honestiago wrote:The tragedy of the modern game is that so many hitters are all swing and miss, and that most starting pitchers aren’t allowed to learn how to get through lineups more than 2 times. It’s all throwing and swinging hard as you can. We end up with a static game of HR derby. Modern hitters have been taught that striking out is no big deal, so they swing for the fences all the time.
It sorta reminds me of what’s happened to the NBA. Why get a good shot when you can just chuck it from the cheap seats?Game the other night had a team go 14-38 from the 3-point line. That’s 37% shooting, but that’s okay because the 3-ball is like a HR. All I know is that it looks like a bunch of little kids running around, throwing up crap shots, then complaining to the refs.
Shame. Athletes today are incredible, but they produce such a crappy product.
Hittmens hit it on the head. It's analytics, Honestiago. Not just gaming this game, gaming the real games. And it's as justifiable in the real world as it is in this quaint little dice game.
37% from three-point range is as good as 55% from closer in, so if you can shoot at that rate (or north of 40% even better) it makes strategic sense. And fans do like the splash effect, made all the more visceral once they focused a microphone on the net.
To your point about "swinging for the fences" - with all the
innovation going on in the modern baseball game the value of putting the ball in play has declined, at least according to the smart folks at Baseball Prospectus. It's just hitters/teams making adjustments to maximize their chances to win. Does it make the game less fun to watch? Most of this demographic (I count myself in the group!) certainly thinks so.
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news ... s-of-hits/