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<blockquote> <strong class="quote-title">toysalot wrote:</strong> <hr> Think about the American League "Desginated Hitter" position; <br><blockquote> you have ONE job, offense - hit the ball, put it in play, get hits / runs. <br> No one has hit .400 (40% success rate) for a full season since Ted Williams, right? <br> Ok, so a .300 average is great these days. So if you're a DH and you have a .300 average, <br> you're considered a huge success and <br> get paid millions of dollars a year... <strong><em>to fail 70% of the time at your only job.</em></strong> </blockquote><strong><em><br><br><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="4"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">You are correct Greg... <br> but hitting a round baseball with a round bat when the ball is traveling 90-100 mph, being thrown from a distance of 60 feet 6 inches, gives the batter about .45 seconds to react. That is definitely the most difficult thing to do in all of sports. Also, the batter has to hit the ball 'flush' enough to put the ball in fair play and not hit it to someone. However, hitting the ball so perfect to send it out of the park for a homerun is way beyond comparison in any sport!!! <br> Now let's talk about hitting the infamous CURVEBALL at 80-85 mph, when the control of the pitcher allows him to hit the black edging of homeplate...Ahhhhhhh...Nevermind <br><br> This is the reason why a batter that averages .300 is considered one of the best around. .400 is phenomenal!!!</span></font> <br></em></strong></blockquote><br><br><br>You know your response to me is almost ... er... 110% ...plagiarized out of Ted William's book,<br>"The Science of Hitting", right?<br>
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<blockquote> You know your response to me is almost ... er... 110% ...plagiarized out of Ted William's book, <br> "The Science of Hitting", right?</blockquote><br><br>Funny how you, of all people, refer to my comments as if I 'stole' them from Mr. Williams' book.<br><br>FYI...never read the book nor talked about the book to anyone. I played the sport for many many years my friend. My comments come from years ofexperience...not from the book you referenced.<br><br><img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif" alt="image"><br>
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Relax - I'm just sparring with you. It's all good natured stuff here.<br>No snazzy winkie face required, but here goes... <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif"><br><br>And what, may I ask, are you alluding to when you say:<br>"Funny how you, of all people, refer to my comments as if I 'stole' them from Mr. Williams' book. "<br>I get the distinct impression you think I do nothing but copy paste from Google searches,<br>as if I am incapable of forming my own thoughts or words and need to use those of others...<br>Hmmmm ... he don't know me very well, do he? <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif"> Ask around.<br>Those long winded dissertations you've seen posted under "99octane" come from one place baby!<br>And it ain't on the net 'till I type it there.<br><br>And if you never read that book, it's amazing how you came up with<br>almost word for word what Ted Williams wrote. Amazing!<br>And I never said I don't like the game.<br>I have a bit of "experience" with it myself.
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Relax??? I too, am playing in a friendly jousting session with ya! There aren't many here that I feel I can have this type of 'battle of words'with without someones ire getting raised. Relax you say? I am buddy...I truly am. Never any hard feelings but I do enjoy a little brain tease every so often.<br>No need for me to ask around Greg...I form my opinions from what I see and read by you. If I felt you were one of those copy and paste kinda guys, we wouldhave gotten this far...<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/pimp.gif" alt="image"><br><br>If you have "The Book" would you please copy and paste the page to show me how, what I typed, was word for word like the book? I would love toactually see that my mind is that close to the greatest batter of all time!<br><br><img src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/posticons/pi_hippie.gif" alt="image"><br><br><br>
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<blockquote> <strong class="quote-title">toysalot wrote:</strong> <hr> Relax??? I too, am playing in a friendly jousting session with ya! There aren't many here that I feel I can have this type of 'battle of words' with without someones ire getting raised. Relax you say? I am buddy...I truly am. Never any hard feelings but I do enjoy a little brain tease every so often. <br> No need for me to ask around Greg...I form my opinions from what I see and read by you. If I felt you were one of those copy and paste kinda guys, we would have gotten this far...<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/pimp.gif" alt="image"><br><br> If you have "The Book" would you please copy and paste the page to show me how, what I typed, was word for word like the book? I would love to actually see that my mind is that close to the greatest batter of all time! <br><br><img src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/posticons/pi_hippie.gif" alt="image"><br><br><br></blockquote><br><br>It never ends.................................
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<blockquote> I meant that the teams decide if they want to spend the money on the players.</blockquote><br><br>No other team can come anywhere close to deciding to pay a 200 million plus payroll.<br><br>With their ability to cherry pick the best available every year, as I said, the real story is their failure to do better than they've done.
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"The steroids were in the past. Also , A-Rod wasn't the only one caught. There were more than 100 names on that list. Not fair , that just 2 nameswere leaked. " quote from Maribell..............<br><br>Were they? Maybe, maybe not. But either way A Rod is chasing a record, a record that has already been tarnished. The only ones that forgot his crime wasYankees fans....<br>
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When the Yankees didn't win the series from 2001-2008, was the organization just throwing money away on payroll? So this year they win, they"bought" the series??? Someone had to go out and actually play the game, checkbooks didn't field, hit, pitch, and think. Every year there's adraft, every year all the teams get to pick from the same pool of players. Some teams would rather not spend the money on players-and the seats in the stadiumsare empty as a result. New York, by default, is a high-profile sports city. It's the cultural and financial center of the world. When I walk throughManhattan any day of the year, 24 x 7, I see throngs of tourists. Anything you want-it's right here, period. I have been lucky enough to travel to mostmajor cities in the US over the last 20 years, and none have the same attraction that New York has on a global scale. It stands to reason that there are morepeople, which means more overall spending dollars available, that want to pay for and go to sports events here in comparison to many US cities. Sorrymiddle-America, that's just plain demographics.<br><br>When you take all this into consideration, it's a wonder that there is even any type of competition on a national level.<br><br>The Yankees have been a dynasty, always will be. Ask anyone anywhere in the world if they ever heard of Yankee Stadium and where it's located. Then askthem if they know where Citizens Bank Park is.
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<blockquote> When you take all this into consideration, it's a wonder that there is even any type of competition on a national level.</blockquote><br><br>Right, that's what some of us said.
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It just does not matter. The Yanks are the champs. Like it, dont like it, lots of money, no money. The fact remains. Nothing anyone can do about it.
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