Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the K Race; We’re All the Same

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

You're pretty much right on all of this stuff.

The only point I wanted to make earlier is that the Sox' view of looking at the first pitch is at the far end of the major league spectrum. It goes back to Wade Boggs, whose almost never swung at the first pitch, even a strike down the middle he knew was coming, because he was assessing what the pitcher had and wasn't worried about having a strike against him. Dude hit over .350 in four consecutive seasons and had like a .330 lifetime average. It's still kind of religion among the Red Sox, so it was strange to see, even if it makes perfect sense generally.

I'm not sure how much of a thing this is with Boston. I try not to watch them. Boggs isn't the only batter to do this. Mattingly was known for it as well. But holding up the approach of one of the greatest hitters of all time (and one of the toughest to strike out) as something adopted by Boston as a team philosophy generally, is hard to believe.

TM

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I'm not sure how much of a thing this is with Boston. I try not to watch them. Boggs isn't the only batter to do this. Mattingly was known for it as well. But holding up the approach of one of the greatest hitters of all time (and one of the toughest to strike out) as something adopted by Boston as a team philosophy generally, is hard to believe.

TM

It was kind of like the Mets and Seaver for 20 years after Seaver was gone. Yeah, most of the pitchers didn't measure up, but they all tried to pitch like Seaver and the team probably threw more fast balls than they should have as a result.

It's too bad the Mets never really appreciated Nolan Ryan when they had him.