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Post by klawrencio79 on May 8, 2019 23:53:33 GMT
With his 12th HR of the year, he becomes the first player in MLB history to hit his 100th career HR before his 100th career single. The ultimate three true outcome player.
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Post by weststigersbob on May 9, 2019 0:12:20 GMT
Further proof (not that I needed any) that in general, in most situations, baseball hitters at the plate are thinking one thing, and one thing only.
And getting to first base is not it.
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Post by masterofallgoons on May 9, 2019 11:37:49 GMT
Further proof (not that I needed any) that in general, in most situations, baseball hitters at the plate are thinking one thing, and one thing only. And getting to first base is not it. Really? That's what it proves when this is the first player in history to do it? |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 9, 2019 13:28:29 GMT
Further proof (not that I needed any) that in general, in most situations, baseball hitters at the plate are thinking one thing, and one thing only. And getting to first base is not it. Really? That's what it proves when this is the first player in history to do it? Exactly. Now if this were an American weighing in on cricket, there'd be a chorus of international voices bitching about how he doesn't know anything about the sport, comments about 'typical Americans,' etc.
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Post by weststigersbob on May 9, 2019 15:09:12 GMT
I’ve been watching baseball now for the better part of 30 years.
I still maintain that the average hitter in Major League Baseball digs in and is thinking one thing. Home Run.
I still maintain that if they weren’t, there would be batters with much higher averages across the board, strikeouts would halve almost immediately, and there would be a significant rise in singles.
Most batters swing for the stands, and if they can’t get a homer, they hope they have fought it off with a foul.
There is not a shred of evidence you can produce that will change my mind.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 9, 2019 15:14:08 GMT
I’ve been watching baseball now for the better part of 30 years. I still maintain that the average hitter in Major League Baseball digs in and is thinking one thing. Home Run. I still maintain that if they weren’t, there would be batters with much higher averages across the board, strikeouts would halve almost immediately, and there would be a significant rise in singles. Most batters swing for the stands, and if they can’t get a homer, they hope they have fought it off with a foul.
There is not a shred of evidence you can produce that will change my mind.Fair enough, since there's not a shred of evidence you can produce that will get me to respect cricket.
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Post by weststigersbob on May 9, 2019 15:18:17 GMT
Really? That's what it proves when this is the first player in history to do it? Exactly. Now if this were an American weighing in on cricket, there'd be a chorus of international voices bitching about how he doesn't know anything about the sport, comments about 'typical Americans,' etc. if you have watched cricket for as long as I have been watching baseball, I’d readily accept your opinion on the subject. This is an opinion I’ve had since the old IMDB days, and many baseball + cricket fans agreed with me, including Salter and Rohan. It could well be the correct strategy given the location and control (not to mention the velocity and movement) MLB pitchers have, I don’t know. I don’t think it is, but I’m not a MLB batting strategist either.
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Post by masterofallgoons on May 9, 2019 15:19:19 GMT
I’ve been watching baseball now for the better part of 30 years. I still maintain that the average hitter in Major League Baseball digs in and is thinking one thing. Home Run. I still maintain that if they weren’t, there would be batters with much higher averages across the board, strikeouts would halve almost immediately, and there would be a significant rise in singles. Most batters swing for the stands, and if they can’t get a homer, they hope they have fought it off with a foul. There is not a shred of evidence you can produce that will change my mind. Believe what you will, but you'd have to acknowledge that it's completely nonsensical to claim that this stat proves this point in any way whatsoever. |
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Post by weststigersbob on May 9, 2019 15:23:39 GMT
I’ve been watching baseball now for the better part of 30 years. I still maintain that the average hitter in Major League Baseball digs in and is thinking one thing. Home Run. I still maintain that if they weren’t, there would be batters with much higher averages across the board, strikeouts would halve almost immediately, and there would be a significant rise in singles. Most batters swing for the stands, and if they can’t get a homer, they hope they have fought it off with a foul.
There is not a shred of evidence you can produce that will change my mind.Fair enough, since there's not a shred of evidence you can produce that will get me to respect cricket. That’s fine. Why another baseball fan’s opinion makes you not respect another sport, I don’t know. My liking baseball really doesn’t have anything at all to do with my liking Cricket. And, I can have opinions on anything at all. I fail to see your point. Is it because I’m clearly not American that I’m not entitled to have an opinion about Baseball, or the fact I regularly post about, and therefore like Cricket that makes you think I can’t have an opinion about baseball too ?
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 9, 2019 15:29:08 GMT
Exactly. Now if this were an American weighing in on cricket, there'd be a chorus of international voices bitching about how he doesn't know anything about the sport, comments about 'typical Americans,' etc. if you have watched cricket for as long as I have been watching baseball, I’d readily accept your opinion on the subject. This is an opinion I’ve had since the old IMDB days, and many baseball + cricket fans agreed with me, including Salter and Rohan. It could well be the correct strategy given the location and control (not to mention the velocity and movement) MLB pitchers have, I don’t know. I don’t think it is, but I’m not a MLB batting strategist either. Despite watching baseball for 30 years, you appear you have as much knowledge about the sport as I have about cricket after watching it for 0 years. So you can imagine where I stand on your opinion of baseball.
