For Your Viewing Pleasure: Hunter Pence and Dom Brown Have Been Working Out
In case you don't believe that Hunter Pence and Dom Brown are working out, here's the proof. The shirtless, flexing proof. Are Pence and Brown in the Best Shape of Their Lives? You be the judge! Photo courtesy of Hunter Pence's twitter account. I'll be over here fanning myself.
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Thanks Liz!!!!!!
That picture made me smile, laugh and drool (I am a Pats fan, so today is REALLY hard)- thanks for making me feel better!
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
So, Dom Brown will get grilled for showing off, Pence will be applauded for “working hard”. Does that sound about right?
Its all about the []_[]
#FirePaulHolmgren
by philiafan14364 on Feb 6, 2012 4:49 PM EST reply actions 14 recs
needs to work on dropping F-bombs at inappropriate parts in the sentence, though.
All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia
by Veni Vidi Vici on Feb 6, 2012 11:18 PM EST up reply actions
Is that possible?
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Feb 6, 2012 11:20 PM EST up reply actions
The weird thing is, when I first read it, it sounded normal in my head.
Goddammit, Philadelphia…
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Feb 7, 2012 12:32 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
The original commenter is observing that similar gestures and acts from white players and black players are often interpreted very differently by certain segments of the fanbase. In this case the humor comes from the fact that the actions are identical, and from the (sad) plausibility of the original assessment.
And now, I deserve to be punished…
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No, I understand the joke however, what I was getting at was I just don’t see the racism that everyone is speaking about (this is not the first time on this site the black / white thing has come up) &, truly from a fans prospective I would say that the majority of fans I know don’t care if a player is black, white, yellow, ect… as long as they can play ball & give them reasons to cheer they (the fans) don’t care.
"Learning to eat soup with a knife"
by h2o_34_35_44 on Feb 7, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
There are more flat-out malicious racists out there than you think. They tend to keep quiet. But they reveal themselves on anonymous fora, like in newspaper website comments.
But set those people aside. Even many (most?) of those who don’t think they care about race, and don’t mean to care about race, still have a lot of subconscious stereotypes. I’m not just talking about the unwashed white hoi polloi. I’m talking about everyone, including educated people, minorities, left-wingers, etc. I don’t think this necessarily makes someone a bad person except to the extent human nature itself is bad, but when you aggregate all of this throughout the entire fan base of a large city, it does have an effect on public opinion.
I don’t think the story is ever only about race, but it’s totally naive to ever think that race doesn’t, in combination with many other things, play a significant role in how certain people are thought of. Brown is treated unfairly in this town for more than one reason. Pence is loved for more than one reason. But race is part of it.
Even many (most?) of those who don’t think they care about race, and don’t mean to care about race, still have a lot of subconscious stereotypes.
All. It’s impossible not to fall into that sometimes. I remember thinking the Jaguars had a running QB when they had Leftwich. He was black and I had a subconscious belief that meant he wasn’t a statue (he was). Race is part of everything, and it’s silly to not recognize it’s part or get upset when others point it out (and call it a card).
I’m not saying it doesn’t happen. Most of the readers here are more informed than I am. In fact I get most if not all of my Phillies related information from this website and, aside from FM’s random “you think he sucks because he’s black” comments I don’t see it. With that being said, I haven’t been looking for it so it may very well existed right under my nose with me being ignorant of it.
"Learning to eat soup with a knife"
I think the best way to illustrate it is to imagine you attended high school in an all-black neighborhood. I’m sure most of the black students would be perfectly nice people and would honestly believe themselves to have no racial bias whatsoever. Do you, as a white person, think you would be looked at and treated by your peers in a completely fair and colorblind manner? Do you think there would be no stereotypes or assumptions about what you’re like?
To be fair, Pence and Dom are quite unusually tall.
I heart our rookies.
by LeepinLizardz on Feb 6, 2012 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
Okay, 6’4" and 6’5" respectively, which I guess isn’t unusually tall for an athlete. But still really tall.
