LittleHurt05 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/w...ko-infield-hit/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 My version involves a meteorite burst taking out the Tigers infield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 What's required for a Paul Konerko infield hit? An outfield hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I can't remember off the top of my head, but has Paulie ever been thrown out at first from the outfield? I'd have to think its happened once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooftop Shots Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I know that he has always looked like he is pulling a truck rounding the bases, but is there any video of the footage when Paulie hit the inside the park home run (April 11, 2000)? I remember the guys hanging over the dugout yelling like crazy as he rounded 3rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 A very generous call that probably should've been an error of some sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 A wind blown pop up. Didn't ADA get a windblown infield double last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingandalongonetoleft Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 (edited) Edited March 7, 2013 by Swingandalongonetoleft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooftop Shots Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 QUOTE (YASNY @ Mar 7, 2013 -> 02:19 AM) A wind blown pop up. Didn't ADA get a windblown infield double last year? yeah was at that game laughed my head off. was a muggy day. Beckham hit a home run and the fireworks smoke LINGERED in the air. I remember telling my brother what a great time for a fly ball. and BANG DeAza hits a pop up that landed by the pitchers mound . NOBODY saw it anywhere because of all of the smoke and he got a double. Sometimes ya gotta love home field advantage. What a great basbeall moment. Will probaly never see that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balfanman Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 QUOTE (Rooftop Shots @ Mar 8, 2013 -> 06:58 AM) yeah was at that game laughed my head off. was a muggy day. Beckham hit a home run and the fireworks smoke LINGERED in the air. I remember telling my brother what a great time for a fly ball. and BANG DeAza hits a pop up that landed by the pitchers mound . NOBODY saw it anywhere because of all of the smoke and he got a double. Sometimes ya gotta love home field advantage. What a great basbeall moment. Will probaly never see that again. Actually, it happens every so often. Just a couple of years ago or so the Sox had hit back to back homeruns and the next hitter hit a fly ball that was lost in the smoke. I remember instances of pop ups being lost in the fog as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Didn't someone once hit an infield home run way back in the day? Or is that just a legend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomSeaverFan Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Anybody worried Paulie's hitting too well this spring? Is he wasting the power in meaningless spring games? My dad used to worry about stuff like that so I guess it's been passed on to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 QUOTE (TomSeaverFan @ Mar 11, 2013 -> 07:05 PM) Anybody worried Paulie's hitting too well this spring? Is he wasting the power in meaningless spring games? My dad used to worry about stuff like that so I guess it's been passed on to me. I think his wrist is feeling better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 11, 2013 -> 08:13 PM) I think his wrist is feeling better. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomSeaverFan Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 When he's healthy he's been pretty darn consistent. He's been quite a ballplayer through the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 QUOTE (TomSeaverFan @ Mar 11, 2013 -> 06:05 PM) Anybody worried Paulie's hitting too well this spring? Is he wasting the power in meaningless spring games? My dad used to worry about stuff like that so I guess it's been passed on to me. Wasting his power? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 12, 2013 -> 05:11 PM) Wasting his power? Baseball players have a finite amount of power throughout the year before they can recharge in the winter via hibernation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyDo Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 QUOTE (TomSeaverFan @ Mar 11, 2013 -> 07:05 PM) Anybody worried Paulie's hitting too well this spring? Is he wasting the power in meaningless spring games? My dad used to worry about stuff like that so I guess it's been passed on to me. This is the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 QUOTE (Rooftop Shots @ Mar 8, 2013 -> 01:58 PM) yeah was at that game laughed my head off. was a muggy day. Beckham hit a home run and the fireworks smoke LINGERED in the air. I remember telling my brother what a great time for a fly ball. and BANG DeAza hits a pop up that landed by the pitchers mound . NOBODY saw it anywhere because of all of the smoke and he got a double. Sometimes ya gotta love home field advantage. What a great basbeall moment. Will probaly never see that again. I was there too, and it was one of my favorite sox memories. They were actually lucky, it happened twice but the second time wasn't infield fly called? That was the best inning. It was crazy being there because the combo of smoke and lights, the cloud was really impenetrable to look through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Mar 11, 2013 -> 05:52 AM) Didn't someone once hit an infield home run way back in the day? Or is that just a legend? It was in the Babe Ruth movie starring John Goodman but really seems nearly impossible to hit a popup so high that one would be able to round the bases. But that is the stuff of legends which is the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyDo Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Mar 14, 2013 -> 03:12 PM) It was in the Babe Ruth movie starring John Goodman but really seems nearly impossible to hit a popup so high that one would be able to round the bases. But that is the stuff of legends which is the point. Because I am on a nerd streak on this site lately: for a pretty fast player to round the bases on a ball hit straight up in the air before it hits the ground, he'd have to hit it ~6500 feet in the air and the ball would have to leave his bat at about 675 mph Edited March 14, 2013 by ScottyDo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Mar 14, 2013 -> 03:35 PM) Because I am on a nerd streak on this site lately: for a pretty fast player to round the bases on a ball hit straight up in the air before it hits the ground, he'd have to hit it ~2000 feet in the air and the ball would have to leave his bat at about 675 mph (hug). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 QUOTE (TomSeaverFan @ Mar 11, 2013 -> 06:05 PM) Anybody worried Paulie's hitting too well this spring? Is he wasting the power in meaningless spring games? My dad used to worry about stuff like that so I guess it's been passed on to me. I definitely had a video game where this was a concern. But, if I remember correctly, the power boost bonus isn't that costly. The teleporting ball pitch and the line drive missile where the ones you had to use sparingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Mar 14, 2013 -> 12:35 PM) Because I am on a nerd streak on this site lately: for a pretty fast player to round the bases on a ball hit straight up in the air before it hits the ground, he'd have to hit it ~6500 feet in the air and the ball would have to leave his bat at about 675 mph The runner could theoretically be maybe 1/2 way between 3rd and home when the ball lands and go the rest of the way home by the time a fielder picks it up and gets the throw home. What would that do to the numbers ? I'm just encouraging your nerd streak by asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyDo Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Mar 14, 2013 -> 06:06 PM) The runner could theoretically be maybe 1/2 way between 3rd and home when the ball lands and go the rest of the way home by the time a fielder picks it up and gets the throw home. What would that do to the numbers ? I'm just encouraging your nerd streak by asking. So first off, I completely botched the first set of numbers. I know you're all very disappointed in me. I am going to turn in my physics badge and potato gun immediately. I don't know where I went wrong -- probably trying to use my phone's calculator -- but the true answer to my first attempt was: Ball speed: 131.5 mph Height: 578 feet Not nearly as implausible. Given Q's parameters, that should shave ~1.5 seconds off the required hang-time if they're a sprinter-caliber runner...so that would give us: Ball speed: 115 mph Height: 443 feet Still not possible because a) air resistance selectively dissipates energy from the beginning of the ball's flight path and b) even Albert Pujols' best HR exit speed in 2009 was 119 mph, and you can't replicate that type of swing straight up. Anyway, the point is that Balta should rescind his hug and you should all be terribly ashamed of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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