The wind has picked up on this Friday afternoon. Spring&#8217;s arrival is maybe not so imminent as we thought. Bitter cold is on its way.
Sounds like a perfect situation for us to warm up with some goddamn hot fire tweets, and here comes Kevin Pillar to the rescue!

First, though, meet Bill. He&#8217;s, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/Bill_Doucet">his Twitter bio</a>, the editor of the sports section of the Cambridge Times &#8212; as in Cambridge, Ontario, outside of Kitchener-Waterloo. He is also, according to the giant picture of Red Sox championship rings he uses as his background photo, a Red Sox fan.
Hey, man. Whatever. That&#8217;s cool. You be you.
What Bill is certainly not is a Kevin Pillar fan. Or maybe he likes Kevin just fine, in the overall, but there is one aspect of Pillar&#8217;s game that Bill definitely doesn&#8217;t like: his dives. And he&#8217;s not afraid to say it, either!
Let&#8217;s watch what happens&#8230;
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">Canada&#39;s Dalton Pompey tested the metric with a diving grab in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WBC2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WBC2017</a> play. Just how impressive was it? <a href="https://t.co/ZCVOO2dC0u">https://t.co/ZCVOO2dC0u</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Statcast?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Statcast</a> <a href="https://t.co/sBifjNY1yx">pic.twitter.com/sBifjNY1yx</a>&mdash; #Statcast (@statcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/statcast/status/840247270574551040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">I don&#39;t understand. Was that 86% of center fielders make that catch? or 86% don&#39;t? <a href="https://t.co/EEbUTyJU0a">https://t.co/EEbUTyJU0a</a>&mdash; Blue Jays from Away (@JaysFromAway) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaysFromAway/status/840248378382532608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">Do. <a href="https://t.co/uGcFHJQI6r">https://t.co/uGcFHJQI6r</a>&mdash; John Lott (@LottOnBaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/840249466548572161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
<a href="https://twitter.com/mcecch/status/840249917197168640">https://twitter.com/mcecch/status/840249917197168640</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">Half of Pillar&#39;s dives are unwarranted&mdash; Bill Doucet (@Bill_Doucet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bill_Doucet/status/840255274527145985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">Fascinating statistic. Please show me the source. <a href="https://t.co/mkTbL6R5Ze">https://t.co/mkTbL6R5Ze</a>&mdash; John Lott (@LottOnBaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/840265659074396160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">visual&mdash; Bill Doucet (@Bill_Doucet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bill_Doucet/status/840266505157775360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">Ah cool, that checks out. Carry on.&mdash; Tyler Campbell (@tyleracampbell) <a href="https://twitter.com/tyleracampbell/status/840267054271848448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">see. Verified&mdash; Bill Doucet (@Bill_Doucet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bill_Doucet/status/840267174900051968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
Note: Bill sometimes doesn&#8217;t get sarcasm. Perhaps I should have mentioned that earlier.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">So you “see&quot; Pillar unnecessarily &amp; deliberately beating up his body and risking hurting his team on 50% of his dives? Quite the insight. <a href="https://t.co/wjfCFKzUPy">https://t.co/wjfCFKzUPy</a>&mdash; John Lott (@LottOnBaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/840282894325145605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">I&#39;m sure in his mind he thinks he needs to, but he has speed and seems to get a good jump on the ball.&mdash; Bill Doucet (@Bill_Doucet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bill_Doucet/status/840287299606855681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
Aaaaand the payoff&#8230;
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">I&#39;m sure bill was a really good outfielder in his day ? <a href="https://t.co/b5aDDluEZx">https://t.co/b5aDDluEZx</a>&mdash; Kevin Pillar (@KPILLAR4) <a href="https://twitter.com/KPILLAR4/status/840285086968868866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
ZANG! SNORT! OOF! KA-BLAMMO! Roasted!
Hey, so I guess this one was one of the other 50%, eh Bill?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">His birth certificate probably says: Kevin Superman Pillar. <a href="https://t.co/bc9pZ3mOYI">https://t.co/bc9pZ3mOYI</a><a href="https://t.co/esYHt37KZl">https://t.co/esYHt37KZl</a>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/737802496383426560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
Let&#8217;s maybe leave the Zaun-esque takes where they belong: at Hemingways.

The wind has picked up on this Friday afternoon. Spring's arrival is maybe not so imminent as we thought. Bitter cold is on its way.

Sounds like a perfect situation for us to warm up with some goddamn hot fire tweets, and here comes Kevin Pillar to the rescue!



First, though, meet Bill. He's, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/Bill_Doucet">his Twitter bio</a>, the editor of the sports section of the Cambridge Times -- as in Cambridge, Ontario, outside of Kitchener-Waterloo. He is also, according to the giant picture of Red Sox championship rings he uses as his background photo, a Red Sox fan.

Hey, man. Whatever. That's cool. You be you.

What Bill is certainly not is a Kevin Pillar fan. Or maybe he likes Kevin just fine, in the overall, but there is one aspect of Pillar's game that Bill definitely doesn't like: his dives. And he's not afraid to say it, either!

Let's watch what happens...

[tweet https://twitter.com/statcast/status/840247270574551040 hide_thread='true' align='center']

[tweet https://twitter.com/JaysFromAway/status/840248378382532608 hide_thread='true' align='center']

[tweet https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/840249466548572161 align='center']

[tweet https://twitter.com/mcecch/status/840249917197168640 hide_thread='true' align='center']

[tweet https://twitter.com/Bill_Doucet/status/840255274527145985 hide_thread='true' align='center']

[tweet https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/840265659074396160 hide_thread='true' align='center']

[tweet https://twitter.com/Bill_Doucet/status/840266505157775360 hide_thread='true' align='center']

[tweet https://twitter.com/tyleracampbell/status/840267054271848448 hide_thread='true' align='center']

[tweet https://twitter.com/Bill_Doucet/status/840267174900051968 hide_thread='true' align='center']

Note: Bill sometimes doesn't get sarcasm. Perhaps I should have mentioned that earlier.

[tweet https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/840282894325145605 hide_thread='true' align='center']

[tweet https://twitter.com/Bill_Doucet/status/840287299606855681 hide_thread='true' align='center']

Aaaaand the payoff...

[tweet https://twitter.com/KPILLAR4/status/840285086968868866 hide_thread='true' align='center']

ZANG! SNORT! OOF! KA-BLAMMO! Roasted!

Hey, so I guess this one was one of the other 50%, eh Bill?

[tweet https://twitter.com/MLB/status/737802496383426560 hide_thread='true' align='center']

Let's maybe leave the Zaun-esque takes where they belong: at Hemingways.

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