Matt Kemp Re-injured His Hamstring and Then Broke a Bat Over His Knee

All, Baseball, Video Tim Ryan May 31st. 2012, 11:50am

Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp came off the disabled list on Tuesday after rehabbing a hamstring injury only to re-injure it in his second game back on Wednesday night. It happened when Kemp slowed up rounding third on an Andre Ethier RBI double and, knowing all too well that his hamstring was re-aggravated, he naturally decided to pull a Bo Jackson and break a bat over his knee.

Just a few days ago I had shared my disappointment that players don’t do that anymore, and poof, Kemp delivered. We should all be grateful.

[via Larry Brown Sports]

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92 Responses to “Matt Kemp Re-injured His Hamstring and Then Broke a Bat Over His Knee”

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BFFredo Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Dammit Kemp! Don’t hurt yourself!!
And rhetorical question: Who WASN’T a Bo fan?
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spencer096 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 11:53 AM
And rhetorical question: Who WASN’T a Bo fan?
i think the only person on earth capable of talking about bo jackson without becoming a drooling hyperboler is bo himself.
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squawkbox Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Oh … this should be good.
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ms621 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 11:55 AM
Ken Caminiti used to break his bat a lot too. It was only years later that we discovered where his strength and energy to do so was coming from.
/RIP
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 11:57 AM
Good athlete.
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 11:59 AM
I find it incredible how easily these guys can snap a baseball bat over their knees.
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Badger Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:00 PM
Brewers win a road series for the first time since early April. Just terrible.
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Watsonian Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:05 PM
Ken Caminiti used to break his bat a lot too. It was only years later that we discovered where his strength and energy to do so was coming from.
Probably the best 3B arm I’ve ever seen.
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Nathan Wind Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:10 PM
“Ken Caminiti used to break his bat a lot too. It was only years later that we discovered where his strength and energy to do so was coming from.”
MIS- did you see the chron.com ranking of the all time best Astros that was recently posted? They only took into account the time the players actually spent with the Astros, but Morgan Ensberg was a good deal higher than Caminiti, who was way down the list.
I know Caminiti’s best years were arguable in a Padres uniform, but Morgan Freaking Ensberg was a one year wonder. Enos Cabell was a better Astro than Ensberg. Art Howe, Denny Walling – better Astros. Fucking ridiculous.
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Rat Face Krzyzewski Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:11 PM
YARDWORK!
The Cardinals just lost 2 of 3 to a Braves team that had just lost 8 games in a row. Now there’s talk that Jaime Garcia’s elbow is hurt. It’s not Brewer terrible yet, but they’re certainly trending in a bad direction.
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Watsonian Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:11 PM
did you see the chron.com ranking of the all time best Astros that was recently posted?
1 had to be Bagwell, Biggio 2, then Nolan Ryan 3. I’d love to see the list after that. Where was Mike Scott?
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ms621 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:12 PM
MIS- did you see the chron.com ranking of the all time best Astros that was recently posted? They only took into account the time the players actually spent with the Astros, but Morgan Ensberg was a good deal higher than Caminiti, who was way down the list.
No I missed it. Do you have link? Caminiti’s best years were in San Diego, but I agree that Ensberg has no business being that high. He had one really good season (then flamed out in the playoffs), a couple of really solid seasons, and then not much else.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:12 PM
don’t forget Joe Sambito and Walking Underwear
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:13 PM
j.r. richard
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spencer096 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:13 PM
best astro will always be ol’ peehands alou.
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Nathan Wind Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:15 PM
http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2012/03/19/50-greatest-astros-from-50-seasons/
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ms621 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:15 PM
1 had to be Bagwell, Biggio 2, then Nolan Ryan 3. I’d love to see the list after that. Where was Mike Scott?
I think a pitcher debate for best Astros pitcher would be an interesting one. Nolan only played on two really good Astros teams (1980 and 86) and otherwise had a pretty piss poor team behind him the other 7 years he was there. If we’re talking all time great Astros pitchers, Don Sutton should be in the consideration along with Darryl Kile, Shane Reynolds and of course Roy Oswalt.
