The most exciting 15.7 seconds in years

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

30 minutes ago, NashLumber said:

When I think of slow Orioles, I think of Wieters. Looked like he was carrying two buckets full of milk around the bases. 

And the crazy thing is wasn’t his first hit a triple with the Orioles?  Wieters wears cement shoes on the field. 

[sportsfan8703]

5 hours ago, webbrick2010 said:

I could see myself going to a game in person for the first time in a couple seasons, after they release Chris Davis of course.

Wait till after June 1st when Hays and Diaz are on this team. I could see us being a lot like those pesky Twins teams a few years ago that always gave out “contending” teams fits. 

[NashLumber]

11 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

And the crazy thing is wasn’t his first hit a triple with the Orioles?  Wieters wears cement shoes on the field. 

It was indeed a triple. 

[DrungoHazewood]

14 hours ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Didn't the O's set the all time record for least triples, I believe it was 5 or 6?

In 1986 the Orioles hit two triples at home.  All year.  Both Memorial Stadium (at least after the early hedgerow years) and OPACY have been terrible places to hit triples.  By my count the Orioles have had 32 years where they've hit fewer than 10 triples at home.

The other side of that coin is the 1894 NL Orioles hit 150 triples in just 129 games.  Which is still the single season team record.  The last time a team hit even 100 triples in a season was 1932, when the Senators did it.

[Legend_Of_Joey]

1 hour ago, DrungoHazewood said:

In 1986 the Orioles hit two triples at home.  All year.  Both Memorial Stadium (at least after the early hedgerow years) and OPACY have been terrible places to hit triples.  By my count the Orioles have had 32 years where they've hit fewer than 10 triples at home.

The other side of that coin is the 1894 NL Orioles hit 150 triples in just 129 games.  Which is still the single season team record.  The last time a team hit even 100 triples in a season was 1932, when the Senators did it.

Back then, most parks were also massive.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Back then, most parks were also massive.

Also, back in the 1890's the ball would occasionally end up inside a gopher hole and it was a pain to get it back out!

[Legend_Of_Joey]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

Also, back in the 1890's the ball would occasionally end up inside a gopher hole and it was a pain to get it back out!

Fond memories?

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Fond memories?

Fond?

Not hardly, their claws were sharp!

[Old#5fan]

16 hours ago, NashLumber said:

When I think of slow Orioles, I think of Wieters. Looked like he was carrying two buckets full of milk around the bases. 

Yeah I agree and to me Markakis in the outfield always looked like he was running in sand.

[Frobby]

I had Hays at about 15.7 tonight on his inside the park job.    He kind of let up as he approached 1B, turned on the jets when the ball got past the CF, and let up again about 20 feet from home plate when it became clear he wouldn’t draw a throw.

[Can_of_corn]

7 hours ago, Frobby said:

I had Hays at about 15.7 tonight on his inside the park job.    He kind of let up as he approached 1B, turned on the jets when the ball got past the CF, and let up again about 20 feet from home plate when it became clear he wouldn’t draw a throw.

Odd coincidence and quality bump.

[bobmc]

On 4/9/2019 at 5:18 AM, sportsfan8703 said:

Wait till after June 1st when Hays and Diaz are on this team. I could see us being a lot like those pesky Twins teams a few years ago that always gave out “contending” teams fits. 

Welp, Diaz hasn't made his entry into O's lore yet but Hays just garnered a place in our hearts.  We are definitely "pesky" as this 2020 SSS suggests.  And @Frobby, how about that steal of home attempt?  

[Sports Guy]

I’m glad that when I clicked on this thread that this wasn’t Frobby discussing what happened after date night.

[DrungoHazewood]

I really want someone to build a ballpark where a player can hit an inside-the-park home run that doesn't involve someone making a mistake.  Hayes gets credit for a homer last night, but if the Phils' CF isn't so aggressive it's a single.  You could describe it as a single with a three-base judgment error.  And the official scorer was nice when he didn't say anything about the bobbled cutoff and no-throw, without which there at least would have been a pretty close play at the plate.

With parks no deeper than about 425 or 430 at any point I'm not sure Usain Bolt could circle the bases fast enough to get an inside-the-parker on a ball that just flies over an outfielder's head.

[Sports Guy]

10 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I really want someone to build a ballpark where a player can hit an inside-the-park home run that doesn't involve someone making a mistake.  Hayes gets credit for a homer last night, but if the Phils' CF isn't so aggressive it's a single.  You could describe it as a single with a three-base judgment error.  And the official scorer was nice when he didn't say anything about the bobbled cutoff and no-throw, without which there at least would have been a pretty close play at the plate.

With parks no deeper than about 425 or 430 at any point I'm not sure Usain Bolt could circle the bases fast enough to get an inside-the-parker on a ball that just flies over an outfielder's head.

I don’t think the bobble would have mattered that much.  He went in standing up.

The idea of it being a single and 3 base error is interesting though.  If the CFer makes the catch, we talk about what a great catch it would have been.  But if he misses it, it’s an error in judgment and therefore Hays should get penalized for it.

Tough call there.  I tend to give the benefit of the doubt to the hitter there.  He hit that ball almost 107MPH and while it was a poor decision for the CFer to make, he didn’t touch it and Hays just ran hard.