Hmmm are you saying launch angles, ignoring strike outs and not being to hit the other way against the shift isn't an issue??? Phew that's good news! 😂
I get if you are up in a situation where it calls for power but we see the shift put against a lead off hiring in a 2 run game and the f-big guy isn’t smart enough to understand he just needs to get on base because he can’t hit a lead off 2 run HR.
I have to agree with you. Cash had a winning formula for years. Left handed power, good starting pitching and a deep pen. Why he ever deviated from that is beyond me.
He also just always had good ball players.,Jeter, Bernie guys like Broshius O’Neill, Knoblauch etc
You realize that the shift has been used for over half a century...And now that is has been a major way of the game- a hitter has to start thinking about it starting in highschool. Instead of the game talking about moving pitchers back, maybe guys that have to hit against them and the shift need to learn how to do so.
Yes, I'm fully aware of the shift being around, but NEVER to the extent it is now, not even close. Me personally, if I have to suffer through watching HR hitters K - 3 out of every four times, then it might as well be from them swinging from their heels than trying to become a Punch and Judy hitter. Actually, since Owners feel the HR is the driving force behind attendance, I'm surprised they haven't pushed for the elimination of the shift totally.
I’m sure Ted Williams and other greats did well against the shift. Other great hitters hit to all fields. What’s next? Ban curve balls and sliders? Throw all fast balls so that these sluggers can be able to hit the ball they way they want to?
HOT TAKE: Mets should’ve kept Reyes instead of Wright. He was more built for OLD Citi Field and wouldn’t have had to move fences in like they did for DWright.
The shit of it is that they had to move them in for just about everyone. As for David- I am going to say his back hurt him more than the fences did and it was a problem well before we all found out about it.
So wrong on so many levels. Just start with the fact David was a class act on and off the field and 100% represented the Mets that way his entire career. Reyes resented David, and dogged it sometimes and had to be put in his place by Terry on more than one occasion.
Wow, you guys don't agree with me, I'm so pissed, too forkin funny. So yea, use Ted Williams as the yard stick, and of course he could handle the shift. I'm sure Rod Carew would also. What does that do to the over all quality of today's game and the way it's over used?
Talk about going hysterical Nancy!!! Do they require 5 men on the line in football or not? Who said anything about wideouts or 7 footers in basketball. Stay on the rails buddy, lol. So do you like all the changes made in the name of the pandemic? If so, I'm betting your in the minority.
As long as you got sluggers trying to pull every single pitch into the bleachers with an exit velo of 110 mph, why not use the shift? That’s smart managing.
You talking about banning the shift is like people complaining about the Chuck and Duck and that your no playing football if you don’t have a fullback back in the 90s... or people complaining about 7 footers shooting 3s today.
Not on defense! You really don't understand sports do you??!!
He’s a mess. He must have the lowest exit velocity in the league. He barely gets the ball out of the infield .
I am old fashion but I prefer a high batting avg guy to a guy who walks alot. With two outs and a runner on second that walk may not matter. if the high avg. guy gets a hit you scored a run.
So you've already stated just learn to go the other way, at the MLB level. Someone else stated Ted Williams could. Would you really want to have watched Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda, Willie Mc Covey and Willie Stargell play poke it the other way? Sure Pete Rose and Clemente could all day, but it's a different game than it was in the 40's- early 70's with 'Closers" becoming a main feature. Back then, you'd be lucky if each team had a guy throwing in the 90's, and most finished games so you saw the same pitcher all 4 at bats. Today every team has multiple starters throws mid 90's and bullpen guys that throw 95+. Complete games, don't make me laugh. Your lucky to face the same guy more than twice. Try working the pitch the other way in todays game. Football? You have running backs today bigger and stronger than linemen from the era of the great Giants, Colts and Packers days. I believe your the one that doesn't understand sports.
