Lol, they just completely changed his best pitch in between starts and now it's a great one. That's crazy. It's nice that he can throw it without changing his mechanics, just the grip. That should lessen any injury worries.
Wish we could get a similar story about the hitting coaches. Starting to get worried.
Craig, kudos to you for finding something genuinely interesting to write about with this bunch! However that doesn't really change our reality as fans....
*yawn*
Game 3 of the Arizona series: 0 runs, 5 hits,13 K's.
We've all seen this movie ("Shutout at the OK Corral") many times before and it has grown indescribably tiresome. At least we didn't have to wait until nearly midnight for it to end.
Their subsequent 3-hit 13-K performance against Minnesota was disappointing but perhaps not surprising when one takes a close look at the lineup: The best BA among the bottom seven guys is .205. Five of them are well below .200. If we were only a few games into the season that would be irrelevant but we've played nearly 1/6th of the schedule now. No, BA clearly isn't as important as OPS. But we've played enough games that it's definitely not insignificant anymore.
Other than watching the PA's of BWJ and Vinnie (plus some idle curiosity as to how long the starting pitcher might last) I'd be hard-pressed to identify even a semi-compelling reason to tune in to these games. Certainly bad baseball is better than no baseball. But I have to make myself flash back to the summer of 1968 in order to keep that perspective.
Mr. B. Could last night's encouraging outing from Yarborough earn him a permanent spot in the rotation and as more than just a bulk opener?
Lol, they just completely changed his best pitch in between starts and now it's a great one. That's crazy. It's nice that he can throw it without changing his mechanics, just the grip. That should lessen any injury worries.
Wish we could get a similar story about the hitting coaches. Starting to get worried.
Craig, kudos to you for finding something genuinely interesting to write about with this bunch! However that doesn't really change our reality as fans....
*yawn*
Game 3 of the Arizona series: 0 runs, 5 hits,13 K's.
We've all seen this movie ("Shutout at the OK Corral") many times before and it has grown indescribably tiresome. At least we didn't have to wait until nearly midnight for it to end.
Their subsequent 3-hit 13-K performance against Minnesota was disappointing but perhaps not surprising when one takes a close look at the lineup: The best BA among the bottom seven guys is .205. Five of them are well below .200. If we were only a few games into the season that would be irrelevant but we've played nearly 1/6th of the schedule now. No, BA clearly isn't as important as OPS. But we've played enough games that it's definitely not insignificant anymore.
Other than watching the PA's of BWJ and Vinnie (plus some idle curiosity as to how long the starting pitcher might last) I'd be hard-pressed to identify even a semi-compelling reason to tune in to these games. Certainly bad baseball is better than no baseball. But I have to make myself flash back to the summer of 1968 in order to keep that perspective.