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Any fungible middle reliever from today would make Hargrove look like a little leaguers with today's pitching arsenals. In 2008 there were 196 pitches over 100 MPH. In 2018 there were over 1000. https://www.mlb.com/cut4/are-pitcher...ver-c292153594 And it's not just velocity, it's spin rates, tunneling, all of it. We know more about pitching than we did back in the 70's. And we understand the biomechanics and nutrition and rest of the guys doing the pitching better than we did in the 70's. And we understand hitting better too. That's why you hear about launch angle. Batters have had to change their approach to survive against today's pitchers. So, sure. It's still a good idea to work the count and be selective. But, those old guys couldn't take their old approaches up against today's pitchers unless they wanted to be embarrassed. |
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12-20-2019, 07:18 PM | #82 | |
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All these idiotic rules and then they go juice the balls because DINGERZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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Don't remember Hargrove specifically, but I still remember an at-bat between George Foster and Al Hrabosky (the Mad Hungarian).
Hrabosky had this ritual that involved going behind the rubber, facing center field and psyching himself up. Then he would do a big arm swing and slam the ball into his glove, step on the rubber and glare in for the sign. As soon as was on the rubber, Foster would step out of the box, tap dirt from his cleats, give the bat a shimmy, and step back in. Hrabosky would be back behind the rubber again. Can't honestly swear how many iterations they went through but as a kid it seemed to last forever and was hilarious. I always remember Hrabosky from the first game I saw with him. He had some sort of sty on one eye, with the big horseshoe mustache and his glare, he looks hella intimidating to a kid like me.
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Stupid.
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12-24-2019, 10:10 PM | #85 | |
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TBF I'm sure that part of the reason why they're juicing the balls is that if they didn't, league averages would be like .230 and we'd be in the middle of a new dead ball era.
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Good article about this rule in The Athletic today
https://theathletic.com/1555626/2020...-consequences/
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