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**Corbin Carroll**: a great combination of Speed & Power

Corbin Carroll hit his 44th career triple last night. To those not familiar with Carroll, you might say "Wow, that's a lot of triples for a 25-year-old player, but can he hit the long ball? Well, Carroll also hit his 83rd career homer last night. If Corbin played for the Mets or Dodgers or Yankees, he would be known as the greatest combination of speed and power since "fill-in-the-blanks". He's really fun to watch and root for.

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  • ElMagoStrikeZoneElMagoStrikeZone Posts: 1,702 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good to see the Cornball Carbuncle Fan Club is back for another season. ;)

  • charliej2356charliej2356 Posts: 362 ✭✭✭

    Elwhatever: I take it that you don't like my man Corbin. Who do you root for?

  • ElMagoStrikeZoneElMagoStrikeZone Posts: 1,702 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh, I like your guy. Especially when he makes the Dodgers miserable. That's good. But, when he comes to Wrigley, I want him to be lethargic and disinterested. :)

  • charliej2356charliej2356 Posts: 362 ✭✭✭

    OK, now I understand where you're coming from. BTW, you and I have one common wish -- let's make the Dodgers miserable this year! Their flashy payroll is not good for baseball.

  • charliej2356charliej2356 Posts: 362 ✭✭✭

    PHOENIX -- — Zac Gallen outdueled two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, Corbin Carroll homered and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0 on Wednesday to sweep the three-game series.

    Carroll homered to left-center in the first to give the D-backs a 1-0 lead. It was just the sixth homer the left-handed Skubal had ever allowed to a left-handed hitter.

    Ma man Corbin is really fun to watch and root for.

  • charliej2356charliej2356 Posts: 362 ✭✭✭

    Stumbled upon this video today. I like it, obviously. Comments?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YRhBQ4fvq4

  • charliej2356charliej2356 Posts: 362 ✭✭✭

    2 Doubles and a Triple for my man today in the Diamondbacks win -- yep, kickin' butt.

  • charliej2356charliej2356 Posts: 362 ✭✭✭

    Corbin Carroll hits grand slam in 8th in the Diamondbacks' 6-2 victory over the Blue Jays

    Do any of you collect his cards? Seems destined for the HoF.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 33,609 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice Grand Salami last night!

  • bgrbgr Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Does he still even play?

  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @bgr said:
    Does he still even play?

    Yes Corbin the bold still plays as does Elly De La Cruz. Looks like those two are the genuine article.
    Does PCA or Jackson Merrill still play?

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 33,609 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What happened to Tatis and Witt?

    1 HR combined so far

  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:
    What happened to Tatis and Witt?

    1 HR combined so far

    Well Witt has 2 dingers but somewhere along the way he turned into
    Bobby Biancalana Jr.

    Buddy just showed up one day and said “I am your father” and that instantly drained Bobby’s power and he’s been this way ever since then.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 33,609 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 3, 2026 5:21PM

    @Darin said:

    @perkdog said:
    What happened to Tatis and Witt?

    1 HR combined so far

    Well Witt has 2 dingers but somewhere along the way he turned into
    Bobby Biancalana Jr.

    Buddy just showed up one day and said “I am your father” and that instantly drained Bobby’s power and he’s been this way ever since then.

    I must have missed Witts 2nd Dinger

    Tatis still hasn't hit one

  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:

    @Darin said:

    @perkdog said:
    What happened to Tatis and Witt?

    1 HR combined so far

    Well Witt has 2 dingers but somewhere along the way he turned into
    Bobby Biancalana Jr.

    Buddy just showed up one day and said “I am your father” and that instantly drained Bobby’s power and he’s been this way ever since then.

    I must have missed Witts 2nd Dinger

    Tatis still hasn't hit one

    I’ll tell you what’s wrong with Witt. Two years ago he would crush pitches center to inside of plate to left field. Mainly fastballs but breaking balls also. Whether it was a grounder, line drive, double in the gap or dinger. Now he doesn’t get as many of those pitches and when he does he doesn’t do anything with them. He sucks when he tries to hit to the opposite field this year. Many popups to second, first or short right field. Also he gets two strikes against him way too often. It’s always 0-2 or 1-2. He’s been doing decent about not striking out too often for today’s game but usually with two strikes he hits it weakly somewhere.
    He needs to quit being so even tempered and get pissed at himself and declare war on the pitcher.
    Show a little fire and get back to what was bringing him success.🤬😡

  • ElMagoStrikeZoneElMagoStrikeZone Posts: 1,702 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ElMagoStrikeZone said:
    Oh, I like your guy. Especially when he makes the Dodgers miserable. That's good. But, when he comes to Wrigley, I want him to be lethargic and disinterested. :)

    :)

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