Interesting article.
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Good article.
Bertman sounds like an old grump.
Nice article. Thanks for posting
"The base hit with a man on second and two outs should still be a big part of our game, and so should the ability to score four runs in one inning," he said. "Those things are taken away from us by this weak bat and the parity we have."
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Skip... Respectfully, STFU. The only thing the bats have done is prevent line-ups like your 96-97 Gorilla Ball teams from being around... and that is a good thing. The BBCOR bat have made the game a game again. You don't have to play defense over the fence anymore and yet amazingly enough you can still get the 4 run innings. You just have to string hits together. It makes me think that guys like Skip don't want to coach defense or take the time to find guys that can play on both sides of the ball and just want mashers 1-9.