Harvey gets good use out of his changeup and curveball, particularly against lefties, but its the mid90s fastball and. A forum for wags, spouses, puckbunnies, cleat chasers, groupies, side chics, road beef, ballers, jumpoffs, wives, fiances, girlfriends, boyfriends, friends, gold. Pitcher jose veras hurled a wicked curveball at batter alexei ramirez during a recent white soxtigers game. Cleveland, ohio righthander carlos carrasco was struck in the face by a liner in the first inning and the indians lost to the white sox, 41, tuesday night at progressive field. The rays have signed veteran shortstop alexei ramirez, who was recently released by the padres, according to marc. He made one mistake that cost him a threerun homer to ramirez, yost said. Ramirez was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on march 31, 2008, with the chicago white sox. It is the second book in sloan johnson s new homeruns series following wild pitch, which was released in june. Now, the big story is thursday marked the beginning of the 2014 major league baseball amateur draft, which is also referred to by other terms. I love sport themed books, and this series so far is a homerun in itself. The rays escaped a basesloaded jam in the seventh that saw danny farquhar strike out edwin encarnacion to end the threat. No, i havent picked up a bat since i saw an actual curveball for the first time.
He generated similarly bleak results with the rays. During last nights white soxmariners game, reliever yoervis medina took the soul of poor ramirez. Padres alexei ramirez ends steven matzs nohit bid in. Alexei ramirez made a splash in his rookie season of 2008, hitting. Alexei fernando ramirez rodriguezhe and his wife, mildred, have five children, alexei jr. Jun 29, 2012 alexei ramirez, being attacked by a wasp. Ap jose quintana can cross beating the kansas city royals off his todo list. The rising cost of cuban free agents derrick goold. Around once a week well give you a quick update on all the things weve been up to. Jun 30, 2012 with one out in the third, after a wellstruck single by alexei ramirez, girardi bounded up the dugout steps to pull warren from the game after 77 pitches. On thursday night against the cleveland indians, the chicago white sox shortstop made a sweet diving.
Ramirez landed in tampa in early september after washing out with the padres. Alexei ramirezs wife mildred ramirez is happy hes here and doing well for the white sox. Then nix struck again, literally and figuratively, as he hit a line drive that hit lowells glove and that batted in their third run. Carlos carrasco struck in face, cleveland indians manage. According to fangraphs, medina throws a curveball 32. Alexei fernando ramirez rodriguez is a cuban former professional baseball shortstop. Last year, called strikes on curveballs accounted for. It might not be immediately clear by looking at the stills, but each batter noticeably flinched from the curve, and if you imagine each batter trying to actually generate power from the position he is in, you can tell how flatfooted each is. Yoervis medina strikes out alexei ramirez on a nasty curveball that buckles ramirezs knees and sends him reeling to the ground.
The league catches on to tom wilhelmsens curveball, maybe. Spies, lies, and the con man who caused a war is an examination of the refugee from iraq, code named curveball, who contended that he had been involved in wmd biological warfare research and development. I mean, he threw a little sinker, a little cutter, a little curveball. Cleveland, ohio trevor bauer pitched seven scoreless innings but the indians gave up four runs in the ninth inning and lost to the white sox, 43, monday night at us cellular field in chicago. Alexei fernando ramirez rodriguez born september 22, 1981 is a cuban former professional baseball shortstop. Seattle pitchers nasty curveball brings batter to his knees for the. Red sox throw it away in bottom of ninth the boston globe. We go get pablo sandoval and hanley ramirez, the two best hitters on. A few years ago, though, she joined her husband in being not so happy about some comments alexeis old manager uttered about the dictator alexei fleed from. Curveball by sloan johnson is a sweet and sexy story about looking beyond the surface to see what truly lies beneath.
This book is so powerful, it almost refutes its subtitle. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games ramirez pitched in, specifically relating to his 2015 pitching statistics. Yeah, hearing thatd piss me off, but you wouldnt believe how many mariners fans believe shit like this too. Mariners pitcher tom wilhelmsen takes kneebuckling. Alexei ramirez falls down after being fooled by an inside curveball. The padres closed it out in the seventh inning when rookie alexei amarista bunted with runners on first and third, sending in the goahead run. This story is about peter, who injures his arm and has to give up pitching.
Steven matz reacting to san diegos alexei ramirez breaking up his. Yoervis medina strikes out alexei ramirez on a nasty curveball that buckles ramirez s knees and sends him reeling to the ground check out. Language, culture still a barrier for some white sox, cubs players. Jordan sonnenblick scores a home run with curveball as he continues what he does best. The oxford pocket dictionary of current english dictionary. Pitchingstrapped yankees fall to white sox the new york.
