Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?
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@mdafurball_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@schnauzerface said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
Early on the inside corner….
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I mean it wasnt ball inside, but was almost touching the inside corner. Idk man its just really annoying losing when somebody swing early on a changeup for a hr. I can handle the base hits but i wanna lose if someone is making good timing/contact.
Yeah bro I know what you mean but being early on a ball on the inside corner is how Frank Thomas ended up in Cooperstown
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Not to mention vlady Jr.s first 2 homeruns after the break....both pitches low and outside (slider and change up), both pulled (meaning early swings as the pitches were away), both were not barreled up (they were towards the end of the bat)....results...2 380+ foot homeruns to left center....
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No, power pull hitter are some of our favorite players ever. They also tend to strikeout a lot too.
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@mdafurball_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
Swear at least 50% of the hrs i see are early timed swings. Outside corner , middle, hell i even gave up two today that were early on the inside corner.
Maybe they did this since hof is hard to hit
anyone else not understand how hitting works? how do you think a right handed hitter pulls the ball to left in real life or the game? ....He's early....
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@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@mdafurball_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
Swear at least 50% of the hrs i see are early timed swings. Outside corner , middle, hell i even gave up two today that were early on the inside corner.
Maybe they did this since hof is hard to hitanyone else not understand how hitting works? how do you think a right handed hitter pulls the ball to left in real life or the game? ....He's early....
Thank you! Sox fans understand baseball.
(because we've seen enough losing teams over the years to eventually figure out what we're doing wrong)
EDIT: This conversation comes up a hundred times every year, and it always reminds me of my hitting coach in college. This was 2001-2005, so it was a little before the launch angle, homer-or-nothin mentality. So he was big on using the entire field. He never said "be early" or "be late," but he would say "go out and get it" or "let it come to you." Same thing, though. He wanted us all to hit like Rod Carew or Tony Gwynn or Wade Boggs. And we were [censored] good. Local legend says that you can still feel the heat radiating off the bench from where I warmed the pines for 4 straight years.
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@schnauzerface said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@mdafurball_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
Swear at least 50% of the hrs i see are early timed swings. Outside corner , middle, hell i even gave up two today that were early on the inside corner.
Maybe they did this since hof is hard to hitanyone else not understand how hitting works? how do you think a right handed hitter pulls the ball to left in real life or the game? ....He's early....
Thank you! Sox fans understand baseball.
(because we've seen enough losing teams over the years to eventually figure out what we're doing wrong)
lol its been rough since like '08-09 up until like last year basically but this team is awesome. Eloy is a monster. best staff and pen in the league. White sox v dodgers WS calling it now.
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@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@schnauzerface said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@mdafurball_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
Swear at least 50% of the hrs i see are early timed swings. Outside corner , middle, hell i even gave up two today that were early on the inside corner.
Maybe they did this since hof is hard to hitanyone else not understand how hitting works? how do you think a right handed hitter pulls the ball to left in real life or the game? ....He's early....
Thank you! Sox fans understand baseball.
(because we've seen enough losing teams over the years to eventually figure out what we're doing wrong)
lol its been rough since like '08-09 up until like last year basically but this team is awesome. Eloy is a monster. best staff and pen in the league. White sox v dodgers WS calling it now.
Oh man, my dad has been a Sox fan his whole life, so he would LOVE to see a rematch of the 59 series (with the Sox winning it this time, of course). If Eloy, Robert, and Grandal all come back in good shape then I think we've got the best team in the AL. But frankly the Brewers scare me more than the Dodgers. That pitching is so good. The Dodgers could be better if everyone gets healthy in time for October, but Milwaukee is that team that no one talks about until they're hoisting the trophy.
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@schnauzerface said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@schnauzerface said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@mdafurball_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
Swear at least 50% of the hrs i see are early timed swings. Outside corner , middle, hell i even gave up two today that were early on the inside corner.
Maybe they did this since hof is hard to hitanyone else not understand how hitting works? how do you think a right handed hitter pulls the ball to left in real life or the game? ....He's early....
Thank you! Sox fans understand baseball.
(because we've seen enough losing teams over the years to eventually figure out what we're doing wrong)
lol its been rough since like '08-09 up until like last year basically but this team is awesome. Eloy is a monster. best staff and pen in the league. White sox v dodgers WS calling it now.
Oh man, my dad has been a Sox fan his whole life, so he would LOVE to see a rematch of the 59 series (with the Sox winning it this time, of course). If Eloy, Robert, and Grandal all come back in good shape then I think we've got the best team in the AL. But frankly the Brewers scare me more than the Dodgers. That pitching is so good. The Dodgers could be better if everyone gets healthy in time for October, but Milwaukee is that team that no one talks about until they're hoisting the trophy.
I love that Lance Lynn already re-signed. kopech and Crochet in the rotation next year I assume. this team is set for the next 6-7 years.
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@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@schnauzerface said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@schnauzerface said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@mdafurball_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
Swear at least 50% of the hrs i see are early timed swings. Outside corner , middle, hell i even gave up two today that were early on the inside corner.
Maybe they did this since hof is hard to hitanyone else not understand how hitting works? how do you think a right handed hitter pulls the ball to left in real life or the game? ....He's early....
Thank you! Sox fans understand baseball.
(because we've seen enough losing teams over the years to eventually figure out what we're doing wrong)
lol its been rough since like '08-09 up until like last year basically but this team is awesome. Eloy is a monster. best staff and pen in the league. White sox v dodgers WS calling it now.
