Does size matter?

Woodchuck · 05-06-2003, 02:56 AM

Has anyone noticed whether height and weight affect player development at all? For example, is a 6'5" 220 pound starting pitcher more likely to develop than a 5'9" 165 pounder?

Or is it just window dressing?

Kane182 · 05-06-2003, 03:07 AM

It's not the size that matters, it's how you use it.

Seriously I don't think it matters.

JML · 05-06-2003, 03:42 AM

It's just cosmetic.

sporr · 05-06-2003, 12:07 PM

Yep, it's just there for show. That's why there are so many power hitters that are 5'8" and 150#. hehe

Gastric ReFlux · 05-06-2003, 12:09 PM

Phew. If I can stop laughing now.

Is this in manager mode?

suurimonster · 05-06-2003, 04:28 PM

I had a 4'1" leadoff hitter called Monville once, he had a 19 in walks...

dbacks · 05-06-2003, 04:57 PM

hmmm... wonder why.

Gastric ReFlux · 05-06-2003, 04:59 PM

http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gaedeed01.shtml

dbacks · 05-06-2003, 05:03 PM

3'7" and 65 lbs. at the age of 26? Wow. And he died when he was only 36. Geez.

Gastric ReFlux · 05-06-2003, 05:16 PM

Amazingly enough, Gaedel died from a heart attack following a mugging.

http://www.pubdim.net/baseballlibrar...edel_Eddie.stm

Gastric ReFlux · 05-06-2003, 05:21 PM

This is kind of strange. I came back in to the forum, and it looked like I hadn't posted in this thread. So I click on the thread, and my post is here. But the page still lists dbacks as the last to reply and only 8 replies.

dbacks · 05-06-2003, 05:25 PM

Quit trying to up your post count.

dbacks · 05-06-2003, 05:28 PM

Man, "in his stance, Gaedel's strike zone measured 1-1/2 inches". I don't even know Satchel Page could throw him four pitches without walking him. I remember hearing that on occasion, Satchel would use anything he could find as a home plate - once he even used a gum wrapper, and was throwing stikes! But a freakin gum wrapper is longer than 1 1/2 inches!

twins15 · 05-06-2003, 05:36 PM

It is not the size of the dog in the fight, but the fight in the dog.

Or something like that.

dbacks · 05-06-2003, 05:40 PM

Oookkkkaaayyyy.

Recte44 · 05-06-2003, 06:45 PM

Would be cool though if we could link talents such as power and strike zone management to height and weight.

rferry · 05-07-2003, 06:55 PM

and height and fence height to robbing of home runs or foul balls.

Rainey · 05-07-2003, 08:16 PM

Yeah, it would be good when those are not just used as cosmetic looks.

05-06-2003, 02:56 AM	#1
Woodchuck Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 39	Does size matter? Has anyone noticed whether height and weight affect player development at all? For example, is a 6'5" 220 pound starting pitcher more likely to develop than a 5'9" 165 pounder? Or is it just window dressing?

05-06-2003, 03:07 AM	#2
Kane182 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Quincy, MA Posts: 230	It's not the size that matters, it's how you use it. Seriously I don't think it matters. __________________ Trade in your old video games/movies...Ask me how it works! Manager of the following SimCentral Teams: SCMLB - San Francisco Giants RSL - Detroit Diamonds ULB - Boston Colonials

05-06-2003, 05:36 PM	#14
twins15 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Area 51 Posts: 4,792	It is not the size of the dog in the fight, but the fight in the dog. Or something like that. __________________ "Ah man we're just hungry man" - Dovonte Edwards Bismarck Boy Scouts of the OTBL - league yes-man Ross Gload at baseball-reference.com Book Quotes and Book Lists

05-06-2003, 06:45 PM	#16
Recte44 Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Oconomowoc, WI Posts: 2,813	Would be cool though if we could link talents such as power and strike zone management to height and weight. __________________ Matt Rectenwald Commissioner, GM: Las Vegas Hustlers, The Brewster Baseball Association- fictional league (JOIN NOW)

05-07-2003, 06:55 PM	#17
rferry All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2002 Location: DC Posts: 549	and height and fence height to robbing of home runs or foul balls. __________________ please excuse my grammar, i read baseball weekly in my high school english classes.

05-06-2003, 03:42 AM	#3
JML Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The act or process of locating. Posts: 2,154	It's just cosmetic.

05-06-2003, 12:07 PM	#4
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	Yep, it's just there for show. That's why there are so many power hitters that are 5'8" and 150#. hehe

05-06-2003, 12:09 PM	#5
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	Phew. If I can stop laughing now. Is this in manager mode?

05-06-2003, 04:28 PM	#6
suurimonster Minors (Single A) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 64	I had a 4'1" leadoff hitter called Monville once, he had a 19 in walks...

05-06-2003, 04:57 PM	#7
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	hmmm... wonder why.

05-06-2003, 04:59 PM	#8
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gaedeed01.shtml

05-06-2003, 05:03 PM	#9
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	3'7" and 65 lbs. at the age of 26? Wow. And he died when he was only 36. Geez.

05-06-2003, 05:16 PM	#10
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	Amazingly enough, Gaedel died from a heart attack following a mugging. http://www.pubdim.net/baseballlibrar...edel_Eddie.stm

05-06-2003, 05:21 PM	#11
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	This is kind of strange. I came back in to the forum, and it looked like I hadn't posted in this thread. So I click on the thread, and my post is here. But the page still lists dbacks as the last to reply and only 8 replies.

05-06-2003, 05:25 PM	#12
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	Quit trying to up your post count.

05-06-2003, 05:28 PM	#13
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	Man, "in his stance, Gaedel's strike zone measured 1-1/2 inches". I don't even know Satchel Page could throw him four pitches without walking him. I remember hearing that on occasion, Satchel would use anything he could find as a home plate - once he even used a gum wrapper, and was throwing stikes! But a freakin gum wrapper is longer than 1 1/2 inches!

05-06-2003, 05:40 PM	#15
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	Oookkkkaaayyyy.

05-07-2003, 08:16 PM	#18
Rainey Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 138	Yeah, it would be good when those are not just used as cosmetic looks.