More Homers in AAA Baseball Due to Baseball

[TexanMark]

A nice development

New baseballs make Triple-A action a real blast

 

[donniesyracuse]

A nice development

New baseballs make Triple-A action a real blast

I don’t know why MLB hasn’t pushed for a standard ball in all of the affiliated minor leagues.

 

[TexanMark]

I don’t know why MLB hasn’t pushed for a standard ball in all of the affiliated minor leagues.

Cost...

 

[donniesyracuse]

Cost...

Well, yes, but there is plenty of money. They have money for statcast in the minors, but not enough to make sure everyone is using the same ball?

 

[cuse10]

A nice development

New baseballs make Triple-A action a real blast

The new juiced ball is making baseball worse. Pitchers are afraid to pitch because the new ball makes simple fly outs into HRs. It's an awful development.

 

[TexanMark]

The new juiced ball is making baseball worse. Pitchers are afraid to pitch because the new ball makes simple fly outs into HRs. It's an awful development.

Don't agree. The average fan wants to see home runs. The pitchers will have to deal with it.

 

[donniesyracuse]

I don’t prefer a juiced or a dead ball. I just want them to pick one and stick with it. Try to keep it consistent from year to year.

 

[cuse10]

Don't agree. The average fan wants to see home runs. The pitchers will have to deal with it.

Degrade the quality of the game because of idiot fans with short attentive spans.

 

[TexanMark]

Degrade the quality of the game because of idiot fans with short attentive spans.

Tough times for the purists. Reality is telling MLB they have some challenges to keep crowds coming.

 

[donniesyracuse]

Fans don’t really know what they want. They claim to want offense, but also don’t want long games and blow-outs. Of course, more offense goes along with longer games and wider margins of victory.

 

[TexanMark]

Fans don’t really know what they want. They claim to want offense, but also don’t want long games and blow-outs. Of course, more offense goes along with longer games and wider margins of victory.

To me 2.5 hrs is perfect for baseball.

 

[jncuse]

Ball juicing has impacted records and statistics more than steroids.

 

[Bayside44]

Don't agree. The average fan wants to see home runs. The pitchers will have to deal with it.

We have guys batting below 240 hitting 25 plus bombs and taking third strike after third strike and pitchers wearing out after six innings. Those final three innings are killing the tempo of the game .

 

[Chip]

We have guys batting below 240 hitting 25 plus bombs and taking third strike after third strike and pitchers wearing out after six innings. Those final three innings are killing the tempo of the game .

There was a big run on this in the 80s as well.

Rob Deer, Pete Incaviglia, Steve Balboni, Jack Clark, Ron Kittle. These guys were everywhere you looked. And you'd swear they were blind, but so strong that if they randomly did hit the baseball.

But starting pitchers could throw 150 pitches if needed, so it didn't stick out.

Now with pitch counts neutered and bullpens becoming so specialized, they should return to bullpen cars and let managers make the call from the dugout.

 

[Bayside44]

There was a big run on this in the 80s as well.

Rob Deer, Pete Incaviglia, Steve Balboni, Jack Clark, Ron Kittle. These guys were everywhere you looked. And you'd swear they were blind, but so strong that if they randomly did hit the baseball.

But starting pitchers could throw 150 pitches if needed, so it didn't stick out.

Now with pitch counts neutered and bullpens becoming so specialized, they should return to bullpen cars and let managers make the call from the dugout.

Next year will be interesting with the 3 batter minimum per inning and the death of the lefty specialist (RIP Jerry Blevins).

I jump for joy if I get 9 innings in under 3 hours now.

 

[Cusefan0307]

I miss the days where guys like Paul O'Neill and Bernie Williams used to hit .315 with 20-25 homers with 40 doubles and 100 plus RBI. Sabermetrics have ruined the game for me.

 

[Bayside44]

I miss the days where guys like Paul O'Neill and Bernie Williams used to hit .315 with 20-25 homers with 40 doubles and 100 plus RBI. Sabermetrics have ruined the game for me.

I bang my head against a wall watching night after night guys take borderline pitches for strike three, when guys like Keith Hernandez would just spoil pitch after pitch til he got one to drive.

Heck Bryce Harper was a line to line 300 hitter 4 years ago and now he's become a one dimensional guy.

 

[Cusefan0307]

I bang my head against a wall watching night after night guys take borderline pitches for strike three, when guys like Keith Hernandez would just spoil pitch after pitch til he got one to drive.

Heck Bryce Harper was a line to line 300 hitter 4 years ago and now he's become a one dimensional guy.

I've been Yankees fan the last 25 plus years and I find myself watching them less and less each year. After a while it's boring watching the same 6-3 game everyday where there's 5 solo home runs in the game and the teams combine to strike out 25 times.

What is wrong with getting on base and watching a guy clear the bases with a double or hit a two run single? I would have to take a look, but I would gather Batting Average with RISP has decreased the past 15 years.

 

[MSOrange]

I miss the days where guys like Paul O'Neill and Bernie Williams used to hit .315 with 20-25 homers with 40 doubles and 100 plus RBI. Sabermetrics have ruined the game for me.

Agree. I still love baseball and always will. But I can't stand those home run or nothing, low average guys. I refuse to pick them on my fantasy teams for the most part