Comments on: Are You Fast Enough For The Majors? http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/22/are-you-fast-enough-for-the-majors/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/22/are-you-fast-enough-for-the-majors/#comment-65793 Quaker in a Basement Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:18:21 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5661#comment-65793 Nimrod wrote: <em>I got home runs and everything.</em> Don't you mean you hit a googly over deep midwicket for six? Nimrod wrote: I got home runs and everything.

Don’t you mean you hit a googly over deep midwicket for six?

]]> By: R.J. http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/22/are-you-fast-enough-for-the-majors/#comment-65792 R.J. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:35:32 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5661#comment-65792 If OxyCon can get $10 million, can I get $12 million and a no-trade clause? If OxyCon can get $10 million, can I get $12 million and a no-trade clause?

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/22/are-you-fast-enough-for-the-majors/#comment-65791 C.S.Strowbridge Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:42:38 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5661#comment-65791 "The "Pinball Wizard" (my 16 year old game console playing son) got a few .004's. Maybe I should sign him up for a summer baseball team." Or scientific experimentation. Crap that's fast. “The “Pinball Wizard” (my 16 year old game console playing son) got a few .004′s.
Maybe I should sign him up for a summer baseball team.”

Or scientific experimentation. Crap that’s fast.

]]> By: OxyCon http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/22/are-you-fast-enough-for-the-majors/#comment-65790 OxyCon Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:09:08 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5661#comment-65790 I can hit home runs with my thumb! .18. Now will someone sign me to a $10 million dollar contract? The "Pinball Wizard" (my 16 year old game console playing son) got a few .004's. Maybe I should sign him up for a summer baseball team. I can hit home runs with my thumb!
.18.
Now will someone sign me to a $10 million dollar contract?
The “Pinball Wizard” (my 16 year old game console playing son) got a few .004′s.
Maybe I should sign him up for a summer baseball team.

]]> By: Wellstone http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/22/are-you-fast-enough-for-the-majors/#comment-65789 Wellstone Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:31:21 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5661#comment-65789 hmmm. this game does not take into account major-league pitching, curve balls, change-ups, strike count, or ball movement, etc etc. You not only have to make a swing decision, you have to guess location, speed, and type of pitch before you actually swing. I faced 90mph pitching at a minor league fan day, and it was a total blur. And then there's golf: The ball is freaking STATIONARY, yet few golfers can manage to hit it square consistently. hmmm. this game does not take into account major-league pitching, curve balls, change-ups, strike count, or ball movement, etc etc.

You not only have to make a swing decision, you have to guess location, speed, and type of pitch before you actually swing.

I faced 90mph pitching at a minor league fan day, and it was a total blur.

And then there’s golf: The ball is freaking STATIONARY, yet few golfers can manage to hit it square consistently.

]]> By: Nimrod Gently http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/22/are-you-fast-enough-for-the-majors/#comment-65788 Nimrod Gently Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:21:32 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5661#comment-65788 Same as CSS. I got home runs and everything. Same as CSS. I got home runs and everything.

]]> By: mike in dc http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/22/are-you-fast-enough-for-the-majors/#comment-65787 mike in dc Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:21:24 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5661#comment-65787 went from .36 to .16 seconds after some practice. went from .36 to .16 seconds after some practice.

]]> By: R.J. http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/22/are-you-fast-enough-for-the-majors/#comment-65786 R.J. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:23:19 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5661#comment-65786 Most of mine were .19 or .2 seconds. One of my home runs was .13 seconds and I don't know how that happened. Most of mine were .19 or .2 seconds. One of my home runs was .13 seconds and I don’t know how that happened.

]]> By: Disgusted in St. Louis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/22/are-you-fast-enough-for-the-majors/#comment-65785 Disgusted in St. Louis Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:23:30 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5661#comment-65785 Seems a bit too simple, despite knowing that in the past (when I was younger and in prime...la la la la) I had quick reflexes, however, taking 4 pitches with a result of a home run, a swing/miss, and two base hits seems a bit too good to be true. Seems a bit too simple, despite knowing that in the past (when I was younger and in prime…la la la la) I had quick reflexes, however, taking 4 pitches with a result of a home run, a swing/miss, and two base hits seems a bit too good to be true.

]]> By: mdhåtter http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/22/are-you-fast-enough-for-the-majors/#comment-65784 mdhåtter Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:09:32 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5661#comment-65784 Same, after a few warm ups. Same, after a few warm ups.

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/22/are-you-fast-enough-for-the-majors/#comment-65783 C.S.Strowbridge Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:48:17 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5661#comment-65783 0.17 to 0.20 seconds. I don't know if that's good, but I usually got home runs. 0.17 to 0.20 seconds. I don’t know if that’s good, but I usually got home runs.

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