Well, we now have our baseball stinker
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KingWard should be posting soon. He'll be using his big words to tell us how unforgivable this loss is.
" There is no such things as big words, There are only words you know, and words you don't"
It will be interesting to see how they come out today, looks like we have some arms rested up!
Still hoping to see more offense. Alot of walks we get but seem to miss clutch hitting so far, LOB etc.
Hoping a couple of the guys get going. We will be playing the big boys soon.
I have hopes our hitting will improve. I didnt get to see every at bat yesterday but I did see a couple of guys, one being Casas choking up after two strikes... the kind of stuff we were seeing last year. That probably gives me more hope than anything in that area. That said, I also saw a few called third strikes from some guys but that's not all that hard a fix.
Your post history I've enjoyed on baseball. You seem to know a little about the technical stuff. What do see with Tippett our SS. I hope he gets going. Not trying to "call him out". We just need solid numbers from.
As each year goes by distancing myself from the game, I feel the need for a refresher course badly. lol
I'll take a closer look at him tho. For whatever reason I have missed a lot of his at bats. I will say for the most part everyone mechanics have been fairly good. I am concerned about Messina tho. Thing is every year Kingston has been here, our mechanics look good to start the year. Makes me believe the players summerball and whatever their extension of that is works for them... every year with very few exceptions in Kingston's era.
What we have done a poor job of is maintaining that... last year being far better than previous years tho. What also helped us last year was the approach we were taking at the plate, which I see us attempting to duplicate this year. That was a positive change from years past as well. With hat said, I think we should see how well we will maintain these swings very soon... that takes about a month to tell imo. I guess what I am trying to say is at this point we look good... as we do every year so there's no surprise there. Time will tell what direction we go very soon.
Good call on wondering about him. Looks like he's got a timing issue... letting the ball get too deep, starting his swing a little late and trying to muscle it making him look stiff imo... and that goes for both sides of the plate being a switch hitter. I mean his hands and all look ok. On the positive he does choke up after two strikes. But there again he waits too late and tries to muscle it through it when he should be just putting the bat out there for contact. If it were me, trying to fix it, I'd probably start by telling him to think 'inside' every pitch. Perhaps that would start his swing a little earlier and go from there. He's definitely got some work to do.
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Or words that say more with less..." There is no such things as big words, There are only words you know, and words you don't"
succinctly.