The Irish American

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@GowagsKyle @BizballMaury Appreciate the optimism but afraid that old axiom is in peril. This app and others breed extremism and disrespect. There’s a problem when the opinions of guys who actually played Major League Baseball are discounted as just old guys afraid of being forgotten.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@GowagsKyle @BizballMaury All that is true but the disrespect of former MLBers and even HOFers on here is incredible. Yes, players are generally bigger and prob stronger now but wouldn’t last 10 days in the playing, travel, limited med support, etc. life that those earlier guys played in.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@GowagsKyle @BizballMaury What about the growing tendency to think MLB began with this generation? Family and I were in Cooperstown last year for induction weekend. All the HOFers in the parade… Seems like too few in this generation respect them.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@RyanDivish Amtrak has a more dependable schedule.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@dandy__man @BaseballWRLD_ For it to be a tough walk back you have to care and have a mgr that’ll wait for you at the top step. Since neither of those are in place, it wasn’t a tough walk back.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@jimmyritt33 @TheJakeHasan He bets on it. That has to be worth something.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@PNWProfessor @TridentTrue And, somehow, Tampa has survived.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@TridentTrue That wasn’t weird. That was stupid. He does stupid stuff.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@rabbitlover1010 @deaflibertarian While you aren’t understanding the hate (or what you’re calling hate), many of us don’t understand the worship.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@CraigStem @GoGoGolson There it is.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@CraigStem @GoGoGolson No one is denying velocity is good but the hard numbers are absolutely influenced by an all-or-nothing approach to hitting.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@CraigStem @GoGoGolson You’re reading it wrong. But the logical extension of what I’m reading from you is we’ll eventually see a no-hitter everyday (by committee, of course, since the cyborgs can’t go 5+). I get that you’re all about pitching. My point is most hitters aren’t giving themselves a chance.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@CraigStem @GoGoGolson Hitting is about approach. Line drives vs. trying to lift the ball, pull vs. up the middle vs. opposite field. The current approach to hitting doesn’t allow for much of a chance against anything you’re talking about.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@CraigStem @GoGoGolson Velo has always been valuable. Nothing new there. The approach to hitting is absolutely the difference in just how valuable it’s become. MLB hitters could put the bat on the ball on big fastballs more than they do. But they chose to match max effort velo with max effort swings.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@KMcAwsome The issue might be that they and we “more seasoned” fans grew up and still respect players from eras that we didn’t even see. Younger fans don’t use that same respect. Social media fuels the thinking/speaking as if the game was invented in their lifetime.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@SamulskiNYC @CarlosD48575102 Making sure family and,
worse, friends have what they *want* is the HOV lane to bankruptcy.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@ComfortEagle1 @EssentialBizizz @VandyonTigers They don’t believe you.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@StraightFlorida Wild alligator? You can’t domesticate one.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@Chorgan2282 @QTard76 @1MelonManFan Like the value of a lineup that puts the ball in play more instead of settling for a ton of unproductive outs (see MIL). The metrics crowd acts like they invented fire. Things have a way of leveling out after a while.

[The Irish American @TheIrishAmeric2]

@Chorgan2282 @QTard76 @1MelonManFan Some common sense is beginning to creep back into the game.