Gabe Kapler Whiffs Versus Nick Swisher
by R.J. Anderson on Apr 13, 2009 10:43 PM EDT
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He needs to get his shit together fast
I know it’s early, but we had a joke earlier about the most embarassing thing to happen in a game. I said having an infield single hit against you by Steven Hawking, but striking out badly against a position player pitching because the other team is out of pitchers beats it.
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Just can’t hit the 76 mph fastball. It’s like Kryptonite to superman.
In the name of Shinji Mori, we shall win!
by thebaddancingraysfan on Apr 13, 2009 10:56 PM EDT reply actions
Swisher
Was he lobbing it in there? His line says he pitched a scoreless inning, what did he do, just throw 76 mph fastballs and manage to get through unscathed?
It looked like he had 2 different pitches
Something that was straight, and something that went sideways that he was kind of slinging sidearm. Neither of them looked particularly good and the ump gave him a real strike zone against the first batter who he walked. After he gave up the hit to Aybar, the ump pretty much made the strike zone be ‘anywhere near the vicinity of the plate’.
Then, Kapler decided to strike out on a floating…something… that was at the top of a legitimate strike zone.
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He's a better pitcher than Daniel Cabrera
by R.J. Anderson on Apr 14, 2009 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Gabe "Dunce" Kapler
I estimate 2 months to live down the locker room ribbing
Definitely sucks for Swisher to be on the Yankees
He looks like a fun guy who appreciated the absurdity of the situation. Everyone else was stone-faced.
by Lurch's Lobbyists on Apr 13, 2009 11:00 PM EDT reply actions
Nothing
Pitcher HRs don’t count nor do positional players pitching
by Jason Collette on Apr 14, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Epic Failure: Kapler
and Epic Win: Swisher.
"Yeah, I am not the old annoying guy next door. Heck, I don't even know who i am"
Kapler<Swisher
It makes it worse that Swisher is left-handed and that’s the hand Kapler is supposed to hit
As you can see he got stronger as the night went on
He really knew how to hit his spots:
Kapler never had a chance:
Those 21 changeups were sick.
Pitch Type Average Speed Max Speed Average H-Break Average V-Break Number Thrown Strike Percentage Nibbleness Time to Plate
CH (Changeup)________75.29 80.2 8.51 10.72 21 57.14 5.96 0.502
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)__77.80 77.8 14.04 3.01 1 0.00 23.77 0.483
It was fun that the yankee fan I was watching the game with was able to have a smile after 8 innings torture
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