More long balls were swatted in 2019 than any season in MLB history. Lost in the shuffle was the decline in steals. With sluggers knocking the ball out of the yard at a historical clip, the running game waned. In fact, last year was the first season since 1972 to average fewe...
Arraez protecting the plate is different than any other hitter trying to protect the plate. He has a swing uniquely designed to get the bat directly to the ball. We can use Statcast's new bat tracking data to show it. Arraez has the shortest swing in baseball, andhe uses that swingto ...
It seems so long ago now, given that Judge did end up hitting two big homers in the ALCS, but for the first two weeks of the postseason, the only talking point washow he hadn’t exactly come up big in October. That is still, technically, the case; Judge hit .167/.261/.500 in ...
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For quite a while, XboxAPI also provided a wealth of information on the games that Xbox Live users had actually played over the last month, including when they played those games and for how long. Using that data, for example, I could have told you the precise time and length of ...
ESPN pays MLB an avg of $550M/year to broadcast baseball. ESPN has exclusive rights to broadcast the Wild Card Series. ESPN’s “Get Up” devoted barely 2 of its first 60 min on the 4 Wild Card series games, with 1/2 of that time focused on the dancing fat guy in Philadelphia.pic...
The test went OK. Things are getting easier. Getting into the groove. More into it. No doubts. But I still have a long way. Then, once learned, I have to learn how to forget it all. Chawn and I went to Sam’s place to shoot pool. Just like hanging out with the good old boys...
G is a shortened version of “gangster,” originally used to refer to someone with credibility or status in the streets, often tied to gang culture or organized crime. Over time, “G” evolved from a literal reference to gangsters into a broader term of endearment, respect, or camaraderie....
But there’s a lesson in there, and it’s that Gaddis was completely right to try to avoid that fastball for as long as he could. In the regular season, Soto had a positive run value against every pitch type other than sliders (.169 average, .338 slugging), and he was particularly ...