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Hondo

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  1. 1-0. Basically insurmountable.
  2. Volantis can't get hurt and be lost for the season if he's not on the mound.
  3. Could be. The obvious question is are they better hitters because they have a better approach or do they have a better approach because they're better hitters?
  4. Another breaking ball sent into orbit.
  5. And right on cue, Schuess takes a breaking ball up the middle to drive in a run. ("He didn't try to do too much with it. You try to pull that ball and it's a groundout to Aloy.") And then Gasparino stays back on a breaking pitch and gets 2 more. Love it. We win when we do this.
  6. Game 1 Highlights - Every hard hit ball on the Arky side except one was something other than a fastball. Game 2 Highlights - They hit Harrison's flat/no movement FB hard and also a few breaking pitches hard. Game 3 (so far) - All 3 times, they hammered a breaking ball. I wonder what they're doing differently that's keeping them from being out in front and swinging/missing like we are.
  7. As if it needed confirmation... You may go now. Just leave that shotgun.
  8. Just fuck off, dude. You are way too comfortable chirping from a keyboard.
  9. Yeah, yeah. I'm adding a little relational/causal layer to the term "mutually exclusive." Poor performance and poor umpiring can certainly both happen; I'm suggesting that high-performers generally isolate them when assigning responsibility for an outcome. I haven't seen any of Schloss's postgame comments. What did he say?
  10. Fuck off. Don't like my opinion/POV? Scroll past it or provide your own. You don't know me, who I am, or what I've done/not done. Internet cred is pointless anyway. I'm just talking baseball and I don't tend to debate topics or give strong opinions on things of which I don't have an understanding/experience. There are many places you won't find me expressing any opinion at all. Don't project your know-it-all/smug/douchebag attitude on me. Strawman, but flail away at it if you want. It IS a large part of the problem and it's a recurring one - so yeah, it gets repeated. I'm also very positive (in equal measure) when they're disciplined at the plate and raking. Yep, I'm posting on the internet. I travel quite a bit and enjoy following the team and chatting about baseball while I'm at it. Unless I'm mistaken, that's what this board is designed for, no?
  11. Exactly. As painful as it is, better now than in Regionals/Supers. Slump now, start heating back up in a few weeks, and catch fire in June.
  12. I'm aware that the cumulative outcome of the game (loss) is not being attributed to the umpire. I have not suggested that. High performers treat them as if they ARE mutually exclusive (even if, in reality, they may not be).
  13. Ah, the ol' "you seem..." Let me give it a shot. You seem...like a person who's likely average/mediocre in every way because you spend more time/effort focusing on and blaming external factors vs. making sure everything within your control is 100% wired tight. If you execute perfectly and get screwed that's one thing, but... It's a terrible look to bitch about an umpire or a bad call when the pitcher hangs pitches up/middle for the other team to crush. It's a terrible look to bitch about an umpire or a bad call when you run up the HBP and walk numbers. It's a terrible look to bitch about an umpire or a bad call when the pitcher is consistently throwing off-speed to the outer half of the plate and hitters are consistently swinging out of their shoes trying to pull it. It's a terrible look to bitch about an umpire or a bad call when the team forgets how many outs there are and runs into a double play.
  14. This is LSU-level "whine about the refs/umpires" nonsense. They didn't get their asses kicked in either game because of the home plate umpire. Arky showed up two days in a row with the intent to kick the shit out of us. We responded by failing to execute the basics, instead hanging meat from the mound and trying to win one solo HR at a time at the plate. That's all there is to it. And it'll happen again today if they have poor plate discipline and refuse to hit to all fields if/when the pitcher won't give them the pitch they want.
  15. No disagreement there. However, the solution (look to hit the ball up the middle or opposite field) also addresses everything but the FB up in the zone. When you're committed to going oppo, you see the ball longer because you let it travel (more time to lay off), your hips stay closed longer which extends your ability to cover the outer half (especially low/away), etc. There's really only one swing-and-miss pitch and that's a heater in or up/in. In contrast, when you're playing hero ball and trying to pull everything, everything BUT the FB can be a swing-and-miss pitch (you're out in front), your hips open early, you can't barrel up the outer half, and you're just early in general (which means you have to decide sooner...less time to see it). When I was a kid, I remember my dad wouldn't wrap up BP until I hit 50 straight balls to the right side of 2B. If I was in a slump, he'd up it. It absolutely works.
  16. I've posted the solution multiple times. They'll either figure it out or he and the rest of the team will continue to struggle. Every team from here on out will pitch us the same way until we make the adjustment.
  17. Borba scared to round third. HA! "That shit's dangerous, coach!"
  18. Couldn't have said it better myself.
  19. I don't give a shit what you think.
  20. Galvan sure was dancing, just not by choice.
  21. I'll be damned, Arky learned to catch popups in foul territory.
  22. We're getting the shit kicked out of us and Galvan's up there dancing around like a clown.
  23. Another inning of this. Swinging Ks and weak ground balls. Free trip through the order for the pitcher.
  24. You can't go up there and try to pull the ball against a guy, especially a lefty, with a good changeup and curveball. You have to look to take it up the middle or away to make sure you're not out front. When you do that, there's only one pitch he can get you with and that's the fastball. Trying to pull everything means he's got multiple out pitches. When we're really raking, we hit the ball opposite field consistently. It ain't rocket science.
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