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Post by weststigersbob on May 9, 2019 15:29:46 GMT
I’ve been watching baseball now for the better part of 30 years. I still maintain that the average hitter in Major League Baseball digs in and is thinking one thing. Home Run. I still maintain that if they weren’t, there would be batters with much higher averages across the board, strikeouts would halve almost immediately, and there would be a significant rise in singles. Most batters swing for the stands, and if they can’t get a homer, they hope they have fought it off with a foul. There is not a shred of evidence you can produce that will change my mind. Believe what you will, but you'd have to acknowledge that it's completely nonsensical to claim that this stat proves this point in any way whatsoever. Logic dictates that a single is a much easier feat than a home run, primarily because of two things. One is distance involved in hitting a home run, the second is that a complete mishit fluke can still score a single. That’s a simple fact. Now, if a player has hit 100 home runs before 100 singles, it also stands to reason that given flukes usually only result in singles, that this batsman is almost always trying at every at bat to hit a home run. I have always maintained that in most instances, blindly swinging at anything and trying to always hit home runs is a bad strategy. This is my opinion. From what I have seen watching baseball over a long period (over 25 years now, but albeit nowhere near the level Of others on these pages) I also maintain this is precisely what the average batter in a normal situation in MLB does.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 9, 2019 15:31:47 GMT
Fair enough, since there's not a shred of evidence you can produce that will get me to respect cricket. That’s fine. Why another baseball fan’s opinion makes you not respect another sport, I don’t know. My liking baseball really doesn’t have anything at all to do with my liking Cricket. And, I can have opinions on anything at all. I fail to see your point. Is it because I’m clearly not American that I’m not entitled to have an opinion about Baseball, or the fact I regularly post about, and therefore like Cricket that makes you think I can’t have an opinion about baseball too ? Yes, that's it. Any opinion not put forth by an American is immediately invalid. Americans only talk to other Americans about any topic, especially baseball. In fact, Americans only talk about two things: America and baseball.
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Post by weststigersbob on May 9, 2019 15:33:13 GMT
if you have watched cricket for as long as I have been watching baseball, I’d readily accept your opinion on the subject. This is an opinion I’ve had since the old IMDB days, and many baseball + cricket fans agreed with me, including Salter and Rohan. It could well be the correct strategy given the location and control (not to mention the velocity and movement) MLB pitchers have, I don’t know. I don’t think it is, but I’m not a MLB batting strategist either. Despite watching baseball for 30 years, you appear you have as much knowledge about the sport as I have about cricket after watching it for 0 years. So you can imagine where I stand on your opinion of baseball. Because I have an opinion you don’t ? Well, fuck me, the baseball god has deigned us with his presence. oh wise one, please tell me more, I know not what you do. Or better yet, get fucked. The only knowledge I can ascertain from post is that you are an arsehole who thinks his shit doesn’t stink.
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Post by weststigersbob on May 9, 2019 15:34:31 GMT
That’s fine. Why another baseball fan’s opinion makes you not respect another sport, I don’t know. My liking baseball really doesn’t have anything at all to do with my liking Cricket. And, I can have opinions on anything at all. I fail to see your point. Is it because I’m clearly not American that I’m not entitled to have an opinion about Baseball, or the fact I regularly post about, and therefore like Cricket that makes you think I can’t have an opinion about baseball too ? Yes, that's it. Any opinion not put forth by an American is immediately invalid. Americans only talk to other Americans about any topic, especially baseball. In fact, Americans only talk about two things: America and baseball. You are the dumb fuck that brought up nationality and a completely unrelated sport.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 9, 2019 15:37:01 GMT
Yes, that's it. Any opinion not put forth by an American is immediately invalid. Americans only talk to other Americans about any topic, especially baseball. In fact, Americans only talk about two things: America and baseball. You are the dumb fuck that brought up nationality and a completely unrelated sport. You were the dumb fuck who brought up nationality when I chimed in on cricket. Go bang a kangaroo, mate.
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Post by masterofallgoons on May 9, 2019 15:51:04 GMT
Believe what you will, but you'd have to acknowledge that it's completely nonsensical to claim that this stat proves this point in any way whatsoever. Logic dictates that a single is a much easier feat than a home run, primarily because of two things. One is distance involved in hitting a home run, the second is that a complete mishit fluke can still score a single. That’s a simple fact. Now, if a player has hit 100 home runs before 100 singles, it also stands to reason that given flukes usually only result in singles, that this batsman is almost always trying at every at bat to hit a home run. I have always maintained that in most instances, blindly swinging at anything and trying to always hit home runs is a bad strategy. This is my opinion. From what I have seen watching baseball over a long period (over 25 years now, but albeit nowhere near the level Of others on these pages) I also maintain this is precisely what the average batter in a normal situation in MLB does. And after saying all of that you didn't respond to what I said at all. If anything, this statistic disproves your point. The fact that thos has only ever happened once in the history of the game does absolutely nothing to back up your feeling on this. I'm not even saying you're necessarily wrong, but you used the worst evidence possible to try to make your point. |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 9, 2019 16:09:36 GMT
Logic dictates that a single is a much easier feat than a home run, primarily because of two things. One is distance involved in hitting a home run, the second is that a complete mishit fluke can still score a single. That’s a simple fact. Now, if a player has hit 100 home runs before 100 singles, it also stands to reason that given flukes usually only result in singles, that this batsman is almost always trying at every at bat to hit a home run. I have always maintained that in most instances, blindly swinging at anything and trying to always hit home runs is a bad strategy. This is my opinion. From what I have seen watching baseball over a long period (over 25 years now, but albeit nowhere near the level Of others on these pages) I also maintain this is precisely what the average batter in a normal situation in MLB does. And after saying all of that you didn't respond to what I said at all. If anything, this statistic disproves your point. The fact that thos has only ever happened once in the history of the game does absolutely nothing to back up your feeling on this. I'm not even saying you're necessarily wrong, but you used the worst evidence possible to try to make your point. I would argue that if most major league hitters were actively trying to hit home runs with every at bat, averages would be lower across the board.
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