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  • i saw vlad throw out a guy at the plate at pac belle...from deep right field...it was a laser

  • I have yet to be born and I can throw a medicine ball 41,000 mph.

  • @andros1984 p.s this is chuck norris

    

  • @andros1984 whose uterus are you in right now and how heavy a medicine ball?

  • The he is our DH

  • I'm an orioles fan but i laugh that is our DH

  • He should be a pitcher haha a 370 ft. throw calculates to an upper 80 mid 90 's speed

  • @mp22bb try over 100mph

  • that aint shit

  • @ajlepisto you are absolutely right... Vlad threw it slightly less then 385 feet... thats not impressive at all....

  • anything goes out in yankees stadium

  • The video should be renamed. That's no toss. That's a bomb.

  • he plays DH because his legs are done, if wouldn't be able to run anything down.

  • The longest throw was one over 460 ft........

  • And why the fuck is he a DH?

  • @danieljo2013 he's got a bum leg.

  • @danieljo2013 Is this a serious question? The dude can barely walk. There's A LOT more to fielding than just being able to throw really far.

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  • @Ballbuster319 why would they do that? They're making a shit ton of money from it, and where else would you watch videos? Vimeo? come on.. Yeah it sucks but they aren't going to stop making money just because you don't like it.

  • @TheFurryPillow not about that the fact tht he said if he threw it 370 he should be a pitcher...

  • There is an Australian outfielder in the Colorado Rockies farm system who has thrown 390ft and 101 mph (measured on radar gun out of the hand) off a crow hop. Seriously. He is currently the only Australian player with the Rockies. David Kandilas 20 years old. The same guy who signed Vlad, Fred Ferreira, was his agent. True.

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  • Its not 370 feet you cocksuckers.. its more like 300 feet because he obviously didnt throw it from homeplate. if he were able to throw that far he would be a pitcher even though he hits bombs.

  • @david2coolforu do u realize how dumb you sound right now?

  • @david2coolforu how does being able to throw far make you a pitcher? Pitching isn't about how far you can throw. I used to pitch in school. I was a good pitcher and threw hard, but I couldn't throw I guy out at home from the field. I had a friend that could throw at least 300 feet and he couldn't pitch at all.

  • @david2coolforu how does being able to throw far make you a pitcher? Pitching isn't about how far you can throw. I pitched in school. I was a good pitcher and threw hard, but I couldn't throw I guy out at home from the outfield. I had a friend that could throw at least 300 feet and he couldn't pitch at all. Also, it 385 in right center. He threw the ball at least 20-25 feet past the wall. It may not be 370, but it's close to 370 then 300. Never said theis on a post but ur the cocksucker

  • @7nen7pinky7 Usually, guys who can throw this far, if able to replicated the arm speed into a pitching motion, can throw extremely hard because pitchers do "long toss" to increase arm strength.

    Why do you think a lot of pitchers also play outfield, especially while their developing?

  • @7nen7pinky7 Also, he's partially right, because this was thrown from the foul line, which means it was probably a fairly straight throw. It's 385 in right center, but that's measured at an angle from home plate. Angles are further than a straight line. You'd have to measure the distance from the foul line to the wall but I'm making an educated guess it's closer to 300, like he said, although he was rude.

  • @7nen7pinky7 Actually, I just realized, a simple way to do this is to get the distance to the right field foul pole. It's 314, and since Yankee stadium is a fairly traditional semi-circle you can pretty much assume it actually tapers inwards where he threw the ball by a few feet. This was probably like 320 feet. Still very impressive.

