2 minutes ago, Baker said:

TA is about 30 plate appearances short of being in the rankings for the AL batting title. Otherwise he would be second behind LaMaheiu. He should qualify before the season ends. 

Nobody cares about that anymore. 

Edited August 11, 20196 yr by Jack Parkman

I like McCann but he takes for freecking ever to get in the batting box. His pre pitch ritual is kind of annoying.

2 minutes ago, ScooterMcGee said:

I like McCann but he takes for freecking ever to get in the batting box. His pre pitch ritual is kind of annoying.

Also is using all arms with his swing and pulling off the ball badly

4 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:

Nobody cares about that anymore. 

They don’t?  It would be cool if he leads league in hitting 

1 minute ago, fathom said:

They don’t?  It would be cool if he leads league in hitting 

Nope. I don't think that anyone cares about  a player winning the batting title anymore. I think we've moved beyond that in terms of baseball knowledge. 

Edited August 11, 20196 yr by Jack Parkman

5 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:

Nobody cares about that anymore. 

Don't tell that to @greg775

 

But for real, while batting average holds much less weight now a days, the batting title is still a cool thing to win. 

Matt Skole, Ryan Goins, Yolmer Sanchez = Rally Killers 

Horrible swings by Skole

1 minute ago, Jack Parkman said:

Nope. I don't think that anyone cares about  a player winning the batting title anymore. I think we've moved beyond that in terms of baseball knowledge. 

lol, the batting title is not about player evaluation. It is about the accomplishment.

#FreeYermin

Giolito has the opposite problem this year that he had last year. He's pitching well, but having issues with run support. Last year he was pitching like crap and they'd always hit in his starts. 

1 minute ago, GermanSoxFan said:

#FreeYermin

At this point why not? When is moncada supposed to be back?

Go away Yolmer

3 minutes ago, GermanSoxFan said:

lol, the batting title is not about player evaluation. It is about the accomplishment.

But we've learned enough about baseball that the guy who wins the batting title has probably had a lot of batted ball luck. It means nothing. I don't think even players take it seriously anymore. So a guy had a good season and got lucky in the process. Big deal. 

Edited August 11, 20196 yr by Jack Parkman

Just now, fathom said:

Go away Yolmer

Him and fat ass Joe west!

Black Holes up and down the Sox lineup

I fucking hate Yolmer so much. He's the one Sox player ever with whom I can disregard my disgust for Joe West as both a human and an umpire to pin the blame for his failures entirely on the player himself. I'm going to throw a party when his ass gets inevitably DFAed.

1 minute ago, Sox80 said:

Him and fat ass Joe west!

The 2-2 call was bad, but the 2-0 and 2-1 pitches were right down the plate and he weakly fouled them off.

Just now, Jack Parkman said:

But we've learned enough about baseball that the guy who wins the batting title has probably had a lot of batted ball luck. It means nothing. I don't think even players take it seriously anymore. So a guy had a good season and got lucky in the process. 

Players care, it's a prestigious thing to win as a part of baseball tradition, to argue against that is absolutely insane.

2 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:

But we've learned enough about baseball that the guy who wins the batting title has probably had a lot of batted ball luck. It means nothing. I don't think even players take it seriously anymore. So a guy had a good season and got lucky in the process. Big deal. 

If you win a batting title, it's always luck? Miguel Cabrera must've even lucky a lot in his prime

1 minute ago, GermanSoxFan said:

Players care, it's a prestigious thing to win as a part of baseball tradition, to argue against that is absolutely insane.

If it was an ERA title and Giolito, he would care a lot more

Just now, soxfan49 said:

If you win a batting title, it's always luck? Miguel Cabrera must've even lucky a lot in his prime

I didn't say always, I said probably. 

7 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:

But we've learned enough about baseball that the guy who wins the batting title has probably had a lot of batted ball luck. It means nothing. I don't think even players take it seriously anymore. So a guy had a good season and got lucky in the process. Big deal. 

Dude, this is a bad post. If you don't care about it, fine, but obviously a lot of people, myself included, do care about it. So you're incorrect to say no one cares, and the rest of your analysis is just know-it-all buzzkillery.

Yolmer is bad 

1 minute ago, fathom said:

If it was an ERA title and Giolito, he would care a lot more

Not really. Strikeouts, sure. ERA has a lot of luck involved too. 

Edited August 11, 20196 yr by Jack Parkman