The Sports Illustrated baseball preview just arrived on my doorstep. I would give a full review of it, but after seeing what they wrote about the Mets, I was forced to burn the magazine in the desert as part of an ancient Jewish cleansing/heating ritual.
Posts Tagged ‘the drill’
The Jinx Is On
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 by Nerdzah Ball SoupDavid Wright + Facial Hair = 2009 World Series Champ?
Monday, March 23rd, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityTime for a multiple choice exam:
What’s the most important issue facing the 2009 NY Mets?
a) The health of Santana’s elbow
b) K-Rod’s ability to handle the NY pressure
c) Jerry Manuel’s ability to teach clarity to the players
d) The drill
If you selected a, b, c, or d, you are WRONG!
According to TheWrightStache.com, it’s all about the facial hair (a topic that’s close to our collective hearts here at Nerd Baseball).
Does David Wright hold the key to the Mets’ season on his upper lip? Maybe…but even if he doesn’t, imagine if his 2010 Topps card looked like this!
Changing course?
Saturday, March 21st, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityI’m a science teacher. I teach my students that they need to use evidence when they draw conclusions.
Based on the following evidence, let’s draw a conclusion about how Jerry Manuel might feel about David Wright’s decision to play through the pain of a broken toenail:
The drill.
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityWhen I was in junior high school, I played on a summer-league baseball team. One day, the coach arrived at practice with a new warm-up drill that he had invented. Successfully completing the drill involved following three rules: 1) Each player needed to face his partner, standing approximately 45 feet away. 2) Each player needed to throw the baseball as hard as they possibly could at their partner’s chest, as fast as they possibly could. 3) Players did not stop doing this new rotator-cuff-splitting-Tommy-John-surgery-inducing activity until the coach blew his whistle.
Coach named this new drill, “the drill.”
Fast forward to one week later.
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