but the break on his seems just so much sharper than others'. 2) He's consistently in the strike zone but not over too much of it. (last night that had to be to some degree luck, Tek was setting up on the other side of the plate and he caught the opposite, closer to target and it might be smacked.) So when he's always in the zone, hitters know they only have 3 pitches, maybe four. So they have to swing earlier. <BR/>Farnsworth might throw hard (and we can't really say ineffectively) but a good hitter can watch a few and wait for the fastball that catches a lot of plate, and isn't fearing that second pitch.</p> Two points, 1) His splitter is nasty. Plenty of guys throw splitters but the break on his seems just so much sharper than others’. 2) He’s consistently in the strike zone but not over too much of it. (last night that had to be to some degree luck, Tek was setting up on the other side of the plate and he caught the opposite, closer to target and it might be smacked.) So when he’s always in the zone, hitters know they only have 3 pitches, maybe four. So they have to swing earlier.
Farnsworth might throw hard (and we can’t really say ineffectively) but a good hitter can watch a few and wait for the fastball that catches a lot of plate, and isn’t fearing that second pitch.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-776 Anonymous Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:02:00 +0000 http://blogs.eagletribune.com/sports/2007/04/09/this-just-in-papelbon-is-good/#comment-776 <p>Hey, Happy Birthday, Mrs Bradford!</p> Hey, Happy Birthday, Mrs Bradford!

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