Alexei ramirez had some trouble with a curveball last. He was still serviceable at 35 years of age, generating 30 extrabase hits overall, though the biggest negative was singledigit stolen bases for the first time since 2011 during his third straight year of decline in that column. The only other person i ever saw do that was alexei ramirez, and thats because he sucked. Alexei ramirez looks silly ducking curveball for called strike video michael james june 3, 2012 chicago white sox shortstop alexei ramirez had an embarrassing moment during the 11th inning of saturday nights game against the seattle mariners when he ducked a curveball that ended up a called strike. He had a 12 count and had all kinds of lead room to. It is also another story of serious mistakes by american intelligence in the run up to the iraq invasion after 911. Alexei ramirez baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats.
Alexei ramirez has some serious acrobatics up his sleeve. Oct 27, 2014 alexei ramirez 2014 highlights hd duration. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. The 26yearold venezuelan pitcher came in with two outs in the 8th of seattles 41 win and struck out alexei ramirez with a wild curve. This item ships rolled to insure maximum protection. Jose veras frightens alexei ramirez with curveball gif.
Drew pomeranz struck out a careerhigh 10 and held pittsburgh to four singles and matt kemp homered to lead the san diego padres to an 82 victory over the pirates. Alexei ramirez stats, news, pictures, bio, videos tampa. Pomeranz strikes out 10, padres shut down pirates 82. The subreddit for the batandball sport played between two teams of nine players.
How and why was americas intelligence so catastrophically wrong. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. Chicago the red sox had what amounted to a joy ride to the world series last season, staying in first place in the american league east for all but a few weeks in may. Watch this nasty curveball from yoervis medina destroy. Chicago white sox fourrun ninth inning stuns cleveland. Quintana pitched seven scoreless innings and alexei ramirez hit a threerun homer as the chicago. Mets fall to white sox in 9th, zack wheeler gets a no. The strike zone is the plane created by the front of the plate and the distance from your knees to the midpoint between your shoulders and the top of your pants. But the white sox 3242 tallied the gamewinning run in the bottom of the inning on an alexei ramirez single off latroy hawkins to take the series opener from the mets 3043. Steven matz, bone spur and all, has settled into the mets. He unleashed a threerun homer in the fourth inning that proved to be the decisive strike saturday night in a 61 royals loss. Tyler clippards allstar appearance brief but eventful. When people ask me to recommend books for middle school especially boys, im going to recommend sonnenblick.
Yoervis medina made alexei ramirezs knees buckle on this. His nickname, given to him by former white sox manager ozzie guillen, is the cuban missile due to his tall, slim physique and combination of speed, power, and strong throwing arm. Craig biggio holds the national league career record with 53, third overall to henderson, and alfonso soriano with 54. His rookie campaign started off slowly, but by years end he was thought of as a potential stud. By the time you finish this book you will be shaking your head with wonder, or perhaps you will be shaking with anger, about the misadventures that preceded the misadventures in iraq. In mlb, rickey henderson holds the career record with 81 leadoff home runs. Alexei ramirez looks silly ducking curveball for called. Jul 27, 2015 if you are looking for a sexy mm read with the addition of it being a sports themed as well then this one is for you. Alexei ramirez followed with a fly out to victorino in right. Mariners pitcher yoervis medina left chicagos alexei ramirez in the dirt friday with one of the best strikeouts of the season. Seventhgrader eddie learns something about himself and his role on his baseball team when he takes the starring role in the game stories he writes for his scho. In the top of the eighth, padres shortstop alexei ramirez shot a single down the rightfield line, past first baseman wilmer flores, ending lefthander steven matzs bid at history. And he was just about to record that final out, with two men on and an 02 count on alexei ramirez, when his curveball bounced off tek and one of the runners scored. Chicago white sox shortstop alexei ramirez had an embarrassing moment during the 11th inning of saturday nights game against the seattle mariners when he ducked a curveball.
The 26yearold righthander came in specifically to face ramirez with a runner on first and two outs in the eighth inning. Jul 16, 2014 clippards allstar appearance lasted only 11 pitches, but the nationals reliever experienced plenty in his brief time on the mound. The date box field has a link to the box score from the game being described. That guy, the threepitchgreat command guy, might be something special. He has played for the chicago white sox, san diego padres and tampa bay rays in mlb and pinar del rio of the cuban national series. Yoervis medina buckles and collapses alexei ramirezs. Jun 06, 2014 the first day of the 2014 mlb draft is in the books. Mariners pitcher yoervis medina buckles alexei ramirezs. The first day of the 2014 mlb draft is in the books, with the first 74 selections being made on thursday night, headed by a trio of pitchers in high school lefthander brady aiken. Alexei ramirez was born on tuesday, september 22, 1981, in pinar del rio, cuba. Garcia then showed off his speed once again, stealing second despite being picked off by doubront.