  • @ajlepisto if he threw it on a straight line this can be figured out using the pythagorean theorum. if a^2 + b^2 = c^2 if "a" is the distance he threw it, "b" is the distance from home plate from where he threw it, and "c" is the distance from home plate to where the ball ended up. we can then say that a^2 =c^2 -b^2. see next comment

  • @ajlepisto i think it is safe to say from home plate the ball ended up about 390 ft away (c) and from the look of where he is on the field it seems he is about 33 ft past third base (123 ft away from home plate, b).

    doing the math a^2= 152,100-15,129 then a^2=136,971 the square root of 136,971 is 370.9. sorry for nerding out i just wanted to know for myself so i did the math :-)

  • @backwardsben Ya that's accurate, but that's assuming the outfield wall is the same distance all the way across...it doesn't take into account the fact that the wall in right center is actually curving towards the left field foul line. Without being able to measure exactly where it begins to break from parallel to the left field foul pole, it's all guessing.

    You are right though, if the wall was straight, that would be the way to measure the distance.

  • @ajlepisto it has nothing to do with the wall. home plate, the point where vlad threw it and the point where the ball landed form a right triangle. we know that the ball ended up about 390 ft. from home plate not from where he threw it. so 390 is the hypotenuse of the right triangle. vlad threw it from about 123 ft. away from home plate. so 123 is one leg of the triangle. search google for a pythagorean theorum calculator and put it in yourself.

    or...just disagree...lol.

  • @backwardsben I will admit, it's been 10 years since I sat in math class and I don't remember how to work that formula well enough to argue about it.

    I am curious though, I know you did it right, but what values did you use for the distance from the foul line to the outfield wall? Did you use 314 ft, as I mentioned? Or did you use another value? It doesn't make sense to me, because it's 385 from home to right center, yet you say it's 390 from left foul line to where it landed.

  • @ajlepisto sorry i didn't see this before i replied again. i didn't use any value from the foul line to the outfield wall...i used the estimated distance from home plate the ball ended up (the hypothnuse, ~390 ft) and the estimated distance from home plate that he was when he threw the ball (one of the legs of the right triangle, ~123 ft) and plugged them into the pythagorean theorum formula to find the distance from where he threw it to where it ended up. 370 ft was the answer not a guess.

  • @backwardsben I misspoke, I meant to ask what you used for home to the right center wall. I think I wrote foul line instead.

    370 makes sense. At first I was confused at the 390, because that wouldn't be a right angled triangle. However, the ball obviously flies past the wall, so it's pretty obvious that's where you got the extra 20 feet from.

    I was just confused at first because the numbers I thought you were using wouldn't make up a triangle, lol. Good one, I'll agree with that logic.

  • @ajlepisto And what I meant about the wall is, it would throw off the length of the longest angle on the triangle, since the wall is curving. It's not necessarily 385 all the way across like if it was a straight wall. That's what I was trying to say. Since the only confirmed point on the wall is the 385 spot and the wall is curving, it's basically a guess to see where it went over the wall and what the actual measurement is from home to that point, which changes the outcome a little.

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  • I used to ,when I was in my mid 20's till mid 30's throw a softball 275 (from the fence) to home on the fly.How I developed my strength when I was a kid of 10 yrs old and older was trying to throw the ball from a standing position ,as high as I could straight up in the air,that increases back ,shoulder,and leg strength.2nd,your body must be crotched down a litle bit and find the cross seems of the ball.Also too,practice throwing a basketball the length of a court.I couldnt throw a football long

  • @aotopoints You learned from throwing your boyfriends sack up into the air to keep his teabags from hitting your eyelids!

  • Is there anyone around these days who could break the record for the furtherest throw??

  • how do i get my arm stronger so i can throw farther?

  • @frank123612 Try to throw a football with a partner every day. Throw as hard as you can while maintaining the most control. Don't just fling the ball wildly. Then, go to a park and try to throw a football as far as you can like Vlad did in this video. Keep track of your improvement by using cones spaced about 25 feet apart. For your front foot, make sure your toes are pointed toward your target and not the sides.

    Repeat with a basebell - it'll feel like a feather.

  • @chessarama thank you im gonna do that

  • @frank123612 Don't use Vaseline!

  • use to have a cannon i saw him throw gary sheffield out from the warning track taggin gup at third

  • hits a blind orphan looking the wrong way in the stands. oop!

  • @GarshardJeVard how does a blind orphan look the wrong way?

  • @hrmoore41 who knows.

