Me and Ashley went tonight and saw “What Happens in Vegas” and it was very funny…good movie. In many ways it was the typical romantic comedy but it still had some good stuff in it. Ashton Kutcher is funny and Cameron Diaz was a good laugh as well. Not sure who it was, but the guy who played Kutcher’s friend was hilarious as well.
The previews: I got to see the preview for the new M. Night Shyamalan movie, The Happening…looks pretty good. Marky Mark is in it…however, the funky bunch is NOT.
First of all…this is a baseball related post.
What is tipping pitches?
This is when a pitcher does some sort of action, be it small or big, when he is throwing a certain pitch. A good team will pick up on this eventually. A great team has guys watching the pitcher from the start of the game to see if he is tipping anything. I bring this up because of a recent article I read by Pell City, AL native and fellow JSU alum, Todd Jones. He was talking about the subject and some past experiences and different pitchers and what they did to “tip” their pitches. These ranged from looking down the third base line, raising the eyebrows and biting their bottom lip. ALL of which WILL be picked up on…and then you are in trouble because, I don’t care what level you are at in baseball, if the hitter knows what is coming you are dead. You’ve just won 85% of the battle for the hitter.
My junior year we played Ole Miss for a 3 game set and on Saturday they started a guy that was throwing about 92 MPH consistent and had a good curveball. And, let me say, 92 is pumping it in there pretty good. However, the fastball was pretty flat but he did have a good curveball. Well, about the 3rd inning, one of our guys said “hey, I think everytime he looks into his glove for the grip, he is throwing a curve.” Well, we watched him close for about 15 pitches and sure enough he was…every single time. If he was throwing a fastball he just looked in and pitched. Here’s the thing…he only had 2 pitches, a fastball and a curve. So, he has just let us know every single pitch that is coming our way. A fight at the bat rack then ensued. We knew what was coming every pitch and just sat back and ripped that 92 MPH fastball all over the yard and looked at curveballs. They finally took him out and the next pitcher didn’t have any obvious tells…that we could see.
Well, as any true baseball lovers would do, we told the guy the next day during BP about his tell. He couldn’t believe it and thanked us. They weren’t in our conference so it was cool for us to let him in on it. That is to say that he later on could still subconsiously pick it right back up again.
So, as Todd Jones said, if you see a pitcher on your favorite team “tipping” his pitches…tell him. He’ll thank you.
Please play my little game…
“If I’m not back in five minutes… just wait longer.”
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Against Ashley’s advice I am going to go ahead and tell this story but if at any time during this you start thinking girly thoughts about me, just look at the title….then be still and know, that I’m still a guy.
OK, so here’s what happened. I went yesterday to get a haircut or a “hair thinning” actually. I am laid back getting my hair washed (my favorite) and loving life. The girl then asks me, “Do you want your eye brows trimmed?” “Sure,” I said thinking that a trimming would mean some sort of trimmer or something that would just cut the hair or at the very worst, tweezers! But, before I knew it, while my eyes were closed I felt something warm on my eyebrow. Oh yes, it was hot wax…I was getting my eye brows waxed…not trimmed. She then commenced to put the cloth on the wax and pull out the hairs along with my manhood! To my surprise it didn’t hurt. The tweezing, however, did. But, I made it through it and while I was over getting the actual haircut another dude was getting his waxed as well so I felt a little better. She and my wife assured me that men do this as well…it was just my first time and it kinda made me like I needed a purse.
However, never fear…I’m still a guy! Now I’m just a guy with perfect eyebrows.
Hey, I got my new camera. Here’s a picture I took today of Jack and I must say it’s pretty “doggone” stellar. If this is a sign of photos to come then I am pumped. I still gotta learn all the bells and whistles on this thing but I’ll get there.
More to come!
The following was on foxsports.com today:
Catching up with the best of the worst from the past week in sports:
Los Angeles Dodgers: It’s pretty obvious that they were Jonesin’ for the wrong Atlanta Braves mainstay when they parted with $14.7 million. Andruw Jones, 31, carried a .162 average with 1 homer, 3 RBIs and 25 whiffs in 74 at-bats into the weekend, has looked chunky since arriving at spring training and has added less to the lineup thus far than a cymbals player in Nine Inch Nails. You would have thought L.A. might have taken the hint when the career .261 hitter fell off to .222 in his walk year. Meanwhile, Chipper Jones is tearing the cover off the ball for the Braves for $12.3 million.
-Enjoy him, Erik!
I don’t know why I haven’t thought about it before or why I have waited until now to mention it but…check out the World Vision logo to the right. We have been Artist Associates of World Vision for about a year now and Ashley and I have sponsored our child for about 5 1/2 years. His name is Nelson Segura Matos and he lives in the Dominican Republic. It has been such a blessing for us to be a part of what World Vision is doing to impact needy children and the $30 a month sacrifice is so small for what it does. World Vision is a great organization as are many other child sponsorship organizations and we are proud to be involved with what they are doing.
If you have been looking for an opportunity to be involved with something like this, click the link and start today.
Well, Robby whipped everybody today on the movie quote. The answer was Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Way to go, Robby. Does anyone else read these? I am beginning to wonder if my little game is in vain. I stopped by this afternoon and listened in on Gold City’s vocal tracking session. These guys can flat get it done…awesome singers. Their new album is going to be great featuring new lead singer and friend, Bruce Taliaferro. Here’s a picture of Danny’s (baritone for GC) daughter, Sadie aka my wife’s favorite person, with the headphones on at the studio.
