Kal Z.

As a fan I'm always looking to the future, only it never seems to get here... This year is no different

[Kal Z. @padresguy73]

Life has come full circle. I grew up hanging a star on nearly every play I made in baseball, now my 8u son says Caaaarushed! On pretty much every ball he makes contact with. @padres @TedLeitner

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Sure, 4K is nice, but there was nothing like sitting two inches away from one of these sweet bastards while your mother predicted you’d be as blind as Ray Charles by the following Thursday.

[Giannis Auntiegotapoodle @TooMuchMortons_]

The Padres to their fans

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

“I must be in the front row.”

[Kal Z. @padresguy73]

@willjenkins @stevebuccs Thats true for anything you throw.

[Cigarette Nostalgia @CigsMake]

Former Pirates coach Jim Leyland, smoking a heater during the last inning of his final game as a manager. Back when we had a proper country

[Kal Z. @padresguy73]

@stevebuccs @willjenkins All recent studies show the curve provides less pressure.

[Kal Z. @padresguy73]

@willjenkins @stevebuccs Curve is easier on the arm than a FB.

[Kal Z. @padresguy73]

@Super70sSports Cant tell you how many times i erased the front part of the P to form an F, on his card. The 12 year old me found that revolutionary.

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

"Before 1901, foul balls did not count as strikes, allowing batters to foul off unlimited pitches without penalty, which led to very long at-bats.
In response to this, foul balls began to count as strikes in the National League in 1901 and were adopted by the American League in 1903.
When foul balls didn't count as strikes, 'Sliding Billy' Hamilton once fouled off 29 pitches in a ROW.
The pitcher, Cy Young walked toward Hamilton and said:
"The next one is coming right down the middle.
If you foul it off, the next one's going in your ear!"
"I had a good arm and legs.
When I would go to spring training, I would never touch a ball for three weeks.
Just would do a lot of walking and running.
I never did any unnecessary throwing.
I figured the old arm had just so many throws in it, and there wasn't any use wasting them.
Like for instance, I never warmed up ten, fifteen minutes before a game like most pitchers do.
I'd loosen up, three, four minutes.
Five at the outside.
And I never went to the bullpen.
Oh I'd relieve all right, plenty of times, but I went right from the bench to the box, and I'd take a few warm-up pitches and be ready.
Then I had good control.
I aimed to make the batter hit the ball, and I threw as few pitches as possible.
That's why I was able to work every other day.
One of the fellows called me 'Cyclone' but finally shortened it to 'Cy' and its been that ever since."
Cy Young.
A career 511- 316 with a 2.36 ERA.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

I miss real intentional walks. The crowd booing, the .01% chance something weird would happen, the batter giving off “Yeah, I knew you didn’t want any this” vibes. If you want to walk a guy you should at least have to look like pussies for 30 seconds. It was good.

[Kal Z. @padresguy73]

@alagagirl @Evan_Hand Amazing self restraint, I wish I had that at 11

[Kal Z. @padresguy73]

@vmaughan3 Well, at least he's playing baseball

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

LET’S CHANGE YOUR ATHLETIC ABILITY FOREVER

If your legs are NOT SPRINGS you’re holding back your athletic abilities

Turn them into springs with these 18 exercises

Save this post, use these in your training! Get better INSTANTLY

1. Forward bilateral pogo jump
2. Forward SL pogo jump
3. Pogo to frog jump
4. Repeat frog jump
5. Double hurdle to lateral jump
6. Repeat high hurdle jump
7. Quadruple pogo to box jump
8. Repeat maximal pogo jump
9. SL drop jump
10. Drop to vertical jump
11. Repeat low hurdle jump
12. Double box jump
13. Drop jump
14. Band assisted pogo jump
15. Rotational max pogo jump
16. Unilateral max SL pogo jump
17. Depth jump to broad jump
18. Drop jump to vertical jump

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

I say Babe Ruth would fucking rake today too. Motherfucker got off a train to swing a 9-pound bat at filthy dead-ass baseballs with guys throwing spitballs at his fucking head without a helmet while he was drunk. Pretty sure he could hit Zac Gallen.

[Kal Z. @padresguy73]

@ryanripkenshow Unfortunately that mindset doesn't exist anymore.

[Kal Z. @padresguy73]

@FunBaseballFact They need to get rid of the commissioner altogether, especially the current asshat

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Shout out to the guy on the porch who watched this entire scenario unfold and just sat there.

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

"The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you.
That happened when my Bobby was in his Championship Little League game.
He really showed me something.
Struck out three times.
Made an error that lost the game.
Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off.
Gosh, I was proud."
Bob Uecker.
Still miss him!

[Coach Beede @CoachBeede]

🧵 The 6 conversations every baseball family should have before their son commits to a college. After 35 years on both sides of recruiting, these are the ones that get skipped, and the ones families wish they had not skipped when their son is a sophomore in college.