Hardball Made Easy

by Slyde on May 12, 2008 4:09 PM EDT

I don't know if these have been linked to previously, but I got them from Paul DePodesta's new blog .

It is Hardball Made Easy with Ron Stilanovich - a series of hilarious baseball instructional videos that include real major leaguers! You can learn to:

Block the Plate with Matt Kemp
Take 1 for the Team with Carlos Zambrano
Getting All Defensive with Brad Hawpe
No Excuses with Andre Ethier
Scrappyness with Ron Stilanovich

Learn from career minor leaguer Ron Stilanovich on how to be a smarter, tougher, and ultimately, better all around ball player.

"Did you know I spent 4 seasons as Bullpen Catcher for The Lake Havasu War Turtles?" - Ron Stilanovich

I know it's not Reds related, but so what? Not every YouTube posting can be Hitler talking about the Reds.

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Getting All Defensive: "Run over to it."

I’m looking at you, Edwin.

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 12, 2008 4:40 PM EDT 0 recs

So hating scrappyness must be universal!

That was funny. Great find Slyde. I’ll use some of these at practice with my 7 year old team this week!

The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!

by TheC on May 12, 2008 5:00 PM EDT 0 recs

Shrink that strikezone down.

That’s no longer a strike zone, it’s a scrap zone.

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 12, 2008 5:01 PM EDT up 0 recs

Check out that last pitch by Zambrano

the one that starts out in the zone and takes off into the kids face… jesus! I wouldn’t want to be standing in front of that one.

"I never should have given up the animation rights."

by BobbyO on May 12, 2008 6:04 PM EDT 0 recs

i was thinking the same thing

that pitch was terrifying

Buzzards and dreadful crows: necessary evils, I suppose

by Man Mountain on May 12, 2008 6:19 PM EDT up 0 recs

That had to be a whiffle ball

No way is he pelting these kids with real baseballs. I think that funky break was a product of the funky plastic.

The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!

by TheC on May 13, 2008 10:57 AM EDT up 0 recs

a wiffle ball won't travel that fast though

even thrown by Zambrano. If he were to try to throw a wiffle ball in the 90s he would hurt his arm. Trust me I tried to blow a wiffle ball by my dad a couple of years ago at an easter family funtion. I throw about 20 pitches with a wiffle ball as hard as i could, and my shoulder was really sore for about a month. I tried to play catch with a friend a week or two later, and couldn’t even throw the ball 20 feet, and every toss was with great pain, and no velocity.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 15, 2008 1:44 AM EDT up 0 recs

but i have sense healed and regained my low 60s velocity

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 15, 2008 1:47 AM EDT up 0 recs

Decree!

We need to have a massive RedReporter Wiffle Ball Meetup!

by Red Menace on May 15, 2008 2:07 AM EDT up 1 recs

will beer be involved?

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 15, 2008 2:22 AM EDT up 0 recs

ps

rec’d

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 15, 2008 2:22 AM EDT up 0 recs

this could be held on a Saturday afternoon

and be followed up be an evening at the ballpark.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 15, 2008 2:26 AM EDT up 0 recs

we tried this once before

and while i thought it was a great idea, it ended up having very little momentum.

hopefully, we can actually get this done!

In the end, life and business are about human connections. And computers are about trying to murder you in a lake. And to me the choice is easy.

by chandrathan on May 15, 2008 9:45 AM EDT up 0 recs

I remember that..

I think it was surrounded by a RR Picnic kind of deal.. I’m all for it (again).

-Do not play golf behind Dave Parker.

by snohio on May 15, 2008 2:30 PM EDT up 0 recs

Oh yeah.

I remembered it because I said it.. Damn my memory sucks.. Here it was (along with some lovely shots of my punk kids.. Man time flies..

-Do not play golf behind Dave Parker.

by snohio on May 15, 2008 2:33 PM EDT up 0 recs

That was a fun thread

I like seeing everybody’s families. Makes y’all seem more like real people.

I’m down for some wiffle ball. Too bad my parents don’t live in my childhood home anymore. We had a perfect sized/dimensioned yard with a home run fence and everything. We played so much that the bases turned into dirt spots. My parents weren’t too thrilled with that, but at least we weren’t doing drugs or knocking over mailboxes.

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 15, 2008 2:50 PM EDT up 0 recs

We should do another thread like that

Matter of fact, I’m gonna do that right now.

Please Note: I may be totally full of shit.

by jch24 on May 15, 2008 3:08 PM EDT up 0 recs

It's Thursday!

Which means I won’t be back here until at least Sunday since I only do this from work (sun-thur), and being in IT I have all the free time in the world, right JCH!!

Hey, if I had some place to go I certainly wouldn't be in 'Cleve-Land'. -H.T.Duck

by snohio on May 15, 2008 4:40 PM EDT up 0 recs

I do what I can

I’ve been manning the guns here solo today, so I’m happy it’s been quiet. What exactly do you do at UHC, I forget? Other than taking a chunk of my hard-earned money twice a month, of course. :)

Please Note: I may be totally full of shit.

by jch24 on May 15, 2008 4:48 PM EDT up 0 recs

You should wait..

until Next week on the one year anniversary of that post, May 22nd.. Then it could become the annual Meet The Families of RR fanpost.

Hey, if I had some place to go I certainly wouldn't be in 'Cleve-Land'. -H.T.Duck

by snohio on May 15, 2008 4:42 PM EDT up 0 recs

I'll do that then

You’ve all been warned, go find pics of babies/grandbabies/nieces/nephews/pets/whatever comprises your family day. We’ll have a big ‘ol family picnic up in here next Thursday. :)

Please Note: I may be totally full of shit.

by jch24 on May 15, 2008 4:46 PM EDT up 0 recs

Matt Kemp is "The Bison"

That’s probably because he’s tougher than a robot made of nails.

"I've been rapping for about seventeen years, okay? I don't write my stuff anymore. I just kick it from my head. I can do that. No disrespect, but that's how I am."

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on May 13, 2008 8:42 AM EDT 0 recs