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ms621 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Thanks Nathan, I’ll check it out right now.
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Rat Face Krzyzewski Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:17 PM
best astro will always be ol’ peehands alou
Fitting that he was the fielder closest to Bartman when the Cubbies collapsed. Karma’s gonna get you when you intentionally piss on yourself.
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ms621 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Ok Brad Ausmus is 49, so I know this list is going to be awful. I liked Brad in his time and he was good defensively, but he was an ENORMOUS liability on offense.
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Nathan Wind Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Ensberg wasn’t as much higher as I remembered. I guess the outrage made it seem that way.
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NDub Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:18 PM
knowing all too well that his hamstring was re-aggravated
Hernia, you do a splendid job, but re-aggravated is not a word. It’s redundant.
This is probably my biggest (and most nitpick-y) pet peeve.
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Ty_Webb Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:20 PM
I know Caminiti’s best years were arguable in a Padres uniform, but Morgan Freaking Ensberg was a one year wonder. Enos Cabell was a better Astro than Ensberg. Art Howe, Denny Walling – better Astros. Fucking ridiculous.
Jose Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz
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NDub Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:20 PM
If this is Yardwork, then I’m going to make a comment about the Detroit Tigers.
It is not fun being a fan right now.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:20 PM
This is probably my biggest (and most nitpick-y) pet peeve.
i have many, but up there is “try and (insert verb)”. it’s “try to (insert verb)”
the ‘and’ implies two differnt actions
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St. Bear Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:21 PM
I find it incredible how easily these guys can snap a baseball bat over their knees.
In all fairness, it’s easier when the core has been hallowed out.
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A.P. Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Leyland needs to beat the shit out of his pitchers..
And a note about the fuckhead Yankees: they haven’t won a game this year in which they did not hit a home run.
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ms621 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:22 PM
God I’m so sick of the term “crafty lefthander”.
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St. Bear Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:23 PM
i have many, but up there is “try and (insert verb)”. it’s “try to (insert verb)”
the ‘and’ implies two differnt actions
I’ll try and keep it in mind.
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A.P. Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:23 PM
1) Astro, the Jetson’s dog
2) Jose Lima
/favorite astros
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:23 PM
If this is Yardwork, then I’m going to make a comment about the Detroit Tigers.
It is not fun being a fan right now.
Umps hosed em again.
Not fun being a Tribe fan either right now. At least Verlander can still pitch and Prince or Miggy ain’t on the DL.
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Ty_Webb Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:23 PM
i have many, but up there is “try and (insert verb)”. it’s “try to (insert verb)”
the ‘and’ implies two differnt actions
;!;!
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johndewar Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:23 PM
I think a pitcher debate for best Astros pitcher would be an interesting one. Nolan only played on two really good Astros teams (1980 and 86) and otherwise had a pretty piss poor team behind him the other 7 years he was there. If we’re talking all time great Astros pitchers, Don Sutton should be in the consideration along with Darryl Kile, Shane Reynolds and of course Roy Oswalt.
I know his career was cut short, but I remember watching JR Richard pitch. He could have been an all timer.
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:24 PM
It is not fun being a fan right now.
I assumed we’d be holding in our laughter while pointing at the rest of the AL Central by now.
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A.P. Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:25 PM
Verlander can pitch…and red sox will still hit endless singles and doubles off him and win. I couldnt believe Nava hit that opposite field double on a 101 MPH Verlander missile
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Nathan Wind Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:25 PM
Cesar Cedeno would be no. 1 on my personal all time favorites list. The 5 tool player before it was called that. I would imitate him in little league.
Fuk, I’m old.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:26 PM
I assumed we’d be holding in our laughter while pointing at the rest of the AL Central by now.
this still works, as long as you are pointing up
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Bosch looked pretty solid in RF last night.
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José Pippen Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:26 PM
It is not fun being a fan right now.
I assumed we’d be holding in our laughter while pointing at the rest of the AL Central by now.
