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hoodjem, I copied this from a post I made in a thread from 2010 that got some positive feedback. I know you know this already, but here it is: Here's a gif of Rosewall's driven slice: Check the height of his hitting hand from takeback to contact to followthrough. While he demonstrates the...

I have to assume, by its timing that this thread was started in response to what is viewed by some as Djoker's unexpected loss at the Open. Did anyone watch the match? Though the conditions were not as bad as the prior Saturday this match was played in near gale winds. Murray adjusted...

"No" is perfectly fine at every level. "Out" is a linespersons call or is heard as an overrule from the chair. Other than that it is usually reserved for a doubles when a player advising his partner to lay off the ball along with "bounce" or "leave". In self officiated high school, college and...

I don't believe Connors "ducked" players. There are two things about Connors cutting his professional teeth on the Riordan Tour that are significant. a) it was a less star studded tour. Hardly any of the competition had either the ability and/or the experience of having won in what were...

Have you ever played or watched baseball? Or are you feigning some quasi-expertise after a light skim of Wikipedia. The idiocy of your descriptions are beyond belief. Let's break it down to simple math. MIDDLE RELIEF not only isn't good enough to start, it's not good enough to close...

I can see little chatty didn't fall far from your tree. Somehow "we will never know" transitions to the implication that there would be scores of "better" black and hispanic pitchers were in the league in Ruth's time only if they were allowed and that would surely have significantly...

Mrs. chatt_town, I understand the need to come to your son's defense after the beating he's been taking. But of course, you'll find the quote where I called Mariano Rivera the Yankees 8th best pitcher. Or where I classified Babe Ruth the best athlete. You won't be able to because I didn't...

I find chatty hysterical, on more than one level. He reminds me of the limbless Black Knight from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail": 5

chatty, You are quite emotional, aren't you? Irrational, and quite emotional. I guess I'll just have to wait for someone who knows anything about baseball to chime in here then. Denial ain't just a River in Egypt. Speaking of waterways, yes you got both my paddles in this exchange. One...

That's one, albiet, slightly cruel, way to describe Prince. 5

WTF????? Desperate huh? What I said was that within the top 20 HR hitters of all time Babe Ruth falls right about in the middle, #11 to be exact as far as base stealing goes. Even you....okay, maybe not you, but anyone who can read would understand that. Bonds. Bonds?????? Bonds has more...

An "eh" point. You are aware that there is a real concern of the lack of African-American participation in baseball today, aren't you? If you aren't look at the drop over the past few decades. Sure in the segregated era in which he played black ball players were denied as a group. How many...

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IMO Nadal is giving the slights far more staying power than if he just ignored them and concentrated on what should be his priorities. If Nadal is this thin skinned, I can only assume that he never peaked into a site like this to see all the allegations and other disparaging remarks made about...

Thanks Rabbit. For those who don't know, it was also widely believed in the '60's early '70's that due to the period's quicker and lower bouncing playing conditions it could be disadvantageous to be on the taller end of the spectrum. (this isn't height envy. I'm perfectly content at 6'1") But...

What do you suppose? They rounded Hewitt's height down? Please. Otherwise I agree with you that the numbers are Very statistically significant. Of the 96 Major Finalists from 2000 through 2011 fully 18 were players who have listed their heights somewhere as 1.8m and shorter. That's fully...

There were alot of big servers in tennis especially toward the end of his career in the beginning of the Open Era. Tanner was just one, who was 13 years his junior and who Laver faced when past his prime, at 35 to 37 and went 3 and 2 against. Another was Colin Dibley who has somehow been...

Really? That would be the Babe Ruth that batted against pitchers throwing from a mounds much higher than today's 10 inch height limit instituted in 1969. From 1903 through 1968, this height limit was set at 15 inches, but was often slightly higher, sometimes as high as 20 inches (50.8 cm)...

Your brand of logic may be in doubt as well. Lleyton Hewitt, 1.78m 2001 US Open titleist 2002 Wimbledon titleist 2004 USO finalist 2005 AO finalist Gaston Gaudio, 1.75m 2004 RG titleist That's just in the last 11 years. Notable sub 1.8m Major finalists within your 20 year parameter...

That was fast. Wow. What was the flashpoint? 5

You're obviously a big Rafa fan. Maybe the biggest. Ever. I'll be the first to say that anything is possible. However, you're apparently confusing fandom with logic. Since the first year Nadal qualified for the WTF, 2005 he's not attended twice, was ousted in the RR twice, reached the SF...

Yes look at the record books. 1977 Guillermo Vilas won 2 Majors and wasn't Player of the Year, nor did he finish the Year End #1, Borg did. (and there were 3* other one time Major winners that year.) It's one. But it only takes one when the premise is "No Player". Also 1989 while Boris...

Yup. Early on in every year the ebb and flow of points is amplified and distorts the view. By years all the points are accumulated in the current year thus far more meaningful. With all these scenarios being floated by the OP not only is Novak's fall drastic, Nadal never suffers an early...

I had posted a very similar still photo sequence a few years ago that another member, Mick, made this with: 5

Exactly what I was thinking. 5

Rabbit, "black hole theory" is actually quite the appropriate analogy when applied to this subject. 5

Contributing to the burn out: http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/borgbjor.shtml Some time after Borg's retirement, his coach/manager Lennart Bergelin also stated that in addition to the Council's threats Borg's travel schedule, which was particularly extreme in that he and several other...

More like the better of two bad choices when facing Lendl. 5

Of those on the list provided IMO Borg was the fastest and Agassi the slowest. 5

I think the bans are justified. And if one is looking for nearer 100% compliance the same should hold for PEDs as well. Also IMO they should eliminate appeals for length of penalty. Allow one appeal solely regarding guilt but none for length of penalty. 5