Beer, chicken... Ok, so that was too easy. Never met a cheap shot that I didn't like.
Dan D Central NJ USA ________________________________ From: Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:32 PM Subject: Re: Team Meeting Improved health, mechanical tweeks, steroids ... On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: Oh, we won our game. Makes for a better memory cuz the pitcher was a tool. > > > > >But Steve, your quip about the fastball is fine. But what does add five miles >to a fastball from one game to the next? > > > >On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Ray Daniel Salemi ><[email protected]> wrote: > >The game ended poorly. I was the tying run and was standing on third base >with two outs. The batter was a lefty. He hit a sharp line drive to right >field, and ran home tagged the plate, and turned to see the other team >congratulating each other. >> >>The batter was so slow (too fat) that the right fielder had thrown him out at >>first in a force play. >> >> >>Doh! >> >> >> >>On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>Hah! I had that exact same exhange/outcome in softball a few years back. >>Zinged it right past his head. >>> >>> >>> >>>On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Ray Daniel Salemi >>><[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>We just had an excellent softball game this weekend where the opposing >>>pitcher yelled at us for not swinging at his bad pitches and taking our >>>walks. I yelled back, "We'll swing when you start throwing strikes." Then, >>>I was on deck, then I was up (slow pitch softball, btw, so no brushback >>>threat). >>>> >>>> >>>>The guy threw me three balls in a row, and I watched them go by. The >>>>catcher's patter was "C'mon he's not swinging. He won't swing. Make him >>>>swing." The pitcher threw a strike, that I watched go by. He threw >>>>another strike that as a little low for my liking. 3-2 and the catcher is >>>>saying, "Yeah! He has to swing now. You're making him swing." The >>>>pitcher threw another strike and I lined it over his head for a single. >>>> >>>>So, in this case, I think the guy bore down and focused on his objective. >>>>Being yelled at many not make your fastball faster, but perhaps it causes >>>>you to visualize what's important a little better. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> >>>>wrote: >>>> >>>>I don't believe that yelling at someone improves his fastball. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>I don't believe in coincidences. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Dan D >>>>>>Central NJ USA >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>________________________________ >>>>>> From: Tom Salemi <[email protected]> >>>>>>To: [email protected] >>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:44 AM >>>>>>Subject: Team Meeting >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>So maybe a manager can't or won't make a stand .... but can players? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Read the report on the team meeting. Is the better record merely a >>>>>>coincidence? Or were Beckett & Co. dragging it and had to be called out? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>If the Red Sox rally to make the postseason, they might look back to a >>>>>>players-only meeting on May 11 as a turning point. >>>>>>GREAT AMERICAN RACE The Junior Circuit is poised for epic AL pennant chases this season. >>>>>>The night before, right-hander Josh Beckett had allowed seven runs in 2 >>>>>>1/3 innings and the Sox had lost to the Indians at Fenway Park 8-3. >>>>>>Designated hitter David Ortiz, the team's longest-tenured member, called >>>>>>the meeting, and apparently it was a doozy. >>>>>>"Heated," was the adjective one player used. >>>>>>The hitters challenged the pitchers to "step it up," according to two >>>>>>sources. The overall theme was that each player needed to take >>>>>>responsibility. >>>>>>The effect was immediate, and positive. >>>>>>The Red Sox won their next five games, and since the meeting have won >>>>>>seven of nine overall. >>>>>>RED ALERTThe Boston Red Sox used to beMLB's lovable idiots, but fans are >>>>>>no longer amused. >>>>>>There is no way to know how the rest of their season will play out, >>>>>>whether the Sox will surge after their injured players return or whether >>>>>>manager Bobby Valentine, after a rocky first seven weeks, will find the >>>>>>right touch. >>>>>>But one criticism of the Sox toward the end of last season was that some >>>>>>of their players acted with a sense of entitlement. The >>>>>>fried-chicken-and-beer episode was the most vivid example of such >>>>>>behavior. >>>>>>On May 11, led by Ortiz, the players took a stand. >>>>>>Maybe it was a start. -- >>>>>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>>>"Red Sox Citizens" group. >>>>>>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>[email protected]. >>>>>>For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>>>"Red Sox Citizens" group. >>>>>>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>[email protected]. >>>>>>For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>>"Red Sox Citizens" group. >>>>>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>[email protected]. >>>>>For more options, visit this group at >>>>>http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> -- >>>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>"Red Sox Citizens" group. >>>>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>[email protected]. >>>>For more options, visit this group at >>>>http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>>> >>>-- >>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>"Red Sox Citizens" group. >>>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>[email protected]. >>>For more options, visit this group at >>>http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>"Red Sox Citizens" group. >>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>[email protected]. >>For more options, visit this group at >>http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> > > -- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red >Sox Citizens" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. 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