From the mind of HoraceClarke66...
With apologies to The Proclaimers
So
I looked up the numbers on our Glass Slugger, Giancarlo Stanton. And as
Alphonso, our Dauntless Leader, and several others have surmised, it’s not as
if he has been severely taxed.
Since
the season started on April 1, G.S. has played in 33 games. All as DH, of
course; the Yankees have not dared to play him in the field since an entire 13
games in 2019.
In
2021, G.S. has a total of 37 hits so far, plus 13 walks. Of the hits, he has 6
doubles and 9 home runs. And of course he has not attempted anything so
dare-devilish as a stolen base.
In
other words, all told, Stanton has had to jog up to first base or around the
bases a total of 44 times. He probably ran hard 6 times—those darned
doubles!—and likely a couple other times, during the 7 runs he’s scored that
did not come on a home run.
Folks,
this is less exercise than your average golfer gets. And I mean a golfer who
goes hole-to-hole in a cart. And with a caddy.
And
yet, the Glass Slugger’s body still did not hold up.
What
is this all about?
Well,
Ron Darling had the answer last night, when Met Kevin Pillar got hit right in the
nose with a 95-mph pitch that looked absolutely terrifying.
“There
is too much velocity in the game today, and not enough command.”
That’s
it in a nutshell. That’s absolutely brilliant, even if he is a Yalie.
Too
much velocity. Everyone feels obliged to torque their body to the sticking
place, in what has become an endless muscle race between pitchers and hitters.
And
nobody has enough command—over their pitches, their swings, or their brains.
Most players can’t pitch to contact, they can’t hit to the opposite field, they
can’t do anything but produce more velocity.
They
are, most of them, just an endless series of injuries waiting to
happen.
Ballplayers are not known for command of their brains.
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ReplyDeleteWait...what?
Baseball players have brains?!?!?
When did that happen?
Ninety percent of the game is half mental.”
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The daily murdoch has an article that the Yankees are having a great statistical year. The best nugget is that Sancho ICS is having the second best year of his career. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statistics
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