Little Things in Baseball That You Don't Understand

[Box Cutta]

I've never been able to get over the fact that all the parks are built differently. "Batter friendly park"....

And they have the nerve to be the most stat-obsessed sport...when park-sizes aren't even consistent.

Imagine if like...the patriots field was 110 yards long, while the Dolphins field was only like 95. Or if the Spurs rim was 10.5 feet off the ground while the Bulls was only like 9.7.... I just feel like shyt needs to be standard.

Don't understand anything about pitching. I try to play baseball games with the homies and they are all about how to pitch and where and when, I'm just like "nicca, I'm randomly picking my pitches and spots out here".... If a dude has a knuckleball I'm like....

 

[Codeine Bryant]

Don't understand anything about pitching. I try to play baseball games with the homies and they are all about how to pitch and where and when, I'm just like "nicca, I'm randomly picking my pitches and spots out here".... If a dude has a knuckleball I'm like....

1. Never throw fastballs down the middle of the plate
2. Never throw anything over the middle of the plate

As a hitter it's easier to focus into whatever is coming straight at you. Even better if it's down the center of the plate, which is where your bat is keyed into. Hitters have to learn how to hit change-ups and curveballs. The lower levels of baseball are filled to the brim with guys who can only make contact on fastballs, and severely whiff on changeups, curves, and sliders that are far out of the strike zone.

As a pitcher, you want to be throwing pitches on the exact edges of the Strike-Zone. These pitches are the least efficacious to swing at from the batter's perspective because they're higher/lower/closer in/farther out compared to the exact middle of the plate. This way, if he swings, it's not a great pitch to swing at, and if he doesn't swing, it has a high probability of being called a strike looking.

The best pitchers have pitches that look like they're coming towards the middle of the plate, but have breaking action at the end so that the ball doesn't end up in the middle.



As a pitcher, you feed a guy 92-98 MPH fastballs. He starts to develop timing with that. Then you come back with the off-speed pitch at 82 MPH and it tails away from the batter about 5 feet away from the plate. dikkhead strikes out

 

[dennis roadman]

i've wondered that too.

it just seems like dude is there to smile when you reach base and take your batting gloves.

they never get that manager job either.

something for them to do during the game. they do a lot of (most of) their job in practice

the unwritten rule debate. baseball is the oldest sport we have that we still play, the unwritten rules are what makes it esoteric, so of course those involved usually preserve them, no matter how inane they may seem

i like them personally i also like when people break them and it causes controversy. it's not a physical or aggressive game, except for pitchers, so these guys need a reason to hate their opponents.

 

[Box Cutta]

1. Never throw fastballs down the middle of the plate
2. Never throw anything over the middle of the plate

As a hitter it's easier to focus into whatever is coming straight at you. Even better if it's down the center of the plate, which is where your bat is keyed into. Hitters have to learn how to hit change-ups and curveballs. The lower levels of baseball are filled to the brim with guys who can only make contact on fastballs, and severely whiff on changeups, curves, and sliders that are far out of the strike zone.

As a pitcher, you want to be throwing pitches on the exact edges of the Strike-Zone. These pitches are the least efficacious to swing at from the batter's perspective because they're higher/lower/closer in/farther out compared to the exact middle of the plate. This way, if he swings, it's not a great pitch to swing at, and if he doesn't swing, it has a high probability of being called a strike looking.

The best pitchers have pitches that look like they're coming towards the middle of the plate, but have breaking action at the end so that the ball doesn't end up in the middle.



As a pitcher, you feed a guy 92-98 MPH fastballs. He starts to develop timing with that. Then you come back with the off-speed pitch at 82 MPH and it tails away from the batter about 5 feet away from the plate. dikkhead strikes out

Thanks for the reply breh.

It definitely seems interesting...but it's a part of the game that is esoteric to me. I feel like I will never be able to truly "get" the science of pitching because I never played baseball nor did I grow up watching it.

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

i'll never understand why people bring up "team chemistry" in baseball...its easily the least team oriented sport...its a bunch of 1 on 1 face offs

 

[TheNig]

instances where run differential matters is a completely different circumstance. the mexican player got mad because he wasn't fully aware of the rules.

unwritten rules are mostly about sportsmanship and professional courtesy.

you either care about being a good sport or you don't. i'm not trying to convince you what's right or what's not. i don't really care either way. i'm just saying the reasoning behind the unwritten rule is fairly simple.

another example would be schiano sending the wolves on a kneeldown.

it was completely within the rules.. but it was still a dikk move because it's just assumed by everyone.. players, coaches, fans.. that you take that play off. the game is already over.

Your avi is

Pops is that dude.

 

[dennis roadman]

i'll never understand why people bring up "team chemistry" in baseball...its easily the least team oriented sport...its a bunch of 1 on 1 face offs

they're together on planes, in hotels, and in locker rooms from april to november. team chemistry is a huge factor behind the scenes, i'd imagine

 

[Codeine Bryant]

Thanks for the reply breh.

It definitely seems interesting...but it's a part of the game that is esoteric to me. I feel like I will never be able to truly "get" the science of pitching because I never played baseball nor did I grow up watching it.

I never played baseball either, and I just started watching around 2007-2008

Never boxed either, but I'd like to think I know a fair amount of boxing. If you stick with the sport, you'd be surprised how many of the little nuances you pick up just from watching.

 

[SmoothOperator88]

I've never been able to get over the fact that all the parks are built differently. "Batter friendly park"....

And they have the nerve to be the most stat-obsessed sport...when park-sizes aren't even consistent.

Imagine if like...the patriots field was 110 yards long, while the Dolphins field was only like 95. Or if the Spurs rim was 10.5 feet off the ground while the Bulls was only like 9.7.... I just feel like shyt needs to be standard.

Don't understand anything about pitching. I try to play baseball games with the homies and they are all about how to pitch and where and when, I'm just like "nicca, I'm randomly picking my pitches and spots out here".... If a dude has a knuckleball I'm like....

A lot of the new saber stats take park effects into account and adjust accordingly. And there are now fly ball trackers where you can see which home runs would be outs in certain parks and vice versa.

 

[Houston911]

Why people watch

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

I understand why they have a 3rd base coach, but what's the purpose of a 1st base coach?

i've wondered that too.

it just seems like dude is there to smile when you reach base and take your batting gloves.

they never get that manager job either.

1st base coach is there, cause you're taught to run at full speed...and to not look where the ball is in relation to where you are.


hit a hard liner one into left,you'd pretty much have to run while looking almost with your head turned around backwards... and there is no way you can run full speed doing so....makes a big difference when you need to know if you need to accelerate to second, or to hold up on a single.

also,If there was only a 3rd base coach... one team would be at a complete disadvantage when it comes to relaying messages from the dugout.

 

[FloorGeneral]

i'll never understand why people bring up "team chemistry" in baseball...its easily the least team oriented sport...its a bunch of 1 on 1 face offs

Tell that to the '04 Red Sox. I'd go so far to say that no other team in history comes back from 0-3 in LCS to win 8 straight to win a Title.

 

[Isaiah Bradley]

the players are numbered 1-9 on the field

so it's a record of who touched the ball in a given out

so a 6-4-3 double play means the SS fielded it, threw it to the 2B who recorded the first out, who then threw it to 1st for the 2nd out.

 

[MikelArteta]

this 18 inning blue jay game
why not have ties, whats the use of a team blowing out thier bullpen using everyobdy in a regular season.

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

Tell that to the '04 Red Sox. I'd go so far to say that no other team in history comes back from 0-3 in LCS to win 8 straight to win a Title.

how the hell does their "chemistry" or how good friends they are help them when their batting?