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June 05, 2015
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
The A's just called up switch pitcher, Pat Vanditte to the bigs.
posted by ursus_comiter at 03:23 PM on June 05, 2015
Ah, the link in the 2008 thread seems to be dead.
posted by ursus_comiter at 03:25 PM on June 05, 2015
GoPro pole vaulting.
posted by rcade at 06:16 PM on June 05, 2015
The A's just called up switch pitcher, Pat Vanditte to the bigs.
He came into the game tonight in Boston. The oddity is that he faced Swihart, Boston's catcher, and a switch-hitter himself. Vanditte was pitching left-handed, but wanted to move Swihart to the left-hand batter's box. The rule was that the pitcher had to signal his intent prior to making a pitch to the batter. This he did, Swihart batted left vs the now right-handed Vanditte, and struck out. Interesting to watch. Vanditte's glove is constructed with two "thumbs", so that he can switch hands without having to get a new glove each time.
posted by Howard_T at 10:59 PM on June 05, 2015
Fan hit by bat has life-threatening injuries
posted by tommybiden at 11:51 PM on June 05, 2015
NHL Pick 'Em update:
Longest game: 0 OTs (0 winners)
TV rating: 3.3 (closest 3.2, jagsnumberone)
First scorer: Alex Killorn (0 winners)
Most goals: 1, Killorn, Teuvo Teravainen, Antoine Vermette (0 winners)
Most assists: 1, Teravainen, Duncan Keith, Andrew Shaw, Valtteri Filppula, Anton Stralman (6 winners)
Most points: 2, Teravainen (0 winners)
Best plus/minus: 1, Teravainen, Keith, Shaw, Marcus Kruger, David Rundblad, Nikita Nesterov (7 winners)
Most penalty minutes: 2, Shaw, Kris Versteeg, Killorn, Jason Garrison (2 winners)
12. Starting goaltender with the best GAA: 1, Corey Crawford (5 winners)