I heart our rookies.
by LeepinLizardz on Feb 6, 2012 9:06 PM EST up reply actions
That’s what I thought. They seem to tower over their teammates, so I was a tad surprised that they weren’t 6’7" or something.
I heart our rookies.
by LeepinLizardz on Feb 7, 2012 7:31 AM EST up reply actions
“Hunter’s Nipples” is now the standard unit of height measurement for women. “I’m 1 3/4 Hunter’s Nipples!”
by lizroscher on Feb 7, 2012 8:54 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Yeah I’m a touch under 6’4" and I don’t tower over many people to that extent.
To be fair, I’m not built like either of them. :(
http://www.thegoodphight.com
Have you ever been to Japan? I’m 6’1" I lived in Japan and the SE Asia region for about a year. Lets just say it wasn’t hard to pick me out of a crowd.
"Learning to eat soup with a knife"
by h2o_34_35_44 on Feb 7, 2012 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
So she’s their personal trainer?
Nothing unusual about that of course, but at the same time it sounds like a decent premise for a bad “dramedy” type movie.
I think this is so if they run out of extra weights they can curl her.
by Cole_Hamels_Can on Feb 7, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
Caption for what the girl is thinking
“These two are going to fight to the death and I’m the prize.”
what about a Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder joke?
by Cole_Hamels_Can on Feb 7, 2012 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
next time they should pose with larry andersen in the middle
by taco pal on Feb 6, 2012 11:53 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Can this be a new thing? Topless Larry Andersen enjoying things?
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Feb 7, 2012 12:33 AM EST up reply actions
Bother, as of this morning, the link – she’s a’ busted. Perhaps someone captured it? This has catnip like poetic appeal.
Opening day outfield?
If the girl can play centerfield, it’s not too late to trade Shane for prospects.
I wonder if there could be drawbacks to being that huge. I can’t think of any in baseball, but there are plenty of other sports where you don’t want to get too big.
Tennis, soccer, boxing – don’t want to be too big in any of those. But that’s because they’re all about endurance/stamina, which baseball isn’t. But in that case, why don’t more baseball players do it then?
In swimming, it varies- sprinters get jacked like that, distance swimmers don’t, because it’s extra weight that slows you down over long distances.
Sadly, I was in distance.
Adjusting to the strength and also flexibility. I had minor issues at the beginning of the season one year because I had spent all off-season doing (mild) weight work and long toss because I expected to be moved to outfield. When I got back behind the plate as the catcher and started practicing, my pick-off throws were ridiculously wild because I was throwing like I had the year before, when my arm was weaker and I had to arc the ball more. Until I adjusted, I would have needed Shawn Bradley to be my second baseman in order to pick anyone off.
Bob.
It’s odd, because for most of baseball’s history the consensus was you didn’t want big muscular guys in the field. The thinking was they would be too slow in the field and at the plate they wouldn’t be able to get the bat off their shoulders fast enough. A lot of managers even banned their players from lifting weights. Of course then Bo Jackson came along and changed a lot of that thinking, then the steroid era pretty much killed anyone thinking that a muscular baseball player is a bad thing.
All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia
by Veni Vidi Vici on Feb 7, 2012 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
...and i... jizz in my pants!
"This team (Philadelphia Eagles) gives me the best chance of winning a Super Bowl."
-Michael Vick #7
COT, but does anyone know what happened to the MLB Bonus Baby blog?
All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia
For those wrestling aficionados among you...
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Feb 8, 2012 5:54 AM EST reply actions
Nice. He turns 50 this year. I kind of thought he had already died.
Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive
by Eaglesadvocate on Feb 8, 2012 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
Pretty sure the app only allows me to pick major leaguers.
I heart our rookies.
by LeepinLizardz on Feb 8, 2012 2:38 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Please redeem this comment for one (1) internet.
by Wet Luzinski on Feb 8, 2012 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
Rec’d. As opposed to wrecked, which is what you just did to Pods’ ego.
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 8, 2012 11:08 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
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