Cork-Popping in Flushing

[R Nitelight]

Congratulations, New York Mets, on clinching the National League Wild Card, and good luck in the playoffs.

 

[Purple Haze]

Nitelight, I'm not up on current baseball, who'd they beat, who do they have to beat? fill me in, man.

 

[R Nitelight]

National League Probables:
New York Mets Vs. San Francisco Giants.
Atlanta Braves Vs. St. Louis Cardinals.


American League:
New York Yankees & Chicago White Sox are in.
Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, and Oakland A's are fighting for two spots.

 

[Purple Haze]

I'm kind of a baseball history junkie, I know about the "deadball" era before the twenties, the balls were wound tighter after that and replaced frequently, giving hitters an easier time, and a knowledgable baseball guy told me that the balls have been "juiced up" again recently, and he also said the fences are friendlier than they used to be, hence the surge in homeruns as of late. Is this true or am I full of horsefeathers?

 

[R Nitelight]

Smaller ballparks, juiced ball, juiced athletes, watered down pitching, lack of situational hitting, chicks dig the longball mentality, casual baseball fan's insatiable lust for high scoring games, big boppers get big bucks, El Nino.


Any or all of the above.

 

[Purple Haze]

Well I'm glad for that, how do you water down pitching, is the strike zone smaller?

Just wondering, why are kids learning baseball with metal bats?

 

[R Nitelight]

1) Good pickup on the strike zone. Smaller strike zone coupled with inconsistant umpiring leads to more offense.
Pitching is watered down because there were fewer teams in the older days. More teams today mean more jobs to fill.
2) Wood bats are expensive, and they break. One aluminum bat can last a team for years.

 

[Cheri]

Damn this is my kinda thread

Two men just sitting around talking about sports. Dare I hope one or more or you have beer breath? Lustfully hoping...

 

[Purple Haze]

(belches) nope!

 

[Purple Haze]

But it just ain't the same, man, the crack of a wood bat, you know, all these guys coming up through college, never used a woody, it's gotta be difficult, right?

I was just a little skinny fucker when I was a kid, and I could smack it for a mile, shouldn't metal bats be left to the wussies that play softball?

 

[Siren]

HEY....

 

[R Nitelight]

There is an argument that young pitchers never learn to pitch inside because of the aluminum bat. With a wood bat, you want to pitch inside and saw the hitter off, making him hit the ball weakly to your fielders. The aluminum bat doesn't break, though, and young pitchers get pounded and lose their confidence. By the time they play professional ball, they're a little shellshocked.

 

[Shintani]

LETS GO METS!!!!

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