Yu Vision

Yu Darvish has some truly dirty stuff.

Best thing out of Japan since Baseball Simulator 1.000

via Fangraphs

James Loney - Wiffle Ball

James Loney swinging and missing a wiffle ball.

Tim Wakefield and His Knuckleball

The rookie Tim Wakefield in his first career playoff start against the Atlanta Braves in game 3 of the 1992 NLCS. Wakefield followed up a complete game 5-hitter win with another complete win in game 6.  Wakefield also goes into how he throws his knuckleball at the 4:55 mark.

Drafted as a first baseman by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 8th round of the 1988 amateur draft, Wakefield would finish his career as 1 of 7 knuckleballeres with 200+ wins. (Phil Niekro 318, Ted Lyons 260, Joe Niekro 221, Charlie Hough 216, Jesse Haines 210, Eddie Cicotte 208, Tim Wakefield 200).

Short Home Runs - Norichika Aoki

Norichika Aoki's blopper to left field only travelled 247 feet before hitting the ground. Inside-the-park at its finest.

Jamie Moyer - 49 and Counting

As you can probably guess, there aren't very many 49 year old seasons we can use to compare to Jamie Moyer's season this year.  To be exact, there are only 3.  Here they are.

Hoyt Wilhelm - 1972 LA Dodgers

After a 21 year career with a record of 143-122, 227 SV and career ERA of 2.52, 1972 was Wilhelm's last season playing ball.  He pitched only 25.1 innings and recorded a record of 0-1 with an ERA of 4.62. Not so great after such a long career.

Jack Quinn - 1933 Cincinnati Reds

This was also Quinn's last season in the majors, capping off a career with a record of 247-218 and ERA of 3.29.  His final season was not much better than Wilhelm.  Pitching only 15.2 innings, Quinn recorded a record of 0-1 with an ERA of 4.02.

Satchel Paige - 1956 Miami Marlins

Pitching with the AAA Marlins of the International League (affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies at the time), Satchel threw 111 innings in a combination of 37 starts and relief appearances.  The best part is that Paige went 11-4 with an ERA of 1.86 and WHIP of 1.16.

I don't think we can expect such a dominating season from Moyer this year, but don't forget, Moyer maneuvered his 80 mph fastball to a record of 9-9, ERA 4.84, WHIP 1.10 back in 2010.

Power to the semi-centenarians.

8-Bit Baseball - Kirk Gibson's World Series Home Run

Google has just introduced an 8-bit version of google maps...

A great April fool's prank. This 8-bit treatment reminds me of the awesome re-creation of the bottom of the 9th of Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. Kirk Gibson with his historical HR off the bench. Classic.

The very realistic Nintendo NES Google Maps demo.