Julio's the last man standing

[Caveman]

Long Live Julio.

[BeefMaster]

can a man with no legs play baseball?  if yes, what would the strike zone be?

Couldn't you just roll the ball to him, then?

[Briznock]

I think you would have to have a set of rules for a player like this.  I believe a stool of a certain height should be used for him to bat off of.  The strike zone would be letters to the first rung of supports on the stool

If the player with no legs played in a wheel chair, it would be from the axle to the letters. 

[broiler]

If the player with no legs played in a wheel chair, it would be from the axle to the letters. 

but the wheelchair couldn't be one of those electric ones, because thats just cheating.

[Briznock]

Well, only if it was in the rules.  Which could be change down the road.  But if he did it before the rule was made, i wouldn't throw and asterisk on his stolen bases record.

[broiler]

we need to get ahold of that kid from meatballs 2

[BeefMaster]

I think you would have to have a set of rules for a player like this.  I believe a stool of a certain height should be used for him to bat off of.  The strike zone would be letters to the first rung of supports on the stool

But how would he run the bases?  Just fling himself off the stool as soon as he makes contact?  If he starts on the ground, he can just run with his hands like the guy in "The Crippled Masters" without having to fall off a stool first.

[Briznock]

If he can run on his fkn hands he can make the 2 foot drop from the stool.  He needs to be up off the ground or he would have to learn to hit a rolling baseball.  I figured this would put him in the same position to hit as a human being.

[Big Hath]

HA!

[broiler]

that no legged gent from that old movie freaks got around on his arms pretty well

[Caveman]

There was a skateboard for legs homeless guy that used to hang outside of Phone Company Park a few years ago.

[OctoFranco]

Couple days old, but for those who may have missed it...  There's also a vid:

Franco the hero as Mets fend off Nats

Edit by Gantry: Fixed link

[OctoFranco]

Edit by Gantry: Fixed link

Did I make a boo-boo?

[Gantry]

Actually no...  The DNS servers I was using were flaky, so I linked to mlb.com instead of mlb.mlb.com, the latter of which did not work for me. 

In summation - my bad

[Gerlost]

I dreamt last night that someone beaned Julio in the face.

[Gantry]

Julio is just happy to contribute - this should be the mantra for all Dee-Nee forum members...

[ultimate7]

So the Chicago Tribune reported that Clemens will almost certainly pitch for the Astros this year barring injury or terrible minor league performances.

I hadn't read the blog rumors, but Phil Rogers is fairly well respected.  I guess the Astros need to sell tickets.

[Gantry]

I assume they are well out of the hunt? 

Clemens is such a tool

[fightonusc]

Gantry, you really can't be serious that you don't know if the Astros are out of the playoff hunt?

In case you are that rock dumb: no, the Astros are still. In the hunt. If they can get Ken Camaniti back and Derek Bell starts to hit again, they'll be in great shape!