Ok, cool. I guess it makes sense why most of the greatest hitters were also very patient. Waiting for the right pitch allowed them to crush the ball with better frequency.

Probably so. I wonder how many on them failed to put a ball in play 28% of the time excluding IBB.

Posted by MikeT23 on 9/21/2016 4:51:00 PM (view original):
Probably so. I wonder how many on them failed to put a ball in play 28% of the time excluding IBB.

Don't know about 28%, but Mantle's at 33%.

Good thing he brought a glove to the field because he didn't use his bat enough.

Posted by MikeT23 on 9/21/2016 6:11:00 PM (view original):
Good thing he brought a glove to the field because he didn't use his bat enough.

Wait, what? You don't think Mickey Mantle used his bat enough?

Hey, Mick, you're up.
OK, coach.
Mick, you don't have a bat.
Don't need one. Put it in play the first two times, coach. I'm good.

Do we really have to have this argument? Can we just skip to the part where you deny saying that because, "[Mantle] didn't use his bat enough," is a stupid thing to say.

Do we need to? Of course not.

Are you DYING to have it? Of course you are.

I'm not dying to, this is lame. It's one thing to actually argue about baseball, but you aren't. You don't believe that Mantle didn't use his bat enough. So can we skip ahead to the part where you deny saying it?

Because, at some point in the future, I'm going to say, "Mike's so stupid he thinks Mantle didn't use his bat enough."

You'll say, "nah ah, quote it."

Then I will.

Then you'll act like punching a couple terms into a search engine to get a quote from the past is something weird.

I'm fairly certain Harper tries to make a perfect swing every time he's at bat. He's that kind of player.

Coach, the new shipment of bats came in.
Yeah, Mick. So?
Everybody else got a hundred. I got 67.
Yeah, Mick. You don't use yours a third of the time. You'll be fine.
Oh, OK, coach. Maths is hard for me.

I'm just waiting for tec to come and agree that Mantle didn't use the bat enough. Then the circle will be complete.

Hey, Mick.
Yeah, coach?
We might need you late so, if you would, get that walk/strikeout out the way in the first.
What ya' mean, coach?
We know you're only going to put the play in play 2/3 of the time. I want you to save one for the 8th/9th.
Got it, coach.

Posted by bad_luck on 9/21/2016 7:08:00 PM (view original):
I'm just waiting for tec to come and agree that Mantle didn't use the bat enough. Then the circle will be complete.

Don't try to drag me into your swirling vortex of stupidity.

Thanks in advance.

Posted by tecwrg on 9/21/2016 9:00:00 PM (view original):

Posted by bad_luck on 9/21/2016 7:08:00 PM (view original):
I'm just waiting for tec to come and agree that Mantle didn't use the bat enough. Then the circle will be complete.

Don't try to drag me into your swirling vortex of stupidity.

Thanks in advance.

I'm not trying to drag you in. You usually come to Mike's defense on your own.

But it if you disagree that Mantle didn't use the bat enough, cool.