Re: ME the Devil

[jwt2@lehigh.edu (jwt2@lehigh.edu)]

I hope that you dont honestly believe this.  First of all, if it were true
that all pitchers were ordered to lay it in there for McGwire then how do you
explain the fact that he's walked so many times?  Last time i checked he was
still on pace to break the record for most walks in a season.  He's walked 149
times so far and thats a hell of a lot of bad pitches.

Secondly, your theory implies that hitting homeruns is easy if a ball is
laid in there for the hitter.  You must have never seen a major league team
take batting practice.  In batting practice the pitcher throws meatballs over
the plate, and you still have guys that foul them off, hit grounders and pop
flies that dont make it out of the infield, and sometimes they even swing and
miss.  And these are major leaguers we are talking about.

Jeff

>I am going to get FLAMED for saying this but I just wanted add some spice
>in the McGwire discussions. Apologies for those who want this mailing list
>exclusive to the NBA and not MLB.
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>After the strike, the fans wandered off away from the sports. I was
>thinking maybe the MLB was worried about this and wanted the fans to return
>so they decided upon having this "Drama" of having this homerun chase. I am
>not doubting Sosa's, Mac's and Jr's powers but WHAT IF, these three didn't
>know about the fact that pitchers pitching to their sweet spot and that is
>the reason why they are having balls flying out of the park. Of course the
>office nows about this and are not presuing it because it will have
>profound impact on the game itself and will forever lose its fans.
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>JUST TO MAKE THINGS CLEAR.....I like this game, I like baseball. To tell
>you the truth, I follow Japanese baseball more than American baseball. It
>was magical to see McGwire hitting the homerun. I am making the above
>statement just to make fire in the discussion.
>
>Awaiting flames from ALL of you..
>
>Ritesh Ramani
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