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Reds Tidbits (2011 Season)

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TooTallMenardo;1935158; said:
As long as they are winning, he isn't bitching. :lol:
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I can't agree with that. Even when they'd go on a mini win streak, he'd nag about strikeouts or a lack of sac bunt attempts. It's like listening to my wife call a baseball game - if she knew even less about baseball than she already does.
 
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jlb1705;1935250; said:
I can't agree with that. Even when they'd go on a mini win streak, he'd nag about strikeouts or a lack of sac bunt attempts. It's like listening to my wife call a baseball game - if she knew even less about baseball than she already does.
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Now that I have coached little league for my son a couple of seasons the influence it has on peoples lives is even scarier.

Sad truth for Thom and those like him-we tell you to put the ball in play/sac bunt/shit like that at early stages because there's a very good chance that the fielder will boot it.

They don't boot it so much at the MLB level and most 10 years olds don't understand stats well enough to explain OBP and run creation so we keep it simple.

Guys like Thom and Marty seem to think baseball is the one thing that doesn't work like the rest of the world and require you to have a more thorough understanding of its complexities as you get older.

"You choke up and slap at the ball with 2 strikes because my little league coach told me so" coming from a grown man is just flat out fucking scary. Your tee ball coach was just some dude with a 9-5 job trying to forget how bad his day was and not think about how much worse his night was going to be.
 
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Jaxbuck;1935293; said:
Now that I have coached little league for my son a couple of seasons the influence it has on peoples lives is even scarier.

Sad truth for Thom and those like him-we tell you to put the ball in play/sac bunt/shit like that at early stages because there's a very good chance that the fielder will boot it.

They don't boot it so much at the MLB level and most 10 years olds don't understand stats well enough to explain OBP and run creation so we keep it simple.

Guys like Thom and Marty seem to think baseball is the one thing that doesn't work like the rest of the world and require you to have a more thorough understanding of its complexities as you get older.

"You choke up and slap at the ball with 2 strikes because my little league coach told me so" coming from a grown man is just flat out fucking scary. Your tee ball coach was just some dude with a 9-5 job trying to forget how bad his day was and not think about how much worse his night was going to be.
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To really side track this...

Well, the "choke up with 2 strikes" thing was still in vogue in MLB even back in the 80's. 2 things came into play that eliminated that....Earl Weaver style baseball and a power surge. While people can still debate Earl Weaver baseball (which has turned into Sabermetrics), the power surge has wained. In the mean time, while power is down, strikeouts are way up. So it starts to beg the question, is putting the ball in play better than taking your best swing? In the 70's and 80's that was a huge debate. Earl Weaver came along and "played for the 3 run homer." While that was the saying, he was all about getting on base and hitting the ball as hard as you could. He didn't care if the guy could only run as fast as him, as long as he got on base. Eventually one of his sluggers would knock him in. It worked in a sense, but was still debatable. Once the 90's hit, there was no doubt that was the best way to score runs. Yet power is starting to dip back into the levels of the 80's (or the natural level of things), yet strike outs are crazy high. I have a feeling you are going to start seeing a return to some of that style of baseball.

Of course the bunt in the first half of the game is still a terrible idea unless it's the pitcher. For some reason Thom thinks that is the best thing ever. Bunts by non pitchers should only be used when you feel 1 run could win the game. A bunt can increase the likelihood of scoring one run, but almost always reduces the total run expectancy of an inning. That is something that is true in almost every era of baseball.
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;1935556; said:
By about 12U the bunt should be an out 95% of the time. No excuses.
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What the fuck was that? Safe? Why you little maggot, you field bunts like old people fuck!
 
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Jaxbuck;1935293; said:
Now that I have coached little league for my son a couple of seasons the influence it has on peoples lives is even scarier.

Sad truth for Thom and those like him-we tell you to put the ball in play/sac bunt/shit like that at early stages because there's a very good chance that the fielder will boot it.
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I've seen enough little league games over the past three years that I don't think anybody should ever bother swinging a bat. Make the 10 year old on the bump throw three strikes before he throws four balls.
 
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