"You cant tell those young Latin hitters to take more pitches." Hawk regarding Castro...whom he claims he has only seen when the Cubs played the Sox, hasnt seen any Cub TV games. Lenny would be insulted, Len watches Hawk when he can. I would think you would watch your competition whenever you have a chance to? or Maybe those 2 games that you were 'sick' at Wrigley, you must have watched those games?

How about dem blacks and da asians?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

That should earn him another talking to and a suspension.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Well, you know there is an old baseball saying in the Dominican: "You can't walk off the island."

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

I always took that literally. Who knew.

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Wouldn't he be referring to all Latins with that quote? Castro is just a reason to bring it up because he is Latin.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

just imagine what you could/couldn't tell the young latin hitlers to do

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Yes, he reminded us of that after his wisdom

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Melton has a similar thought that Cuban hitters will swing at anything.

I know one thing, some guys are free swingers and that's just how its gonna be



Still waiting on an example of a guy who developed patience

I'm not talking going from 35 BB to 45 BB

I'm saying a free swinger turned selective


Its rare but still it seems they always try

Best Latin hitter I ever saw: Roberto Clemente

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Wasn't Minnie Minoso Latin? He tried to get on base anyway he could.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

I don't think he ever walked 100 times in a season. But he didn't strike out much either. That shows how different baseball has become over the years. It used to be embarrassing to strike out 100 times. Now guys strike out 200 times and some people actually discuss whether they are potential Hall of Famers. As a big baseball fan and someone who is always going to watch no matter what the style of play, I think MLB may have a problem on its hands in the coming years. We've got a boring game right now. There are far too many strikeouts. And I don't mean Bob Gibson or Kerry Wood or Dwight Gooden or Felix Hernandez. That isn't boring. I'm talking about a guy like Quintana fanning 7 guys through six innings and then a cadre of bad relievers taking down another seven in the last three. That's bad baseball.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Yes, now he is a white guy

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

there's way too many backwards k's too. That's too much patience. Way more boring than a swinging K.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Disagree there.

But Im thinking of the Gibson/ Johnson / Gooden types

It depends on the pitcher.

They don't walk. Kind of like white NFL running backs. It's possible, but not likely.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

That's what I mean. I don't think anyone dislikes a dominating performance by a great pitcher, but these teams are striking out because of ineptitude rather than any particulr specialness of most of the pitchers recording the Ks.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

the increase in strikeouts tracks the increased use of sabremetrics. so players are striking out more b/c they are seeing more pitches, to try to up the OPS?

Note the big emphasis on OPS and its various incarnations (offensive WAR, etc.). Strikeouts are just another out in those. Makes for a less interesting game IMO, but that's the way it is. With advanced stats combined with PEDs the game will never be the same as it was in the 60s, 70s, 80s.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Selectivity is a good quality. I'm not sure going up there and purposely looking at pitches is selectivity. I'm of the opinion that you are going to get only one good chance each at bat MAYBE. If you get that chance, you should be swinging even if it is the first pitch. Selectivity is recognizing that good opportunity, not sitting back and waiting for a pitcher to make a mistake because of a count that is favorable to the batter.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I couldn't agree more. Nothing drives me crazier than seeing a hitter taking a first pitch fastball right down the middle or a get me over curveball. Work the count?? Fuck that. Get a good pitch and hit it hard somewhere. Hitting is hard enough without letting the pitcher get ahead in the count. This see a lot of pitches approach is what's leading to so many strikeouts and no hitters.