  • WOW

  • the rangers are fuck up for not pick vla in 2011

  • Bc he's old when he came up with the expos there wasn't a better RF arm in the game and he could flat rake.. he's a first ballot hall of famer no doubt

  • Other than his clutch hits against the Yankees, in the postseason, this guy STUNK.

  • @NYerintransit Yeah he did, he was horrible in the postseason. his entire second half of the season was pretty weak. Still loved watchin him play though, Go Rangers.

  • @hrmoore41 Vlad does have an incredible outfielder's arm.

  • @NYerintransit Yeah he does, or did. Only played a handful of games in the OF last season. Hes just not very mobile anymore, had a couple crucial fielding errors in the WS. Cant see him gettin much OF time with the O's either with Markakis Jones and Scott. I wish him the best this year though, really great guy and leader.

  • He wasnt doin to good against the giants on game 1.

  • I pray he gets his first WS ring :)

  • Didn't happen, Texas lost, and now he's on the Orioles, who'll NEVER win a world series! I'm sorry for him. lol

  • @molonlave2010 not with the orioles he wont

  • @SallyJackarooski no denying that

  • @molonlave2010 After the second WS and loosing again I began to feel bad for texas rangers fans....

  • I like Vlad because he is a free swinger!!! He swings at any pitch no matter the location!!! Even if it costs his team a loss!!!!

  • @thebandittransam It's not really fair to call him a "free swinger" because he can hit a pitch wherever/anywhere lol.

  • I miss this guy in RF. He had one of the strongest outfield arms in all of this generation and its sad to see him not being able to gun it anymore.

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  • @guitaryoungster you are dumb I can tell by this comment you are not a baseball player or an athlete of any kind. Look at his career stats and say he sucks

    .320 avg. 436 HR. 2,427 Hits 1,433 RBIs in 14 years yea he really sucks

  • @MrJordanchad007 I can't believe how unbelievably rude you are to him. You obviously have issues you need to work out and SOON.

  • @thereisneverpeace You think I was being rude? I was proving a point and I'm sure almost everyone agrees with me

  • @MrJordanchad007 Yes, and even though you were trying to prove your point, there is no reason why you should say mean things to him. You should say sorry.

  • @guitaryoungster you make me laugh, Vladimir was a 5 tool player and it's very hard to find baseball players who is purely complete. He's a first ballot hall of famer, right up there with Frank Thomas, Jeff Bagwell, Albert Belle, and Albert Pujols

  • @molonlave2010 You say he's a 5 tool player when he can't even run for his life dumby :P

  • @molonlave2010 None of those players you mentioned were 5 tool players ever. Even Pujols isnt a 5 tool. Vlad WAS a 5 tool player. He even STOLE 40 bases one year "also came 1 HR shy of a 40-40 season that year." Vlads back screwed him. He is going to go down as a GREAT player. But had his back not done what it did.. He would have gone down as one of the very best.

  • lol i can only throw like 275

  • lol bet if he pitched, he would throw 100

  • vladi will be the first dominican player to get 3000 hits 

  • best throw from him i remember wa when they were playing the dodgers in montreal and gary sheffield was on 1st base ,and tried to score on a line drive to double to right. VLad fielded it and from right in front of the warning track threw a bb all the way to home plate on no bounce and had gary by like 10 feet , he stopped and let catcher tag him. It was amazing

  • vlad is one of the best talents baseball has ever seen, i had the pleasure to see him play in montreal and couple times at turner field in atlanta. I dont consider sports athletes hero but if i had to choose one other than michael jordan it would be this guy, i have been watching him play since 1997 and i hardly ever miss an at bat. He is the real deal and will be welcomed to cooperstown with open arms. (wearing an expos hat ofcourse)

  • thats a practice pitch to chuck norrris

  • ichiro may have a gun but vladi has a cannon arm if you not believe men watch vlad with the expos when he send the ball from center field right to home and fusillade a player there

  • best harm in mlb story.