This is why it’s fun being a fan right now.
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Ty_Webb Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:27 PM
this still works, as long as you are pointing up
SHOTS FIRED!
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NDub Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:27 PM
Umps hosed em again.
Not fun being a Tribe fan either right now. At least Verlander can still pitch and Prince or Miggy ain’t on the DL.
I assumed we’d be holding in our laughter while pointing at the rest of the AL Central by now.
The umps have not been kind to the Tigers this year, but good teams have to overcome that after a while. I’m not too concerned because the season is young and the division is weak. But I hope Fister isn’t out too long and I hope just one guy 5-8 can do something. It’s killing that offense right now.
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ButtersBC Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:27 PM
I assumed we’d be holding in our laughter while pointing at the rest of the AL Central by now
I’m trying to get my laughing in now before Peavy spontaneously combusts and the rest of the team collapses around that (they are horribly thin and can’t sustain any sort of long-term injury)
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:27 PM
In other news, Jamie Moyer was DFA by the Rox. One less old dude to root for.
Aaaaaand, the Marlins swept my Natinals. Giancarlo Stanton is a beast. “You been told.”
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:27 PM
;!;!
if you use those as emoticons, it looks like someone about to puke or just got hit in the boys
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HtownHacker Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:28 PM
Ugh. Don’t feel like flipping through that Astros top 50 slide show. Wish I could see it in list form.
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Watsonian Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:28 PM
Bosch looked pretty solid in RF last night.
He sucks. The Tigers need a RF, 2B, another Starter, and about 4 bullpen arms.
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Nathan Wind Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:28 PM
“JR Richard pitch. He could have been an all timer.”
My memory is fuzzy, but didn’t he stroke out (thankfully sportsgal wasn’t the Astros’ team doc or he’d have died alone on the field as she ran away) before the 1980 season? The year that Nolan Ryan blew a gift wrapped game to the Phillies in the NLCS?
A Ryan-Richards-Niekro rotation back in the days of 3 starter rotations for the playoffs would have been pretty formidable.
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NDub Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Verlander can pitch…and red sox will still hit endless singles and doubles off him and win. I couldnt believe Nava hit that opposite field double on a 101 MPH Verlander missile
Verlander wasn’t quite on in that game. Curve wasn’t biting and fastball missed a lot. He can’t do it every five days. That’s just not plausible.
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ms621 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:30 PM
I know his career was cut short, but I remember watching JR Richard pitch. He could have been an all timer.
J.R. Richard had a few electrifying seasons, but his career was heading for problems even before he had a stroke. He had experienced ‘dead arm’ a few times previously in his career and had been complaining of it again to the team in the weeks before he suffered the stroke in July 1980. 300+ strikeouts in a season though is pretty eyepopping.
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squawkbox Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:30 PM
The Cardinals just lost 2 of 3 to a Braves team
I wouldn’t worry too much about this series considering the Braves have take 5 of 6 from the Cards – without a very good explanation why.
I’m glad Medlen coming into the starting rotation for the Braves.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:30 PM
But I hope Fister isn’t out too long and I hope just one guy 5-8 can do something.
Casey Crosby to the rescue
/fellow Kaneland grad
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:31 PM
Ugh. Don’t feel like flipping through that Astros top 50 slide show. Wish I could see it in list form.
Seconded. Hate slide shows, except ones with airplanes in ‘em.
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:31 PM
this still works, as long as you are pointing up
And replacing the laughing with sobbing.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:31 PM
The Tigers need a RF, 2B, another Starter, and about 4 bullpen arms.
I mentioned it earlier. But, trade for Quentin. No idea where a legit 2B can be found. Moyer just got released
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squawkbox Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:32 PM
But I hope Fister isn’t out too long
/Points and laughs
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NDub Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:33 PM
He sucks. The Tigers need a RF, 2B, another Starter, and about 4 bullpen arms.
Boesch hasn’t been right since his wrist got all messed up. He was good last year and played with it injured and it dropped his average from like .330ish to .285 before he was shut down.
