Apologies again for the no Bullets yesterday (though it did generate some fun in the comments, so, hey, who’s really complaining?). Weekends can be tricky sometimes – the three kiddos and The Wife merit just a bit of attention, and also there’s all that normal BS we all have to take care of at some point. Also, the Bullets actually take much longer than a typical post because of all the sifting, reading, and thinking (*insert obligatory joke*), so by the time I was clear of my other family/life requirements, I wasn’t going to be able to have any kind of Bullets up until the late afternoon. Decided instead to get up the bit on Yu Darvish, and reset today.
初めてテレビ取材で英語を話しました!
勉強してないんで文法とか細かいことはわかりませんが、伝わればいいや精神でトライしてみました^_^ https://t.co/IftA7CSPQV— ダルビッシュ有(Yu Darvish) (@faridyu) February 11, 2019
https://twitter.com/BleacherNation/status/1094652794525679617
Want to see a magic trick? ✨
Safe to say Omar's still got it. pic.twitter.com/SvKn3TYeCc
— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) February 10, 2019
Due to the widespread use of pitch tracking technologies through virtually all levels of baseball, I want to discuss the pitfalls of gauging pitch quality based solely on short-form movement (excluding the effects of gravity). Consider the example of the two fastballs below pic.twitter.com/fx7Y0fJ433
— Eric Jagers (@ericjagers) February 9, 2019
In addition to the vertical component, the same can be said for movement in the x plane (lateral). These sliders have very similar movement profiles, yet how they are perceived by a batter is quite different. One's projected to the glove side, thus slides much more than the other pic.twitter.com/cbzofAj0vs
— Eric Jagers (@ericjagers) February 9, 2019
One more: the changeup with more lift actually has substantially more drop. Location is vital for getting the most out of a pitch. In this case the pitch with "worse" movement (less spin-induced drop) performs better than the pitch with a "better" profile pic.twitter.com/EtVfrgfiv2
— Eric Jagers (@ericjagers) February 9, 2019
The Bears Provided the Patriots a Blueprint for Beating the Rams and Winning the Super Bowl https://t.co/S5De0xqLSX pic.twitter.com/iKRMbfCZ18
— Bleacher Nation Bears (@BN_Bears) February 10, 2019