verrrry interrresting
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 October 2019 20:57 (four years ago) link
nothing to see here
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ELg-6IdWkAUq0JE?format=jpg&name=large
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
🤔
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 23:08 (four years ago) link
Fewer home runs might be hit this year in baseball, sacrifices on the path to efficiency and standardization. Multiple sources confirm the ball’s construction will change slightly, and five more teams are adding humidors for ball storage — all parts of MLB’s attempt to reduce the wild recent year-to-year swings in home run rates league-wide.
https://theathletic.com/2375121/2021/02/08/mlb-changes-baseball-deadening
― mookieproof, Monday, 8 February 2021 19:04 (three years ago) link
i’m not a fan of the power surge but those “solutions” feel kind of pathetic
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 8 February 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
i would much prefer snipers in the OF bleachers attempting to shoot down home runs before they can leave the park, myself.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 8 February 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
hope it works
could use a smaller strike zone while we're at it
― âś–, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 02:14 (three years ago) link
make that archers. i like archers better.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 02:34 (three years ago) link
ball's still juiced
― âś–, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:02 (three years ago) link
We think the higher drag ball is the new one because teams started using it more and more as ST went on. That has big implications for the regular season: the ball may travel further--despite the higher drag--and the league may have the highest HR rate ever, even beyond 2019.— Rob Arthur (@No_Little_Plans) March 31, 2021
― âś–, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:07 (three years ago) link
so better for pitchers AND better for the longball i.e. even more strikeouts and even more home runs? great
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
Im kinda wondering what would happen if pitchers pitched slower
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 1 April 2021 04:00 (three years ago) link
that's what moving the mound back would do, right? i'm all in favor tbh
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 April 2021 09:10 (three years ago) link
velocities are insane right now. only strategy is to 'cheat' the pitch, hit and hope. and if you're going to hit and hope might as well really wind up and swing for the fences with a low bat angle.
an extra split second to get a bead on where the ball is would change that equation
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 April 2021 09:12 (three years ago) link
One does not have to move the mound back to throw less hard tho is the thing. If we’re at the upper limit of what bodies are capable of velo-wise (which i believe to be fairly true) then we need to rediscover the floor of what is successful (bring back slop throwers)
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:03 (three years ago) link
love it! bring back the eephus!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:06 (three years ago) link
seriously. rich hill kinda does this w/ his curveball (throw it all the time if it's that good); grinkie does it now and again as a troll (and could probably do it more)
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:02 (three years ago) link
does anybody remember laughter?????
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:42 (three years ago) link
Wtf is going on with this
But wait -- there's more. Giants outfielder Austin Slater was curious about the 2022 baseball(s). He tried to send balls to Dr. Wills, but pulled back after the MLBPA relayed a message from the commissioner's office warning that MLB could fire people for giving out baseballs.— Bradford William Davis (parody) (@BWDBWDBWD) December 6, 2022
― bit high, bitch (gyac), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 00:19 (one year ago) link
And the link to the actual piece
anyway so much more. pretty graphs, fun quotes from Clayton Kershaw, Nick Castellanos, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer and more. and hit me up if you got questions about the journalism or @Bbl_Astrophyscs on the science. https://t.co/PY13e4KDkv— Bradford William Davis (parody) (@BWDBWDBWD) December 6, 2022