Also, Raburn, as usual, sucks ass in the season’s first half. I can’t take much more of that guy sucking until the Break and then going all .350 down the stretch.
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Casey Crosby to the rescue
We’ll see tomorrow….
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spencer096 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:33 PM
But I hope Fister isn’t out too long
coop?
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:33 PM
He sucks. The Tigers need a RF, 2B, another Starter, and about 4 bullpen arms.
is that all? it doesn’t matter. the rangers and their 900 million dollar bullpen will squash all who enter the playoffs
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molemaninthemorning Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:34 PM
We talking peeing in here?
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NDub Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Boesch was at .303, not .330. My bad.
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:36 PM
We talking peeing in here?
I’m a damn good piss walker. Most soccer players can’t do that either.
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johndewar Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:36 PM
J.R. Richard had a few electrifying seasons, but his career was heading for problems even before he had a stroke. He had experienced ‘dead arm’ a few times previously in his career and had been complaining of it again to the team in the weeks before he suffered the stroke in July 1980. 300+ strikeouts in a season though is pretty eyepopping.
He did the 300 strikeout thing twice.
16 CGs in 1978
19 CGs in 1979
Just unheard of nowadays. Plus, the dude was like 6’8″ and threw 95+.
My memory is fuzzy, but didn’t he stroke out (thankfully sportsgal wasn’t the Astros’ team doc or he’d have died alone on the field as she ran away) before the 1980 season? The year that Nolan Ryan blew a gift wrapped game to the Phillies in the NLCS?
A Ryan-Richards-Niekro rotation back in the days of 3 starter rotations for the playoffs would have been pretty formidable.
That 1980 NLCS was an amazing series.
And I prefer the view that the Phillies came back and won….not the “Ryan gift wrap” part. Pete Rose knocking Bruce Bochy out in a collision at the plate in Game 4 was always a favorite memory.
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squawkbox Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:36 PM
Moises Alou … over-rated whiner.
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Watsonian Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:39 PM
I mentioned it earlier. But, trade for Quentin. No idea where a legit 2B can be found. Moyer just got released
Quentin sucks too. Castellanos is off limits. Turner is not. I heard some rumors on the radio here that the brewers are ready to start listening on offers for Grienke. Tigers have the pieces to go and get him.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Just a few days ago I had shared my disappointment that players don’t do that anymore, and poof, Kemp delivered.
oh, ok, one person reads the posts
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squawkbox Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:44 PM
Speaking of the cubs …
when the idiots with the goat entered Wrigley field, did Geovany Soto and Starlin Castro have the old flaming bbq going in preparation?
“la cabra es deliciosa”
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:49 PM
Castellanos is off limits.
I know he’s very young and working through the minors, but he K’s a ton for a non power hitter.
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ms621 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:53 PM
He did the 300 strikeout thing twice.
16 CGs in 1978
19 CGs in 1979
Just unheard of nowadays. Plus, the dude was like 6’8″ and threw 95+.
If he didn’t have a stroke, the amount of work he was getting probably would have caused a drop off in his career in the 80s anyway. It’s still tragic that we’ll never know whether he had hit his ceiling yet.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:54 PM
I heard some rumors on the radio here that the brewers are ready to start listening on offers for Grienke. Tigers have the pieces to go and get him.
If he’s moved, Grienke will end up in Texas for Profar.
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HtownHacker Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 12:58 PM
16 CGs in 1978
19 CGs in 1979
Nolan Ryan had 20+ CG’s 5 times in his career. Jim Palmer 4 times.
I don’t remember what Richard’s mechanics were like, but high innings aren’t always a death knell.
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ms621 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:02 PM
Nolan Ryan had 20+ CG’s 5 times in his career. Jim Palmer 4 times.
I don’t remember what Richard’s mechanics were like, but high innings aren’t always a death knell.
I’m not saying that they are, but some people have the physical ability to stand up to those innings better than others. Nolan Ryan was a physical freak who, if memory serves, had one of the longest careers of any pitcher ever (27 seasons, even more mindblowing considering he was a power pitcher).
