http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/29/cole-hamels-excellent-in-return-from-disabled-list/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:12:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/29/cole-hamels-excellent-in-return-from-disabled-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186523 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:47:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=82356#comment-186523 Everyone completely disagrees with me? You’re all comfortable with Cole tossing 90 mph heaters at the Brewers or Red Sox lineups? My feelings are hurt.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/29/cole-hamels-excellent-in-return-from-disabled-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186467 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:37:04 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=82356#comment-186467 Dom Brown has 2 left feet in the OF. Pence is clearly better fielding. Oh and batting too.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/29/cole-hamels-excellent-in-return-from-disabled-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186463 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:29:23 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=82356#comment-186463 Yes it was fine in ’08, but hitters started to figure him out in the following seasons. At the beginning of this season he looked like a true, dominant ace thanks to the addition of the cutter, curve, and 2-3 mph on his fastball.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/29/cole-hamels-excellent-in-return-from-disabled-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186434 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:48:31 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=82356#comment-186434 Just like dom brown.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/29/cole-hamels-excellent-in-return-from-disabled-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186410 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:07:35 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=82356#comment-186410 Sorry man. Wasn’t trying to be defensive.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/29/cole-hamels-excellent-in-return-from-disabled-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186406 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:03:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=82356#comment-186406 No need to be defensive Doc, it was a light jab.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/29/cole-hamels-excellent-in-return-from-disabled-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186402 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:00:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=82356#comment-186402 Yeah, but Brown would have proceeded to kick the ball into the corner giving Phillips and inside the park home run. Also, Brown committed his 4th error in LF for the Iron Pigs this evening.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/29/cole-hamels-excellent-in-return-from-disabled-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186401 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:58:56 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=82356#comment-186401 Ok, I just looked at fangraphs and they do clock the cutter separately.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/29/cole-hamels-excellent-in-return-from-disabled-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186400 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:58:36 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=82356#comment-186400 Somewhere… Dominic Brown is having a chuckle…

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/29/cole-hamels-excellent-in-return-from-disabled-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186398 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:53:38 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=82356#comment-186398 That’s not true actually. His fastball in ’08 was around 90 mph and that is only when he threw a straight fastball and change up. I also wonder if the reports on average fastball velocity take into account when he throws his cutter, which clocks in at around 87.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/29/cole-hamels-excellent-in-return-from-disabled-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186389 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:41:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=82356#comment-186389 It was good to see him pitch effectively, but 90 mph fastballs aren’t going to cut it in the postseason. Unfortunately I don’t think it’s very likely that he’ll get it back up to early season velocity.

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