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Post by chiyankee on Apr 14, 2022 21:46:22 GMT -5
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Post by noetsi on Apr 14, 2022 21:47:57 GMT -5
Or you can hit easy loopers into CF and get a single. Or bunt the ball to where the infielders are not. Which would matter if we had anyone who knew how to bunt. Good luck having any kind of career with that strategy. If they yankees taught their players to bunt they would be on base a lot more. First, because they would get hits more against the shift. Second because you could not shift if players could bunt effectively. If NL pitchers can bunt so can Yankee starters. Its not brain surgery. We are a done dimensional team with is why strategies like the shift work. We could defeat it, but we are locked into bad logic to try. |
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Post by acuraman on Apr 14, 2022 21:49:30 GMT -5
Cashman stole Castro from the Mets...this guy is good.
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Post by inger on Apr 14, 2022 21:51:17 GMT -5
Or you can hit easy loopers into CF and get a single. Or bunt the ball to where the infielders are not. Which would matter if we had anyone who knew how to bunt. Good luck having any kind of career with that strategy. If that’s all you have, it’s what you do. The guys with the flat swings will get those soft hits from time to time, but the odds are definitely not in their favor. I’m trying to think what year it was (‘72, ‘73?) when Carew led the AL at .318 with just 27 XBH. He hit 21 2B, 6 3B and 0 HR that season… |
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 14, 2022 21:51:32 GMT -5
Boone has to lead the league in two out pitching changes.
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Post by noetsi on Apr 14, 2022 21:56:36 GMT -5
Things that happen for long periods of time can't be assigned to bad luck. Well I guess they can be. But after a while if X > Y and not z there is probably a reason.
Well that is what they taught me in statistics. They could always be wrong.
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Post by noetsi on Apr 14, 2022 21:57:07 GMT -5
Hopefully they call the game and we win.  |
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Post by acuraman on Apr 14, 2022 21:57:19 GMT -5
Good luck having any kind of career with that strategy. If they yankees taught their players to bunt they would be on base a lot more. First, because they would get hits more against the shift. Second because you could not shift if players could bunt effectively. If NL pitchers can bunt so can Yankee starters. Its not brain surgery. We are a done dimensional team with is why strategies like the shift work. We could defeat it, but we are locked into bad logic to try. Bunt bunt bunt...is not a strategy required in every game and every at-bat against the shift. You can't bunt every time there is a shift that isn't logical. NL pitchers don't bunt every at-bat and if they do they are not as successful as you think. Next year there will be no more shift, just like this year NL pitchers don't hit (bunt). |
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Post by noetsi on Apr 14, 2022 21:59:34 GMT -5
LMH at .300 that is really awesome. |
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Post by inger on Apr 14, 2022 22:01:00 GMT -5
Kiner-Falefa has raised his average .141 tonight. Russ getting off on this sudden bunt-fest…
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Post by acuraman on Apr 14, 2022 22:01:48 GMT -5
It's a sac bunt for a base hit to move the runner up....Boone with some strategy. Noetsi should be smiling. No shift though.
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 14, 2022 22:02:12 GMT -5
Things that happen for long periods of time can't be assigned to bad luck. Well I guess they can be. But after a while if X > Y and not z there is probably a reason. Well that is what they taught me in statistics. They could always be wrong. You're right on. Hitters that make weak contact for a long time are going to have low batting avg's. Guys that make consistent hard contact will have higher batting averages. |
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Post by noetsi on Apr 14, 2022 22:02:52 GMT -5
If they yankees taught their players to bunt they would be on base a lot more. First, because they would get hits more against the shift. Second because you could not shift if players could bunt effectively. If NL pitchers can bunt so can Yankee starters. Its not brain surgery. We are a done dimensional team with is why strategies like the shift work. We could defeat it, but we are locked into bad logic to try. Bunt bunt bunt...is not a strategy required in every game and every at-bat against the shift. You can't bunt every time there is a shift that isn't logical. NL pitchers don't bunt every at-bat and if they do they are not as successful as you think. Next year there will be no more shift, just like this year NL pitchers don't hit (bunt). It is not required every time. Sometimes would be nice. We have used it very rarely, if we had more there would have been no shift. It is a strategy that never could have been employed in most of MLB history specifically because they would have gotten bunted out of existence. It is a strategy based on a basic loss of skill of MLB hitters. |
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Post by inger on Apr 14, 2022 22:03:49 GMT -5
Things that happen for long periods of time can't be assigned to bad luck. Well I guess they can be. But after a while if X > Y and not z there is probably a reason. Well that is what they taught me in statistics. They could always be wrong. You're right on. Hitters that make weak contact for a long time are going to have low batting avg's. Guys that make consistent hard contact will have higher batting averages. It even usually takes hard contact to get a single. The ones that are hit soft have more luck connected to them… |
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 14, 2022 22:04:11 GMT -5
Should have just struck out.
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