The computer nerds have taken over baseball... oh don't listen to Hall of Famer Jim Rice, listen to the idiot nerd who has never swung a bat! Red Sox lead all of the MLB in strikeouts and runners left on base. So many times in these 14 first games they could of made a difference just by moving the runners (just making contact), but nooooo (in my best John Belushi voice),
everyone is playing "hero ball" and trying to knock it out of the park. The pitching game is also screwed up by the nerds as well! Red Sox pitching coach Andrew Bailey's Irish Cream, has them throwing mostly sweepers... have you noticed there are more "Tommy John" and torned rotator cuffs surgeries than every, yet these guys can't pitch more than 5 or 6 innings. It's a disgrace what they have done to baseball... don't even get me started with the NFL.
I agree. The way the game has changed is incredible. I just published a baseball book - “Diamond Duels” where I take a deep dive into the game’s great matchups, Hank Aaron vs. Don Drysdale, Babe Ruth vs. Walter Johnson, Ted Williams vs. Bob Feller and Stan Musial faced Warren Spahn 356 times. Derek Jeter, another 20-year-veteran, had just three pitchers he faced over 100 times. Quite a difference. Check it out .https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/top-10-surprises-in-new-book-diamond-duels/
The computer nerds have taken over baseball... oh don't listen to Hall of Famer Jim Rice, listen to the idiot nerd who has never swung a bat! Red Sox lead all of the MLB in strikeouts and runners left on base. So many times in these 14 first games they could of made a difference just by moving the runners (just making contact), but nooooo (in my best John Belushi voice),
everyone is playing "hero ball" and trying to knock it out of the park. The pitching game is also screwed up by the nerds as well! Red Sox pitching coach Andrew Bailey's Irish Cream, has them throwing mostly sweepers... have you noticed there are more "Tommy John" and torned rotator cuffs surgeries than every, yet these guys can't pitch more than 5 or 6 innings. It's a disgrace what they have done to baseball... don't even get me started with the NFL.
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnnogowski/p/rorys-win-was-more-than-sport?r=7pf7u&utm_medium=ios
The rise of analytics has certainly shown the value of the home run, but it didn't make pitchers reach 100 mph consistently. That's the real problem.
If moving the mound back doesn't do it, then we need to find another way.
I agree. The way the game has changed is incredible. I just published a baseball book - “Diamond Duels” where I take a deep dive into the game’s great matchups, Hank Aaron vs. Don Drysdale, Babe Ruth vs. Walter Johnson, Ted Williams vs. Bob Feller and Stan Musial faced Warren Spahn 356 times. Derek Jeter, another 20-year-veteran, had just three pitchers he faced over 100 times. Quite a difference. Check it out .https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/top-10-surprises-in-new-book-diamond-duels/