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Originally Posted by Motorhead667
Isn't baseball at it's core gaming the system?
It is a chess match right?
I am sure the first time someone brought a left handed pitcher into face a right handed batter someone cried foul,
I am sure when someone decided to shorten the right field fence people cried foul,
I am sure when someone learned to switch hit, someone cried foul,
I am sure when Oakland started to play Billy ball someone cried foul,
I am sure when clubs started to aggressively use the defensive shift someone cried foul,
I am sure when Houston grew their farm system and did a total rebuild someone cried foul,
I am sure when teams started using analytical data to prepare for games someone cried foul !
point is someone made all the rules we have in baseball and through the years some smart thinking manager or gm found a way to gain an advantage.
just like folks here that can't or won't sink real dollars into this mode
they are at a perceived unfair advantage (yes I know it is easily attainable to field a more than competitive team without spending real money)
but this is a stats driven game and if a person is smart enough to work within the framework of the rules then what is the harm
they are using the numbers to their advantage, and I say good for them
I hope they win it all
Just because some of us have a preconceived notion of how baseball should be remember all of the changes to this great game.
hope I did not offend anyone
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First I am never offended
Second it is gaming the system to use something that is an obvious mistake, which has been verified as such, to gain an unfair advantage. The instances you quote are the evolution of baseball not someone using a computer program that has an error to gain said advantage.
Hernandez would never play SS on any major league team. Every play he would have to turn his body completely around to make a throw. When I was young there was a thing that our high school and American Legion coaches called a punch bunt. We would choke way up at the last second like quickly squaring up for a bunt hit attempt but stay in regular batting stance. Then in a bunt situation try to hit the ball hard at a charging infielder using the control of choking half way up the bat or hit it at a really weak defender. A left handed SS would have bat control type hitters making him pay every time they came up to bat. This is why there are no left handed infielders except 1st base where the southpaw has that same half second or more advantage throwing to the other bases.