A silly but serious question ? prop bet.

[fingokra]

[ QUOTE ]
This can be figured out I'm sure. Watch footage of a Reyes inside the park homerun and a Frank Thomas triple

[/ QUOTE ]

Frank Thomas-Triple
lol good luck finding that film

nearly 8 thousand at bats he has 11
4 in the last 15 years, lol

obviously some hometown score keeping
doubles with error(s)

[ArcticKnight]

14 votes for Reyes and 13 for Thomas

amazing that Thay3r and Pudge are yet to be heard from.

[bugstud]

[ QUOTE ]
Ctrl+F "consis" yields no results. Bad gimmick.

[/ QUOTE ]

seriously loled super hard at this

[HajiShirazu]

I think Thomas wins this, but not without the head start. 70 feet is a long way when one guy only has to run 200 or so.

[iggymcfly]

Thomas is about as likely to hit a triple as Reyes is to hit an inside-the-park homer right? That seems pretty fair. If anything, it would be a very slight edge for Reyes. And a lot of that's probably due to him actually hustling out of the batters' box where Thomas is coming out kind of lazy. Now add in a 10 foot head start for Thomas and have him actually sprinting the whole way and I think this becomes a gimme win for Frank. Reyes altering his path to go around Thomas will probably slow him down a little too.

[craig]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Ctrl+F "consis" yields no results. Bad gimmick.

[/ QUOTE ]

seriously loled super hard at this

[/ QUOTE ]

[vhawk01]

[ QUOTE ]
Thomas is about as likely to hit a triple as Reyes is to hit an inside-the-park homer right? That seems pretty fair. If anything, it would be a very slight edge for Reyes. And a lot of that's probably due to him actually hustling out of the batters' box where Thomas is coming out kind of lazy. Now add in a 10 foot head start for Thomas and have him actually sprinting the whole way and I think this becomes a gimme win for Frank. Reyes altering his path to go around Thomas will probably slow him down a little too.

[/ QUOTE ]

Nah, I'd say Reyes is about 11% more likely to get an inside-the-park HR.

See what I did there?

[youtalkfunny]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Wouldn't it be far simpler to word the question this way?:

Reyes starts at home plate; Thomas starts with a 10-foot lead off of first base. Which player gets around the bases and reaches home first?

[/ QUOTE ]

Yes it would, but it isn't even close to being the same question....??

[/ QUOTE ]

It seems that one of us grossly misunderstands the question.

I thought Reyes had to run 100 feet more than Thomas (not including "arc"). Amiright?

[BobJoeJim]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Wouldn't it be far simpler to word the question this way?:

Reyes starts at home plate; Thomas starts with a 10-foot lead off of first base. Which player gets around the bases and reaches home first?

[/ QUOTE ]

Yes it would, but it isn't even close to being the same question....??

[/ QUOTE ]

It seems that one of us grossly misunderstands the question.

I thought Reyes had to run 100 feet more than Thomas (not including "arc"). Amiright?

[/ QUOTE ]
The fact that Reyes has to get around Thomas is relevant. It's different getting past him at the beginning than doing it during the home stretch.

[vhawk01]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Wouldn't it be far simpler to word the question this way?:

Reyes starts at home plate; Thomas starts with a 10-foot lead off of first base. Which player gets around the bases and reaches home first?

[/ QUOTE ]

Yes it would, but it isn't even close to being the same question....??

[/ QUOTE ]

It seems that one of us grossly misunderstands the question.

I thought Reyes had to run 100 feet more than Thomas (not including "arc"). Amiright?

[/ QUOTE ]
The fact that Reyes has to get around Thomas is relevant. It's different getting past him at the beginning than doing it during the home stretch.

[/ QUOTE ]

This is probably almost a very minor thing, unless, in addition to gambling on this, we have Thomas' wife locked in a basement somewhere and he has to win or she dies.