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Re: MLB 2018.1: ...And The Nationals Will Not Make It Out of the First Round
I barely watch MLB anymore, confining 95% of my viewership to the post season the last few years when the Dodgers have been in. Is it just LA that sucks so much at situational, fundamental hitting, or is this the way the game is played by every team. There was a time when 99% of major league hitters would have driven in the runner from third that Grandel left stranded last night in the second inning. The Brewers were GIVING the Dodgers the run. All he needed to do was make contact and pull the ball to the right side of the infield. And then when Grandel hit the double to lead off the 5th inning, there was no attempt by either Hernandez or Bueller to move him to third. None. In what world do teams expect to score runs playing this kind of ball? LA lost two games in the Series last year because they could not score a runner from 3rd with fewer than two outs, something that used to be so common it became one of those baseball "truisms." I guess they did not learn than fundamentals sometimes score as many runs as homers. And fundamentals USED to be something that almost any hitter could accomplish.
I barely watch MLB anymore, confining 95% of my viewership to the post season the last few years when the Dodgers have been in. Is it just LA that sucks so much at situational, fundamental hitting, or is this the way the game is played by every team. There was a time when 99% of major league hitters would have driven in the runner from third that Grandel left stranded last night in the second inning. The Brewers were GIVING the Dodgers the run. All he needed to do was make contact and pull the ball to the right side of the infield. And then when Grandel hit the double to lead off the 5th inning, there was no attempt by either Hernandez or Bueller to move him to third. None. In what world do teams expect to score runs playing this kind of ball? LA lost two games in the Series last year because they could not score a runner from 3rd with fewer than two outs, something that used to be so common it became one of those baseball "truisms." I guess they did not learn than fundamentals sometimes score as many runs as homers. And fundamentals USED to be something that almost any hitter could accomplish.