I legit got excited when we got a Bonus Pebble this week. In thanks, I'm going to totally rip off your idea from Grant and Andy's podcast and say, did you know that Cal Raleigh has a significantly faster Sprint Speed than J.P. Crawford?
I did, and it's why I said "lumbering!" I knew I couldn't say "slow," but he does lumber, according to the cherry-picked definition "to move heavily, especially from great or ponderous bulk."
I recently went to a game in Seattle and learned that Cal Raleigh's nickname is Big Dumper. Not being from Seattle, I did not know this previously. Great nickname. I have no other comment.
I have noticed broadcasts talking more about how fast a pitcher is to the plate and about catcher’s pop times. Now I’m curious and going to pay more attention to this: when they talk about great jumps on most successful stolen bases, how much credit they might give the runner versus how much they put on the pitcher being slow to the plate.
I love the things you notice about the game. It genuinely helps my noticing as well. I never thought about jumps before, but now I will. Appreciate you Sam
It took me a while to convert from a free to paid subscriber, and I’m not sure offhand when my renewal date is, but when it comes up I am going to remember this shining example of why I love the way you think about baseball, Sam.
> If the ball is above the pitcher’s shoulder, he’s about 1/100000000th of a second from releasing the pitch,
did you somehow calculate this, or did you research it, or did you use a heuristic to decide the rough amount of time, or is it just a joke/guess/bit of hyperbole for dramatic effect?
No, I didn't calculate it, I leaned heavily on the word "about." But since you ask, I just did some frame-by-frame work and the real answer is more like .02 to .04 seconds. The main point being that it's just a tiny fraction of the 1.2 to 1.6 seconds that most pitchers take to throw out of the stretch.
I legit got excited when we got a Bonus Pebble this week. In thanks, I'm going to totally rip off your idea from Grant and Andy's podcast and say, did you know that Cal Raleigh has a significantly faster Sprint Speed than J.P. Crawford?
I did, and it's why I said "lumbering!" I knew I couldn't say "slow," but he does lumber, according to the cherry-picked definition "to move heavily, especially from great or ponderous bulk."
I recently went to a game in Seattle and learned that Cal Raleigh's nickname is Big Dumper. Not being from Seattle, I did not know this previously. Great nickname. I have no other comment.
Love this!
Where can you see replays of all these stolen base attempts from that angle?
Good stuff Sam. Thank you
I have noticed broadcasts talking more about how fast a pitcher is to the plate and about catcher’s pop times. Now I’m curious and going to pay more attention to this: when they talk about great jumps on most successful stolen bases, how much credit they might give the runner versus how much they put on the pitcher being slow to the plate.
I love the things you notice about the game. It genuinely helps my noticing as well. I never thought about jumps before, but now I will. Appreciate you Sam
It took me a while to convert from a free to paid subscriber, and I’m not sure offhand when my renewal date is, but when it comes up I am going to remember this shining example of why I love the way you think about baseball, Sam.
> If the ball is above the pitcher’s shoulder, he’s about 1/100000000th of a second from releasing the pitch,
did you somehow calculate this, or did you research it, or did you use a heuristic to decide the rough amount of time, or is it just a joke/guess/bit of hyperbole for dramatic effect?
No, I didn't calculate it, I leaned heavily on the word "about." But since you ask, I just did some frame-by-frame work and the real answer is more like .02 to .04 seconds. The main point being that it's just a tiny fraction of the 1.2 to 1.6 seconds that most pitchers take to throw out of the stretch.