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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc4UDU9Timw[/youtube]

Impressive? aha, saw this on twitter while I was at work. Wasnt sure if it was real or not

The remarkable thing: he got ahead 1-2 on all of them before putting them away.

I don't want to be a downer and I know Mccoy won't be in the rotation any time soon, but how much of this was due to the Red Sox just trying to get the inning over with?

Reminds me of that time back in 1992 when the Jays were playing in Detroit and a huge thunderstorm came down around the 5th inning or so. The Jays were leading at the time and they wanted to get the half inning done so if the game had to be called they would get the victory. I think it was Manny Lee up to bat and he was swinging at anything to get the intentional strikeout. Anyone remember that?

The Red Sox were just being merciful, even they have enough class to not work the count against a position player.

Avenger wrote:The Red Sox were just being merciful, even they have enough class to not work the count against a position player.

You obviously didn't actually watch it. He had better movement on his pitches than virtually every other pitcher on the staff. There was no "working the count" practically every pitch he threw was a strike with crazy movement.

holy crap, thanks for posting the link.. i missed the game, and didn't know that McCoy pitched! did overbay once pitch? i missed that one as well..

Sonrise wrote:

Avenger wrote:The Red Sox were just being merciful, even they have enough class to not work the count against a position player.

You obviously didn't actually watch it. He had better movement on his pitches than virtually every other pitcher on the staff. There was no "working the count" practically every pitch he threw was a strike with crazy movement.

PitchFX had him throwing knuckleballs on 9 of his 12 pitches

Crazy thing about knuckleballs is they tend to have all sorts of movement when they're on... they also tend to get knocked all over the **** place when they go flat

It was fun to watch and good on him for getting through the inning the way he did, but lets not get carried away

that said, with what little McCoy has going for him as a positional player, if he really can throw a knuckler with some degree of consistency, i'm asking AA to send me to Dunedin tomorrow to start my new career as a pitcher if I am him.

msantos wrote:I don't want to be a downer and I know Mccoy won't be in the rotation any time soon, but how much of this was due to the Red Sox just trying to get the inning over with?

Reminds me of that time back in 1992 when the Jays were playing in Detroit and a huge thunderstorm came down around the 5th inning or so. The Jays were leading at the time and they wanted to get the half inning done so if the game had to be called they would get the victory. I think it was Manny Lee up to bat and he was swinging at anything to get the intentional strikeout. Anyone remember that?

hah I totally remember that! wow...I miss Tiger Stadium

Sonrise wrote:

Avenger wrote:The Red Sox were just being merciful, even they have enough class to not work the count against a position player.

You obviously didn't actually watch it. He had better movement on his pitches than virtually every other pitcher on the staff. There was no "working the count" practically every pitch he threw was a strike with crazy movement.

i went back on and did watch it on MILB.tv, i don't know what the big deal, plenty of position players have thrown 1-2-3 innings before. Its really not that hard when the umpire extends the zone by a foot in every direction and the hitter is swinging at everything and his timing is way off because you're throwing 75.

Avenger wrote:

Sonrise wrote:

Avenger wrote:The Red Sox were just being merciful, even they have enough class to not work the count against a position player.

You obviously didn't actually watch it. He had better movement on his pitches than virtually every other pitcher on the staff. There was no "working the count" practically every pitch he threw was a strike with crazy movement.

i went back on and did watch it on MILB.tv, i don't know what the big deal, plenty of position players have thrown 1-2-3 innings before. Its really not that hard when the umpire extends the zone by a foot in every direction and the hitter is swinging at everything and his timing is way off because you're throwing 75.

but the umpire was terrible today and never extended the zone....Ashby even was commenting about it on TV
Also McCoy was pitching over 80mph

i left the game in the 7th inning. started to drizzle, the Sox extended their inning and it was boring as hell. and the Jays didn't want to close the dome.
oh, and Michael Ignattief was sitting 5 rows in front of us and actually seat hopped. the gall!!!

but watching the brief clip of McCoy pitching, I assumed that either his 70 mph stuff screwed the Sox up or they were indeed merciful.

Remember when Canseco pitched and ended up on the DL?

Those aren't garbage players either. He retired what some teams would call their "best players"

So now McCoy has played every position but Catcher for us.

I honestly thought he looked better than Francisco.

YogiStewart wrote:
Remember when Canseco pitched and ended up on the DL?

More than just on the DL; he destroyed his elbow and needed Tommy John surgery.

kwamebargnani wrote:I honestly thought he looked better than Francisco.

better then any "closer" type on our roster atm lol.
The real McCoy hasnt played first, or catcher.... yet.

msantos wrote:I don't want to be a downer and I know Mccoy won't be in the rotation any time soon, but how much of this was due to the Red Sox just trying to get the inning over with?

Reminds me of that time back in 1992 when the Jays were playing in Detroit and a huge thunderstorm came down around the 5th inning or so. The Jays were leading at the time and they wanted to get the half inning done so if the game had to be called they would get the victory. I think it was Manny Lee up to bat and he was swinging at anything to get the intentional strikeout. Anyone remember that?

I remember that. The pitcher was stalling by throwing all sorts of wild pitches so I don't blame him for swinging. The umpire was pissed off.

Anyone have a video with all his pitches in that inning?

Did Alfredo Griffin swing at wild pitches as well? I think I remember him swinging at a pitch ridiculously out of the zone but it could just have been a horrible hit and run attempt or something.

EDIT http://500level.wordpress.com/2007/04/0 ... -the-ages/

Can anybody find video of that? I had no luck.