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To the guy who has Jackson on his fantasy team, if there’s no better closers on the wire, I’d get Texas’ setup guy cuz the swelling won’t go down for a week probably. And that’s if it’s all it is.
Idk why people keep pitching arenado to the yanks. Seems like a recipe for Josh Donaldson 2.0 imo
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MLB prefers power arms. Why? In their minds, there is better potential $$ revenue outcomes from it. Sad.
MLB also prefers fast play. Why? Again, they think its better for the bottom $$ line. Pitch clock has taken away that game within a game that use to occur between pitcher and hitter in between each pitch which the finesse guys (ala a Greg Maddux) needed to thrive. Sad.
Maddux was always thinking 3 or 4 pitches ahead. He would have been just fine with a pitch clock.
Yes, he was thinking 3 and 4 pitches ahead. But, varying # of seconds in between pitches was part of his strategy too. Anything to mess with the batters head. Greinke too. Fun to watch.
The thing with rules is, a small number will abuse the situation making the implementation of a rule necessary, basically ruining it for everyone.
I’d go into a slow burn whenever Cory Gearrin was brought in, even though he was pitching for my team. Apparently he believed making the batter wait was to his advantage, and took that to extremes.
He’d hold the ball, throw over to 1B, hold the ball some more. then step off. Back on the rubber he’d hold it some more, look in, then look up into the stands. By the time he was finally ready to throw, the batter, tired of waiting, would step out. And it would start all over again. It got so I’d leave the room, or change to a different channel until Gearrin was pulled.
If it wasn’t for guys like that, I wouldn’t have been so in favor of the clock. Maddux was a quick worker and wouldn’t have been affected by the pitch clock. And IMO the 3 batter minimum, and the DH, have taken away far more strategy than the pitch clock
Jean Matrac; beautifully put. Yep, some pitchers (and hitters like a Mike Hargrove) back in the day were pretty obnoxious with their idiosyncratic actions in between pitches. I was fine with all it. To me it was gamesmanship that was only abused by a few time to time.. which was tolerable for me. The flow of the game has been manipulated by humans because in their minds it gooses revenue. To me, sad.
Jeff – Well said! It’s always about money, no question about it.
You’ve touched upon a few things about old school baseball, what are your thoughts on Steve’s comment that hitters are stronger and better today?
I disagree, just because guys aren’t 6’7″ it doesn’t mean they are significantly weaker and therefore worse hitters. Anybody who saw Jim Rice play knows how strong he was, he even broke his bat on check swings.
And there are so many factors involved in the difference between then and now that gives an advantage to today’s hitters. Now you’ve got the juiced ball, lots of body armor, enclosed stadiums, more days off, fewer doubleheaders, pitchers not throwing inside as much, etc.
Besides, it’s all about bat speed not muscle. I was kinda surprised he brought up O’Neill who is hardly a feared slugger.
FPG; good morning.
Bat speed, indeed. Let the ball travel, ya know, get deep. If you like what you see, turn on it. If you don’t like what you see, let the catcher catch it. Yes, you’ve gotta have a quick back but also the less body parts you have involved in your swing the better. Results oriented hitters all do this regardless of athletic build. See Judge, Altuve, the 3rd baseman in Cleveland, Mookie, Freeman, Witt Jr and so on.
My top of the list quick swinger’s and using minimal body parts to get results. From the left side: Binds. Right side: Edgar Martinez.
*Bonds*
It was.so.much simpler.before all this buying advertising!
Tiger Stadium, Yankee Stadium…..
I have no idea what companies own what towns……
To Pads from the chat. Try thinking about the needs of both teams. Why would Cleveland, an AL contender, trade their best outfielder< Kwan, when outfield is one of their weaknesses?