And then he'll win the Cy Young and World Series. (see also: all the great pitchers who left Detroit and then won the World Series)

Great? I was always told his career was something of a flop.

That’s true for MLB batters facing MLB pitchers, but it seems atypical for an unsigned 21 year old.

Not an effective Flop

Fwiw- career SO rates for each: Soto 16.8% Rodriguez 25.9% Devers 21.0%

From that, we'd expect an average pitcher to strike all three of them out about 0.9% of the time, or about a 1-in-109 chance

I clearly thought this all happened much earlier than it did.

Imagine if he was dead for 25 years when he competed in the olympics. He probably wouldn't be able to jump at all and would be really stiff.

The “Fosbury Flop” was epic. He literally turned the sport of high jump upside down.

The only man whose career can be defined as a flop. Vale Dick.

Truly a great Dick

THX? What does this have to do with audiovisual standards? Many people appreciate having acronyms and abbreviations spelled out.

Yes

From all the Five Foot Niners out here, good job El Duque Dos!

I’m glad they went with “The Fosbury Flop”, rather than “The Dick Flop”

That’s so fricken cool. I love international competitions that professionals are allowed to play in. It makes for great stories like this

No no, sixty one quarter inches.

I assumed he'd been dead for ~80 years.

In keeping with Detroit Tigers history, he will become a great pitcher then traded for two players that have 0 talent. Consistency’s that’s what Detroit Tigers strive for.

You have it wrong. There are fans in America that live and die for their teams. There are homes covered in team art, jerseys, and memorable. Cars covered in flags, bumper stickers, and even wraps on their vehicles.

The northeast is particularly involved. You'll see kids on their first day of kindergarten with t-shirts and backpacks for their teams. Bars strictly for local sports teams, and if you go to Boston you'll see team logo tattoos on every other tatted person.

We have a multitude of sports here so everyone can't love everything, but to say we don't have die hard fans is absolutely ridiculous.

Also to say we don't have traditions still alive in these communities from the birth of their teams is absurd.

[removed]

Thanks. Feet and inches just makes no sense in Athletics.

RIP. Absolute legend, selfless to the end-never wanted to put anyone out. Had them set the coffin at 2m, and got in himself.

Holy shit 😳

[removed]

[deleted]