Are you a BattleBot fan? Why try to make a human endeavor something perfect.
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It's certainly a very real thing that I've even seen referenced statistically in recent broadcasts.
MLB Catcher Framing Leaders
Almost all of his errors, maybe even all of them, I don't know that I remember all of them off the top of my head, are plays where like he's overrunning a ball and not picking it up or juggling it when he does, things like that. Things that a guy who has played outfield (or even an infielder) has done thousands and thousands of times by the time they make the major leagues. Davis has been doing that stuff for a few months. It's no wonder he's not very good at it.
As I said before, it just shows you why having a guy basically learning a new position at the major league level is a really bad idea.
Like I said, every major league baseball team disagrees with you. Literally, every single one.
But come on, there's no way those folks could know something more than someone sitting at home watching the game on their couch.
If you watch a major league game and you don't see catchers stealing strikes in every game then you really must not be paying much attention.
The human endeavor in baseball, in all sports really, is the people actually playing the game. Nobody watches sports to see umpires/referees screw up.
Oh no! What will the players Union do when players like Austin Hedges are out of a job?
I’d say he stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night but I’m pretty sure he’s too cheap for that.
They’ll offer them a couple hundred grand for the retirement fund and they’ll sell Hedges et al down the river so fast your head will spin!
Many more Pitchers and hitters and managers than one trick washed up catchers.
You know what every mlb team says about framing pitches lol. Ok. Didn’t know you are on speaking terms with every baseball GM.
Keep us posted on what’s going on with all of your connections.
In a nutshell, that is everything that is wrong with baseball.
I thought it was attributable to pitchers throwing harder, but then I read some things that stated velocity is measured when it leaves the pitcher's hand now, whereas it used to be measured closer to the plate... so the differences might not be quite as drastic as they appear on the surface. Still, when we're talking about split-second reaction time, even slight differences matter a lot. And it seems like guys are also about as cognizant as ever when it comes to having movement on their fastballs. In my opinion, they've just become so difficult to hit.
Is the answer moving the mound back? I don't know, but I would try it.
I guess the difference between you and I is that I actually pay attention and you, well, don't. Because how you feel about what is going on is actually way more important that what people actually in the game say is going on.
Wonder what his opinion of Ke’Bryan Hayes is?
😂😂😂😂
I like the concept of the automated strike zone more than instant replay, I'd be fine eliminating replay.
