Moon, he’s lawyering you. No matter what you say, he will not budge. You’ve both made your points, and while the back and forth was interesting for a while ...
The Angels have had their share of premature deaths. Going back even farther, Lyman Bostock was shot to death; that had to be in the late 70s, and Donnie Moore in the 80s was also a tragic case.
It makes some sense; at this point to start he’s going to have to ramp up ala normal spring training. That’ll take 5-6 weeks and I don't think they have that kind of time.
You might be onto something; the swings this inning have been far more aggressive. The hitters are definitely seeing the ball better than they were earlier.
Lionbush had several posts about this yesterday. Here’s one:
https://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/19361-6-29-New-York-and-Boston-in-London-1-10-pm?p=1258533&viewfull=1#post1258533
There was a guy in yesterday’s thread who lives in the UK who said the atmospherics are not the same in Britain and affect the spin on balls differently than here in the States. The spin bowlers in cricket might have trouble in the US.