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Re: It Should have been YOU Garvey
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2014, 10:31:44 AM »
Tony Gwone.
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Re: It Should have been YOU Garvey
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2014, 10:37:57 AM »
This is the worst. Fucking cancer.
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Re: It Should have been YOU Garvey
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2014, 11:07:29 AM »
This is the exact thread title that I thought of. Nicely done, CT.
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Re: It Should have been YOU Garvey
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2014, 01:37:52 PM »
Saw this linked on twitter:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/greg-maddux-a-hall-of-fame-approach-that-carried-an-average-arm-to-cooperstown/2014/01/07/fdd7ae82-77d3-11e3-af7f-13bf0e9965f6_story.html

QuoteFirst, Maddux was convinced no hitter could tell the speed of a pitch with any meaningful accuracy. To demonstrate, he pointed at a road a quarter-mile away and said it was impossible to tell if a car was going 55, 65 or 75 mph unless there was another car nearby to offer a point of reference.

"You just can't do it," he said. Sometimes hitters can pick up differences in spin. They can identify pitches if there are different releases points or if a curveball starts with an upward hump as it leaves the pitcher's hand. But if a pitcher can change speeds, every hitter is helpless, limited by human vision.

"Except," Maddux said, "for that [expletive] Tony Gwynn."
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Re: It Should have been YOU Garvey
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2014, 03:52:48 AM »
Nice article on Deadspin, including the following nugget:

Quote[...]or his incredible averages against some of the most cerebral pitchers of his time—.444 against John Smoltz, .415 against Greg Maddux, .390 against Curt Schilling, .333 against Pedro Martinez, .303 against Tom Glavine [...] (Unbelievable fact: in 366 plate appearances against those five, he struck out five times. Five.)

...which means, by the time he stepped to the plate, he was more than 98.5% of the way toward not striking out against those HOF pitchers.

That's genuinely, truly, absolutely staggering.
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Re: It Should have been YOU Garvey
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2014, 05:59:10 AM »
So how many Dead '84 Padres does that make now?  I've got Gwynn, Wiggins and Show.  Anyone else?  TJ?  

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Re: It Should have been YOU Garvey
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2014, 07:14:18 AM »
Quote from: PANK! on June 17, 2014, 05:39:44 AM
Said Maddux SKO just a few posts up:

QuoteGreg Maddux once explained that you could trick any hitter into not being able to read the speed of a pitch—"Except for that fucking Tony Gwynn."
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Re: It Should have been YOU Garvey
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2014, 09:02:02 AM »
Quote from: PANK! on June 17, 2014, 05:59:10 AM
DPD.  So how many Dead '84 Padres does that make now?  I've got Gwynn, Wiggins and Show.  Anyone else?  TJ? 



The correct answer is "not enough".
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Re: It Should have been YOU Garvey
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2014, 09:10:16 AM »
Quote from: Bort on June 17, 2014, 07:14:18 AM
Quote from: PANK! on June 17, 2014, 05:39:44 AM
Said Maddux SKO just a few posts up:

QuoteGreg Maddux once explained that you could trick any hitter into not being able to read the speed of a pitch—"Except for that fucking Tony Gwynn."

Wow.  So that's where I first read that quote.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT COMMENT STRICKEN LIKE TONY GWYNN ON A STEVE TRACHSEL TURDBALL!
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Re: It Should have been YOU Garvey
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2014, 09:13:29 AM »
Quote from: Fork on June 17, 2014, 09:02:02 AM
Quote from: PANK! on June 17, 2014, 05:59:10 AM
DPD.  So how many Dead '84 Padres does that make now?  I've got Gwynn, Wiggins and Show.  Anyone else?  TJ? 



The correct answer is "not enough".

Especially while Garevy's head remains frustratingly off a stick.
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Re: It Should have been YOU Garvey
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2014, 09:25:44 AM »
Quote from: PANK! on June 17, 2014, 09:13:29 AM
Quote from: Fork on June 17, 2014, 09:02:02 AM
Quote from: PANK! on June 17, 2014, 05:59:10 AM
DPD.  So how many Dead '84 Padres does that make now?  I've got Gwynn, Wiggins and Show.  Anyone else?  TJ? 



The correct answer is "not enough".

Especially while Garevy's head remains frustratingly off a stick.

Turkey garevy?
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Re: It Should have been YOU Garvey
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2014, 09:27:05 AM »
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on June 17, 2014, 09:25:44 AM
Quote from: PANK! on June 17, 2014, 09:13:29 AM
Quote from: Fork on June 17, 2014, 09:02:02 AM
Quote from: PANK! on June 17, 2014, 05:59:10 AM
DPD.  So how many Dead '84 Padres does that make now?  I've got Gwynn, Wiggins and Show.  Anyone else?  TJ?  



The correct answer is "not enough".

Especially while Garevy's head remains frustratingly off a stick.

Turkey garevy?

Garevy is delicious on optoats.
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Re: It Should have been YOU Garvey
« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2014, 10:44:45 AM »
Quote from: PANK! on June 17, 2014, 05:59:10 AM
So how many Dead '84 Padres does that make now?  I've got Gwynn, Wiggins and Show.  Anyone else?  TJ?  



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