@EdHand89 He seems to be the only player who has a concept of being a complete hitter so I love him and hope he rubs off on Elly and marte and Suarez and steer!
@EdHand89 Only thing I can think of is Simpson has really really good contact skills - maybe that combined with aranda - caminero - Diaz traffic means more scoring somehow ? Of course they batted Cedric Mullins 3rd?
@OToole8668@nut_history Add onto that the travelling, nutrition, physical fitness and playing conditions (overnight train rides and wool uniforms). Today’s players are given every advantage to perform at peak level. What Babe did lapping the field was 1 of 1.
@BenjaminSWatson Not just about the male not wanting to be tempted have sex etc - also about not having the chance that he could be accused of it when there are no other witnesses. A lot to be said for that as well.
@AlphaForDummies@229_Dawg Coming here to say that ^^^ 6” radius means edge of face back to essentially the protruding part of skull and probably to ear holes on side
@JeffPassan Maybe have national deal - spread the wealth and have more balanced competition. Shocking that the Yankees and dodgers have biggest networks - most money and best records. Not perfect correlation but tv rights money has ruined competitive balance in baseball for decades.
@EdHand89 For me expected batting average is a great stat ~ shows the value of exit velo and launch angle and that can be taught. Sort of like the luck / bad luck convo of babip but more intense.