Oh, we won our game. Makes for a better memory cuz the pitcher was a tool.
But Steve, your quip about the fastball is fine. But what does add five miles to a fastball from one game to the next? On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Ray Daniel Salemi < [email protected]> wrote: > The game ended poorly. I was the tying run and was standing on third base > with two outs. The batter was a lefty. He hit a sharp line drive to right > field, and ran home tagged the plate, and turned to see the other team > congratulating each other. > > The batter was so slow (too fat) that the right fielder had thrown him out > at first in a force play. > > Doh! > > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hah! I had that exact same exhange/outcome in softball a few years back. >> Zinged it right past his head. >> >> >> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Ray Daniel Salemi < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We just had an excellent softball game this weekend where the opposing >>> pitcher yelled at us for not swinging at his bad pitches and taking our >>> walks. I yelled back, "We'll swing when you start throwing strikes." >>> Then, I was on deck, then I was up (slow pitch softball, btw, so no >>> brushback threat). >>> >>> The guy threw me three balls in a row, and I watched them go by. The >>> catcher's patter was "C'mon he's not swinging. He won't swing. Make him >>> swing." The pitcher threw a strike, that I watched go by. He threw >>> another strike that as a little low for my liking. 3-2 and the catcher is >>> saying, "Yeah! He has to swing now. You're making him swing." The >>> pitcher threw another strike and I lined it over his head for a single. >>> >>> So, in this case, I think the guy bore down and focused on his >>> objective. Being yelled at many not make your fastball faster, but >>> perhaps it causes you to visualize what's important a little better. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Steve Ouellette < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I don't believe that yelling at someone improves his fastball. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't believe in coincidences. >>>>> >>>>> Dan D >>>>> Central NJ USA >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> *From:* Tom Salemi <[email protected]> >>>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:44 AM >>>>> *Subject:* Team Meeting >>>>> >>>>> So maybe a manager can't or won't make a stand .... but can players? >>>>> >>>>> Read the report on the team meeting. Is the better record merely a >>>>> coincidence? Or were Beckett & Co. dragging it and had to be called out? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> If the Red Sox rally to make the postseason, they might look back to a >>>>> players-only meeting on May 11 as a turning point. >>>>> >>>>> <http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/page/Great-American-Race-yankees-red-sox-rays-tigers-angels-rangers-battle-for-supremacy-040412> >>>>> GREAT >>>>> AMERICAN >>>>> RACE<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/page/Great-American-Race-yankees-red-sox-rays-tigers-angels-rangers-battle-for-supremacy-040412>The >>>>> Junior Circuit is poised for epic >>>>> AL pennant >>>>> chases<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/page/Great-American-Race-yankees-red-sox-rays-tigers-angels-rangers-battle-for-supremacy-040412> >>>>> this >>>>> season. >>>>> The night before, right-hander Josh >>>>> Beckett<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/player/josh-beckett/104633?q=josh-beckett> >>>>> had >>>>> allowed seven runs in 2 1/3 innings and the Sox had lost to the Indians at >>>>> Fenway Park 8-3. >>>>> Designated hitter David >>>>> Ortiz<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/player/david-ortiz/85214?q=david-ortiz>, >>>>> the team's longest-tenured member, called the meeting, and apparently it >>>>> was a doozy. >>>>> "Heated," was the adjective one player used. >>>>> The hitters challenged the pitchers to "step it up," according to two >>>>> sources. The overall theme was that each player needed to take >>>>> responsibility. >>>>> The effect was immediate, and positive. >>>>> The Red Sox won their next five games, and since the meeting have won >>>>> seven of nine overall. >>>>> >>>>> <http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/lists/What-has-led-to-the-recent-troubles-the-Red-Sox-have-experienced-051112> >>>>> RED >>>>> ALERT<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/lists/What-has-led-to-the-recent-troubles-the-Red-Sox-have-experienced-051112>The >>>>> Boston Red Sox used to beMLB's lovable >>>>> idiots<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/lists/What-has-led-to-the-recent-troubles-the-Red-Sox-have-experienced-051112>, >>>>> but fans are no longer amused. >>>>> There is no way to know how the rest of their season will play out, >>>>> whether the Sox will surge after their injured players return or whether >>>>> manager Bobby Valentine, after a rocky first seven weeks, will find the >>>>> right touch. >>>>> But one criticism of the Sox toward the end of last season was that >>>>> some of their players acted with a sense of entitlement. 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