Why have I lost interest in baseball?

SloMotion · 07-22-2012, 04:57 AM

... having a Cy Young Award winner & the 2011 AL MVP pitching for your team,

... 100+ pitch count, late in the game, and this m'fer can still bring the heat ... what's not to love?

Justin Verlander

That's right, Verlander's 116th pitch of the evening was another 100 mph fastball, and it completely sawed off Beckham's bat... on a check-swing.

Not a full swing. Not a going-for-the-fences, swinging-out-of-his-shoes swing. It was a simple check-swing that happened to hit the bat, and in the process destroyed the bat, leaving only the handle in Beckham's hands.

07-22-2012, 04:57 AM	#24
SloMotion 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,776 Blog Entries: 15	Why baseball still interests me ... ... having a Cy Young Award winner & the 2011 AL MVP pitching for your team, ... 100+ pitch count, late in the game, and this m'fer can still bring the heat ... what's not to love? Justin Verlander That's right, Verlander's 116th pitch of the evening was another 100 mph fastball, and it completely sawed off Beckham's bat... on a check-swing. Not a full swing. Not a going-for-the-fences, swinging-out-of-his-shoes swing. It was a simple check-swing that happened to hit the bat, and in the process destroyed the bat, leaving only the handle in Beckham's hands.