bmoney214
OUCH!!!
Was that Marlins Man behind home plate tonight?
Nope.
Was that Marlins Man behind home plate tonight?
Would a player benefit from knowing what pitch is thrown? Well, firstly, my experience in this area is limited to being a lousy Little League player, and even lousier Beer League player, but from what I understand, hitting a thrown baseball is about the hardest thing to do in Sports. As others have pointed out, "hitting a golf ball is hard enough, and the damned thing's just sitting there!" Each pitcher has different stuff, release angles, types of pitches, speeds. The variations are huge. A good clue, however, would be speed. Each catcher has a strategy to get the hitters in the lineup out, and the strategy extends through three at-bats and is based on their perceived weaknesses and tendencies. Changing speeds effectively breaks up a batter's rhythm, gets him to commit early to a slow pitch or, v-v. So, with all that said by way of the game that goes on between pitcher, catcher, and batter, the element of "seeing the signs" is yet another thing that can be toyed with. Once the can banging was figured out (and it didn't take long), catchers simply changed their signs, rendering the whole scheme useless. This was already worked out, in that signs are changed when there's a guy on 2nd because he'll peek and give a tell to the batter. Further, according to rumor in Houston, the scheme didn't work terribly well, and was (as noted) a distraction more than a boon, so they quit it after a while because it wasn't working like it was thought it would.I see your point, but do u think a player benefits from knowing what pitch will be thrown? Do you think Altuve should have won MVP vs Aaron Judge in 2017 based on what we know went on? Personally, I don’t. If anyone from any team is found to be guilty of any stat changing or game changing infraction like he was involved in should have been disqualified or stripped of that title. Not an even playing field.
I see your point, but do u think a player benefits from knowing what pitch will be thrown? Do you think Altuve should have won MVP vs Aaron Judge in 2017 based on what we know went on? Personally, I don’t. If anyone from any team is found to be guilty of any stat changing or game changing infraction like he was involved in should have been disqualified or stripped of that title. Not an even playing field.
I see your point, but do u think a player benefits from knowing what pitch will be thrown? Do you think Altuve should have won MVP vs Aaron Judge in 2017 based on what we know went on? Personally, I don’t. If anyone from any team is found to be guilty of any stat changing or game changing infraction like he was involved in should have been disqualified or stripped of that title. Not an even playing field.
Unreal.
Nick Castellanos...a man of the people.
The roof broken in Houston? That field always looks like it just took a good soaking rain.
Take a lap!Rangers are 9-3 in 4-games series with 2 coming up against HOU and NYY starting next week.
just wet from ranger fans' tears
Shouldn't you be monitoring the rpi and sos situations for the Frogs??Are there enough Rangers fans left with functioning tear ducts after the often repeated exhibitions of excruciating failure?
Shouldn't you be monitoring the rpi and sos situations for the Frogs??
Are there enough Rangers fans left with functioning tear ducts after the often repeated exhibitions of excruciating failure?
The roof broken in Houston? That field always looks like it just took a good soaking rain.