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Matt Kemp's Magic Floating Helmet and Other Assorted Images
2006-06-18 23:53
by Ken Arneson

Saturday was a very long day, and it'll take a long blog entry to write down all my memories of that day, and so I shall. But first, I wanted to post some of my favorite pictures from Sunday's A's-Dodgers game.

 

Matt Kemp's Magic Floating Helmet

Matt Kemp steals second base. His helmet magically floats high above the ground.

Kemp steals


Matt Kemp grounds out. As he dejectedly returns to the dugout, his helmet magically floats high above the ground.

Kemp flips helmet

 

Mike Rouse Bats in the Wrong Direction

Rookies. Do you have to tell them how to do everything?

Rouse HBP
(Rouse is turning away from a HBP)

 

Nomar Wins A Friendly Wager

"Hey, Lachemann, I betcha next time up, I'll hit a homer."

Nomar chats with Lach


"See, toldja!"

Nomar homers

 

How to field a low bounce

Get your glove hand low to the ground. Use your other hand to cover the glove as the ball enters it.

Example 1: Rafael Furcal catches a bouncing throw as Marco Scutaro steals second.

Scutaro steals, Furcal catches throw


Example 2: Dan Johnson fields a ground ball.
Johnson fields grounder

 

Stranding Runners

The Dodgers stranded an incredible number of runners in the two games I saw, some via poor baserunning, some via double plays, and some via double plays caused by poor baserunning. The following image was none of the above. Mike Rouse made a nice diving stop, and Bobby Crosby tried to turn the double play, but J.D. Drew hustled to first base and beat the throw.

Crosby tries to turn DP

Of course, the A's played 17 innings on Saturday, too, and they stranded a bunch of runners themselves. That was mostly a result of good Dodger pitching. However, on Sunday, they failed to score a runner because of an excellent defensive play to nail Nick Swisher at the plate on a single by Jay Payton:

Swisher thrown out at plate

 

Closing Out A Sweep

The last pitch of the A's three-game sweep of the Dodgers. Huston Street pitches to Jeff Kent, who lines out to Mike Rouse at second base. The A's win their tenth game in a row.

Street closes out sweep

Comments
2006-06-19 00:15:20
1.   Greg Brock
Matt Kemp's helmet did not "magically" float in the air. Matt Kemp simply tells inanimate objects to defy the laws of physics, and they comply. That is what Matt Kemp does. Matt Kemp can also stretch leadoff singles into three run home runs.
2006-06-19 00:22:36
2.   Ken Arneson
I'm sorry, I thought that doing something in defiance of the laws of physics was the very definition of "magically".
2006-06-19 00:30:18
3.   Greg Brock
I guess you're right, Ken. I apologize. I just get a little defensive when it comes to the Chosen One. I saw it as more of a Jedi thing than a wizardry thing. When it comes to Matt Kemp, I have lost perspective.
2006-06-19 00:48:34
4.   Greg Brock
2 I also imagined you saying that line as Jules Winfield, and it was very intimidating.
2006-06-19 04:42:15
5.   DXMachina
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke

Clearly Kemp is from another planet. Possibly one with a red sun.

2006-06-19 05:45:48
6.   Chiron Brown
Kemp is from a planet with two blue suns. In fact, Matt Kemp is the Blue bi-Son.
2006-06-19 09:42:48
7.   Robert Daeley
Kemp has been taking telekinesis lessons from Nomar:

http://www.celsius1414.com/node/36

2006-06-19 10:55:41
8.   Greg Brock
5 6 - Nicely done
2006-06-19 11:14:45
9.   Linkmeister
Ok, I'm gonna suck up to the webmaster here and say those were all some very well-made images, and I appreciate them. You must have had some very good seats, a much better zoom lens than my Canon SD110 offers, or both.
2006-06-19 11:26:10
10.   Bluebleeder87
Cool pics
2006-06-19 11:30:33
11.   Ken Arneson
9 I have a Nikon D70 with a standard lens. My seats are by first base, in row 25. So it's a great hi-res camera with a good, not great lens, and with good, not great seats. A little photoshop doesn't hurt.
2006-06-19 13:13:43
12.   Linkmeister
I wish I'd given my camera purchase more thought. I figured I'd be doing mostly snapshot point-and-shoot stuff with the digital one, so I didn't worry overly much about the lens. I've since learned I need to carry my (film) Canon A-1 around if I want decent zoom capability. It's got a 35-105mm lens.

They are really good pics.

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