2018-07-06: Braves (Foltynewicz) at Brewers (Peralta) 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 5-4; Dan Jennings puts out 7th inning fire]

[PinaMadness]

Did they give a distance on Aguilar HR?

We're still waiting for it to land.

[wildcat83]

Did they give a distance on Aguilar HR?

We're still waiting for it to land.

 

I haven’t seen many hit that high on the scoreboard. One from Prince and one from Russell Branyan come to mind, that’s about it.

[MrTPlush]

Maybe this is the game that gets the talking heads' attention. Stop talking down to Milwaukee.

 

Since when have they been talking down to us? Most are penciling us into a postseason spot and give us a legit shot at the division. We are getting quite a bit of national attention.

 

I need to watch whatever networks you are tuning in to.

 

Haha I don’t watch those sports shows on TV. Those are typically a lot more bias than articles on the internet. And yes...non Brewers based websites are talking about the Brewers.

 

Not as much as we should as the #1 NL team...but hey.

[adambr2]

The Nationals are not trading Bryce Harper, just stop Coshun.

[markedman5]

108 mph and 433 feet

 

[PinaMadness]

 

433 feet seems underestimated. Do they just measure to where the ball hits? I think they should just use mathematics to determine where the ball would've hit the ground and measure from there. In reality that's closer to 500.

[82brewcrew82]

Throw strikes Fredo

[wildcat83]

That needs to be caught, it wasn’t going to hit the wall, and he didn’t need to jump.

[tmwiese55]

Did they give a distance on Aguilar HR?

We're still waiting for it to land.

 

I haven’t seen many hit that high on the scoreboard. One from Prince and one from Russell Branyan come to mind, that’s about it.

 

Sexton had one way up there too I think.

 

For the media attention. We blew a lead just last year and blew one what 4 years ago much bigger. Cubs are very good and only 1.5 games out. It is what it is, just keep winning. It all kinda just sucks we're in the NL, even with this great record they're only like 5 up on the WC.

[adambr2]

 

433 feet seems underestimated. Do they just measure to where the ball hits? I think they should just use mathematics to determine where the ball would've hit the ground and measure from there. In reality that's closer to 500.

 

Those estimates always seem hilariously bad. It's 400 alone to dead center. Consider it's 60 feet from home to the mound, does anyone seriously believe from where that ball hit that it does not at least continue past the fence the distance from home to the mound if unimpeded, which would mean at least 460 feet? Those measurements are a joke.

[82brewcrew82]

For the media attention. We blew a lead just last year and blew one what 4 years ago much bigger. Cubs are very good and only 1.5 games out. It is what it is, just keep winning. It all kinda just sucks we're in the NL, even with this great record they're only like 5 up on the WC.

Most projections still seem to heavily favor the Cubs to win the division even now.

[PinaMadness]

 

433 feet seems underestimated. Do they just measure to where the ball hits? I think they should just use mathematics to determine where the ball would've hit the ground and measure from there. In reality that's closer to 500.

 

Those estimates always seem hilariously bad. It's 400 alone to dead center. Consider it's 60 feet from home to the mound, does anyone seriously believe from where that ball hit that it does not at least continue past the fence the distance from home to the mound if unimpeded, which would mean at least 460 feet? Those measurements are a joke.

The 60' 6'' from the mound to home plate is only six inches longer than the distance of a bowling alley. Yes, these distances are laughably underestimated.

[markedman5]

"I haven’t seen many hit that high on the scoreboard. One from Prince and one from Russell Branyan come to mind, that’s about it.

 

Sexton had one way up there too I think.

 

For the media attention. We blew a lead just last year and blew one what 4 years ago much bigger. Cubs are very good and only 1.5 games out. It is what it is, just keep winning. It all kinda just sucks we're in the NL, even with this great record they're only like 5 up on the WC."

 

I think it's mostly because we have a bunch of no name guys. They just aren't going to be impressed when you're lineup,is filled with waiver claims and triple a call ups.....no,matter how good they are playing.

[tmwiese55]

agree, I've always thought the same on some of these big HRs

[MrTPlush]

 

433 feet seems underestimated. Do they just measure to where the ball hits? I think they should just use mathematics to determine where the ball would've hit the ground and measure from there. In reality that's closer to 500.

 

 

Sorry, but that is not near 500 feet. People made that hit seem way farther than it was. It was only off the Miller Lite Ad. I remember Prince Fielder and a few others actually hitting it off the scoreboard. So if that was close to 500 then Fielder was hitting almost 600 foot bombs.

 

433 feet seems short, but it was dropping fast. Unfortunately calculating speed and angles is hard watching a TV. My high school science classes won’t help me here.

[Ennder]

I can believe it being 433, it was heading down at a pretty small angle, it wasn't traveling too much farther than where it hit the scoreboard. To use the image from above, if the scoreboard is the foul line of a bowling lane there was no way that ball was making it to the pins in the air.

[82brewcrew82]

The fence is 400. You can't tell me that ball wouldn't have gone 100 feet beyond that unimpeded. That was a blast.

[TooLiveBrew]

Loved the exchange with Rock & Craig about being able to figure out HR distance using exit velocity & angle.

 

Rock -- You can figure that out

Craig -- Well I couldn't

Rock -- I couldn't either, but y'know, somebody could

 

[Ennder]

The fence is 400. You can't tell me that ball wouldn't have gone 100 feet beyond that unimpeded. That was a blast.

There is no way it would have come close to 50 feet beyond that. It was heading almost straight down when it hit.

[MrTPlush]

The fence is 400. You can't tell me that ball wouldn't have gone 100 feet beyond that unimpeded. That was a blast.

 

It’s highest point was 99 feet and was falling before hitting the scoreboard. By the time it hit the scoreboard it was starting a decent faster than it was going horizontally. So I would be comfortable saying there is absolutely no way it would have gone a 100 more feet. If it fell about 20 feet down for every 10 feet it went farther, 433 makes a ton of sense.

[wildcat83]

The Nationals are not trading Bryce Harper, just stop Coshun.

 

The more you think about it the more it makes sense. They need to have a loosing streak and slip back farther I think. However, there’s 7 teams ahead of them in the wild card. He’s going to hit free agency anyways and still could resign with them next year. That’s been done before. If the Nats slip, letting him play for a contender as a rental might actually help keep him in their good graces.

 

This all would depend on the Nats slipping farther back in the standings though....

[adambr2]

I would not have a particularly long leash with Peralta this inning.

[82brewcrew82]

The fence is 400. You can't tell me that ball wouldn't have gone 100 feet beyond that unimpeded. That was a blast.

 

It’s highest point was 99 feet and was falling before hitting the scoreboard. By the time it hit the scoreboard it was starting a decent faster than it was going horizontally. So I would be comfortable saying there is absolutely no way it would have gone a 100 more feet. If it fell about 20 feet down for every 10 feet it went farther 433 makes a ton of sense.

OK

[PinaMadness]

Peralta really made Freeman look foolish that AB.

[PinaMadness]

YOU CANNOT RUN ON PINA!!!!