What do you think of Shea's idea?
JW
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Dr. Wayne Simon
"JW" <Jo...@clearwire.net> wrote in message
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> Pulling in the fences to solve the power problem?
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/04/SPLP13AKTF.DTL
how will that help our low homer output on the road?
radiomd
JW <Jo...@clearwire.net> wrote:
> Pulling in the fences to solve the power problem?
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/04/SPLP13AKTF.DTL
They gave up approximately three home runs for every two they hit both
at home and on the road. Eliminating triples alley wouldn't change that
ratio much.
You remember that tremendous improvement the Royals experienced, back in
1995 when they moved their fences in? No?
They moved them back to their original dimensions in 2004. That didn't
help either.
To improve a ballclub, there's no substitute for talent.
pdill...@yahoo.com
> Pulling in the fences to solve the power problem? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/04/SPLP13AKT...
I agree that FA sluggers would tend to shy away from pitchers' parks
like ours. But to blame AT&T on this year's squad being punchless is
odd. There wasn't a single power hitter on this team. McClain doesn't
count since his success was never in MLB. Molina? He does ok but isn't
a slugger - totally out of place as a cleanup hitter, and he says so
himself.
Triple
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/04/SPLP13AKTF.DTL
Not much. Teams can be built for the park they are in to great advantage. To
me a 3 - 2 game is just as exciting as a 7 -5 game. Take away a few homers
and maybe major leaguers will remember to hit to the right side with a
runner on second and no outs. Maybe they will learn to bunt. Maybe some team
will find value in a traditional lead off number two hitter combination.
Maybe when they see a pitcher get wild and walk a couple they take a pitch
or two and let the pitcher dig a deeper hole rather than popping up to the
infield on one pitch and killing the inning.
Jamal Bernhard
> Not much. Teams can be built for the park they are in to great advantage. To
> me a 3 - 2 game is just as exciting as a 7 -5 game. Take away a few homers
> and maybe major leaguers will remember to hit to the right side with a
> runner on second and no outs. Maybe they will learn to bunt. Maybe some team
> will find value in a traditional lead off number two hitter combination.
And maybe the home runs that *are* hit will be more exciting because there won't
be one happening every time you turn your head. Power in baseball is too much of
a good thing, like eating pizza for dinner every single night.
Then again, I was a pitcher. :-)
Triple
> dinner every single night.
That's bad?
Jamal Bernhard
Have you tried eating pizza every day for a month? I had a roommate in college
that did this as part of a bet. By the end of the month he was hurting pretty bad.
Triple
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I was teasing.
When I was young enough to be that...um...adventurous, I didn't have the
money to buy pizza every day. So, I can't say I tried that.
Jamal Bernhard
>>>> Power in baseball is too much of a good thing, like eating pizza for
>>>> dinner every single night.
>>> That's bad?
>> Have you tried eating pizza every day for a month? I had a roommate in
>> college that did this as part of a bet. By the end of the month he was
>> hurting pretty bad.
>
> I was teasing.
>
> When I was young enough to be that...um...adventurous, I didn't have the
> money to buy pizza every day. So, I can't say I tried that.
By the end of the month, he was getting pretty creative. He wanted us to allow
him to eat pizza bagels and other random combinations of bread, tomato sauce,
and cheeze just for some variety. We were a little lenient.
Triple
> By the end of the month, he was getting pretty creative. He wanted us to
> allow
> him to eat pizza bagels and other random combinations of bread, tomato
> sauce, and cheeze just for some variety. We were a little lenient.
How ill did you get and what was the bet?
Jamal Bernhard
LOL, as much as I love pizza I would never take that bet. I think it was only
for $50 or so, but that seemed like a lot at the time. The guy who did it had
the nickname "the tapeworm" because he ate a ton and was super skinny, so we
figured he had to have a tapeworm. Whenever he would get ready to eat, he'd say,
"Time to feed the tapeworm."
Lucky bastard. I just look at pizza and gain a couple pounds (which doesn't
really stop me).
Awesome Lincecum
> Triple wrote:
>
> >> By the end of the month, he was getting pretty creative. He wanted us
to
> >> allow
> >> him to eat pizza bagels and other random combinations of bread, tomato
> >> sauce, and cheeze just for some variety. We were a little lenient.
> >
> > How ill did you get and what was the bet?
>
> LOL, as much as I love pizza I would never take that bet. I think it was
only
> for $50 or so, but that seemed like a lot at the time.
Did that even cover the cost of a month of pizza? Who paid for the pizza?
Jamal Bernhard
>>>> By the end of the month, he was getting pretty creative. He wanted us
> to
>>>> allow
>>>> him to eat pizza bagels and other random combinations of bread, tomato
>>>> sauce, and cheeze just for some variety. We were a little lenient.
>>> How ill did you get and what was the bet?
>> LOL, as much as I love pizza I would never take that bet. I think it was
> only
>> for $50 or so, but that seemed like a lot at the time.
>
> Did that even cover the cost of a month of pizza? Who paid for the pizza?
I'm pretty sure he did, but it was 16 years ago so my memory's a bit fuzzy. It's
not like he wasn't already eating pizza 2 or 3 times a week though. I think
that's initially what led him to make the claim that he could do it. A lot of it
was frozen pizza which is cheaper.