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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4107109, member: 405"]
I know the game has changed this past 10 years or so, with the boom or bust of strikeouts or home runs, and seemingly nothing in between.  Launch angle, 13 pitchers on the roster, everyone seems to have 5 guys who throw 100 mph.

But they don't play baseball anymore.  It's like they're trying to build a championship team that can only play one part of the game offensively.  On the defensive side of the ball, the Yankees always seem to have a great bullpen and are a couple starters short of what the best teams have in the playoffs.

When it comes down to winning 1-0 and 2-1 games to advance in the playoffs, big HR / big Strike Out hitters exclusively has been shown not to work.

You have to be able to steal a base, have to have a few guys who can make contact, put the ball in play, advance runners.  You need to be able to do that when you go up against a really elite pitcher.  It's like the Yankees forgot all about that 10 years ago.
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