these articles make about as much sense to me as the debates about "which cap" goes on the player's HOF plaque.
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these articles make about as much sense to me as the debates about "which cap" goes on the player's HOF plaque.
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heading into my 36th year in same 12-team NL 5x5
AVG collapse last Sept left us finishing 4th
won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84
UPDATED! 2019 keeper candidates (can keep up to 11)
SP Kershaw 42, AWood 5, CSmith 1
RP Jeffress 1, Dominguez 10, Knebel 2
C Realmuto 13, 3B Longoria 15, 2B Kendrick 8, 2S Hanson 10
OF Harper 41, Eaton 18, CarGo 14, FCordero 10
In terms of swing path, I think Cobb's would work well today. But I think anyone from before the 1970s or so would struggle with the slider and anyone from 30+ years ago would probably have some trouble adjusting to the velo because they hadn't seen it. Guys like DiMaggio had a pretty quick, compact swing. He'd probably be okay. Maybe Rose, too.
Brett, Carew. I'm sure there are more. I've only studied video of some of them.
"There was nothing for him to do under the truck, but it's tough to blame him now that he is dead." -V.Erps 3/26/2005
Charlie Lau's book The Art of Hitting .300 is the best on the topic. It's out of print but you can find used copies. Williams' The Science of Hitting is all the rage now, and it's a good book, too, but Lau understood and explained the technical aspects of hitting far better than anyone. It's no accident he was filming hitters with high-speed cameras back in the 1970s.
"There was nothing for him to do under the truck, but it's tough to blame him now that he is dead." -V.Erps 3/26/2005
Out of curiosity, have we been able to approximate how hard pitchers were throwing in Ruth's era? Re: Williams' era -- supposedly, Feller was throwing over 100, right?
"There was nothing for him to do under the truck, but it's tough to blame him now that he is dead." -V.Erps 3/26/2005
Bob Feller's fastball was variously measured at 104 mph, 107.9 mph, and 98.6 mph. You tell me whether that gives you confidence in the measurement methods.
"There was nothing for him to do under the truck, but it's tough to blame him now that he is dead." -V.Erps 3/26/2005
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