Pictures from 5-13 Riders game aka the Kiker implosion

by rentz on May 14, 2010 2:16 PM CDT

I was pretty pumped to be able to go to a day game during the week with camera in tow, little did I know I was due to see a meltdown of epic proportions.

Kiker was just awful, he couldn't locate pitches and wasn't leaving the mid 80s on the fastball which didn't go well with the 78-80mph change. Balls were going high, they were bouncing in the dirt 3 feet before the plate but did't have much luck crossing the plate for strikes.

Teagarden was playing after being sent down from OKC, falling even further away from his opening day spot with the Rangers. He proved that he hasn't forgotten how to hit but the pitchers need to be AA pitchers.

Flores, Snyder and Reed tried to clean up the pitching mess but didn't have much success and neither did the Rough Riders offense.

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Lil Lemon running to first, check out the guns

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by shroomer on May 14, 2010 2:24 PM CDT reply actions

I really like the lense

It’s not as flexible as the 70-200 2.8 IS and doesn’t have the reach of a 300 or 100-400 but it does the job.
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by rentz on May 14, 2010 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions

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by thedirkatron on May 14, 2010 3:46 PM CDT reply actions

The Lemon ones are awesome.

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by thedirkatron on May 14, 2010 3:47 PM CDT reply actions

Those forearms

he must be working out with Popeye.

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by t ball on May 14, 2010 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions

I know

I saw that when I was processing, now that he’s in LF dude’s been working out more I guess.

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by rentz on May 14, 2010 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions

That shit is seriously impressive.

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by slc ranger on May 14, 2010 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Love the pics. What pitch is he throwing where is index finger is off the ball?

Not the circle change pic, but this one.

The closeup of the pic of Teagarden with the forlorn look as he sees the Texas Rangers ship sailing away without him is great. Or maybe he’s just looking at Kiker as he returns the pitch. Can’t tell for sure.

by 3hacks on May 14, 2010 4:35 PM CDT reply actions

That would be called

The Wild Pitch

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by bigsteve on May 14, 2010 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions

His thumb is tucked under the ball, too.

All of the non-circle-change photos like that show the same grip. Looks like a very strange four-seam fastball grip.

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by NoNameOnCard on May 14, 2010 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions

He seemed to throw a lot of changes

since he didn’t have much on whatever bastardization of a fastball he threw. I was trying to figure out what pitch that was as well when i was going through these all I could guess was fastball.

His mechanics seem off, sometimes his arms made more of a T shape. Then his left arm came all the way across his body and down after each pitch.

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by rentz on May 14, 2010 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions

i think its cutter/slider

the index finger can be on or off depending on feel but i agree the thumb position is odd

by JDavidd on May 14, 2010 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions

great photos

one suggestion. I’d lower your fstop so you get more depth of field, especially in sports photography. You want a little more separation from the background. Otherwise, great stuff.

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by NothinG on May 14, 2010 4:52 PM CDT reply actions

not all the photos have this

some are spot on

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on May 14, 2010 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Thanks

I appreciate all criticism, so I can improve.

I do this for fun when I go to ball games, usually I’m dealing with poor lighting or very bad angles but this game was sunny and I got to move down to the first row.

Normally I shoot more open, I was messing around with settings and stops at this game. In the past I’ve had some issues holding focus where I want when I shot fast motion wide open.

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by rentz on May 14, 2010 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions