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Is the ball juiced?
Many think that MLB has juiced up the balls to create more excitement. I have thought so for a while. Steady increase the last 4 years.
Reports are that almost 1000 more HR's will be hit this year than last year.
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Maybe a juiced ball, maybe more players swinging for the fences because analytics rewards it nowadays.
It seems like long gone are the days where a manufactured run via a single, stolen base, sac bunt, sac fly is valued. Perhaps I am just being nostalgic.
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As a Twins fan whose team valued small ball, even impacted other teams' thinking of using it, I miss it as well.......players today often look silly even ATTEMPTING to bunt, meaning it's simply not being made any sort of priority in the minors.
As a Twins fan whose team has just eclipsed 2 all time home run records, it's fun to watch, but I'd still rather see the strategy of manufacturing runs. The 2 records I'm referring to by the way....not just most home runs in a season, but the 1st team to have 8 players with at least 20 home runs, with a very good shot at getting a 9th.
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kids are definitely swinging much harder....ie: Cody Bellinger
base hits might get you a contract but big money is about dingers!
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22 HR's already at 8:43
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last night Yanks hit 6, Twins hit 1. They are now tied for league lead at 276.
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lol...i like moneyball! I wonder what the difference in dollars per home run?
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Twins - $218,089 per Yanks - $292,345 per give or take a few thou.
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Chicks dig the long ball.
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the Yankees will end up hitting the most for the season and all people will talk about is how they broke the record back to back years....and the Twins being the one to originally break the record will be forgotten
...oh well, if Marwin Gonzalez gets back soon they may get a 9th player with 20 homers...and that's a record not soon broken... Most impressive to me has been Mitch Garver....he hasn't just hit 30 homers this year, but he's done it with only 280 ABs...Gary Sanchez, for catcher reference has 34 in 369 ABs...Mike Trout 45 in 470 ABs
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I thought they dug scars......from The Replacements:
" I wish I could say something classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn't be our style. Pain heals, chicks dig scars, glory lasts forever."
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