Correct. You have to read gonzomax’s posts and account for any possible typo that spellcheck wouldn’t catch. It’s an acquired skill.
I don’t get why the fact that one team overpays for a mediocre 3rd Baseman sets ‘the value’ for a mediocre 3rd Baseman. Can’t the other teams tell agents ‘we are not as stupid as THAT team’???
Real soon after 1968. Then they started wearing authentic team-licensed apparel from the Cooperstown Collection that was even more expensive than a suit.
The other teams aren’t usually that sure. There’s a chance the overpaid player will have a good year, then the other teams will look stupid. They’d rather overpay than have THAT happen.
Licensed apparel from MLB, just like the coaches in the NFL wear team gear. It lets you look like you belong to your team without wearing a get up that was designed with fit 19 year olds in mind.
Sure, the 90% was indeed produced from a cavity (take your pick which one).
But it’s hard for me to imagine that if the third baseman is all the way over at shortstop, Ortiz can’t – with minimal practice – lay a bunt hard down the third base line with at least 50% success per at-bat. (Remember, it’s way easier than a conventional bunt, because he doesn’t need to worry about hitting it too fast). That’s still a better OBP, slugging% and OPS than he’s doing right now.
I’m willing to believe that the Sox are smart enough to have thought about this, which would mean either Ortiz can’t aim a ball towards third base more than half the time, or Big Papi just can’t be swayed from thinking that Real Hombres Don’t Bunt.
Which I guess means I can’t understand why it’s so hard for Ortiz to lay down a bunt, or why the Sox haven’t used more persuasion.
I don’t know David Ortiz personally, but it may simply me that the Red Sox are not entirely comfortable with monkeying around with the hitting approach of a great hitter. I don’t think Ortiz is going to be around much longer, to be honest - players of his physical type are often toast by 35 years old or so, and he’s 32 - but until last year he’d had five straight great seasons. There’s something to be said in baseball for not messing around with the mechanics and approach of a hitter who’s doing well; you could screw him up.
If a pitcher licks his fingers more than once, he is subject to a fine. Cheaper just to throw the ball.
How on earth was your username not taken before? Good on you.
God, I hope not.
The solution to the Yankee problem is to add another New York team.
I don’t understand how Bud Selig can keep a job.
That’s interesting, never really thought of that. They’d probably have to add two teams, where would the other one be? Or better yet, relocate the Marlins and their 7,000 fans up there.
I don’t understand why the AL maintains the designated hitter.
As far as uniforms go, I think the ugliest are all third uniforms that use a solid color for the shirt. This goes double if the sleeves are a different color.
Then what happens to all those Mets fans in Florida, eh?
As a taxpayer in the state of New York, please, not another stadium. Or at least make Connecticut pay for it somehow.
Not that I don’t understand the strategy of it, but the hit-and-run play always kind of flummoxed me. Essentially, the play is designed to get the runner at first (generally speaking) off and running and for the batter to hit the ball – so that everything is in motion, drawing fielders out of position, etc…
But Christ, man, that’s a pretty tall order for the batter, isn’t it? If I were a batter and I could just get a hit whenever I wanted to, Ted Williams would be my bitch.
By definition, a “true” baseball fan has never been in favor of either of those things. Unfortunately, most fans aren’t true fans as you and I define it. I barely remember a time before the DH and I want to get rid of that too.
Inter-league play draws a huge amount of fans to the ball park so it makes money for the owners. They players seem to like it too. For example, AL players would certainly never get a chance to play at Wrigley without inter-league play. God knows the won’t get the opportunity during a World Series.
What? How did “hit the ball” in your first paragraph become “get a hit” in the second? A good batter can make contact on any reasonable pitch, and that’s the batter’s only responsibility on a hit-and-run. The infielder in motion increases the chance that a routine ground ball will become a hit, and if it doesn’t, the runner advances and it has the effect of a sacrifice.
When did the game become popular in Scotland?
It’s just that whole, don’t strike out bit – that happens quite often in the sport – that gets me.
I haven’t actually played the sport since high-school, but in MLB 08: The Show? Oh, I hate when I get the hit and run sign from the third base coach.