Comments on: The legend continues: Heyward hits a bomb

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:23:40 +0000

psst, the use of “story” was an exaggeration

By: talex

talex — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:34:56 +0000

There are no epic homeruns in spring training. And never has anyone with a brain ever used “epic” in place of “majestic.” “Epic” is something that would be remembered forever. No one will remember this homerun five minutes from now.
Lame!!!!

By: Randy

Randy — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:15:14 +0000

Sounds downright Mantlesque!

By: Len

Len — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:28:40 +0000

I don’t buy 600 feet, but I might buy 500 and change.

By: John

John — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:27:59 +0000

Lets see a rookie hits a spring training home run off the legendary Max Scherzer (2009 9 wins 11 losses 4.12 era the fourth starter on a losing team) I guess it is lot easier being a phenom then it used to be. Obviously it is for baseball writers

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:59:43 +0000

Practice, we’re taking about practice.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:50:24 +0000

Dear People Who Write For This Blog,
There are other prospects.
Love,
The 94 Percent of Your Readers Who Don’t Care About Jason Heyward Until He’s this Good in a Uniform

By: mike

mike — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:49:31 +0000

let’s just go ahead and save everyone some time; the braves should retire his number and cooperstown should go ahead and induct him with dawson (since he doesn’t really belong either–nothing against the guy or his career, but i digress….) and while we’re at it, let’s pencil his name above mays, ruth and aaron–and bonds too–on the all time home run list. ah, hell, use pen.

By: mike

mike — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:18:57 +0000

By: Matt M

Matt M — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:48:13 +0000

Matt Wieters has a Jason Heyward poster above his bed.

By: D.J. Short

D.J. Short — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:36:55 +0000

Psst…it wasn’t really 600 feet. I was exaggerating for the sake of the story.

By: Debbie Downer

Debbie Downer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:33:31 +0000

He sounds almost as good as Chris Shelton (who had the good sense to wait until April for his single historic month).

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:31:33 +0000

Actually the term epic means heroic, majestic or impressively great. A guy could hit one homerun in his career which just happens to be during the playoffs and I would not consider it epic. Ironic maybe. Lucky even. But if somebody hits a 600ft homerun with a wooden bat, I don’t care what the circumstances are, that is an epic homerun.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:17:53 +0000

Craig Calcaterra wears Jason Heyward Pajamas...

Fixt!

By: T. Alexander

T. Alexander — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:06:14 +0000

History is marked by many a spring training sensation. For you to be talking about on-base percentage when a guy has 12 at-bats shows how stupid you are. Also, there have been guys like the Yankees Kevin Maas who hit so many homeruns in so few games during the beginning of his career only to be a below average player that it’s not even funny. They fill books!
Epic is when someone hits a game-winning homerun in the playoffs or World Series. “Epic” isn’t even allowed in the stands during spring training you weenie!

By: Trevis

Trevis — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:03:08 +0000

Chuck Norris wears Jason Heyward Pajamas…

By: KLB

KLB — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:44:05 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think it should be a .611 OBP. The other plate appearance was a HBP. 5-12 + 5 BB + 1 HBP = 18 plate appearances.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:43:49 +0000

In the future, Heyward will simply be waved around the bases without the formality of pitches being thrown.