But for every Nolan Ryan, there’s a Sandy Koufax (Ok, I’m going to an extreme there, but you get what I’m saying). And for every Koufax and Ryan there are 10 guys you never heard of because they blew their shoulders out before anyone knew who they were. We talk about the greats who pitched a long time because no one talks about the guy who had a decent season in 1954 but then destroyed his elbow before the advent of Tommy John surgery.
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Rat Face Krzyzewski Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:14 PM
If he’s moved, Grienke will end up in Texas for Profar.
Doubtful the Rangers give up their top prospect for pitching now that they’ve signed Oswalt – unless they have another injury between now and the trade deadline.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:17 PM
ms, bob gibson’s mechanics were wild too (like koufax;s). like folks who smoke all their lives and are as healthy as a horse, never get cancer, some pitchers never suffer from violent or bad mechanics_
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St. Bear Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:18 PM
We talk about the greats who pitched a long time because no one talks about the guy who had a decent season in 1954 but then destroyed his elbow before the advent of Tommy John surgery.
Not really pertinent to your discussion, but pitchers used to pitch to contact rather than going max effort every inning, thus allowing them to pitch more.
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:19 PM
Awwww, Cats.
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Lorenzo Von Matterhorn Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:23 PM
If he’s moved, Grienke will end up in Texas for Profar.
Profar is about as untouchable as you can get. Not even a chance this happens.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:23 PM
pitchers used to pitch to contact rather than going max effort every inning, thus allowing them to pitch more.
but there wasn’t so much speicalization back then. you have guys now knowing they can max out for an inning because that’s their role
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Awwww, Cats.
since a cat won, i will assume this is a sign that you, like me, love cats
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:31 PM
since a cat won, i will assume this is a sign that you, like me, love cats
Quite the opposite, Vez. I thought it was a badass way of the cats controlling the pet population.
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spencer096 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:33 PM
sandy koufax = seve ballesteros
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spencer096 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:34 PM
Awwww, Cats.
this was awesome.
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HtownHacker Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:37 PM
sandy koufax = seve ballesteros
in terms of amazing ability but not much longevity?
when i think of seve i think of cleverness around the greens, not so much koufax-like power, though i’m sure he had that as well.
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ms621 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:39 PM
ms, bob gibson’s mechanics were wild too (like koufax;s). like folks who smoke all their lives and are as healthy as a horse, never get cancer, some pitchers never suffer from violent or bad mechanics_
Indeed. That’s why I get irritated when people say “Bob Gibson wasn’t a pussy like pitchers today”, well some people are just freaks of nature. Gibson and Ryan are examples.
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spencer096 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:40 PM
in terms of amazing ability but not much longevity?
when i think of seve i think of cleverness around the greens, not so much koufax-like power, though i’m sure he had that as well.
seve was a LONG hitter, think an early incarnation of bubba only WAY better around the greens. both had “natural” mechanics that had a flaw overcome by natural ability. both had short, blindingly successful careers that left everyone wondering “what if?” both were derailed by injury at the end of their careers but could still summon that magic.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:42 PM
Quite the opposite, Vez. I thought it was a badass way of the cats controlling the pet population.
you love cats
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ms621 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:42 PM
Incidentally, I met Bob Gibson at a baseball card show when I was 5 and he was one of the nicest players that I ever met. He could not have been different from his persona on the mound.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:43 PM
when i think of seve i think of cleverness around the greens, not so much koufax-like power, though i’m sure he had that as well.
yep, power ain’t shit without control. if koufax/gibson et al walked too many they’d be footnotes not legends
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ms621 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:48 PM
I just realized that I said Don Sutton earlier when I meant Don Wilson (RIP).
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:51 PM
you love cats
I love my cats like i love my coffee…. ground up and in the freezer.
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spencer096 Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:52 PM
I love my cats like i love my coffee…. ground up and in the freezer.
BWAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 31st, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Don Sutton
white fro legend