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Post by noetsi on Aug 5, 2019 20:32:25 GMT -5
amazing...
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Post by geo on Aug 5, 2019 20:34:21 GMT -5
They ought to get that juiced up ball out of there. No reason to sensationalize the game more than it is. As far as I'm concerned leave the scuffed ones in the game too. Hell we played a whole season with less balls than they use in one game. They looked better with a little tan on them too.
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Post by noetsi on Aug 5, 2019 20:37:15 GMT -5
I think its primarily weight lifting and bad pitchers not the ball. But who knows
Tanaka has had some awful innings. It reminds me of moose who could be awesome and then simply have an inning where he could not get the ballboy out
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Post by greatfatness on Aug 5, 2019 20:43:36 GMT -5
Ford!
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Post by noetsi on Aug 5, 2019 20:43:38 GMT -5
unlikely heroes Ford makes it 7-6
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 5, 2019 20:44:14 GMT -5
Ford hitting a HR in this situation is so 2019 Yankees. Contributions from everyone.
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Post by kaybli on Aug 5, 2019 20:44:17 GMT -5
Tier one prospect Mike Ford! Princeton boy!
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Post by anthonyd46 on Aug 5, 2019 20:44:28 GMT -5
Yankees seem to have plenty of depth for position players if someone gets injured, but pitching not as much for whatever reason.
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Post by geo on Aug 5, 2019 20:44:55 GMT -5
I think its primarily weight lifting and bad pitchers not the ball. But who knows Tanaka has had some awful innings. It reminds me of moose who could be awesome and then simply have an inning where he could not get the ballboy out There is always that possibility that they weight lifted there way to an amazing home run year. However, triple A is using the major league ball for the first time in history. Home run production is an astounding 135% higher. I would probably bet the farm it was due entirely to the ball. |
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Post by greatfatness on Aug 5, 2019 20:45:05 GMT -5
He's really struggled without his splitter, and while I'm not making excuses I think it makes sense that the change in the baseball could be a part of this. I suppose a cynic would say that it’s his job to find a way to adapt, and he hasn’t...Neither have most of the rest of the pitchers in baseball... I agree, it is. But when your signature pitch is affected in that way, this late in his career, maybe there's not much he can do. He reported working on a new grip, but basically the league is making him try to find a new way to do the thing that made him successful in the first place. It isn't likely to happen. |
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Post by noetsi on Aug 5, 2019 20:46:26 GMT -5
I think its primarily weight lifting and bad pitchers not the ball. But who knows Tanaka has had some awful innings. It reminds me of moose who could be awesome and then simply have an inning where he could not get the ballboy out There is always that possibility that they weight lifted there way to an amazing home run year. However, triple A is using the major league ball for the first time in history. Home run production is an astounding 135% higher. I would probably bet the farm it was due entirely to the ball. You could be right |
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Post by greatfatness on Aug 5, 2019 20:47:15 GMT -5
I think its primarily weight lifting and bad pitchers not the ball. But who knows Tanaka has had some awful innings. It reminds me of moose who could be awesome and then simply have an inning where he could not get the ballboy out That's kind of like "Ford reminds me of Babe Ruth, who hit home runs but also struck out some times." |
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Post by inger on Aug 5, 2019 20:47:43 GMT -5
Is this guy Paul Fry, or Small Fry?... (:
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Post by kaybli on Aug 5, 2019 20:48:27 GMT -5
Brett Gardner's OPS up to .805.
Tauchman's OPS up to .886.
Wow.
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Post by inger on Aug 5, 2019 20:49:59 GMT -5
Mike Ford brings back the heavy eye-browed look to first base since Greg Bird is gone...
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