This Jackass: The~Kid

[The~Kid]

Im surprised Willie didn't do it.
It was his home field.
Both the polo grounds and ebbits are a few yrs before i was hatched

Earliest memories are the 71 Mets

This is true......

I imagine he hit HRs center left or center right but not dead deep center. Babe Ruth hit a HR there deep center at 460 feet but this was before the 483 Dimensions or longer dimensions in general as it varied a bit over time at Polo Grounds........



Especially to clear those fences back then at that length and especially relative to parks now a pretty tremendous feat in either case. Kiner may have done one too but yeah not dead deep center but as said no joke to reach those walls and clear them in either case for any man and even the best of the best of their time and well the real GOATs even relative to players now......


Honestly even dudes like Ortiz, Pujols or Trout, Ohtani, Judge or Stanton in their prime would agree hitting a HR in that park anywhere in the center nvm deep dead center would take above normal human strength even amongst people on their level and even they would probably not be able to hit a HR deep dead center at Polo Grounds...... Pretty much an almost impossible feat even for the best of todays time.....


Mays did have a catch there of many but yeah......


"The Catch".....



And given the distance and the park..... A catch like that at Polo Grounds wasn't just any catch..... I think people forget that or don't talk about it enough.



If you truly stop to think about it what is the probability/likelihood of a catch like that being caught running that distance in such a short period of time, with your back against the ball as youre chasing it down combined with how hard that ball got hit and it's exit velo just shy of that fence......


Nvm the type of ground a player in the outfield has to cover on a field like at Polo Grounds given the dimensions..... Nvm that this is even before analytics/statistics, computers or the fucking StatCast Era



I would not be surprised if it were 0% and impossible for just about anyone else other than Mays.....


A catch with a 0% chance/probability/likelihood of being caught that is caught.......



Now ain't that truly something and nothing short a true miracle on the field and this green/blue Earth.






Willies incredible feat and "The Catch"...... At Polo Grounds means that much more and you'll never have anything like that ever ever again....... We all know "The Catch" but yeah I mean the context behind it which isn't talked about enough IMO gets lost...... I've seen some good ones in my life but never one like that and probably won't ever see one like that ever in real life or otherwise......




Here's to you Willie "The Say Hey Kid" Mays ...... Up in a field of dreams

 

[MadAsAHatter]

 

[The~Kid]

Yeah......


I mean maybe some aren't impressed with miracles but I am. As said when do you see an event with a 0% chance/probability/likelihood of happening like Willie's catch....... Happen.


You only read about such stories in comic books, fiction or the Bible...... Or in this case Baseball *_*

 

[MadAsAHatter]

Yeah......


I mean maybe some aren't impressed with miracles but I am. As said when do you see an event with a 0% chance/probability/likelihood of happening like Willie's catch....... Happen.


You only read about such stories in comic books, fiction or the Bible...... Or in this case Baseball *_*

You know you don't have to respond to every single thing and can just let a joke be a joke.

 

[Monkey Man]

I won't let your monkey ways get in the way of my good clean fun

Fair play brother, given that monkeys fling poo.

I mean, who am I to talk?

 

[The~Kid]

One more thing regarding Willie "The Say Hey Kid" Mays


Nvm the type of ground a player in the outfield had to cover on a field like thsr at Polo Grounds given the dimensions.....



Nvm that this was way way before sabermetrics, MoneyBall, modern day analytics/statistics, super computers, advanced computer models, Artificial Intelligence or the fucking StatCast Era and todays modern Baseball......


Oh yeah and way way way before the modern day Shift


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ESPN breaks it down great but I still don't believe they or anyone else really explain this in the end in to how amazing this was and was probably the most amazing thing that ever happened....... Or one of the most amazing things and good things in the world that ever happened in the history of man/men/human beings.........



When you combine all these impossible things together relative to times and eras that somehow culminated and came together under the perfect conditions..... And thanks to the ability of a very remarkable and talented individual such as Willie.....



You got an event with a 0% chance and probability/likelihood of happening.......



Actually happen by a miracle, grace of God, higher power, the universe..... Etc etc whatever.......




Who knows but this is one of the few moments people, in flesh and blood, witnessed with their own eyes a true miracle on this blue/green Earth.

 

[Stumplegriltskin]

I get this occasionally.

It's your personal bias that leads you to that conclusion. If I treat someone you don't like fairly, as I do everyone here, suddenly I'm his best friend. By that reckoning I must be best friends with JD's Couch, Sharvel Dan, T.V., Donnie (RIP), David Gerlach... the list goes on-and-on - take your pick.

Terribly-low-tier logic bro'. Can't believe I'm even responding to this.


Pray tell brother, why should the mods remove him?

Because he "doesn't contribute anything worthwhile"? Don't even know what to say to that.

Most members are proud of the fact that it takes a whole lot to get bant here, and you offer this?


Pure, unadulterated bullshit and you of all people know it.

Look man, no harm, no foul, but honestly that post was disingenuous at best. Not what I'd normally associate with you, so I'm kinda-surprised, frankly.

Don't remove him. Then this place becomes just another TGP. Let the guy do what he wants, he's a complete asshat and it's entertaining AF.

 

[The~Kid]

Don't remove him. Then this place becomes just another TGP. Let the guy do what he wants, he's a complete asshat and it's entertaining AF.

Hey thanks......

I'll that any day *_*

 

[lol]

Shooty hoops is fun to play. But boring to watch, like pretty much any sports ball game.

 

[Monkey Man]

Don't remove him.

Only if he breaks the rules beyond temp-ban tier, same as anybody else.