May 29, 201214 yr I think instead of a bullpen song, there needs to be Samuel L. Jackson's sound clip, "Hold onto your butts" from Jurassic Park, because that's the first thing that pops into my mind whenever I see Heath Bell's in the game. Why are you "Nebraska's Unofficial Marlins Fan"? I think you're legit and official. I just KNOW the moment I do, there's going to be some guy sending an angry PM about how much I'm not even though I've NEVER seen anyone else wearing Marlins gear but me since the 1997 World Series team was taken apart. And I might not be in Nebraska for much longer. My girl's in Kansas City and it's likely I'll be moving down there for my next job to get everything all together. Then I'll be the guy the broadcast crew interviews when the Marlins visit KC wearing the bright orange hat and all teal jersey with 1997 World Series patch.
May 29, 201214 yr I think instead of a bullpen song, there needs to be Samuel L. Jackson's sound clip, "Hold onto your butts" from Jurassic Park, because that's the first thing that pops into my mind whenever I see Heath Bell's in the game. Why are you "Nebraska's Unofficial Marlins Fan"? I think you're legit and official. I just KNOW the moment I do, there's going to be some guy sending an angry PM about how much I'm not even though I've NEVER seen anyone else wearing Marlins gear but me since the 1997 World Series team was taken apart. And I might not be in Nebraska for much longer. My girl's in Kansas City and it's likely I'll be moving down there for my next job to get everything all together. Then I'll be the guy the broadcast crew interviews when the Marlins visit KC wearing the bright orange hat and all teal jersey with 1997 World Series patch. But do you mean to say "Nebraska's Unofficial Only Marlins Fan"? Because you can be an official fan even if others are, too
May 29, 201214 yr True enough, but if someone in Nebraska can immediately stat-crunch Paul Bako vs. John Buck, then I'm in trouble. Stats were never my strong suit and I can't even understand half the abbreviations used in post-Moneyball era analysis. EDIT: It is done.
May 31, 201214 yr OK now I don't want to get too ahead of myself as I realise that he's stunk for the majority of the year, but you can't help by excited by, and for, Heath Bell over the last few days. He is finally showing better stuff and getting swing-and-misses which is crucial for a closers success. I really hope he continues to show improvements like he has because we are starting to see glimpes of what made him so dominant over the last few years. Fingers crossed he keeps it up.
May 31, 201214 yr He's improved in that he's not allowing runs to score. Still, you can't allow this many base runners and keep expecting no runs to score.
May 31, 201214 yr He only allowed four baserunners in the series. 3, actually. 1-2-3 in game 1, the 2 out double by Older Solano in game 2, and the 2 tonight.
May 31, 201214 yr Author He only allowed four baserunners in the series. 3, actually. 1-2-3 in game 1, the 2 out double by Older Solano in game 2, and the 2 tonight. That's right. Even better. :wee It's just nice to see he can make hitters swing and miss, for a change. That's important.
May 31, 201214 yr He only allowed four baserunners in the series. 3, actually. 1-2-3 in game 1, the 2 out double by Older Solano in game 2, and the 2 tonight. That's right. Even better. :wee It's just nice to see he can make hitters swing and miss, for a change. That's important. I do believe showing the change-up, putting it in the hitter's minds, helped. The swinging strike 3 from Espinosa, he was way way way late on it. The ball was poofing in Buck's glove by the time he swung. I believe Espinosa was the one he threw the change-up to.
May 31, 201214 yr He only allowed four baserunners in the series. Yes, but two tonight when he faced somewhat better hitters.
May 31, 201214 yr Since I love you so much here it is. This does not include 5/30/2012 though because that won't be available until tomorrow. If you can use your imagination, his average velocity for that game was 94.56 and topped out at 95.3. His velocity is definitely improving a bit. He had 3 swinging strikes with his fastball on Wednesday and 1 with his curve.
May 31, 201214 yr This might help too: 5/30: 94.56 5/29: 94.80 5/28: 93.40 5/26: 92.40 (he sucked this game) 5/25: 93.40 (he sucked here too) 5/22: 95.00 There's not really enough there for a correlation, but he has had a bit more bite on the fastball over the last couple of games.
May 31, 201214 yr He hit 100 in 07? :blink: Not only that...apparently he was living in the high 90s then.
May 31, 201214 yr Can we trust him yet? Like we have a say in who gets to close Marlins games... I think we need another two or three more good outings before we can relax. Hopefully, all this fuss will all be a distant memory by the time the All Star break rolls around.
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