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Brother Buzz

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14. Everybody is hitting....foul balls and fly outs

Mon May 17, 2021, 12:41 PM

May 2021

This is a dead ball season. After record breaking home runs for the last few years, MLB made a change to the ball, only they were ham fisted and went to far.

Apparently the ball is also a pitchers wet dream. LA Dodger pitcher, Clayton Kershaw claims the stitches are bigger (I believe he was referring to the height of the stitches). If this is true, where are the knuckleballers, because they would be in high cotton?

60'6" is a magical distance. For shits and giggles, I could entertain the idea of laser leveling the mound just to see how the submariner pitchers do with it.

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MLB has become unwatchable, terrible, awful, no good. [View all] Yavin4 May 2021 OP

Move the mound back? exboyfil May 2021 #1

I would not do that. I would outlaw the defensive shifts. Yavin4 May 2021 #2

+1 Eliminate defensive shifts TheRealNorth May 2021 #3

I know Double A GP6971 May 2021 #6

Yep. The shift is causing this lack of hits. The stats prove it. Sibelius Fan May 2021 #7

I thought they changed the reliever rule to force at least 3 batters Bristlecone May 2021 #10

Yes, I heard that too TheRealNorth May 2021 #12

Probably too radical for hidebound MLB but I say shorten the games and the season. brush May 2021 #4

This is why I prefer college ball. It's much more exciting. broiles May 2021 #5

I haven't watched MLB since the Catfish Hunter days. calguy May 2021 #8

As kids we were out if we hit it over the fence into the crabby neighbor's yard. rickford66 May 2021 #9

Mets fired their hitting coaches. Kingofalldems May 2021 #11

+1,000,000 ... Auggie May 2021 #13

Everybody is hitting....foul balls and fly outs Brother Buzz May 2021 #14

Could be those who are struggling are pressing too hard as well Auggie May 2021 #15

The dead ball is working well in that monster park, Coors Field Brother Buzz May 2021 #16