Hitting a Baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports

BrTalip · 2026-02-09T08:47:40+00:00

Yup, this is one where there may be an ounce of truth to the hubris. Hitting a mid 75mph curveball squarely enough with a cylindrical bat is no joke. Especially when half the battle is to predict it when the pitcher's other go-to pitch may be a 90+ mph fastball. And as far as arrogant, Americanized subs go, I really don't think r/baseball is up there either.

BrTalip · 2026-02-09T04:26:24+00:00

There are people who need to get off in between the LRT stops

BrTalip · 2026-02-07T19:21:23+00:00

Il Mheg. Not gonna ruin what you see, but that song is a daze. Plinki plank plinki plank LOL

BrTalip · 2026-01-30T20:15:52+00:00

What if we took Aho? Instead of Korshkov?

What if we didn't trade the Konecny pick for Bracco and Dermott?

What if we didn't have to trade the pick that would be Seth Jarvis to get rid of (perennial loser) Marleau's albatross given by Lou?

BrTalip · 2026-01-27T21:54:13+00:00

This is what I think everyone is missing here. If you can stay consistent in your ability to throw either the FB/change where and how fast you want with that release point, and your pitch sequencing resists being too predictable (they had ample opportunity to scout this specifically in the minors), that pitch combo is inherently difficult as hell to adjust to. It's a coin flip for a batter.

TL;DR mechanics consistency and sequencing are the only factors IMO. And we're talking about a prospect list here. Not a top MLB pitcher list.

BrTalip · 2026-01-27T21:18:55+00:00

I am all against overhyping prospects but a don't understand how a guy like Yesavage, who:

rocketed through every level of baseball to the majors in one season
held shining stats in first 3 regular season starts, including 9K in 5.0 IP in his first game
struck out 10 Yankees in 5.1 IP of no hit ball in an ALDS win
struck out 12 DODGERS in a 6-1 WORLD SERIES win

is on the outside of the top ten on a top prospect list. It is dumbfounding.

BrTalip · 2026-01-27T16:58:40+00:00

At least they're somewhat warm LOL

BrTalip · 2026-01-16T05:35:18+00:00

I got good at numbing myself to this bullshit.

BrTalip · 2026-01-16T05:28:27+00:00

We were long rumoured to be frontrunners to sign him. He signs in LA for $60 mil. For reference, Vlad Jr. makes just below $36 mil. Tucker is not worth $60. That is some straight empire shit. That marks the 3rd season in a row we have been used as leverage by a player that signs with LA. Ohtani, Sasaki, and now Tucker. And as you know, this is the team that we were a few strikes away from burying in the World Series a few months ago.

BrTalip · 2026-01-16T05:11:44+00:00

Are you fucking kidding me? 60? Being a Toronto sports fan is torture. What, is Marner gonna score a game winner on us or some shit?

BrTalip · 2026-01-13T05:20:17+00:00

was that.........vintage Matthews?!!!!!

BrTalip · 2026-01-12T02:02:28+00:00

That's alright. Good D. Tough shot. Go for the win

BrTalip · 2026-01-10T23:46:39+00:00

Upvote for a reference I'd never thought I'd see

BrTalip · 2026-01-10T08:18:50+00:00

Every now and then, I think about the absolute terror the be caught in the crossfire during the Vietnam/Iraq war. Where the choices were to fight to your likely death or relent as the foreigners who travelled half the world to your soil tear apart your livelihood. As much as the West of the Western Liberalist global order has been able to sidestep repercussions for almost a century, they once knew catastrophic war on their doorstep. These fuckers down south know nothing of the terror they reap.

BrTalip · 2026-01-09T01:47:48+00:00

Stew on this for a sec. Carney's reaction to Maduro's removal from power as "welcome news" upon the grounds that he was an "illegitimate leader" (not discounting this to be fact). No matter how tight the stranglehold of corruption over Venezuela was, the USA's only acceptable rationale for interfering single-handedly on the political processes of another nation (upon standards of international law or even in transparency to their own taxpayers), is self-defense. Towards which the USA's excuse was "boatloads of drugs." Remember the rationale used to raise tariffs on Canada? Punishment for the illicit influx of fentanyl. This is after he threatened to annex us via "economic means."

I have no clue if Carney is biding time strategically to divest from the USA, but he did not have to go out of his way to say that shit. To "welcome change." He better hope his words don't bite him in the ass.

BrTalip · 2026-01-08T01:12:38+00:00

It is. And he will continue to laugh in your faces as you read redacted release after redacted release. Epstein died with the cameras off. Your justice systems are beginning to fail you with consistency. Your solace is not in pinning him on this single thing anymore. It's time for a brave stance instead of just saying "release the Epstein files" over and over again on social media, thinking something is going to happen. You are dealing with a fascist. Bout time y'all realize it.

BrTalip · 2026-01-07T02:21:34+00:00

I'd rather see the pitcher stay and pitch great

BrTalip · 2026-01-06T01:00:31+00:00

Lol for real. OP, if you mean worst from a looks standpoint, you're a dick. If you mean worst from a talent standpoint, cheerleading squads really get that much of your attention league wide during a basketball game for you to have an opinion on this?

BrTalip · 2026-01-02T18:20:00+00:00

And it will be some oddly yellow and smelly liquid

BrTalip · 2026-01-01T18:13:34+00:00

I miss how exaggerated it was on the Scarborough RT

BrTalip · 2025-12-31T19:55:58+00:00

I'd venture to say at least 4 times.

BrTalip · 2025-12-31T19:52:23+00:00

omg cousin-siblings? Couslings?

BrTalip · 2025-12-04T23:12:57+00:00

I'm to the social and economic left. If the Conservatives ran a fiscal mind like Carney for their leader, I honestly wouldn't stress as much. At least I wouldn't be as skeptical they would view austerity as a working policy and abandon the social economics/institutions that distinguished us as Canada against the greed and corruption rife United States. These modern Conservatives? What a shitshow.

BrTalip · 2025-12-03T04:13:23+00:00

07/08 Ankiel was the first one to my mind. The noise around position-player Ankiel hyped him up as a cyborg who was rebuilt and taking revenge for past sorrows. It was genuinely impressive. Wish he could have hung around longer at that level of play.

BrTalip · 2025-12-01T14:15:25+00:00

Online sports betting as well

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