"Proper Thinking"

@mattys posted:

if you put the baddest samurai against the lowest Navy Seal, the modern day guy would just shoot him with his sidearm and be done with it.

What makes you think Gibson wouldn't take advantage of the modern training techniques  if he were in his prime now?  no way of proving it but i think he'd be pretty unhittable if he played today but was also able to use modern training and technology

He was already throwing 99. There's a ceiling there. Anyway, my points wasn't that Gibson sucked, it was that 99 is a lot harder to hit than 89.

Timely article. If at 90 you have 150 milliseconds how many do you think one would have at 96,97,100? Pitchers throwing 96+ have had as big an impact on baseball as Tiger hitting 375+ yards had on golf. Keep in mind they redesigned courses because of it.

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@adbono posted:

I didn’t know until today that Bob Gibson was Josh Gibson’s brother.

Wrong Josh Gibson.

Gibson's brother Josh (no relation to the Negro leagues star player), who was 15 years his senior, had a profound effect on his early life, serving as a mentor to him. Gibson played on a number of youth basketball and baseball teams his brother coached, many of which were organized through the local YMCA.

@RJM posted:

Wrong Josh Gibson.

Gibson's brother Josh (no relation to the Negro leagues star player), who was 15 years his senior, had a profound effect on his early life, serving as a mentor to him. Gibson played on a number of youth basketball and baseball teams his brother coached, many of which were organized through the local YMCA.

Thanks for the clarification. I assumed it was the famous one

@adbono posted:

No push back from me. Bob Gibson is no longer alive so your son would have a chance.

HaHa cant believe this was just breezed by... very nice!

@old_school posted:

HaHa cant believe this was just breezed by... very nice!

Thank you. I entertain myself…..and sometimes others.

@Consultant posted:

Does the word "launch angle" define the low BA.

Have you read "October 64" by David Halberstam, one of the great baseball and history authors.

Bob

Not sure about the first question.... I guess it depends on how one would define "launch angle"? To me it's really just a catch phrase. After all, aren't line drives "launched" at a 10 to 20 degree "angle"?

To define the modern day low BA, I would personally lean more on the word "money-ball" as to the reason why. MLB clubs have invested and doubled down on the 3 true outcomes. Speaking to an overall average (there are outliers) the modern day player is incentivized for the extra base hit. Why hit 300 with 15 homeruns only to get replaced by a guy hitting 210 with 40 homeruns? Just google Joey Gallo's career stats, and you'll understand my point. Also, this isn't a dig at Gallo. I've personally watched him slap a ball to an empty 3rd base to beat the shift. When I watched him do this in person I said to myself "Well $h*t that looked easy", basically proving the point that if he wanted a higher batting average he could make it happen. But, that is NOT what he is getting paid to do.      

@ReluctantO'sFan posted:

Also, this isn't a dig at Gallo. I've personally watched him slap a ball to an empty 3rd base to beat the shift. When I watched him do this in person I said to myself "Well $h*t that looked easy", basically proving the point that if he wanted a higher batting average he could make it happen. But, that is NOT what he is getting paid to do.      

So yeah, make MLB girls softball. That will be a ratings juggernaut.