a700hitter
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Have you seen the price of today’s aluminum and composite bats. I don’t think the cost effective argument holds water anymore, especially at younger ages where there aren’t lots of broken bats.
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I apologize for disregarding GT etiquette. I just wanted to memorialize in the Game Thread that Mike Yaz will be playing at Fenway. -
I'll bet the physics of the aluminum and composite bats is very interesting. The energy of those bats need to turned down for younger leagues where the pitcher is only 45 feet away. Some of these 9/10 year olds can generate high exit velocities with those bats on 50 mph pitches. It is extremely dangerous.
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Wouldn't the barrel itself be bigger on the altered bat than on a lighter legal bat? I am not playing Devil's Advocate here or being contrarian. I am just trying to understand the physics.
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Isn't the idea to lighten the bat weight while maintaining the maximum surface area that would be reduced if a lighter legal bat was used?
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Game time 7:10 PM Logan Webb vs. Nate Eovaldi I am sure that Carl Yaz will be on hand in the Legends Box to watch Mike. My apologies for braking Game thread protocol. There goes our playoff chances.
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It's an interesting discussion and if I had gone further than getting an A in College Physics, I might be trying to prove out whether it is possible for the ball to rise. One thing is certain, the baseball at times seems to rise to the hitter. It also looks like it is curving at times too. For a hitter or an announcer to refer to a pitch like that as a "rising fastball" is okay with me. That is easier to listen to than an announcer or hitter refer to the pitch as an optical illusion that the hitter swung under. Maybe it is just me. Do some groundballs pick up speed as they go through the infield? I don't know, but it seems that way to the fielders at times. If the announcers describe what is going on from the players' POV, they are doing their job. That is clownish for some listeners.
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Good point.
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Red Sox have fired GM Dave Dombrowski
a700hitter replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Batters start with a 1-1 count. -
I am surprised about the bats after hearing so much about trampoline effect etc. I just assumed that the corking of the bat made the bat lighter allowing for increased bat speed.
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I can't definitively say what the effect of drag on rotating seams is over a short distance at very high velocity. I'll leave that to the field of physics to prove or disprove. At one time, the curve ball was thought to be an optical illusion.
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Some people think that getting fired after 3 Division titles including a World Series and one bad .500+ season was an overreaction. The Yankees fired Girardi after coming up 1 game short of the World Series. We shall see. The owners may just decide to clear the decks. I don't think any of Cora's coaches are highly valued.
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Softball pitchers. The velocity and trajectory may overcome gravity over the short distance of 45 feet. I'd like to see the calculations on that.
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Careful, you may be venturing into “clown” territory.
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Maybe, or maybe the owners are just waiting for the season to end to clear the decks of Cora and/or the coaching staff.
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I am just guessing, but I don’t think Remy would think firing Cora after a bad season would be less justified than when they fired Orsillo after a bad season. LOL! Who knows why any owners make certain moves.
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You are a bigger jerkoff tonight than usual.
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What are you whining about... one of my best pitchers got leukemia.
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Most opinions are conjecture, and I don't think Remy and Eck are clowns. They are also privy to seeing how the camp was run differently this year. They saw a significant difference. It was probably more than just ABs and IP differences that they observed. Neither of us are in a position to challenge their opinion on this issue.
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I have gotten use to you disagreeing just to disagree with my opinion.
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I agree with this.
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The entire team hitters and pitchers were backed off work in Spring Training. I agree with the NESN people about the results. Tweet Remy that he is wrong.
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So, anyone, including Jerry Remy and Eckersley, who have an opinion that is different from yours is engaging in a false equivalency, which this is not. That's a bit obnoxious.
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I think that many inside and outside of the organization have the opinion that it was a bad approach.
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I didn't say otherwise. I just stated the facst that aren't conjecture.
