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42 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 21 May \ on: Hitters sucks at hitting Stacker_Sports

Maybe pitchers be good at pitching

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2 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby OP 21 May

They are quite good. Defenses are for the most part also very good.

It is hard to hit. I am not surprised averages are down. Teams are counting more on slugging than rallies to generate runs these days.

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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 21 May

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The real stat is championships though.

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22 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 21 May

Truth is, I don't know much about baseball. Is this anything like how the NBA has gravitated towards 3s and the midrange jumper has died out? Like did teams learn that slugging mathematically generates higher returns?

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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 21 May

I think this is a good comparison. Pitchers are so good now the odds or getting 4 or 5 hits in an inning to score a few runs is less likely than getting a guy on with a hit or a walk and someone hitting a home run.

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