Gunnar Henderson 2022

[btdart20]

10 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Can I bet anywhere on Gunnar for 2023 AL ROY & MVP right now? 

Beastmode!

[LookinUp]

10 minutes ago, Frobby said:

It’s funny how sometimes you can watch a player only a few times and just know.  

He's a true 5 tool player. A rare breed. They should pay him this offseason.

[Ripken]

22 minutes ago, Frobby said:

It’s funny how sometimes you can watch a player only a few times and just know.  

The "it" factor.  He certainly has it.  Unbelievable.  

[maybenxtyr]

59 minutes ago, Frobby said:

It’s funny how sometimes you can watch a player only a few times and just know.  

I felt that way about him and Westburg when I first saw them at Delmarva. I'm really looking forward to both of them in Baltimore next season.

[Chaka Garcia]

19 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

I felt that way about him and Westburg when I first saw them at Delmarva. I'm really looking forward to both of them in Baltimore next season.

Disappointing Westburg wasn’t able to join Gunnar. He definitely deserved it.

[Sports Guy]

The sound off of that bat was unreal.

Edited September 27, 2022 by Sports Guy

[RZNJ]

6 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

The sound off of that bat was unreal.

Queue Moose Milligan!

[Moose Milligan]

Too bad there’s not an eye roll rep. 
 

TEH SOWND OFF TEH BAT!!! 
 

Yeah, the sound ricocheting off empty plastic seats in a cramped park like Fenway will sound like that. C’mon, don’t fall for the whole romanticized Buck O’Neil Babe Ruth, Josh Gibson, Bo Jackson thing. OMG GUNNARS right there with them!

[OriolesMagic83]

15 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Too bad there’s not an eye roll rep. 
 

TEH SOWND OFF TEH BAT!!! 
 

Yeah, the sound ricocheting off empty plastic seats in a cramped park like Fenway will sound like that. C’mon, don’t fall for the whole romanticized Buck O’Neil Babe Ruth, Josh Gibson, Bo Jackson thing. OMG GUNNARS right there with them!

There needs to be a Mythbusters episode about whether when a top hitter hits the ball does it sound different.  Does it sound different when Gunnar hits a ball w/ 110 EV vs. Brett Phillips hitting a ball w/ 110 EV?

[Moose Milligan]

16 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

There needs to be a Mythbusters episode about whether when a top hitter hits the ball does it sound different.  Does it sound different when Gunnar hits a ball w/ 110 EV vs. Brett Phillips hitting a ball w/ 110 EV?

Use your head.  It's the same ball against the same kind of bats, usually made out of maple, maybe hickory.  If ballplayers are swinging at the same speed, it's going to make the same sound.

The variables here are the ballparks, specifically how many people are in the ballpark.  Human beings packed close together absorb sound.  That's why Gunnar's homer sounded so loud last night, it ricocheted off the seats in Fenway.  That's why spring training homers sound so loud, those little stadiums are rarely full and the sound bounces off the seats which are metal and/or plastic.

The other variable is the microphone placement for the TV crews and where they're located.  No one here heard Gunnar's shot last night with their own ears unless you were at the stadium, you heard it through a TV microphone somewhere in Fenway and out through your TV speakers.  The closer that microphone is to the batter's box, the louder it'll be.

I'm sure a guy like Henderson sounds different than Phillips on average because he's bigger and stronger, but no one can tell me that a 110 EV from Stanton and a 110 EV from Phillips hit with the same type of bat on a pitch at the same velocity sounds drastically different.  

That's why Buck O'Neil said what he said about Bo Jackson.  He heard Bo hitting in batting practice, in an empty Royals stadium, the sound rifling off empty seats.  I'm gonna do a @DrungoHazewoodand be a baseball romantic killjoy,  but do we trust a man in his 70s and his memory of what Babe Ruth's bat and Josh Gibson's bat sounded like 50 or 60 years prior?  

No. 

But it makes a great story, it gets people right in their feelers.  Babe Ruth.  Josh Gibson.  Bo Jackson.  Wow.  

But I'm sure if Phil Rizzuto really got a hold of one at one point, it'd sound similar.

Edited September 27, 2022 by Moose Milligan

[Frobby]

I imagine that the shape of the bat and where the ball hits it may affect the sound, exit velocity being equal.  

And not to get too geeky here, but force = mass * acceleration.  Acceleration and exit velocity are not the same thing.   
 

[BRobinsonfan]

10 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Use your head.  It's the same ball against the same kind of bats, usually made out of maple, maybe hickory.  If ballplayers are swinging at the same speed, it's going to make the same sound.

The variables here are the ballparks, specifically how many people are in the ballpark.  Human beings packed close together absorb sound.  That's why Gunnar's homer sounded so loud last night, it ricocheted off the seats in Fenway.  That's why spring training homers sound so loud, those little stadiums are rarely full and the sound bounces off the seats which are metal and/or plastic.

The other variable is the microphone placement for the TV crews and where they're located.  No one here heard Gunnar's shot last night with their own ears unless you were at the stadium, you heard it through a TV microphone somewhere in Fenway and out through your TV speakers.  The closer that microphone is to the batter's box, the louder it'll be.

I'm sure a guy like Henderson sounds different than Phillips on average because he's bigger and stronger, but no one can tell me that a 110 EV from Stanton and a 110 EV from Phillips hit with the same type of bat on a pitch at the same velocity sounds drastically different.  

That's why Buck O'Neil said what he said about Bo Jackson.  He heard Bo hitting in batting practice, in an empty Royals stadium, the sound rifling off empty seats.  I'm gonna do a @DrungoHazewoodand be a baseball romantic killjoy,  but do we trust a man in his 70s and his memory of what Babe Ruth's bat and Josh Gibson's bat sounded like 50 or 60 years prior?  

No. 

But it makes a great story, it gets people right in their feelers.  Babe Ruth.  Josh Gibson.  Bo Jackson.  Wow.  

But I'm sure if Phil Rizzuto really got a hold of one at one point, it'd sound similar.

It's hard for me to forgive @DrungoHazewood after he ruined "Field of Dreams" for me.  "Hey Dad, wanna have a discussion about spin rates?" 

[Aglets]

5 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I imagine that the shape of the bat and where the ball hits it may affect the sound, exit velocity being equal.  

And not to get too geeky here, but force = mass * acceleration.  Acceleration and exit velocity are not the same thing.   
 

Force does indeed equal mass * acceleration.  Now assume you have two batted balls with equal exit velocities.  Is it your contention that one might spend a longer time in contact with the wood than the other which would lead to a significant difference in acceleration?

I guess the initial velocity from the pitch coming in is another variable actually. 

[RZNJ]

This is getting very geeky very fast.   Physics class was 45 years ago.  I'm getting flashbacks.

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, Aglets said:

Force does indeed equal mass * acceleration.  Now assume you have two batted balls with equal exit velocities.  Is it your contention that one might spend a longer time in contact with the wood than the other which would lead to a significant difference in acceleration?

I guess the initial velocity from the pitch coming in is another variable actually. 

Now I’m getting out of my depth.  I was a very good student in physics, but the last time I took a class was 45 years ago!

I’m sure one could probably assemble a set of batted balls that all had the same EV and launch angle, and see how much variance there was in distance traveled.  Of course, wind and speed of the pitch would affect it.