Oh man, my dad has been a Sox fan his whole life, so he would LOVE to see a rematch of the 59 series (with the Sox winning it this time, of course). If Eloy, Robert, and Grandal all come back in good shape then I think we've got the best team in the AL. But frankly the Brewers scare me more than the Dodgers. That pitching is so good. The Dodgers could be better if everyone gets healthy in time for October, but Milwaukee is that team that no one talks about until they're hoisting the trophy.
I love that Lance Lynn already re-signed. kopech and Crochet in the rotation next year I assume. this team is set for the next 6-7 years.
Agreed. Unfortunately we're stuck with Keuchel for a while longer, but the rotation looks really solid. And I think Lopez may have even found a home out there as a long reliever. Can you imagine if he reaches his potential, and Sox fans can say we got Giolito, Lopez, and Dunning/Lynn for Adam Eaton?! lol. Of course, the Sox have never been a particularly lucky team, so it figures that we have put together perhaps the best team in the franchise's history and then there will be a yearslong strike or lockout.
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@schnauzerface said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@schnauzerface said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@schnauzerface said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@mdafurball_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
Swear at least 50% of the hrs i see are early timed swings. Outside corner , middle, hell i even gave up two today that were early on the inside corner.
Maybe they did this since hof is hard to hitanyone else not understand how hitting works? how do you think a right handed hitter pulls the ball to left in real life or the game? ....He's early....
Thank you! Sox fans understand baseball.
(because we've seen enough losing teams over the years to eventually figure out what we're doing wrong)
lol its been rough since like '08-09 up until like last year basically but this team is awesome. Eloy is a monster. best staff and pen in the league. White sox v dodgers WS calling it now.
Oh man, my dad has been a Sox fan his whole life, so he would LOVE to see a rematch of the 59 series (with the Sox winning it this time, of course). If Eloy, Robert, and Grandal all come back in good shape then I think we've got the best team in the AL. But frankly the Brewers scare me more than the Dodgers. That pitching is so good. The Dodgers could be better if everyone gets healthy in time for October, but Milwaukee is that team that no one talks about until they're hoisting the trophy.
I love that Lance Lynn already re-signed. kopech and Crochet in the rotation next year I assume. this team is set for the next 6-7 years.
Agreed. Unfortunately we're stuck with Keuchel for a while longer, but the rotation looks really solid. And I think Lopez may have even found a home out there as a long reliever. Can you imagine if he reaches his potential, and Sox fans can say we got Giolito, Lopez, and Dunning/Lynn for Adam Eaton?! lol. Of course, the Sox have never been a particularly lucky team, so it figures that we have put together perhaps the best team in the franchise's history and then there will be a yearslong strike or lockout.
like '94? I was a little too young then. but Im pretty sure the sox were looking good that year.
that was quite the trade for the sox, and the Quintana trade for the cubs is starting to look a little bit like the Shields trade for the sox. Eloy and Cease for Q? cease is starting to look like a stud himself.
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@mdafurball_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
Swear at least 50% of the hrs i see are early timed swings. Outside corner , middle, hell i even gave up two today that were early on the inside corner.
Maybe they did this since hof is hard to hitI’m not….I’m sick of my just early bombs being just outside the foul pole.
Outside soft pitches go for home runs on early swings…….stop PPP sliders low and away maybe?
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@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@schnauzerface said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@schnauzerface said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@schnauzerface said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@kylejaros88_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
@mdafurball_psn said in Anyone else sick of early timed swings hrs?:
Swear at least 50% of the hrs i see are early timed swings. Outside corner , middle, hell i even gave up two today that were early on the inside corner.
Maybe they did this since hof is hard to hitanyone else not understand how hitting works? how do you think a right handed hitter pulls the ball to left in real life or the game? ....He's early....
Thank you! Sox fans understand baseball.
(because we've seen enough losing teams over the years to eventually figure out what we're doing wrong)
lol its been rough since like '08-09 up until like last year basically but this team is awesome. Eloy is a monster. best staff and pen in the league. White sox v dodgers WS calling it now.
Oh man, my dad has been a Sox fan his whole life, so he would LOVE to see a rematch of the 59 series (with the Sox winning it this time, of course). If Eloy, Robert, and Grandal all come back in good shape then I think we've got the best team in the AL. But frankly the Brewers scare me more than the Dodgers. That pitching is so good. The Dodgers could be better if everyone gets healthy in time for October, but Milwaukee is that team that no one talks about until they're hoisting the trophy.
I love that Lance Lynn already re-signed. kopech and Crochet in the rotation next year I assume. this team is set for the next 6-7 years.
Agreed. Unfortunately we're stuck with Keuchel for a while longer, but the rotation looks really solid. And I think Lopez may have even found a home out there as a long reliever. Can you imagine if he reaches his potential, and Sox fans can say we got Giolito, Lopez, and Dunning/Lynn for Adam Eaton?! lol. Of course, the Sox have never been a particularly lucky team, so it figures that we have put together perhaps the best team in the franchise's history and then there will be a yearslong strike or lockout.
like '94? I was a little too young then. but Im pretty sure the sox were looking good that year.
that was quite the trade for the sox, and the Quintana trade for the cubs is starting to look a little bit like the Shields trade for the sox. Eloy and Cease for Q? cease is starting to look like a stud himself.
Exactly like 94! I turned 11 probably a week before the lockout. I was still pretty young, but I was sure the Sox were going to win the WS. But Frank was always my favorite player, so seeing him win a second MVP was a bit of a consolation. This year's team is miles ahead of 2005, at least on paper. I think they'll either get knocked out in the first round or just sweep through all of October.
And Eloy and Cease for Q might be even better than the Eaton trade. Cease has such good stuff but he can't seem to keep his pitch count down. Maybe he just needs one more year to mature, but he could be a very solid pitcher.
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