gates@bdmrrr.UUCP (Al Gates) (06/21/85)
OK baseball fans let's talk it up out there! Here is some fuel for the fire... Why can't the National League hit this year? The San Francisco Giants are hitting .216 as a team! It seems like two games every night in the National League are shutouts. Last night I listened to Danny Cox of the Cardinals pitch a nine hit shut out over the Phillies. I don't consider Danny Cox to be a good pitcher, yet that was his third shutout of the year. I heard Tim McCarver (Mets broadcaster) say that the National League hitters in general were not taking pitches -- swinging at bad balls. I can believe that but why are American Leaguers more patient? Does the DH have something to do with this? Is National League pitching better than American League pitching? 'CPUHOG' Gates
ned@SCIRTP.UUCP (Ned Robie) (06/26/85)
> Why can't the National League hit this year? > > I heard Tim McCarver (Mets broadcaster) say that the National League hitters > in general were not taking pitches -- swinging at bad balls. I can believe > that but why are American Leaguers more patient? Does the DH have something > to do with this? Is National League pitching better than American League > pitching? > > 'CPUHOG' Gates Assuming that AL hitting is, in fact, better than NL hitting this season... I've noticed that the outside of the plate seems to have gotten wider in the NL. This doesn't seem to be true in the AL, however. Has anyone else noticed this? I've heard announcers talk about such differences in the AL and NL strike zones. Could this account for the hitting difference? Maybe NL hitters can't afford to be as choosey as AL hitters? -- Ned Robie
mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford) (07/01/85)
> > Why can't the National League hit this year? > > I heard Tim McCarver (Mets broadcaster) say that the National League hitters > > in general were not taking pitches -- swinging at bad balls. I can believe > > that but why are American Leaguers more patient? Does the DH have something > > to do with this? Is National League pitching better than American League > > pitching? > > 'CPUHOG' Gates > Assuming that AL hitting is, in fact, better than NL hitting this season... >I've noticed that the outside of the plate seems to have gotten wider in the NL > This doesn't seem to be true in the AL, however. Has anyone else noticed this >I've heard announcers talk about such differences in the AL and NL strike zones > Could this account for the hitting difference? Maybe NL hitters can't afford > to be as choosey as AL hitters? > -- Ned Robie During an NBC Game of the Week (maybe 3 weeks ago) featuring the Cubs, Tony Kubek voiced his opinion that he thought the NL plate was getting wider, that the umpires were calling alot of wide pitches "strikes". And as Kubek is speaking, Dutch Rennert (I believe) called two pitches that looked off the plate as strikes. Mike Clifford