Torpedo bats!

[bk400]

Well, if it is within the rules of the game, I'm ok with it. Let's see how it plays out. I thought it was interesting that Aaron Judge was like, no thanks. And Giancarlo obliquely blames the early versions of the cricket bat for his elbow problems.

At the end of the day, though, the bats aren't going to help the Yankees field properly.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Just the look of them makes it seem like they should not be allowed. But we all know Manfred & Co. would love it if every game ended in a football score.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Just the look of them makes it seem like they should not be allowed. But we all know Manfred & Co. would love it if every game ended in a football score.

Rules for bats are pretty straight forward. Just surprised we didn't see this sooner.

I've got a feeling this had more to do with the Brewers pitching then anything else. Both Volpe and Chisholm are guys who get hot and cold very quickly.

Volpe only has 2 hits so far. They just happen to be HR's.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Rules for bats are pretty straight forward. Just surprised we didn't see this sooner.

I've got a feeling this had more to do with the Brewers pitching then anything else. Both Volpe and Chisholm are guys who get hot and cold very quickly.

Volpe only has 2 hits so far. They just happen to be HR's.

Nestor and the other Brewers definitely helped the Yankees out. Something about the shape just surprised me when I saw it. Reminded me of those red wiffle ball bats with the giant barrel.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Nestor and the other Brewers definitely helped the Yankees out. Something about the shape just surprised me when I saw it. Reminded me of those red wiffle ball bats with the giant barrel.

Yeah, they definitely look a little weird. I think they will help some guys a bit, and not so much others.

Pitchers get smart quickly to. They'll start learning who has the displaced bats and start pitching them differently...away from their personal sweet spots.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Yeah, they definitely look a little weird. I think they will help some guys a bit, and not so much others.

Pitchers get smart quickly to. They'll start learning who has the displaced bats and start pitching them differently...away from their personal sweet spots.

Isn't that generally the goal now regardless of what the bat looks like?

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Rules for bats are pretty straight forward. Just surprised we didn't see this sooner.

I've got a feeling this had more to do with the Brewers pitching then anything else. Both Volpe and Chisholm are guys who get hot and cold very quickly.

Volpe only has 2 hits so far. They just happen to be HR's.

Will not duplicate your post Dave, but agree. The Brewers starting pitching staff is in the hospital and/or rehab, and moving the maximal diameter away from the end of the bat and keeping the bat legal, seems like something that is late in coming. Hell, Bonds could have hit 90 dingers or more with a torpedo. The only way to stop him would have been 400 walks in a season, also a record by the way.

[D. Bergin]

Yeah, I liked that they scored 20 runs in one game. Didn't like so much they made 5 errors in the same game.

Bats might help a guy here and there, depending on his swing radius, and if they give any sort of an advantage it won't make a bit of difference when every team in baseball is using the same bat technology 1 week from now.

Maybe every team will have a "bat radius" department from here on out, pinpointing which players need to change their weight distribution and who doesn't. Look for the Red Sox to try to steal the Yanks MIT guy right out from under their noses.

Yankees...as usual, are really bad at keeping secrets.

Thanks a lot, Michael Kay!

[packs]

Bats have been tinkered with and continually refined for the last 150 years. The only time anyone complains is when they didn’t think of something first.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I watched an ESPN clip of the 9 home run game. The most obnoxious thing was the home run calls. High fly ball to left field. Track. Wall. Bye bye. Awful, IMO.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I watched an ESPN clip of the 9 home run game. The most obnoxious thing was the home run calls. High fly ball to left field. Track. Wall. Bye bye. Awful, IMO.

"Track, wall" sounds like Michael Kay, but he would have ended it with "See Ya".

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

"Track, wall" sounds like Michael Kay, but he would have ended it with "See Ya".

Maybe that was it then, I dunno, it was forgettable. I may have to check out the new radio announcer for a comparison. John Sterling of course was legendary.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Maybe that was it then, I dunno, it was forgettable. I may have to check out the new radio announcer for a comparison. John Sterling of course was legendary.

Yeah, I miss Sterling. We'll never get to hear his HR calls for the newest Yankees:

"Goldy, you're Golden!"
"Cody rings the Bell!"

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Maybe that was it then, I dunno, it was forgettable. I may have to check out the new radio announcer for a comparison. John Sterling of course was legendary.

It was probably Kay. He's generally awful.