just an FYI, there's a restaurant in LA (don't remember the name) that makes fresh alcoholic otterpops right in front of you with a pitcher of liquid nitrogen. so that ship sailed long ago i'm afraid =D

It's a type of pitcher-plant....carnivorous, that prepuce-looking top is simply a flap that probably closes when some bug falls-in.
Khmer: Pong MohaTep (ពងទឹក មហាទេព)


Keep touching it and giggling ladies ....Yeah, just like that!!

I laugh . . . only because this has happened. The ordering Bud Lite at a craft brew pub. The barista's reaction was just blank shock and the guy sitting next to me looked at the would be beer drinker and said: "You're in the wrong place for that." The guy then asked if they served pitchers . . . at which point everyone at the bar was staring at him. The barista, with a completely flat expression: "No." I think she ended up giving him the cheapest light lager they had.

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The question is: how long did it take to render? Is it hours or even days on large render farm for each clip? That might limit the practicality, certainly for sports broadcasts at least.

On the other hand, I hope in 10 or 15 years, I can watch sports and put the camera wherever I want in real time or put on my VR headset and watch as though I were standing next to the pitcher or sitting on the wing of a race car. That probably will happen and that is an AWESOME prospect.

While she definitely throws much faster than I do, I don't think you could say that she has anywhere near the same power that a male pitcher has. The GBoWW record for a woman is 65mph [1], and 101[2] for men. In MLB, the only pitchers who can't throw faster than 85mph have extraordinary control over the ball.[3] (and, granted, the fastest pitch is under contention for both sexes, but it's approx 2-3mph that is being argued over, not enough to affect this comparison)

The pro female (softball) pitcher threw very well... especially since her specialty is an underhanded pitch. But she doesn't generate anywhere near the power that a male pitcher can generate.

1) http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-6000/fastest-baseball-pitch-(female)/
2) http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/3000/fastest-baseball-pitch-(male)
3) http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_average_pitching_speed_in_MLB

But weren't they looking at "throw like a girl" to be an insult? Where as you mentioned, the pro female pitcher clearly still "threw like a girl", she had the accuracy and power for it to not matter

That Japanese pitcher-Check out his knee-to-ground proximity at it's lowest point in his form: That cat is rooted! Makea basabar look like Kung Fu!

So the guy (just signed a 147 million-dollar contract to PITCH) whose pitch went afoul goes on the DL list and the mad-batter gets a fine and suspension for a few games?

Does not seem fair-Ol Carlos there should have to stay on outta the Padres line-up for 6-8 weeks till the Dodger's pitcher recovers.

One of the few actual happy endings I've seen in a moving pitcher.

So glad to hear this. Cheers ole cum! I just recently missed a show where they preformed along with 3 other but kinda similar bands for $7 in Norfolk VA. The promoter seen that on the book of faces that said that I probably could not make it. He offered to foot the bill for the person who would travel with me to see them. I still had no takers. Mind you that when I seen them a few years ago, The same promoter was at this dive bar in Virginia Beach VA. When we walked into the place he asked us who we were there to see and my friend said "My friend wants me to see Ceremony." The dude said that they were about to hit the stage(late but perfect timing.) He then ask us where we were for and my friend said "Baltimore MD." It was a 5 hour trip man(I really love this band). The dude said "Whoa! You deserve a beer!" and bought us a pitcher of suds. This is a really cool click of musicians in the Mid Atlantic states. You need to clone yourself so I can take you to super cheap but fucking awesome shows.

I'm guessing so soon after he pitches, his glove hand isn't ready to catch, and the ball hit the tip of his glove, ripping it off his hand. The momentum took it upwards. If it had hit the middle of his hand, it would have hurt, but not taken the glove off.

*Canada>> ^Darkhand:

That looks like it would hurt? Or was it just at the edge of the mitt and that's why it spun off his hand?

>> ^Fletch:

>> ^Quboid:
Why do baseball players look so fat? They're not wearing American Football style padding are they? They're not uber muscled body builders are they?

Professional athletes who go to work and sit on their asses for 1/9 the time when on "offense", jog 100-200 feet to thier "defensive" positions, only to stand around and wait for something to happen that will require, at most, several seconds of effort. I bet their heart rates rarely surpass 100bpm, much less their target zones. (Pitchers aand catchers exempt from this description, of course, but not Pablo Sandoval.)


So basically, it's because they are fat. Huh.

I'd have thought basic professionalism would dictate they look after themselves. Even if they don't need to be able to sprint like a football player, basic co-ordination and physical reactions would be better if they were slim. If nothing else, being on TV regularly would give me extra motivation to look my best.

>> ^Quboid:

Why do baseball players look so fat? They're not wearing American Football style padding are they? They're not uber muscled body builders are they?

Professional athletes who go to work and sit on their asses for 1/9 the time when on "offense", jog 100-200 feet to thier "defensive" positions, only to stand around and wait for something to happen that will require, at most, several seconds of effort. I bet their heart rates rarely surpass 100bpm, much less their target zones. (Pitchers aand catchers exempt from this description, of course, but not Pablo Sandoval.)

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