What's the Deal with Carp?

[JugbandFrog]

Learn to hit it to the opposite field

That is hard for a left handed batter. Analytics is ruining left handed batters.

 

[Eight]

That is hard for a left handed batter. Analytics is ruining left handed batters.

i will remember that each time brantley hits a double off the scoreboard in front of the crawford boxes

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

i will remember that each time brantley hits a double off the scoreboard in front of the crawford boxes

You could learn from my 6 yr old...took him to the game Monday night and he said "dad...they make it look really easy but baseball is a very hard game."

 

[Eight]

You could learn from my 6 yr old...took him to the game Monday night and he said "dad...they make it look really easy but baseball is a very hard game."

did i say it was easy?

 

[Bob Sugar]

You could learn from my 6 yr old...took him to the game Monday night and he said "dad...they make it look really easy but baseball is a very hard game."

Not really. This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. Think about that for a while.

 

[Realtorfrog]

Learn to hit it to the opposite field

Same difference but yes that works as well. Same result they will stop shifting knowing you’re not a pure pull hitter.

 

[Heardler]

Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn and Michael Brantley are special examples of elite lefthanded batters who feast(ed) on defensive vulnerabilities. They are in the top 1% of batters who've ever played the game. Carp, while we love him, just ain't that level of talent.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn and Michael Brantley are special examples of elite lefthanded batters who feast(ed) on defensive vulnerabilities. They are in the top 1% of batters who've ever played the game. Carp, while we love him, just ain't that level of talent.

Lol you think Michael Brantley is in the same universe as Boggs and Gwynn.

 

[tcudoc]

Lol you think Michael Brantley is in the same universe as Boggs and Gwynn.

Technically, all are in the same universe, spiritual beings notwithstanding.

 

[Realtorfrog]

Tony Gwynn, my favorite player of all time! I collected every card of his I could find for many years......I wonder where they are????

 

[bmoney214]

Analytics is ruining baseball.

Fify.

 

[Paint It Purple]

Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn and Michael Brantley are special examples of elite lefthanded batters who feast(ed) on defensive vulnerabilities. They are in the top 1% of batters who've ever played the game. Carp, while we love him, just ain't that level of talent.

 

[CardFrog]

Tony Gwynn, my favorite player of all time! I collected every card of his I could find for many years......I wonder where they are????

They are worth $ if you find them, have 3 of them myself.

 

[Bob Sugar]

They are worth $ if you find them, have 3 of them myself.

Tony Gwynn was a national treasure. And the cards are a good investment...

 

[Heardler]

Lol you think Michael Brantley is in the same universe as Boggs and Gwynn.

Look at Brantley since 2018. He is doing that WITH defensive shifts deployed against him. Boggs and Gwynn absolutely were better but they too pale in comparison to hitters like Cobb or Mantle and they never faced defensive shift baseball like you see today. Eras are almost impossible to compare. My point is he is a professional hitter and one of few examples of left-handed players thriving in the defensive shift era.

 

[JogginFrog]

Tony Gwynn, my favorite player of all time! I collected every card of his I could find for many years......I wonder where they are????

Tony Gwynn was a national treasure.

Not only the best hitter of his generation, but also one of the best college basketball players I ever saw. Was drafted by the Clippers and Padres on the same day.
https://www.si.com/college/2014/06/16/tony-gwynn-san-diego-state-basketball

 

[Realtorfrog]

They are worth $ if you find them, have 3 of them myself.

I know I have a rookie card somewhere and others.....maybe I should look around this weekend

 

[QuilterFrawg]

Just hit a 3-run homer.

 

[Moose Stuff]

 

[CardFrog]

Maybe thats it? Bust on Carp and he goes Yard, lets keep it going!