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perception vs. reality on Omar's HR?

In both the FSN and KNBR post-game interviews, Omar identified the pitch he homered off of as a change-up. But according to the FSN radar gun it was a 92-mph pitch, which has to be a fastball to anyone other than the A.J. Burnett's or Billy Wagner's of the world. Now, obviously Omar hit the damn thing himself, so he couldn't really have misidentified it, but how does one reconcile this discrepancy? Is it just a matter of terminology? Is Omar just messing with us?

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the radar gun recorded the velocity of the bat or the batted ball.
DYG

by kenshin1 on Jun 16, 2005 7:52 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Happens all the time...
...at SBC.  Woody is good for a few 101 MPH pitches a game.
"Robb Nen is going to get you" - Benito Santiago to Chipper Jones, 10/7/02

by Pants Man on Jun 16, 2005 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i suppose
That's certainly the most plausible explanation, though on replaying it the 92 did appear to pop up a split instant before Omar made contact (and was thus measuring the pitch rather than the batted ball, which I do agree happens). If it was a change-up, and assuming that Romero's is no higher than the low 80's, that means the gun is 10 mph or more hot -- argh!

You mean there's not some more intriguing explanation for this, something about the wild wonderful complexities of batting mechanics?

by non sequitur on Jun 16, 2005 12:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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