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Absolutely nobody asked for this, but this is a fun little breakdown of what went through my head as I faced Shohei Ohtani in the WBC
My main thought was āIf he hits a home run, heās supposed to. Heās the bestā¦ but if you get him out, thatās a fun memory to have foreverā š
Team that has won three of the last six World Series doesnāt play winning baseball.
Thatāll do me.
If you win baseball games, you play winning baseball.
BASEBALL MIGHT BE GETTING THE WORLD SERIES IT NEEDS MOST!
At a time when analytics have practically taken over the game and a potential lockout is looming, the Rays and Brewers might be reminding baseball of something weāve forgotten.
HOW TO ACTUALLY PLAY WINNING BASEBALL!
Pitching. Defense. Speed. Contact. Smart baserunning. Timely power. EXECUTION!
Forget chasing superstars just because theyāre superstars. GO FIND SUPERSTARS WHO KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME!
Two organizations proving that sometimes the best way forward is BACK TO BASICS!
Maybe this World Series is bigger than a championship. Maybe itās a reminder of what baseball has been missing.
And for once, I genuinely have NO IDEA who Iām picking!
Rays fans, Brewers fansā¦ SELL ME ON YOUR SQUAD!
Convince me why YOUR team wins it all.
BEST ARGUMENT GETS MY PICK!
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The Rays and Brewers are among baseball's most analytics-driven organizations, using data and tech to identify edges like contact, speed, and small-ball tactics rather than representing a "back to basics" rejection of analytics.
nytimes.com/athletic/76843ā¦
wsj.com/sports/basebalā¦
mlb.com/news/explaininā¦
outkick.com/sports/milwaukā¦
Ridiculous sequence of events:
- man says ārelease the Epstein filesā. Totally reasonable thing to ask for
- gets escorted out
- crowd chants āUSAā for some reason while holding up signs āDefend our futureā?
- Vance assumes heās in the US illegally
Unbelievable analysis. Turns out all you need to win baseball games is to do most things required to play baseball really well
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- Good pitching
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- Good defence
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- Great base running
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- A little power
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Hey #Milwaukee Iām coming back to my baseball home next week! I would love to schedule something while Iām there feel free to reach out! I look forward to connecting with everyone!
#WinOurWay #thisismycrew
Damn, so 10 years ago, when the radar said my fastball was 97mph, I was actually throwing 100mph?!
But four years ago when I hit 97mph, it was actually only 94mph. That sucks.
The radar gun readings are a bit hotā¦.. Henriquezās fastball doesnāt look 101-103 mph.
Looks like higher 90s
I hate that todayās fans just canāt see or understand that the radar reading is 3 or more mph faster than 10-15 years ago.
When I played we understood that the older guns were slower. Why canāt this generation?
#thisismycrew #dodgers #nlcs
We understand this is a choice, so no one is asking for sympathy but it doesnāt negate the fact athletes give up a lot to pursue their sport
Iāve missed weddings, birthdays, family gatherings. My partner is a pro athlete, we spend half the year apart.
MLB havenāt had any investment or funding into the ABL since 2016 or so.
They also stopped funding the MLB Australian Academy around that time which was a 4-8 week development camp for 15-18 year olds.
So just factually incorrect to say MLB invest into Australian baseball.
Only recently, the top 30 players on the Team Aus roster receive Government funding to aid in their training and to supplement their income when they need to travel for ABL/Premier 12/WBC
We also only make a modest salary during the ABL
We do a lot with just a little down here
Dudes from the 90ās would look at this and say āI wouldnāt even need to take the slider cause I would have hit that 102mphā¦ well actually it was only 92mph because they read it out of the handā¦ But anyways, I would have hit that fastball for a really good bloop singleā
Does it count if the velo was recorded out of the hand instead of at the plate like it was 30yrs ago?
Cause this probably happened back in 90ās a ton according to the guys who played in that era
Heās obviously a great hitter
But why do they act like hitting a ball moving faster isnāt harder to hit
I can hit a ball at 80mph. I cannot do it at 100mph. One is easier than the other. And the reason I canāt hit 100mph isnāt because my bat isnāt on plane with the ball
On hitting: "I will go to my grave vowing that my theory is better than theyāre teaching now.ā
George Brett with @jonmorosi on "The Road to Cooperstown"
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Correct me if Iām wrong, but the Knights had 22,000 people at their stadium watching the game and I donāt think we had a single live cross to them
Absolutely electric reaction from the āRoosters fansā in this pub.
#NRLGF