  • @wilzusuki would be ellis valentine

  • dejuiced

  • Vladimir will always be an angel

  • @AngelsfanDS Vlad's always going to be an Expo, nothing else.

  • The thing i loved most about Vlad was that he had the ability to hit the ball out no matter if the ball was over the plate or at his eyes. he had the bat speed and strength to do about everything. I wish that he was still playin ball the way he was in 2002 and 2003. Those were the good years.

  • @rudard2 he's on pace for another 2003-like season,so no worries (:

  • @guitar2411990 Vlad will always be an expo no matter where he plays

  • thats impossible

  • u dumbass, its from the foul line, that knocks off like 100 feet, gosh ur a dumbass thats like 200 feet throw

  • @johnshot11 Uh, its from the left foul line to right field. Thats over 300 feet. Not 200. Do you even know how they measure stadiums?

  • @johnshot11 Oh ya ur def right.........

  • Clad is a beast!

  • no way

  • he still can play and he still have that harm

  • Vlad will always be an Expo/National. He played 8 seasons with the Expos and 6 with the Angels. He had much better numbers in every category with Montreal than he did with the Angels.

  • peyton manning cud throw this far, no sense of this bein on youtube

  • @slapshot68 Yeah but Peyton Manning can't hit 400 home runs.

  • @slapshot68 so Peyton manning can throw a football 123 yards? your a dumbass.

    football players throw with a completely different arm action anyway, so even if he were to throw a baseball it wouldn't even come close to this

  • @slapshot68 Thats ignorant

  • i was at this game haha sweet

  • he still have that power arm

  • Ranger killer becomes ranger savior. Great story

    GO RANGERS

  • @willyrooster Yeah he can easily its not that hard I could almost do it but he could through about 7 miles faster than me

  • my friend can do the same thing. hes a pitcher at my high school. he can throw about 93 mph. its 395 to our center field and he can throw from the first base bag all the way over the center field wall.

  • no he cant

  • ichiro is weak

  • he used to definetely have a gunn. too bad people get old

  • vladimir is more powerfull than ichiro hand down

  • Great

  • vladi can easily thrown the ball to home

  • better than ichiro hand down

  • Throwing it far is one thing, Ichiro throws it FASTER and incredibly more accurate

  • you are stupid if you can throw it far you can throw it fast nolan ryan threw 100 and guess what, noone could throw further than him either

  • Damn, sucks he cant play the field anymore because his legs are all fucked up.

  • now's hes no longer an angel :(

  • i didnt know that

  • yup he's with Texas now :(

  • that's truly amazing. i've thrown about 315. 370 is freakish

  • @pitchingtowin

    no you havent, not on the fly.

  • you're right. i used to throw it out of my high school field. it was 315 down the line. so i guess it was further than 315. my fault.

  • Sure you did, on the hop(s). You sure as hell did not on the fly.

  • Its possible. I know a kid on my highschool team who can do the same thing. but he throws it over left field which is 305 with a taller fence.

  • best arm in the major possibly except for ichiro

  • @MetalOmgz Nick Markakis is right there also

  • ichrio would have sent the ball to fenway lol

  • How does he do it with no neck???? LoL :-D

  • Defenition for vlad:Fucken amazing this guy dosent have the speed and not his ol cannon any more i mean dont get me wrong he still got an arm but not wat it used to be. But this guy can flat out hit hopes he resigns for the 2010-2011 season Go Halos

  • This guy is so amazing. I friggin hate to see him declining over the past two years; he was so good on the field. I loved watching him throw the ball and field, now he's just batting, but he still is an amazing batter. God I hope the Angels don't get rid of him, that'll be so bad. Go Angels!!!!

  • @Scorberg well now hes on the rangers...lol

  • @domosk8r Yeah but he'll always be an Angel

  • @Scorberg So I guess the Rangers robbed'em, eh?

    ^^

  • @Scorberg To late.

  • @Scorberg angels got rid of him and then he does great with the rangers lol who now win the division and the angels have a terrible year

  • @Scorberg Boy, you must have hated last season!!!!

