One Man’s Opinion

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Barry Bonds was intentionally walked 120 times in 2004. But please keep telling me about how unfair it is for Judge. Last time I checked he was intentionally walked 12 times.

Oh yeah, and Bonds was intentionally walked with the bases loaded.

Poor Yankees never get a break.

He hasn’t gotten a lot of what is scored as an intentional walk. He has been walked a lot by pitchers who won’t throw strikes. The end result is the same but the scoring is different. Let’s also not compare a juicer to a clean player. I wouldn’t care if Judge played for the Red Sox or the Astros, I would feel the same way. Baseball has become a gutless sport.

[oldjudge]

Amazing how that hammy feels better against certain pitchers.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

He hasn’t gotten a lot of what is scored as an intentional walk. He has been walked a lot by pitchers who won’t throw strikes. The end result is the same but the scoring is different. Let’s also not compare a juicer to a clean player. I wouldn’t care if Judge played for the Red Sox or the Astros, I would feel the same way. Baseball has become a gutless sport.

Agreed Jay. Judge isn't getting intentionally walked a lot but he is getting unintentionally walked all the time. It's the same thing. He's getting crap to swing at because of gutless managers and pitchers that don't want to be in the record books as the guy that gave up number 62.

[jakebeckleyoldeagleeye]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Agreed Jay. Judge isn't getting intentionally walked a lot but he is getting unintentionally walked all the time. It's the same thing. He's getting crap to swing at because of gutless managers and pitchers that don't want to be in the record books as the guy that gave up number 62.

Gee he's only struck out 173 times. Guess they were all bad pitches.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by jakebeckleyoldeagleeye

Gee he's only struck out 173 times. Guess they were all bad pitches.

He constantly gets low balls called strikes on him and he is right to not swing at them because they are balls. That is contributing to his strikeouts. I watch every Yankee game and every Judge at bat and this has been a problem for years. He gets strikes to swing at and strikes out too, but they aren't pitching to him in general. You must not be watching the games.



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[skelly423]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

He hasn’t gotten a lot of what is scored as an intentional walk. He has been walked a lot by pitchers who won’t throw strikes. The end result is the same but the scoring is different. Let’s also not compare a juicer to a clean player. I wouldn’t care if Judge played for the Red Sox or the Astros, I would feel the same way. Baseball has become a gutless sport.

Bonds had plenty of unintentional intentional walks where the catcher didn't hold the arm out, but there were four pitches that never came within a foot of the plate. Juiced or not, what Bonds faced was orders of magnitude worse than the treatment Judge is getting from pitchers.

[ALBB]

Like someone else said..been going on in baseball for a very long time.

[glynparson]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

He hasn’t gotten a lot of what is scored as an intentional walk. He has been walked a lot by pitchers who won’t throw strikes. The end result is the same but the scoring is different. Let’s also not compare a juicer to a clean player. I wouldn’t care if Judge played for the Red Sox or the Astros, I would feel the same way. Baseball has become a gutless sport.

Yeah cause they never pitched around binds without intentionally walking him. What bs. I am loving the new rational Steve. Not sure where he was years ago but he is certainly accurate here for calling out this bs. Oh poor Aaron crap.

[nolemmings]

As for Home Run records--- Omedetou gozaimasu Munetaka Murakami (with apologies if I have the wrong expression or grammar)

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/m...egular-season/

[Exhibitman]

What happened to Bonds is irrelevant; it is the same faulty logic as saying that because I was hazed when pledging a frat, my kid has to accept being hazed too. Each scenario should be judged on its merits. That said, the teams playing a hot player's team have the right to employ whatever strategies they like. If they are playing percentages, walking Judge as a matter of course makes no sense. Bill James ran a scenario with what would happen if teams just walked Babe Ruth every time at bat and the results were far worse for the opponent than pitching to him. The other players on MLB teams aren't exactly dweebs, and putting a man on base every time the #3 spot bats causes far more problems than it is worth. Also, if they feel Judge is pressing, the smart way to work him is off the plate. Worst case, he walks. Best case, he chases bad pitches and negates his own power by hitting bad balls or striking out within the extra-large strike zone he has created. Now, you could not do that with Yogi Berra. He feasted on pitches out of the zone.

[cammb]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

He hasn’t gotten a lot of what is scored as an intentional walk. He has been walked a lot by pitchers who won’t throw strikes. The end result is the same but the scoring is different. Let’s also not compare a juicer to a clean player. I wouldn’t care if Judge played for the Red Sox or the Astros, I would feel the same way. Baseball has become a gutless sport.

That is what you call baseball. What planet do you live on when you don,t pitch carefully around a slugger. You want your pitchers to throw fast balls down the middle?

[oldjudge]

How do you not play Judge today and give him a shot at the triple crown? The Yankees have a first round bye so he will get plenty of rest whether he plays today or not. The only reason I could see is if he has a minor injury but there is no report of anything like that.