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cachukis

(4,087 posts) Sat Oct 29, 2022, 10:18 PM Oct 2022

Watching World Series. [View all]

Swinging at a lot of bad pitches. Are the pitchers that good? Been away since 1986.
Remember modifying swing to deal with pitch.
Looks like a lot of fence swingers.
What am I missing?

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Watching World Series. [View all] cachukis Oct 2022 OP

Yeah, pitchers are a lot better than they were. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 2022 #1

You would think managers would shake up bullpens by cachukis Oct 2022 #2

Saber metrics. They take and foul off a lot more pitches. underpants Oct 2022 #4

They swing for the fences a lot more now underpants Oct 2022 #3

You need to check your stats. The whole MLB stole 2487 bases this year onenote Oct 2022 #7

I read the Henderson stat somewhere underpants Oct 2022 #9

Oh I'll check it. Didn't know. Been distracted I guess. Thanks. mahina Oct 2022 #5

It's kinda crazy how no one plays small ball anymore ITAL Oct 2022 #6

Guardians got to game 5 Division Series with small ball and defense. we can do it Oct 2022 #12

Now that the Astros have been exposed and have to play honestly... Initech Oct 2022 #8

We will see a swing away from the long ball starting in 2023 303squadron Oct 2022 #10

Learned a lot from this bunch, but they still swing at bad balls. cachukis Oct 2022 #11