Improved health, mechanical tweeks, steroids ... On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. The >>>>>> fried-chicken-and-beer episode was the most vivid example of such >>>>>> behavior. >>>>>> On May 11, led by Ortiz, the players took a stand. >>>>>> Maybe it was a start. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. 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