Fowl Ball

[Eric]

[Eric]

What are the rules in a case like this? Do they just re-throw? Does the bird get the walk?

[gwalchmai]

I'd say the ball's in play, same as if the pitcher dropped it. Sure would make the game more fun. 

[Batesmotel]

6 hours ago, Eric said:

Does the bird get the walk?

The bird gets the Wok. 

[jfost11]

The ump ruled it a "no pitch".

[geeorge]

Did the bird recover and did it sue them for it's medical bills?

 

 

[Peng]

Is that the Big Unit ?  Hard to tell from that tiny gif.

[Eric]

3 minutes ago, Peng said:

Is that the Big Unit ?  Hard to tell from that tiny gif.

It could be, but the quality and size of the gif doesn’t give much detail. I remember watching him play, when I lived in Phoenix. He’s a professional photographer now. 

[Maser]

Probably the only time in history where baseball was ever watchable. 

[jmohme]

On 11/27/2022 at 5:48 AM, geeorge said:

Did the bird recover and did it sue them for it's medical bills?

 

 

That bird has been officially flipped off!

[kerbie18]

46 minutes ago, Maser said:

Probably the only time in history where baseball was ever watchable. 

Now now, baseball has had many trully awesome moments. You just have to watch endless hours of boredom to get to the awesome parts. Given my short attention span, I prefer to watch the youtube videos of awesome baseball moments. 

[Eric]

I don't like watching baseball on TV and I don't follow the sport, but I enjoy attending the occasional game. Same with hockey.

[kerbie18]

Based on what I've read on the internet, which is naturally unreliable, the impact of the ball basically vaporized the poor bird in this pitch. The poor bird definitely didn't get to take a walk. It was very, very, DEAD.

[Maser]

37 minutes ago, Eric said:

I don't like watching baseball on TV and I don't follow the sport, but I enjoy attending the occasional game. Same with hockey.

 

The problem I have with watching spectator sports is they are sports that I can literally play myself.  I can go outside and play baseball, basketball, football, soccer, etc.  If I'm gonna watch something, I wanna watch something that I know I couldn't do.  Like when I was younger and used to watch pro-wrestling.  I always knew it was staged, but also knew it was real in that people were really doing the stunts and really getting hurt.  I knew I couldn't do those stunts, so therefore I watched people who could.  The modern generation is just as bad with watching others on the net play video games when they themselves can play the games themselves.  I admit I do that as well, but mainly to see people's reactions to games I've already played.  Such as someone who plays Silent Hill 2 for the first time and gets to the part where James walks in on Pyramid Head raping the mannequins.  

So yeah, I just don't get it.  And yeah, I do understand there's folks who are old or physically disabled and can't play the sports themselves anymore, but I'm not talking about them.  I'm talking about folks who are physically abled to play the sports themselves. 

[Maser]

34 minutes ago, kerbie18 said:

Based on what I've read on the internet, which is naturally unreliable, the impact of the ball basically vaporized the poor bird in this pitch. The poor bird definitely didn't get to take a walk. It was very, very, DEAD.

 

It's hard to tell from the small GIF, but in the actual video, the bird is still in one piece and is seen rolling around on the ground.  No different than dove hunting and you get a great hit and the bird falls still in one piece in spite of the huge cloud of feathers still left in the air. 

[Eric]

11 minutes ago, Maser said:

 

The problem I have with watching spectator sports is they are sports that I can literally play myself.  I can go outside and play baseball, basketball, football, soccer, etc.  If I'm gonna watch something, I wanna watch something that I know I couldn't do. 

Is that why you watch so much porn?

 

 

[Maser]

14 minutes ago, Eric said:

Is that why you watch so much porn?

 

 

 

I'm the type of guy who will watch porn and try and follow the plot. 

[Eric]

2 minutes ago, Maser said:

 

I'm the type of guy who will watch porn and try and follow the plot. 

I just like the music. I usually skip the movies and just buy the soundtracks.

[kerbie18]

1 hour ago, Maser said:

 

It's hard to tell from the small GIF, but in the actual video, the bird is still in one piece and is seen rolling around on the ground.  No different than dove hunting and you get a great hit and the bird falls still in one piece in spite of the huge cloud of feathers still left in the air. 

Very interesting. Thank you. Did the birdy survive? 

[Fog]

10 minutes ago, kerbie18 said:

Very interesting. Thank you. Did the birdy survive? 

This.

Anybody know for sure?

My guess is there is no way he lived to flight another day.

[Eric]

I would be very, very surprised to hear that the bird survived.

[Maser]

13 minutes ago, kerbie18 said:

Very interesting. Thank you. Did the birdy survive? 

 

Ball obviously didn't penetrate, but the kinetic energy transfer by itself is what killed it.  No different than if someone commits suicide by jumping in front of a speeding tractor-trailer.  The truck won't penetrate, but the force will kill. 

[Redhookbklyn]

It was Randy Johnson pitching and the bird was DOA.  Pitch was in excess of 100 mph as I recall.

[railfancwb]

On 12/6/2022 at 7:21 PM, Eric said:

I just like the music. I usually skip the movies and just buy the soundtracks.

No doubt bought Playboy etc just for the articles. 

[janice6]

On 12/6/2022 at 5:59 PM, kerbie18 said:

Now now, baseball has had many trully awesome moments. You just have to watch endless hours of boredom to get to the awesome parts. Given my short attention span, I prefer to watch the youtube videos of awesome baseball moments. 

As a kid I used to sell programs at the local ball park.  It was the slowest most boring time for me.  The only memorable moments were when my mother used to wipe salve on my terrible sunburn from spending all day in the sun at the ballpark.  I still don't watch them.