GDT--Sat 5/5 vs SF

[salmagundy]

Joey Bats cannot get it done. Oh well.

I'm probably in the minority, but I don't think he'll get it done often!!!

 

[thewupk]

What age is a hitter's prime?

I think historically it's the age 27 season. Or at least that's been the working theory. Which makes sense. That's a time frame you would think hitters have been in the league long enough to really understand it at the big league level with still the physical tools to do something with it.

 

[Ozzie Swanson]

Ugh, c'mon Neck!

 

[striker42]

Crawford kills us

 

[UNCBlue012]

We have the most random issues against the Giants.

 

[thewupk]

McCarthy is pulling a Folty

 

[UNCBlue012]

Are you kidding me? Jeez, guys. Why can’t we just play well against a team of crappy hitters?

 

[Braves1976]

That error was costly, made it a lot harder on McCarthy. 2-1 Giants.

 

[nsacpi]

strand rate normalizing

 

[GeorgiaGirl]

This is the first time I've seen the "new positioning" really get burned.

 

[jpx7]

What age is a hitter's prime?

Depends on what you mean, but Enscheff notes the other day that exit velocity tends to decline pretty much continuously for players throughout their career, from the moment they hit the bigs (though most precipitously around age-33).

 

[striker42]

A walk that could have easily been a K, a broken bat bloop that Markakis makes a rare error on, and all of a sudden two runs are on the board. This always happens against these guys.

 

[GeorgiaGirl]

A walk that could have easily been a K, a broken bat bloop that Markakis makes a rare error on, and all of a sudden two runs are on the board. This always happens against these guys.

The good thing is the Braves kill left handers, all shouldn't be lost, but if it ends up being that way, EYBS is alive and well.

 

[jpx7]

We have the most random issues against the Giants.

Still paying back 1993 karma.

 

[thewupk]

bunch of bum hitters getting on base

 

[Braves1976]

A walk that could have easily been a K, a broken bat bloop that Markakis makes a rare error on, and all of a sudden two runs are on the board. This always happens against these guys.

Yea, though the last two hits were legit.

 

[The Tariff King]

Neck has sucked the life out of what energy was in the stadium.

 

[striker42]

Yea, though the last two hits were legit.

True, just saying this easily could have been a quick inning.

 

[Braves1976]

McCarthy's mess was started by a walk that looked like strike three, cheap hits and an error. He could've easily gave up nothing without those bad breaks. Though those last two hits were legit mistakes.

 

[Braves1976]

True, just saying this easily could have been a quick inning.

I understand, I agree (see my previous post where I say the same).