by Ice Cream Jonsey » Sun Jun 06, 2021 12:40 pm
This is not one of the issues:
That's a great play and that's what baseball needs a lot of.
Analytics has figured out the most effective way to win is to just swing for home runs every at-bat. Homer, walk or strike out, the "three outcomes" style of play. It sucks.
Additionally, the average game is 3 hours long and many are 4+ hours. Nobody wants to deal with all of that. The game refuses to have the batter and pitcher face each other in a brisk pace. Batters will leave the batter's box after every pitch to readjust everything.
So there are issues. But then you get a play like that (in Buffalo, as the Blue Jays are not allowed back in Canada yet) and it really hits home that there is a great game being suffocated by the league itself.
This is not one of the issues:
https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1401264773900247043
That's a great play and that's what baseball needs a lot of.
Analytics has figured out the most effective way to win is to just swing for home runs every at-bat. Homer, walk or strike out, the "three outcomes" style of play. It sucks.
Additionally, the average game is 3 hours long and many are 4+ hours. Nobody wants to deal with all of that. The game refuses to have the batter and pitcher face each other in a brisk pace. Batters will leave the batter's box after every pitch to readjust everything.
So there are issues. But then you get a play like that (in Buffalo, as the Blue Jays are not allowed back in Canada yet) and it really hits home that there is a great game being suffocated by the league itself.