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Scooter

Post subject: Re: Growing up playing ball, who's swing did you emulate?

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:08 pm

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TWIB was not miss TV for me every week. Before the 24 hr news cycle of today was only way to see highlights everything from the previous week. Mel Allen was the shit.

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Peoria Matt

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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:12 pm

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Saturday morning TWIB before the game of the week with Joe and Tony.

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Hockey Gay

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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:15 pm

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Ken Caminiti

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Mr. Reason

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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:17 pm

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Peoria Matt wrote:

Saturday morning TWIB before the game of the week with Joe and Tony.

Now you're talking.

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Scooter

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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:17 pm

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Hockey Gay wrote:

Ken Caminiti

Loved Caminiti when he was young and raw before the roids and cocaine. Should have been a HOF player.

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Scooter

Post subject: Re: Growing up playing ball, who's swing did you emulate?

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:18 pm

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Peoria Matt wrote:

Saturday morning TWIB before the game of the week with Joe and Tony.

Kubek and Garg were great.

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BigW72

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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:42 am

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late 70's, early 80's....Willie Stargell really had the most unique approach to the plate. Awesome!

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pittmike

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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:47 am

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I wanna say George Foster with the arm pump.

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Hawg Ass

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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:54 am

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Peoria Matt wrote:

That was back when the All Star game was an event.

To kids today, it still is. My son absolutely loves the all star game and the home run derby.

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Hawg Ass

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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:55 am

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Mr. Reason wrote:

Peoria Matt wrote:

Saturday morning TWIB before the game of the week with Joe and Tony.

Now you're talking.

Loved Tony Kubek as an announcer, actually loved the whole Saturday NBC broadcast team.

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Gloopan Kuratz

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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:06 am

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It was cool how the wooden bats were different. You wouldn't buy a Kaline because the handle was so thin and would break easily. The Jackie Robinson was like swinging a log. I always liked the Hank Aaron bat. Also liked Mantle and Mays.

Kids miss out.

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Chus

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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 11:01 am

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Peoria Matt wrote:

That was back when the All Star game was an event.

Scooter wrote:

TWIB was not miss TV for me every week. Before the 24 hr news cycle of today was only way to see highlights everything from the previous week. Mel Allen was the shit.

You guys are scratching me right where I itch.

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Jimmy Thick

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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 2:09 pm

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Mike Schmidt, but I quickly developed my own swing rather quick due to the fact I had an overbearing father who used to make me do 200 swings in the swimming pool everyday during little league season. All that hard work, and swinging a bat in a pool is terrible hard work, didn't pay off until the next year when I had huge forearms and outstanding bat speed for a 12 year old. I vividly remember being the only kid who could hit the ball over the fence back at the old Hanover Park little league. I also remember other kids parents yelling at me for being too "good", and looking back, I probably was.

Then I discovered pussy, the rest is history...

Fond memories.

Jimmy Thick- Fucking parents at those games, such assholes.

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Apologist

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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 3:39 pm

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Kirkwood

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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 3:43 pm

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real games no one.

when messing around moises alou and craig counsell were fun. pitching hideo nomo was the guy

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Tad Queasy

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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 4:01 pm

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Apologist wrote:

If I were a pitcher I would have buried one right in that guy's ribs just for being so annoying.

When I played EA's MLB I used to plunk Craig Counsell every time, regardless of situation, even to my own detriment, solely because his batting stance bugged me.

I also once shot a man in the back, just for snorin'...

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Chus

Post subject: Re: Growing up playing ball, who's swing did you emulate?

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 4:02 pm

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Kirkwood wrote:

real games no one.

when messing around moises alou and craig counsell were fun. pitching hideo nomo was the guy

I tried to throw like Dan Quisenberry. I can throw some nasty submarine pitches with a wiffle ball.

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man of few opinions

Post subject: Re: Growing up playing ball, who's swing did you emulate?

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 4:15 pm

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Chus wrote:

I tried to throw like Dan Quisenberry. I can throw some nasty submarine pitches with a wiffle ball.

+1 - i was a quisenberry clone on the wiffleball field. i STILL throw like him when i am pitching to my kids and if totally messes them up. i even remembered how to position the ball to throw different pitches. how i could still remember is beyond me.

as far as batting stances, cecil cooper was one of my favorites. i also had a pretty good mickey rivers bat twirl on the "very rare" occasions i swung and missed. whenever i watch the Cubs play and rizzo swings for the fences, i imagine him as a kid emulating Reggie Jackson, he has a great drop to one knee all or nothing home run swing that brings me back to the old days.

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Apologist

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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 5:40 pm

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Real answer: Julio Franco.

How he generated the absurd bat speed he did, he was like a king cobra uncoiling, and hit lasers all over the yard. The 1994 .319 /.406 / .510 campaign he had as a White Sock DH was unreal. The guy was hittin ropes at 48, which in Dominican years could in all reality be 68. He was like the Caribbean Gary Sheffield... incredible bat speed and eye.