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  1. USAFChief
    Everyone understands the ABS challenge thing is only for Spring Training, right? Not the regular season.
  2. USAFChief
    That follow through on the swing was pretty easy to recognize.
  3. USAFChief
    Getting absolutely nothing for Polanco--predictable at the time--in a year you're claiming to be a postseason contender is an AWFUL trade. And they got worse than nothing. The only redeeming quality Desclafani brought to the rotation was he never made it to opening day. As I said on the day the trade was executed, all it did was make the team weaker. Trade Polanco? Fine. For crap? No. Absolutely not.
  4. USAFChief
    There's a lot of facts there, sport.
  5. USAFChief
    The Polanco trade keeps it's place as one of the worst in team history.
  6. USAFChief
    Tonkin never pitched 3 consecutive games laar year. He did pitch on back-to-back days 5 times, but never for consecutive multi-inning stints. He also only pitched 3 innings once all season. For the Yankees BTW. Hes extremely unlikely to pitch 3 days in a row Not to mention, "Mop-up guy" is a waste of available bullpen space. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=tonkimi01&t=p&year=2024
  7. USAFChief
    Not even Dobnak thinks he's making this team.
  8. USAFChief
    What's the point of wasting innings on Dobnak?
  9. USAFChief
    It doesn't appear Randy Bush faced Randy Johnson even once.
  10. USAFChief
    I suppose, but it's hard to top a Randy Bush
  11. USAFChief
    Randy Bush. (One of the all time great baseball names....)
  12. USAFChief
    Learning and adjusting? I guess, but this simple concept isn't something a MLB manager should have to learn. This is simple stuff. Been a simple, easily understood lineup concept since maybe 3 days after Abner invented baseball. Our manager just noticed??
  13. USAFChief
    I don't think that's true. I think a hitter can, and should, practice and learn more than one swing. A 2-0 swing generally shouldn't be the same as a 1-2 swing. Particularly when situation is included. I believe baseball has largely gotten away from this concept, but it's been a voluntary change, not an unavoidable one.
  14. USAFChief
    "K's are a necessary biproduct of SLG" is a different argument than "Ks aren't any worse than a fly ball out." I don't necessarily agree that K's inevitably must rise with increased SLG, but i dont know. And if true, would, to a point, likely increase runs. I do think MLB has gone well past the point where that balance is justified. I think, at minimum, hitters should adjust for situation, and with 2 strikes at least, do everything to not K. I believe that will likely increase runs too. But back to the point...a K is the single worst thing a hitter can do. I don't see how that's controversial in any way. If K's are necessary to further other outcomes, that doesn't change this simple fact.
  15. USAFChief
    I don't see any room for nuance. Everyone can pick out a tree and lose sight of the forest. "Double plays!" Hell, for that matter, Ks can be part of a double play too. Think big picture. Striking out is simply the worst possible outcome of a PA. That a ground ball occasionally results in 2 outs misses the big picture. 27 consecutive Ks cannot result in any runs. 27 consecutive non-Ks might score. Now muktiply that over a season. Think big picture, not individual PAs.
  16. USAFChief
    Youre smarter than this, but I'll play along. Yes, sometimes putting the ball in play results in multiple outs. And? Sometimes, it results in runs. Strikeouts NEVER* result in runs. Striking out is the worst possible outcome for a hitter. Regardless the pointless, illogical counter argument about "double plays." Double plays only result from other hitters NOT striking out. *Yes, I know a K can result in a run if the catcher doesn't catch the 3rd strike.
  17. USAFChief
    The same folks who claim K's are the same as any other out on offense turn around and slobber all over themselves over K's for pitchers. It can't be both ways. If Ks are better than pitching to contact for pitchers, they have to be worse for hitters. Striking out is the worst possible outcome for a hitter. Case closed.
  18. USAFChief
    Matt LeCroy
  19. USAFChief
    Not that long ago spring tng was nearly a sellout.
  20. USAFChief
    Meager crowd
  21. USAFChief
    That's not what you claimed, is it? You claimed tbe Red Six didnt coach Ortiz to hit for average. Except he hit for a higher average over many, many years in Boston. Over .300 multiple times. While still SLG over 100 points higher, BTW. It's almost like hitting for average is a good thing. Wallner would benefit from a higher BA. I don't expect it, but it would be a fantastic development.
  22. USAFChief
    As to the OP. Wallner leading off would be fine by me. As Indiana Twin notes, Schwarber works out just fine. I also note Schwarber isn't getting PH for in the 5th.
  23. USAFChief
    LOL Ortiz hit .266 for the Twins. .290 for the Red Sox. Looks like they coached him to hit for average.
  24. USAFChief
    "...many of whom have been seen at camp with metallic prosthetics, wires, circuits and tubes engrafted into their arms and legs" – Tubes? TUBES??!? Frickin cheap Pohlads. Tubes are so 1960s. What, did we get this equipment at a yard sale??
  25. USAFChief
    Two red arrows? Where is the second?
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