Kolek planning to go pro
The best hitters dont have an uppercut swing. They just get on plane much sooner. It's the ted Williams style of swing.
I'm not sure that's true anymore. This season featured an all-time record of homers hit, but TV ratings and attendance continued to fall.
I think they’d fall even further without the home run being so prominent. Length and pace of game, and regionalization of the broadcasting IMO are the biggest problems.
How do they play defense with gold gloves? I would think those gloves would have very poor flexibility.
Gold is soft and malleable. Probably easier to break in than a new piece of leather from Dick's.
Mike Leake wins the Gold Glove for the AL, but finishes the season in the NL.Zak Grienke wins the Gold Glove for the NL, but finishes the season in the AL.Without looking it up, I'd assume there's no way that has happened before.
Guess the Brewers are doing the "young pitchers will definitely take a step forward" thing again, huh?
I’m hoping this is to shed salary to be active in the FA and trade market. However, that may go to Grandal and Moose.
This is what it looks like to me. Neither Anderson or Thames is dramatically overpriced at $8.5 and $7.5, particulalry if you're planning for them to be, say, your #4 starter and 70% of your first base ABs. I think Stearns is preparing to make some bigger plays. My bet would be on Moose being a part of that, but I think Grandal walks.
You guys think the sign Moose for 3rd and give Shaw a shot at 1st, maybe as part of a platoon?
Hopefully Shaw doesn't need to play. Ever. But I'm hoping Braun moves to 1B full time and Grisham gets a shot in LF. I'd love to see Grandal back and playing 1B against righties on days we want Braun sitting.
Wait a doggone second ...I just realized we had a Gold Glove discussion earlier ... and Javy Baez didn't win? And then I looked at the list of finalists, and he wasn't even one of those?The greatest tagger since the game of tag was invented by Taggar T. Taggart?Really? How is that possible?Yeah, he missed the last month, but he had 5 months filled with the taggiest tags ever! And is it really true that he has never won a GG?I demand a recount, not just for this season but for his entire career! Heck, I can't believe he didn't win the 1979 Gold Glove in anticipation of all the tags he eventually would make!!