Subj : Baseball, Big and Small
To : Margaerynne
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Jul 08 2022 11:23 am
Re: Baseball, Big and Small
By: Margaerynne to Digital Man on Fri Jul 08 2022 08:44 am
> As silly as it was, I love it. The As and Ms have been neck-and-neck for so
> long that it's good to see a real rivalry resurface. A good brawl, nobody
> got
> too roughed up, and some good camaraderie between the players.
We got a ton of suspensions (mostly managers and non-everyday players) and an injury to one of our bullpen leaders. It hurt the Angels pretty good.
> 100% agree that Nevin has to go, though. You can't lose your head like that
> over a HBP.
Right. And it was obviously premeditated (Wantz, the "opener", which we have never used this season) was scheduled last minute to just what he did. It was pretty transparent.
> > On the other hand, Ohtani is a show in himself, many games (and every
> > game he pitches lately) and Trout is still very special, but strike-outs
> > have plagued us. Whatever happened to "choke up and make contact" when
> > you have 2 strikes?
>
> I know TTO has been argued everywhere ad nauseam, but the decline of
> smallball
> really is sad. Some of the most exciting plays come on lucky contact.
Yup. The Three Two Outcomes do not make for an exciting game.
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