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Thom Brennaman getting canceled?
Certainly- swing away after the pitch where you know it’s going to be grooved right down the plate for you on a pitch that major leaguers feast on more than any, especially when they know it’s coming. Again- count, score, and inning trifecta matter. And 7 run comebacks in your last two at bats are not terribly common, except in little league.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Just have a mercy rule. If you can’t score more runs when you’re up a certain amount, then you shouldn’t be scoring more runs when you’re down a certain amount. Down more than 5 after 7? Call the game.
So you should not swing at a pitch that you have high likelihood of hitting when the game is still in question....because it will hurt the other team's feelings if you get a hit?
A 3-0 pitch is typically swung at less than 10% of time across baseball. Even players considered the most aggressive 3-0 hitters, swing less than half the time. So without the big lead and game being late, highly likely he would have been offering. He did so knowing it was a golden opportunity to grease his stats, with almost no down side up 7 late.
A 3-0 pitch is typically swung at less than 10% of time across baseball. Even players considered the most aggressive 3-0 hitters, swing less than half the time. So without the big lead and game being late, highly likely he wouldn’t have been offering. He did so knowing it was a golden opportunity to grease his stats, with almost no down side up 7 late.
Brennaman calling a HR in the middle of his apology is an all time unintentional comedy hall of fame moment.
If you're up 20+ runs or some other ridiculous amount, then take the pitch. 7 runs? Teams score 7 across two innings all the time. Good for him. Tatis is fun as hell and I hope he changes nothing.
Give me a break. His whole life has been growing up in baseball and the big leagues. He knew exactly what he was doing. Take the 3-0 fastball and hack to your hearts content to hit one out after that pitch. That’s what he was expected to do. Ask his manager.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
Good for him. Tatis is fun as hell and I hope he changes nothing.
Maybe read what I wrote?!? Because I spelled it out.
So you're a mind reader eh? Regardless, who cares if he did it to pad his stats or because he saw a hittable pitch and decided to swing? Either way, it helped his team secure the W.I'm still searching for the downside of what he did....other than hurting a bunch of grown men's feelings.
Across any two given innings, yes. But last two at bats? When you’re facing the other teams closer fresh and throwing high 90’s smoke if you shave a couple runs off the lead? Not at all common. Tatis is a great young player and fun to watch. I’ll be the lone wolf disagreeing with what he did here. Agree to disagree.
This will probably lose, because that's just how this works, but Rivers has Shane Bieber o/u K's tonight at 7.5, -129 versus the Pirates.If that was at -140 or higher I wouldn't like it, but that looks real tempting at -129.
11 Ks through 6 innings. Nice call Dish - hope you backed up the truck!