OT: The Toronto Blue Jays

[LeafOfFaith]

My emotions were fucking hell he is out to omg he is safe to fuck me his foot was back down in time.

Shocked I survived that

They called him out and I'd been holding in an urgent piss for a while, so I got up to go to the bathroom but saw that they were looking at it again, and I sat right back down and prayed it was the lamest WS win of all (on a review of an out call), but then they upheld it and I cursed the heavens once more.

 

[MindzEye]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y108HLA5XyI&t=1690s

A bunch of work has been done on this, most inconclusive when measured head to head (probably methodolgy issues, testing has been using younger athletes in their teens, not elite level professional men) with very small advantages for head first (less than 5 ms) but there's two pretty reliable groupings of information when you look at the studies that have been done

1) Running through the base is faster than any other method most of the time (statcast data backs this up)
2) Diving head first can match or occasionally beat running through the base with the right technique, but feet first has never come close

Diving Into First Base: Maybe Not Crazy

Most of us have been taught that running through the bag is unequivocally faster than diving into it. Those who dive into first base are often ridiculed for doing so, risking injury to themselves…

blogs.fangraphs.com

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L01FuF14rZc

It also just makes intuitive sense from a physics standpoint. Time spent in the air with low friction is faster than time spend with one of your bodies largest surface areas sliding across a high friction surface


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHflbQoVyN0

So with all due respect to the fine people at mythbusters who have provided us all with hundreds of hours of excellent entertainment, but two complete non athletes doing this just isn't a thing worth considering as evidence imo.

 

[MindzEye]

Crazy to think that if we’d had Myles Straw and his 95th percentile sprint speed, available to pinch run for Bo instead of IKF…..that the Jays would be World Champs.

Or just IKF with a normal lead.

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/TafikiJr/status/1985112182820921487

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/MLBDeadlineNews/status/1985379034952306763

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/1985453855245492701

 

[MindzEye]

Someone told me they analyze non force plays

In any case, just give us the fucking answer. I don’t need a 48 min prologue

Run through > Head First > Feet First

 

[MindzEye]

View: https://x.com/MLBDeadlineNews/status/1985379034952306763

At that number it better fucking be here.

 

[MindzEye]

View: https://x.com/TafikiJr/status/1985112182820921487

That guy with the fascist frog avatar made me feel a lot better, thanks.

 

[MindzEye]

View: https://x.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/1985453855245492701

My old, old anti Rogers rants brought this stuff up a bunch. #JaysNation is an actual fucking nation. The only fanbase comparable in size is the Yankees. There was never an excuse to not invest in this club as a big market club. Was just Rogers being cheap fucks for years.

 

[axlsalinger]

That guy with the fascist frog avatar made me feel a lot better, thanks.

 

[Bleedsblue&white]

So the guy who spent the season doom watching, then playing fan now can't see a light-hearted response for what it was...a nothing-burger when nobody really cares cause we are all...excuse me...most of us, feeling pretty bad

 

[Jeremy]

View: https://x.com/MLBDeadlineNews/status/1985379034952306763

Pay the man even more.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Run through > Head First > Feet First

The Vladdy superman slide and the IKF feet first slide show the difference pretty markedly.

But run through always on a force out play. Whether it's force out or tag out is critical to the slide or no slide question.

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/YankeeWRLD/status/1985414687882694909

1) Kyle Tucker - 11 years / $360 million
2) Bo Bichette - 8 / 240
3) Framber Valdez - 7 / 220
4) Alex Bregman - 6 / 180
5) Pete Alonso - 7 / 175
6) Dylan Cease - 5 / 160
7) Shane Bieber - 5 / 150
8) Cody Bellinger - 6 / 175
9) Gleyber Torres - 7 / 160
10) Kyle Schwarber - 3 / 110
11) Edwin Diaz - 6 / 125
12) Munetaka Murakami - 7 / 140
13) Trent Grisham - 5 / 130
14) Trevor Story - 4 / 110
15) Michael King - 4 / 110
16) Eugenio Suarez - 3 / 75
17) Kazuma Okamoto - 5 / 85
18) Josh Naylor - 6 / 120
19) Ranger Suarez - 3 / 75
20) Devin Williams - 4 / 75
21) Brandon Woodruff - 1 / 27.5
22) Zac Gallen - 2 / 45
23) Jack Flaherty - 3 / 72
24) Ryan Helsley - 4 / 170
25) Lucas Giolito - 3 / 65

 

[MindzEye]

So the guy who spent the season doom watching, then playing fan now can't see a light-hearted response for what it was...a nothing-burger when nobody really cares cause we are all...excuse me...most of us, feeling pretty bad

"playing"

Go fuck yourself. My anger with the organization is based on giving too many fucks for decades. Eat my light hearted ass.

 

[Bleedsblue&white]

You can't win this one fuckhead, you fake cheered the entire playoffs, say whatever makes you feel better, or whatever you think will make you look better here, won't change anything.

 

[Jeremy]

Also, sign the Biebs.

 

[axlsalinger]

i just look forward to the 787,542 times we get to read about how IKF should have had a bigger lead and somersaulted across home plate

 

[CH1]

My old, old anti Rogers rants brought this stuff up a bunch. #JaysNation is an actual fucking nation. The only fanbase comparable in size is the Yankees. There was never an excuse to not invest in this club as a big market club. Was just Rogers being cheap fucks for years.

I shared the accusation:
Big market team run like a mid market team
Rogers brings in Shapiro from mid market Cleveland (rather than promote AA)

fast forward to last season
Rogers gets how valuable this team could be as a revenue generator

So, yeah I’m enjoying the corporate pivot but I’m not getting comfortable because biz strategies can change quickly