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    Mitchell: Pedroia, Cano and Magical Thinking

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    posted 2 days ago by Repoz to red sox, yankees  |  35 comment(s)

    Pedroiadolia: The psychological phenomenon of seeing wacko images on dirty uniforms.

    The narratives around the two players, however, could not be different. Pedroia is almost the prototype of the over-achieving “scrappy” player. He is a 5’8” middle infielder who does the little things well. This ignores that he was also a second round draft choice who played baseball at a top baseball school. Cano, on the other hand is bigger, more athletic and does not project scrappiness at all. Throughout ...

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    51. KT's Pot Arb posted on November 30, 2012 at 01:41 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I'm guessing dating is getting a lot tougher for Jeter nowadays. It went from this.

    Jeter: "Hey, you want to come over some time?"

    Hot Girl: Runs to car to try to beat other hot girls to Jeters house and camp out naked in his bedroom.

    To this.

    Jeter: "Hey, you want to come over some time?"

    Hot Girl (nose scrunched up as if she smelled, or was being hit on by, something awful): "Who the hell are you?"

    Jeter: "I'm Derek Jeter".

    Hot Girl: Runs to car to try to beat other hot girls to Jeters house and camp out naked in his bedroom.
    52. Infinite Joost (Voxter)  posted on November 30, 2012 at 01:44 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Why isn't anybody wearing a shirt?
    53. YR Misses Reggie Bars posted on November 30, 2012 at 01:57 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I had that photo on my monitor at work when a colleague walked in.

    Prepare for a visit from HR.


    Yeah, and I don't mean Human Resources.
    54. Gamingboy posted on November 30, 2012 at 02:01 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Please, at that angle it makes almost everyone look fat.
    55. Tippecanoe posted on November 30, 2012 at 02:16 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    It's from all that Pasta Diving.
    56. bjhanke posted on November 30, 2012 at 03:46 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    By the standards of shortstops, I don't remember Cal Ripken being long and lean at all. Long, yes, but if you want to see long and lean, look up Leo Cardenas or Marty Marion. Most great SS are either tiny and very quick (Rizzuto, Aparicio), or long and so lean that they can still move quickly. Ripken didn't have that quickness, but he probably had the best arm in the position at the time, which made up for a lot of the quickness. - Brock Hanke
    57. The Yankee Clapper posted on November 30, 2012 at 05:00 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Another BBTF thread ragging on Jeter? Some folks here have been predicting his demise for years - one day they will be right.

    With the ankle preventing Jeter from working out, it wouldn't be surprising if he put on a few pounds (anyone here gain weight over Thanksgiving?) but of all the players in MLB, Jeter is about the last I'd worry about doing what is necessary to be ready for the season.
    58. Swoboda is freedom posted on November 30, 2012 at 05:09 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Swimming is good exercise, non weight bearing even.
    59. bunyon posted on November 30, 2012 at 05:14 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    If only he owned a pool. Or lived near water.
    60. Infinite Joost (Voxter)  posted on November 30, 2012 at 05:18 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Another BBTF thread ragging on Jeter?


    I don't think that's what's happening here.

    *BURP*
    61. Random Transaction Generator posted on November 30, 2012 at 05:23 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Some folks here have been predicting his demise for years - one day they will be right.


    Well, they were "right" in 2010 and until August 2011.
    Then they were "wrong" after that.
    62. charityslave is thinking about baseball posted on November 30, 2012 at 06:21 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Overheard at a Manhattan cocktail party-

    "What are your hopes, what are your dr... ooh, is that pudding?"
    63. Nasty Nate posted on November 30, 2012 at 06:25 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Dr. Evil has really let himself go...
    64. smileyy posted on November 30, 2012 at 06:29 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    "Drunk Vin Diesel wonders why story about Derek Jeter features his photograph"
    65. Robert in Manhattan Beach posted on November 30, 2012 at 07:24 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Whoever convinced those guys to take that photo should be the VP of sales for somebody. How on earth could you convince someone to take a picture that ridiculous, much less five guys?
    66. zack posted on November 30, 2012 at 07:51 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    How can you guys not recognize that smarmy look and fat-yet-skinny body of Rey Rey?

    Also Crispix...aren't you a Phan?
    67. PreservedFish posted on November 30, 2012 at 08:05 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Ordonez was once a legendary figure in statheaddom. He deserves better than this.
    68. smileyy posted on November 30, 2012 at 08:39 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Holy crap I forgot about that group photo. I'm pretty sure someone won a bet that they couldn't get 5 young baseball players of Latin American descent to shoot the cover of a gay porn movie. I think I even watched that last week...wasn't it "Party at Alex's?"
    69. NattyBoh posted on November 30, 2012 at 08:51 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I'm pretty sure someone won a bet that they couldn't get 5 young baseball players of Latin American descent to shoot the cover of a gay porn movie. I think I even watched that last week...wasn't it "Party at Alex's?"


    He's called A-Rod for a reason.
    70. phredbird  posted on November 30, 2012 at 09:05 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    i know that's supposed to be a bad angle and all, but it do look like he's carrying a lot of junk in the trunk.
    71. YR Misses Reggie Bars posted on November 30, 2012 at 09:13 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    You guys are all haters. Count the rollzzzzzz....I mean ringzzzz...
    72. Never Give an Inge (Dave) posted on November 30, 2012 at 09:40 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0


    I've been surprised on a few occasions at how out of shape certain players look in the offseason. Not talking about Prince Fielder's of the world, but the guys who are actually supposed to be great athletes and fitness nuts. I remember seeing a shirtless picture of A-Rod somewhere and also thinking that he looked terrible for a professional athlete.
    73. YR Misses Reggie Bars posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:27 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I've never seen an elite athlete get out of shape as badly and as rapidly as legendary boxer Roberto Duran. During his peak when he fought around 140lb he'd routinely blow up to near 200lb between fights while lazing away his days back home in Panama. Somehow he'd always manage to get back into fighting shape over a typical 6 week fight camp and rarely showed any ill-effects.
    74. Fred Lynn Nolan Ryan Sweeney Agonistes posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:43 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I've been surprised on a few occasions at how out of shape certain players look in the offseason. Not talking about Prince Fielder's of the world, but the guys who are actually supposed to be great athletes and fitness nuts. I remember seeing a shirtless picture of A-Rod somewhere and also thinking that he looked terrible for a professional athlete.

    I think some of this is just that these guys train for strength and fitness, but not so much for looks, so you see a lot more "gorilla belly" types, than that classic bodybuilder "V" shape. Somebody like Yoenis Cespedes looks kind of round when he's in uniform, but then in the infamous training video (or in the rookie-hazing wrestler's outfit) it's clearly all muscle.
    75. The District Attorney posted on December 01, 2012 at 01:44 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Another BBTF thread ragging on Jeter? Some folks here have been predicting his demise for years - one day they will be right.

    With the ankle preventing Jeter from working out, it wouldn't be surprising if he put on a few pounds (anyone here gain weight over Thanksgiving?) but of all the players in MLB, Jeter is about the last I'd worry about doing what is necessary to be ready for the season.
    ####, you're horrible.
    76. AT-AT at bat@AT&T posted on December 01, 2012 at 10:26 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    swisher going by on a skateboard yelling : dude, don´t get fat, join the red sox !!!!
    77. RETARDO is "Captain Swing"! posted on December 10, 2012 at 04:07 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Easily the best post and thread here since Ring Dings.

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