Comments on: Thompson Quiets Doubters

By: anotherbbmom

anotherbbmom — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:08:33 +0000

“1 run will not likely win 25+ games but 5 probably will.”

playn2win, you have the best post of the string.

By: anotherbbmom

anotherbbmom — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:06:00 +0000

GZ, that particular writer is often overly critical. But, you are 100% correct…Both Matzek and Thompson are in for a great career!

By: gpz100

gpz100 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:17:28 +0000

Wow! I can not believe what I just read. I was at the game watching two outstanding pitching propects, two young men that you could very well project to pitching in a major league stadium someday! It was the first time that I saw Mazek pitch, he is the real deal and did not disappoint!!!
However some of the comments made about Thompson I felt were irresponsible and overly critical. To use the words “red flag” attached to his mechanics is ridiculous, at 6’8″ he repeats his mechanics, his head and glove travel over his front foot, he releases the ball with what looks like to be about 8-9′ closer to the plate from the rubber. All the while maintaining his balance at the end of the delivery!
Thompson actually threw 95 twice. 95 thrown from about 51 feet, pretty hard to do if you are throwing across your body. Somebody should do the math on that! That would be about 2 or 3 tenths of a second to react!!!!

By: playn2win

playn2win — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:00:51 +0000

Both Matzek and Thompson were clearly dominant at times. But on this day El Toro was better offensively than Capo. Thompson hung a change up that Clark hit out (for Capo’s only run off Thompson in 4 innings pitched) followed by a deep fly ball to center that the ET center fielder lost in the cloudy sky which should have been caught. Matzek gave up a rope double down the LF line by Penprase followed by a RBI single by Donohoe in the 4th, a tape measure HR over the scoreboard by Jensen in the 5th and another earned run later that inning. The pitching was great but the baseball was better, Matzek and Thompson were the big story but not the whole story. This was El Toro versus Capo, this was a big time “scrimmage”, El Toro outscored Capo 5-1 and neither Matzek or Thompson accounted for any of those runs. Even with the outstanding pitching both of these teams displayed, 1 run will not likely win 25+ games but 5 probably will.

By: anotherbbmom

anotherbbmom — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:48:21 +0000

BTW, Jeters never prosper is the best username I have ever seen.

By: anotherbbmom

anotherbbmom — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:30:30 +0000

My point was dont take down another team’s pitcher. The other team’s gonna take offense.

Did you ever hear the proverb about not listneing to the statement before the BUT,

The only statement I ever listen to is after the word BUT,

I dont want to take anything away from Matzek but,

…….. start listening now.

Arenado is one of high schools best hitters this year. He got singled out because the first poster whined about how he got robbed. He did not get robbed.. He did not swing. He is too good… just too good. He could easily swing and foul something off at least.

Matzek is great, Thompson is great, Arenado is great.

Quit whining about one game by one ump.

Arenado will probably hit close to .500 this year and win another CIF, but the first poster will dimish that by whining about how the kid got robbed here and there by overstatement, by a bad ump, by cookie selling girl scouts, who knows.

Let Arenado swing it and speak for himself.

By: Jeters Never Prosper

Jeters Never Prosper — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:32:00 +0000

How was the point of your first comment the fact that Matzek struck out Arenado when your original post only talked about the hits off Thompson? That seems to be contradicting your statement to not knock another teams pitcher.

P.S. Being forced to swing at bad pitches because of a terrible umpire is still considered getting cheated by the umpire.

By: onemorebbmom

onemorebbmom — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:01:07 +0000

I don’t think the point is who gave up bombs or even who is the better pitcher, Thompson or Matzek. They’re both obviously very good. The point is the article singles out Arenado as having been “blown away” by Matzek. Both pitchers struck out many batters and to single out Arenado in this way is just not fair. Arenado is a very good hitter.

By: anotherbbmom

anotherbbmom — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:14:42 +0000

Yes, Matzek did. But not to Arenado who Matzek struck out. Which was the point of my first comment.

Dont knock another teams pitcher.

The plate umpire did stink. Up, down, in and out. Inconsistent. But I dont think they are used to hs guys throwing in the mid 90s either.

So lets not take away from out pitchers and make comments about how a batter got robbed.

I will tell you how a batter of Arenado’s quality can not get cheated by the umpire…SWING

By: Fan

Fan — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:27:33 +0000

Thompson did but, didn’t Matzek also give up a bomb?

By: anotherbbmom

anotherbbmom — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:34:20 +0000

I dont want to take anything away from Thompson, but did he not give up a bomb home run and a double off the wall consecutively?

By: Baseball Mom

Baseball Mom — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:41:58 +0000

I don’t want to take anything away from Tyler Matzek. He is and was phenomenal at times on Saturday but to say he blew away the strong hitters including Nolan Arenado is an overstatement. Arenado only saw one fastball, which he fouled off and the umpire rung him up twice on two curve balls that were clearly bad, one at his shoulders and one that bounced in the dirt outside.