These cws announcers are a little dramatic for the first inning, could they be…

[CockofEarle…]

sounding like a bunch of women? ……..no offense Bat

oh, on a side note, Kyle Peterson need to be replaced…….by Ben McDonald..

 

[Blues man]

sounding like a bunch of women? ……..no offense Bat

oh, on a side note, Kyle Peterson need to be replaced…….by Ben McDonald..

Spot on on the McDonald/ Peterson trade. McDonald brings so much more to the game... it ain't even close. Peterson must have pics of somebody important.

 

[Thunderstick]

Baseball announcing has become inundated with mountains of arcane statistics.

 

[USCBatgirl21]

Can't stand KP. I'd call a better game than he does.
I too want Big Ben calling the games. He's really good!

 

[Blues man]

Baseball announcing has become inundated with mountains of arcane statistics.

One of the dumbest stats ever created has to be the exit velocity stat. Makes me cringe every time I hear it even tho it appears to be the big trend today. Needless to say I am cringing a lot. I'd be willing to bet batting averages have done nothing but dip ever since it's emphasis. Personally I believe if you are developing a swing based on exit velocity, you've developed a swing with more weaknesses than should ever be allowed in a lineup.

 

[USCBatgirl21]

One of the dumbest stats ever created has to be the exit velocity stat. Makes me cringe every time I hear it even tho it appears to be the big trend today. Needless to say I am cringing a lot. I'd be willing to bet batting averages have done nothing but dip ever since it's emphasis. Personally I believe if you are developing a swing based on exit velocity, you've developed a swing with more weaknesses than should ever be allowed in a lineup.

I HATE IT!!!!!
I don't care how fast it left the park. I only care that it left the park and how many RBI come with it.

 

[USCBatgirl21]

One of the dumbest stats ever created has to be the exit velocity stat. Makes me cringe every time I hear it even tho it appears to be the big trend today. Needless to say I am cringing a lot. I'd be willing to bet batting averages have done nothing but dip ever since it's emphasis. Personally I believe if you are developing a swing based on exit velocity, you've developed a swing with more weaknesses than should ever be allowed in a lineup.

Also, any true baseball fan knows by the sound it makes when bat connects to ball whether it's leaving the park.

 

[Blues man]

Also, any true baseball fan knows by the sound it makes when bat connects to ball whether it's leaving the park.

... and different pitches will put off different bat sounds if the bat speed is the same (which it always should be). Point being the pitcher has just as much to do with a batter's exit velocity as the batter does.

No coach I know of will teach a different swing for a different pitch. And the ones I know believe bat speed is everything. The only question really is short swing or long. And if you are working to build the best swing mechanically possible for a particular player, you dont need a stat such as this to say you can always do better... unless maybe you dont know what you are doing.