Retired Principal & ๐ Coach @South Ripley HS, for a total of 42 years. Avid golfer, IU ๐, Reds fan and golf watcher. Still learning and studying ๐ and ๐๐ป
The majority of MLB owners and general managers have no idea why the Brewers are the best team in baseball.
I will give them a hint.
It has nothing to do with hiring Driveline employees.
It has very little to do with data and analytics.
It has a lot to do with real baseball guys and basic fundamentals.
The Brewers are being celebrated like they invented baseball.
They are doing things that have become unusual.
They have an old school tough manager who players love playing for.
They focus on basic easy to understand basic fundamentals.
They have a hitting coach that was an overachieving player for skill that played in the big leagues.
They hit the ball the other way.
They value putting the ball in play.
They adjust their approach based on situation and count.
They are not addicted to exit velocity and launch angle bullshit.
They bunt and steal bases.
They do not have selfish superstars that need to be treated like celebrities.
The Brewers simply play the game how it was meant to be played.
Anyone else ever wonder how good the Bengals could be with a HC who wasnโt so predictable and who held players accountable? Same mistakes by same players every week, but same play calls by him that are so predictable. Reds and Bengals both donโt deserve my $$$
BUNTING MANIPULATES PITCHER APPROACH AND SETS THE TABLE FOR FUTURE MOMENTS
With 2 outs and no body on in the 3rd inning, losing 4-0, @Brewers Manager Pat Murphy told #9 hitter David Hamilton to lay down a bunt in a seemingly unimportant at bat.
Why?
Because Murphy knew Hamilton was known for bunting and they could set the table for a future at bat and big moment later in the game where heโd get a pitch to hit.
And thatโs exactly what happened.
Hamilton bunted.
Hamilton got out.
But in the 5th, in Hamiltonโs next at bat, he got a pitch in the heart of the plate and singled scoring a run and bringing the Brewers within 1.
And in the 9th, Hamilton did it again, homering on a get me over slider and extending the Brewers lead to 6-4.
You bunt to create future moments, and the Brewers did just that.
#BuntLife
That time Larry Bird decided to play left-handed against the Blazers because, and this is an actual quote, โIโm saving my right hand for the Lakers.โ
He put up 47 points, 14 boards, 11 assists. Two nights later, the Celtics beat the Lakers at the Forum.
Just another example of the dirty play by the Steelers through the years. Donโt get me wrong, Bengals did not deserve to win, but how do refs miss this when it goes on the entire game?
The "Mel Blount Rule" (1977)
The Coin-Toss Clarity Rule (1998/1999)
Kimo Von Oelhoffen Rule (2005)
The "Hines Ward Rule" (2009)
James Harrison Rule (Helmet to helmet 2010) Also Shazier (2016)
The "Joey Porter Rule" (2016)
Now add Upcoming :
2027 Mason McCormick Rule.
This is a skill, and quite frankly one that most donโt want to learn. Itโs not for everybody, I get it. But for those that choose this lifeโฆ Buckle up!
โVictory favors the team that makes the fewest mistakesโ -C. Knight