09-29-2020, 07:05 PM
(09-29-2020, 05:40 PM)OutsiderFan Wrote: I was so looking forward to seeing Bieber pitch for the Indians tonight - he of the 1.63 ERA and MLB strikeout leader - against Gerrit Cole, because I hadn’t seen him yet this year. Instead, the Yankees are ahead 2-0 before he records an out, and he’s down 5-2 in the 4th inning. Sigh. Two best pitchers today and the most runs have been scored in this game in the 5th.
An insight about post season hitting strategy: don’t think about trying to run up the pitch count. When you get a pitch you can hit, take your hacks. The Yankees have done all their damage early in the count.
(09-29-2020, 05:40 PM)OutsiderFan Wrote: I was so looking forward to seeing Bieber pitch for the Indians tonight - he of the 1.63 ERA and MLB strikeout leader - against Gerrit Cole, because I hadn’t seen him yet this year. Instead, the Yankees are ahead 2-0 before he records an out, and he’s down 5-2 in the 4th inning. Sigh. Two best pitchers today and the most runs have been scored in this game in the 5th.
An insight about post season hitting strategy: don’t think about trying to run up the pitch count. When you get a pitch you can hit, take your hacks. The Yankees have done all their damage early in the count.
Now 7-2. Bieber doesn’t even go 5 in his shortest outing of year and sets career high for allowed runs in a game. Didn’t allow 7 runs in his first 8 games combined! Unreal.
I believe it was Ted Williams (the greatest hitter in baseball history) who once said (paraphrasing), when you get a pitch to hit, don’t take it because it may be the only one you get in that at bat.
This is one thing I just don’t get in the modern game - taking good pitches to hit. Teddy Ballgame knew better......