@KellyNashRadio@theTeddyHeffner@MLBONFOX no, it would make it so he couldn’t reach the ball. no reputable coach/player will tell you to do that and no one playing at a high level does that. i understand that’s how boomers were taught in little league, but the game evolves and you and teddy here are stuck in the past.
@KellyNashRadio@theTeddyHeffner@MLBONFOX matt olson is a right handed thrower, so keeping his right foot on the bag allows him to get the stretch needed to make that play. if his entire left side was anchored to the bag, there’s no way he can get his left hand to the ball.
@AubieBoucher@CrosbyBaseball@BravesVisionTV it syncs up over time. i almost exclusively listen to the radio broadcast and it happens at the beginning of most games. will also lose sync for a bit if you switch. but the radio calls with ben and joe are the best and totally worth it.
@theTeddyHeffner@MLBONFOX he didnt reach across his body he stretched out to get to the ball. left foot on the bag, his left side is anchored to the bag and he can’t get the extension he needed to get to the ball. i’m in the majority because we understand these things better now. evolve or get left behind
@theTeddyHeffner@MLBONFOX he would’ve been reaching across his body if the left foot was on the bag. he’s never making the scoop with the left foot on the bag. he’s 3x gold glove winner. he knows what’s he’s doing. nothing he can do about an ump making a bad call.
@BaseballQuotes1 the people that say this is insane are the same people crying about no one hitting .300 anymore. do you want people to hit .300, or do you just wanna complain?
@_Pipleth@PtsdTree@daiptix the problem here is that you see 3 of the best players ever getting paid huge amounts of money and you want that stopped. but at the same time. owners are raking in those entire contracts worth in a single year, and you think that’s fine. it’s stupid.
@_Pipleth@PtsdTree@daiptix its actively capping their lifetime earning potential. would you accept that? why are we capping player earning potential and doing nothing about owners earning potential? so they can put the bare minimum into the team, make billions, and that’s ok. but its not ok to pay players?
@_Pipleth@PtsdTree@daiptix no you havent. this is the first time youve mentioned owners at all. but youve made your choice. you would rather people who do not play the game sit back and take in tens of billions of dollars from doing nothing as opposed to a player making $700m over 20 years. incredibly dumb
@_Pipleth@PtsdTree@daiptix you have yet to address anything about this being a ploy by owners to cashgrab. all you’ve done is insist that players are lazy and entitled brats. stop watching baseball and watch the owners do their jobs if that’s who’s most important to you
@_Pipleth@PtsdTree@daiptix i’m incredibly secure because every single player that has ever lived agrees with me and thinks you’re dumb. very few if any players at all will be payed more. owners will pay their big players a bit more to hit the floor, and then continue to pocket the rest.
@_Pipleth@PtsdTree@daiptix that’s literally just how a salary cap works. it just makes the ownership more money by restricting how much they can spend on compensation. it’s just a cashgrab from owners. that’s why all ownership wants it. you’re just siding with owners over players which is fucking dumb
@_Pipleth@PtsdTree@daiptix i’m not arguing, i’m demonstrating that you’re retarded. and that is exactly your position. if a salary cap is put into place, players will be payed less money. things will not get cheaper, and team ownership will retain record breaking profits while player compensation dips.
@_Pipleth@PtsdTree@daiptix so the guys that have dedicated their entire lives to playing this game at the highest level are spoiled brats, but john fisher is entitled to the lion’s share of a team’s profits because he worked very hard to be born the heir to the GAP fortune? thats the hill you wanna die on?
@_Pipleth@PtsdTree@daiptix walk into your job tomorrow and tell all your coworkers they all need to accept a salary cap where no one can make any more money than they already do, and some will even take a big pay cut so the ceo can pocket more money and “make the business more competitive.” it’s retarded.
@_Pipleth@PtsdTree@daiptix you’re making the same argument people will use against paying people a living wage. “you want $15/hr for flipping burgers?” the point is that labor is entitled to the wealth it creates. the players are the labor creating the value. not the owners who make money off of owning
@iamnateural@daysduringnal i would too! i’d be stoked to play for league minimum! but seeing that these teams making several hundred million dollars a year and the players making less money than ownership is dogshit. the guys that do the job deserve the money. not some heir who just bought a team.