go birds wrote:make it the size of a softball
They got the "start with a runner on 2nd in extra innings" idea from softball so why not
go birds wrote:make it the size of a softball
This is like the most anti-OBP stance ever (which is bizarre for a guy who made his money as a high OBP guy), and I don't think it's true to boot. Carp actually has the most reasonable stance (way more than Murphy's) in that the the difficulty part is basically true, and nothing in baseball could probably ever be called "easy.""There's this whole narrative of 'Why don't guys just hit ground balls to short?' The answer is: (a) It's not that easy and (b) it's the complete thing you've taught yourself your entire baseball career to avoid. If a guy has a chance to hit a homer and a double, and he goes up there trying to slap a ground ball to short, the other team is perfectly fine with that.
I don’t get the argument that bunting is not that easy. Against the shift your not trying to perfectly place the ball to the right side between the pitcher, catcher and first baseman, against a pitcher and defensive that knows what your doing and is trying to prevent it. Your trying to slap the ball against the shift against a pitcher and defense that is giving you that option.AWvsCBsteeeerike3 wrote:I remember someone talking about good Phadams against the shift...
The gist of it was, sure, if he goes up there and bunts, that's a win for the defense becuase 1) it eliminates extra base hits and 2) it's not that easy
Or a canaloupe.go birds wrote:make it the size of a softball