A-Rod's game winning HR

andjbock · 06-28-2006, 06:28 PM

I don't know how I feel about A-Rod tossing his helmet up in the air as he crosses home plate. Is he mocking David Ortiz or has Papi created a new phenomenon?

Luis_Rivera · 06-28-2006, 06:41 PM

ya rite arod is only good when the SPANKmeeees are up by like 10 runs lol

Skipaway · 06-28-2006, 06:55 PM

It was amusing to hear commentators talking about how ARod's RISP numbers are better than his normal numbers but that still means he's not contributing at clutch time.

FrancoeurFranks7 · 06-28-2006, 06:58 PM

That has always happened. I remember Francoeur doing it last year after his first career walk-off. So it's nothing new for guys to fire off their helmet before reaching the plate.

mikev · 06-28-2006, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by andjbock

I don't know how I feel about A-Rod tossing his helmet up in the air as he crosses home plate. Is he mocking David Ortiz or has Papi created a new phenomenon?

I'm sure the only thing crossing his mind when he won the game in the last AB was "how can I make fun of the Red Sox"

BadluckinOOTP · 06-28-2006, 07:00 PM

What's next? People taking their pants off when they hit homeruns?

fantom1979 · 06-28-2006, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BadluckinOOTP

What's next? People taking their pants off when they hit homeruns?

You only do that when you slide into first

Ping: Steve Lyons

disposableheros · 06-28-2006, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by andjbock

I don't know how I feel about A-Rod tossing his helmet up in the air as he crosses home plate. Is he mocking David Ortiz or has Papi created a new phenomenon?

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?

CommishJoe · 06-28-2006, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by andjbock

I don't know how I feel about A-Rod tossing his helmet up in the air as he crosses home plate. Is he mocking David Ortiz or has Papi created a new phenomenon?

Please tell me you weren't serious. Plenty of people did it before Ortiz and plenty of people will do it after.

LR ..

Sdpm100 · 06-29-2006, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by FrancoeurFranks7

That has always happened. I remember Francoeur doing it last year after his first career walk-off. So it's nothing new for guys to fire off their helmet before reaching the plate.

And Ryan Zimmerman did the exact same thing for the Nats against the Yankees just last weekend.

andjbock · 06-29-2006, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mikev

I'm sure the only thing crossing his mind when he won the game in the last AB was "how can I make fun of the Red Sox"

I knew you'd agree.

Jonzard · 06-29-2006, 01:38 PM

I always kind of thought NY baseball fans were somewhat knowledgable (maybe a wrong assumption all along) but all this ARod hating in New York makes me questions those notions.

Jonzard · 06-29-2006, 01:39 PM

Dola,

Guys usually take off their helmet in game winning HR situations because when they get mobbed at the plate the helmet gets knocked around, especially down over the eyes/face, and the player can really see. Disorienting.

blgoblue2 · 06-29-2006, 01:44 PM

I read somewhere that Johnny Damon did it because all the guys pound the helmet and it really hurts.

Jonzard · 06-29-2006, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by blgoblue2

I read somewhere that Johnny Damon did it because all the guys pound the helmet and it really hurts.

Yup. On a Twins game recentally Hunter was talking about how Morneau learned his lesson after the first time and made sure he removed his helmet when he hit a game winner that night.

magnet · 06-29-2006, 01:48 PM

In walk-off situations, the catcher should get to use the batter's bat to try and stop the batter from crossing home. That will keep their helmets on.

blgoblue2 · 06-29-2006, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by magnet

In walk-off situations, the catcher should get to use the batter's bat to try and stop the batter from crossing home. That will keep their helmets on.

We're not playing cricket here you silly lib

andjbock · 06-29-2006, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by CommishJoe

Please tell me you weren't serious. Plenty of people did it before Ortiz and plenty of people will do it after.

LR ..

Ortiz flipped his helmet off as he ran down the third-base line.

It’s a gesture of self-preservation he learned after his teammates pounded his helmet-clad head when he reached home after his first walk-off homer for Boston on Sept. 23, 2003 against Baltimore.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13527323/

Maybe so, but no hits walk off homers like Ortiz, making him the master.

atarizx3 · 06-29-2006, 02:38 PM

All Tim Bestest Clutchiest Hitter In Redsox Histery!

blgoblue2 · 06-29-2006, 03:07 PM

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All Tim Bestest Clutchiest Hitter In Redsox Histery!

probley!

06-28-2006, 06:28 PM	#1
andjbock Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somerville, MA, USA Bats: Right Throws: Left Posts: 3,640	A-Rod's game winning HR I don't know how I feel about A-Rod tossing his helmet up in the air as he crosses home plate. Is he mocking David Ortiz or has Papi created a new phenomenon?

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Skipaway Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Where you live Posts: 11,017	It was amusing to hear commentators talking about how ARod's RISP numbers are better than his normal numbers but that still means he's not contributing at clutch time. __________________ Jonathan Haidt: Moral reasoning is really just a servant masquerading as a high priest.

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FrancoeurFranks7 Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 383	That has always happened. I remember Francoeur doing it last year after his first career walk-off. So it's nothing new for guys to fire off their helmet before reaching the plate. __________________

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Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	I always kind of thought NY baseball fans were somewhat knowledgable (maybe a wrong assumption all along) but all this ARod hating in New York makes me questions those notions. __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

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Luis_Rivera Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 4,177	ya rite arod is only good when the SPANKmeeees are up by like 10 runs lol

06-29-2006, 01:39 PM	#13
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	Dola, Guys usually take off their helmet in game winning HR situations because when they get mobbed at the plate the helmet gets knocked around, especially down over the eyes/face, and the player can really see. Disorienting. __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

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blgoblue2 Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Walled Lake, Michigan Member #13775 Posts: 886	I read somewhere that Johnny Damon did it because all the guys pound the helmet and it really hurts.

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magnet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,029	In walk-off situations, the catcher should get to use the batter's bat to try and stop the batter from crossing home. That will keep their helmets on.

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atarizx3 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Allenstown, NH Posts: 987	All Tim Bestest Clutchiest Hitter In Redsox Histery! __________________