Eric O’Flaherty

Retired “athlete”

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

Sick of these buzzkill nerd tools telling me how far the ball would have actually gone. Nobody goes third deck, left center at Citi field. This ball looks like 515ft, just tell me it’s 515ft and let me enjoy it.

[Codify @CodifyBaseball]

This baseball left Ronald Acuña Jr.'s bat at almost 115 MPH but somehow remained in one piece. It went 448 feet!

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

@DOBrienATL Earned it, enjoy retirement DOB!!

[David O'Brien @DOBrienATL]

It's here, entirely my choice. I'm retiring. Appreciated every day of 41 years I've been paid to do what I loved -- writing, covering sports. Without y'all, it wouldn't have been possible. So, thanks from the bottom of my cantankerous heart. Your passion is admirable, beautiful.

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

@loganvarnell Probably the number one thing I did wrong was try to get back to where I was instead of just embracing where I was at and what I could do after surgery

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

@bravesmma Different vantage points and strengths. The feedback a catcher gives a pitching coach can be a game changer as far as what a pitcher may need to fix… how he fixes it falls more on pitching coach to see through whether it’s a grip, mechanical change, mentality adjustment etc

[Andy McCullough @ByMcCullough]

The Dodgers have announced that Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 8

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

@DanoBraves No chance

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

Yamamoto has to be the MVP

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

Freddie picks everything

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

@SeymourFussball Because it was weird and people are confused/excited haha

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

Run that would have scored didn’t matter. Barger wasn’t getting a triple if Dean just grabs it and throws it in. Barger just as aggressive on second trying to score the tying run and gets doubled up…. Play changed nothing.

[Astros Knower @AstrosKnower]

If this damn ball doesn’t get wedged the Blue Jays go on to win this game. Brutal.

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

@scottyz101 And you’re not risking it there unless it’s a sure thing

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

@NorCalU1 Dean is planted waiting for the hop and Straw has not rounded second base yet. No way they send him.

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

@scottyz101 I don’t think it’s a given he scores on that, runner can’t tell from that angle if it’s dropping and Dean was tracking. Need a different angle. Only way he scores easy is when it gets stuck in the fence, which is why the rule exists in the first place.

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

@NorCalU1 You risking sending him? Straw has to make sure the ball isn’t caught, so he’s not full speed…. Dean is right there if he gets it in quick I’m not sending him when that run means nothing and Mookie has a good arm.

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

@jay_drag519 Or if Straw even scores on that ball, Dean got there quick. Point is this call doesn’t drastically change their odds of tying or winning the game. People are acting like it was an inside the park home run that the umps took away. He hit a double, he got a double.

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

@ChadMoriyama Don’t love taking the risk.

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

@Crypto_Redneck_ 100%

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

@HammerInTheA755 Not a serious proposal Eddie

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

Not going to check if this is a joke account, but probably the worst contract you could possibly pick to try to make this point.

[Dejan Kovacevic @Dejan_Kovacevic]

I HAVE NO ONE HUNDRED SIXTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS INCLUDING FIFTY SEVEN MILLION DEFERRED IDEA HOW THEY KEEP DOING THIS

[Eric O’Flaherty @EOF34]

@megawatt_Braves Let the hitter do it