He ended the night as a threepitch pitcher with impeccable command to both sides of the plate, a kneebuckling curve that he could throw for strikes or as a chase pitchi didnt even show you some of the alexei ramirez chasesplus a usable changeup and, against lefties, a sinker. Milwaukee brewers 2020 top 50 prospects prospects1500. That one isnt coming back, though, as alexei ramirez drove it over the fence for a threerun homer as the chicago white sox beat the kansas city royals 61. Aug 19, 2016 steven matz reacting to san diegos alexei ramirez breaking up his nohit bid on sunday. But the concern is over verlanders curveball, which just doesnt have the same bite its had in recent seasons. His biographical data, yearbyyear hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable, career totals, uniform numbers. Tampa bay rays signed free agent ss alexei ramirez. Ramirez homered for his eighth hit in nine atbats in the fourth inning with jose abreu and avisail garcia aboard. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not. Ramirez was down in the count 12 before parking a danny duffy curveball over the. Matt harveys nearly perfect outing fangraphs baseball. Steven matz reacting to san diegos alexei ramirez breaking up his nohit bid on sunday. Jon lester had exited with two outs in the seventh and gave up three runs on four hits with two walks, six ks, and a long ball by jayson nix to lead off the third.
Alexei ramirez hit a grand slam to fuel chicagos sevenrun fourth inning and jose abreu hit his major leagueleading th homer and drove in two runs to lead the white sox to an 83 victory over. Alexei ramirez looks silly ducking curveball for called strike video michael james june 3, 2012. Ranking the top 10 prospects in red sox system the. Right here is the first part, concentrating on really terrible pitches. Smylys only blemish was a tworun home run to russell martin in the bottom of the sixth inning. May 22, 2015 confident twins ready to take on white sox. Alexei ramirez had some trouble with a curveball last night. Alexei ramirez pitched in 1 major league game during the 2015 regular season. How could a 2020 threat out of a middle infield position not be.
Steven matz, bone spur and all, has settled into the mets rotation. Jason klein has managed to keep secret who he is and who hes lost. Brand new and packaged carefully in a oversized protective tube. An allstar once, fukudome last played in 2012 and had a. Rays starter drew smyly improved to 40 lifetime at rogers centre, pitching 5 23 innings of tworun ball.
Alexi amarista, that was great execution on his part, said padres manager andy green. Sox shortstop alexei ramirez, now in his eighth season after. Alexei ramirez 2010 batting action photo print alexei ramirez 2010 batting action was reproduced on premium heavy stock paper which captures all of the vivid colors and details of the original. Ap danny duffy would like back just one of the 103 pitches he threw saturday night. Pomeranz strikes out 10 in padres 82 win over pirates. A leadoff home run is a home run hit by the first batter of a team, the leadoff hitter of the first inning of the game. The pitch missed catcher mike zuninos target on the outside part of the plate, but broke inside to catch the inner half of the plate. Duffys 1 bad pitch costs royals in 61 loss to white sox. Curve ball is the second book in the homeruns series and i loved it even more than the first book. Alexei ramirez every game played with complete stats, links to box scores and automated row summing for 2012. With one out in the third, after a wellstruck single by alexei ramirez, girardi bounded up the dugout steps to pull warren from the game after 77 pitches. Drew pomeranz struck out a careerhigh 10 and held pittsburgh to four singles and matt kemp homered to lead the san diego padres to an 82 victory over the pirates on wednesday night. Clearly he is dropping the strike zone to make the pitch a ball.
There is a segment of the fanbase thats always looking for a reason to shit on the guy, even going as far as fabricating things to hold against him, even though fwar rates him as good as derek jeter since 2001 and likely before then too if ichiro had a chance. Clippards allstar appearance lasted only 11 pitches, but the nationals reliever experienced plenty in his brief time on the mound. Up 02 in the count, medina threw an 86mph curve up in the zone that completely baffled ramirez. Since signing with the white sox out of cuba, alexei ramirez has been a player on the radar of fantasy owners.
Ranking the top 10 prospects in red sox system the boston. Rasmussen has the best fastball in the brewers farm system often. Thats not the easiest thing in the world to do bunt a curveball thats down. Curveball answers the crucial question of the iraq war. Get complete career stats for shortstop alexei ramirez on. Alexei ramirez stats, highlights, bio mexican league stats. Pitchingstrapped yankees fall to white sox the new york times. This is the first book ive read by him, and i thought the writing was so engaging and the characters were all relatable and real.
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