February 13, 20206 yr lol stfu Stone. Someone take Stone's account away from him before he pulls a Curt Schilling.
February 13, 20206 yr Walks are not really an approach thing and it actually is good not trying to walk. In the 2000s many teams tried to teach patience and going deep into the count and it failed. Now we know walks have nothing to do with patience. No player above little league tries to chase balls and even many little league coaches tell their kids to wait for a fat one with less than two strikes, this is nothing advanced. It is all about pitch recognition, a player has to decide about halfway home to swing so it is about extrapolating the pitch flight. TA doesn't not walk because of his approach but because but because he is bad at extrapolating pitch flight. It absolutely makes no sense to change his approach, he knows it is better to hit fat pitches. What you would need to do is change his pitch recognition. There are electronic systems for this (pitch is shown on a screen and blacks out halfway home and then you need to say pitch type and ball or strike ) but this is in an infant stage and success of it is still unclear. Can't hurt to try it though. Edited February 13, 20206 yr by Dominikk85
February 13, 20206 yr 4 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: lol stfu Stone. Someone take Stone's account away from him before he pulls a Curt Schilling. What did he say that was so wrong?
February 13, 20206 yr Btw telling a bad pitch recognition thing to be more patient is the worst thing you can do, bad pitch recognition guys need to swing more to get the zone swing minus outside zone swing gap as large as possible. If you tell a bad eye hitter to be patient he will take just as many meatballs as balls. The cubs tried that with baez and it failed and he got better when he decided to swing more. Of course good plate disciple is better but only if actual pitch recognition gets better.
February 13, 20206 yr 3 minutes ago, Moan4Yoan said: What did he say that was so wrong? personally it really doesn't bother me but Steve was, like a lot of white boomers, trying to universalize his experience as as white boomer across races and generations. TA basically told him to wake the hell up, in so many words.
February 13, 20206 yr 9 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: personally it really doesn't bother me but Steve was, like a lot of white boomers, trying to universalize his experience as as white boomer across races and generations. TA basically told him to wake the hell up, in so many words. Baseball is an expensive sport to play - you need someone to pay for cleats, a glove, a bat. You can get them all used for cheaper, but that shit adds up – and that's the bare minimum.
February 13, 20206 yr 3 minutes ago, Quin said: Baseball is an expensive sport to play - you need someone to pay for cleats, a glove, a bat. You can get them all used for cheaper, but that shit adds up – and that's the bare minimum. Yup. It does. TA does great work with underprivileged kids to offset the finances so they can play. When he speaks on this I think we should listen. TA speaks from experience.
February 13, 20206 yr 1 hour ago, chitownsportsfan said: personally it really doesn't bother me but Steve was, like a lot of white boomers, trying to universalize his experience as as white boomer across races and generations. TA basically told him to wake the hell up, in so many words. White boomers? There are also poor white kids that can’t afford to play baseball.
February 13, 20206 yr 2 minutes ago, Moan4Yoan said: White boomers? There are also poor white kids that can’t afford to play baseball. have a good evening.
February 13, 20206 yr 7 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: have a good evening. Hopefully before there are any more hints at Steve Stone being racist without any evidence.
February 13, 20206 yr The problem with affording gear is an issue in Latin America. For underprivileged youth in our country, the problem is their schools and local rec centers don't pay for, support, or encourage playing baseball and hockey. Also, you can enjoy football and basketball with 2 to 6 people. With baseball, it isn't fun unless you can get at least 12 players together, which is why rec centers and schools are so important.
February 13, 20206 yr 9 hours ago, Good Guys said: Giolito snubbed from mlb.com's top 100 players list? This is really ridiculous.
February 14, 20206 yr Author 9 hours ago, Good Guys said: Giolito snubbed from mlb.com's top 100 players list? Miguel Sano was on there though. So it had that going for it.
February 14, 20206 yr On 2/12/2020 at 12:26 PM, fathom said: Was actually cool to see him so relaxed in an interview for once Tim strikes me as a high caliber individual on an off the field. Actually...the whole team comes across as a class act. Going to be easy to pull for all of them.
February 15, 20206 yr Author 21 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: Ya'll slacking. Was gonna post this one but couldnt find this version. Thanks! They were giving Tim mad love on twitter today as well. Edited February 15, 20206 yr by Look at Ray Ray Run
February 15, 20206 yr Author "Thats something the pitcher need to work on. He gotta work on how to control his feelings." Best line of the interview by far. F*ck pitchers and f*ck verlander especially.
February 15, 20206 yr Steve played with players of color at tremendous sacrifice and also helped the 1977ers become known as the Hitmen. Just the way he rolls.
February 15, 20206 yr Stone said nothing wrong. He said the game teaches life lessons and Anderson just added that there could be a ton of black kids who can play it at a high level if given the financial resources.
February 17, 20206 yr Not sure if this has been discussed but TA started a YouTube channel and seems to be committed to uploading behind the scenes stuff regularly
February 19, 20206 yr On 2/16/2020 at 10:49 PM, Jose Abreu said: Not sure if this has been discussed but TA started a YouTube channel and seems to be committed to uploading behind the scenes stuff regularly He's got 4 videos up. Some real live footage of getting work in at spring training. It's pretty cool to see that. I recommend at least checking it out. Will be itneresting to see what kind of videos come up when the season starts.
February 19, 20206 yr Good Lord. Kid's texting, you tubing, and driving. Someone intervene before he's on the DL because a car accident.
February 19, 20206 yr Author 1 hour ago, black jack said: Good Lord. Kid's texting, you tubing, and driving. Someone intervene before he's on the DL because a car accident. Lol I thought the same thing about texting and driving. His day before camp video he points out Abreus leadership individually. Found that interesting.
February 20, 20206 yr 1 hour ago, black jack said: Good Lord. Kid's texting, you tubing, and driving. Someone intervene before he's on the DL because a car accident. Yeah...I thought the same thing. The most recent video has some good footage of spring training though.
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