  • guerrero is sick... he hit a 2 run homer today to tie the game

  • guerrero is awesome u can suck it. phils 09 ok even if they do win they won beat the yanks or angels

  • ur a complete idiot

  • @IRemainSick suck my nuts phillies did well last yr and r doing great right now douchebag

  • Phils 09 congratz. But the angels are gonna break you heart.

  • U mad cos Vlad owned the Phils back when he was with the Expos lol... I think he's like 3rd or 2nd all-time, for HR's hit against the Phils

  • Whwn the Angels were in Cincinnati I went down and stood behind Vlad while he warmed up . (he is not above showing off ) Now I know what my Dad was talking about describing Clemente . He had twice the arm of any one on the field except maybe Homer Bailey , the Reds young pitcher that day .

  • yanks own redsox

  • roberto clemente and vlad have the greatest right fielders arm ever!!!

  • dave winfield says hi...

  • what about ichiro?

  • Damn Vlad Caked!!!! He's backed up lol!!!!

    His Arm is strong as fuck.

  • He had monster numbers when he played with the Expos, but these numbers decreased after he signed with the Angels after 6-7 years in the Expos organisation. Maybe it's a sign of the baseball gods... :P

  • no way thats 370 the wall was 385 and he threw from behind the infield. nasty arm tho. he shoulda just stood at home and thrown it over the fence

  • he's not a pussy like a-rod, or manny. I think you have him confused

  • youre a fucking moron...vladdy doesnt juice hes legit and has the strongest arm in all of baseball..so fuck u

  • you are 100% sure vlady dosent juice?

    i mean you may be right, we cant be certain, but there are so may red flags statistically,visibly,physical­ly, and demographically..

    if his name pops up in the mitchell report,

    (they have been dropping name every few months)

    you come back here an apologize for calling me a fucking moron?

  • lol okay okay...i agree calling a fucking moron was a lil to harsh... :P ...but look...Ichiro has a great arm as well...really close to the strength of Vladdy"s...but if you havent noticed Vladdy's home run numbers have been going down a lil bit, yea that can be injuries...but if he was juicing he would have at least 17-20 homers now...like the other guy said...A-rod is a juicer, Jason Giambi is a juicer, David Ortiz isa juicer...Vladdy isnt..

  • i hate that today u have to queston great players, are they great or are they on the juice..

    anyway..i wouldnt be suprised if ichiro was on the juice as well..

    sounds crazy i know, he is only 170 pounds, but he was 124 pounds when he was drafted, and steroids/hgh arent "illegal" in japan, like they are in the united states..

    he peobably isnt on them, but it wouldnt shock me..

    roberto clemente was only 170 pounds, and we know he didnt juice, and he had a fricken cannon in right field..

  • not to burst your bubble but they are dropping names in the balco investigation you can read the mitchell report..and yes if his name pops up in the "mitchell report" I will buy you a mansion with a ferrari

  • Red Sox Own the Yankees.

    that is all

  • they own them all the way to 9 games back

  • red sox have won more games against yankees !

  • by 2 big deal early in the season when it didnt matter

  • He physically and his numbers have declined as a normal aging stars does so seems pretty clean to me.

  • he should've stayed with the Expos, look at his numbers with MTL!!!

  • YOU = IGNORANT DUMBASS

  • who's a dumbass? what I said is 100% true, go check the stats if you don't believe me

  • oh i clicked the wrong comment i meant to click on bettydaw1970 lol yah i agree with you :p

  • haha its ok, thanks

  • legend

  • The greatest right fielder of all time

  • @BigDadVlad27 meh i think ichiro is

  • @BigDadVlad27 Your insane. Ever heard of Roberto Clemente?

  • why are people arguing about a different subject? ITS VLAD THROWING A BASEBALL NO NEED TO FIGHT EACH OTHER

  • TOO SHORT!

  • i saw that live!

  • this guy used to be a beast. but i dont know if he will ever be anything close to the same :(

  • Lol to the 30 or so comments before this one...... go outside and play already!